Large-Scale Brain Networks Interactions Support Internal and External Directed Cognition
Xin Fei1 , Xie Chao2, Wang Lijun3, Lei Xu4*
1(The Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, Key Laboratory for Neuroinformation of Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China) 2(Key Laboratory of Computational Neuroscience and Brain-Inspired Intelligence of Ministry of Education, Institute of Science and Technology for Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China) 3(Institute of Cognition, Brain and Health, Key Laboratory for Psychology and Behavior of Henan Province, Institute of Education Science, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, Henan, China) 4(Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality of Ministry of Education, Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China)
Abstract：Converging evidence has indicated that the high-level cognitive functions are carried out through the dynamic interactions among large-scale brain networks instead of stand-alone brain regions. Among them, the frontoparietal control network plays a pivotal gate-keeping role in goal-directed cognition, modulating the dynamic balance between the dorsal attention network and the default network. The present article reviewed the advances of this field from several aspects, including the neuroanatomy of the default network, the dorsal attention network and the frontoparietal control network, as well as their respective functional roles and dynamic interactions in the internal- and external- directed attention tasks. Future research needs to further explore the functional roles of the subsystems within each network and uses the effective connectivity method to examine the direction and dynamics of the information transmission within- and between- networks.
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