Dynamic functional connectivity signatures of focused attention on the breath in adolescents.
Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991) February 5, 2025 Isaac N Treves, Aaron K Kucyi, Anna O Tierney et al. 1 citation
During a breath-counting task, 72 adolescents showed increased static connectivity within attention-direction and orienting networks and anticorrelations between attention networks and the default mode network compared to rest. Dynamic connectivity analysis revealed four distinct brain states, including one anticorrelated with the default mode network that was proportionally more present during the task. Brain state markers distinguished breathing tasks from rest and momentary on-task from off-task attention, but no brain states reflected between-individual behavioral variability.