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Stable attention control, crucial for success, is linked to coordinated brain network activity. Higher attention reflects stronger frontoparietal control network (FPCN) and dorsal attention network (DAN) coupling, even at rest.

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  • Neuroscience
  • Cognitive Psychology

Background:

  • Individual differences in attention control significantly impact academic, professional, and health outcomes.
  • The neural underpinnings of stable, trait-level attention control remain largely unexplored, with prior research focusing on transient attentional fluctuations.

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  • To investigate whether trait attention control is reflected in large-scale brain network dynamics and locus coeruleus (LC) activity.
  • To differentiate the neural basis of attention control from working memory capacity and fluid intelligence.

Main Methods:

  • Applied quasi-periodic pattern analysis to infraslow functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data from 196 participants.
  • Utilized latent-variable modeling to isolate the unique contribution of attention control across rest and cognitive load (1-back, 3-back) conditions.

Main Results:

  • Individuals with higher attention control showed increased frontoparietal control network (FPCN) coordination with cognitive demand.
  • Higher attention correlated with enhanced FPCN coupling to the dorsal attention network (DAN), greater locus coeruleus (LC) engagement, and reduced default mode network (DMN) coupling.
  • These patterns were evident even at rest, suggesting a baseline neural architecture supporting attention.

Conclusions:

  • Trait attention control is instantiated in the brain's dynamic network architecture, not just momentary engagement.
  • The findings highlight the interplay between attention control, cognitive networks (FPCN, DAN, DMN), and the LC in supporting cognitive function.