Title
Interaction of multiple networks modulated by the working memory training based on real-time fMRI
Abstract
Neuroimaging studies of working memory training have identified the alteration of brain activity as well as the regional interactions within the functional networks such as central executive network (CEN) and default mode network (DMN). However, how the interaction within and between these multiple networks is modulated by the training remains unclear. In this paper, we examined the interaction of three training-induced brain networks during working memory training based on real-time functional magnetic resonance imaging (rtfMRI). Thirty subjects assigned to the experimental and control group respectively participated in two times training separated by seven days. Three networks including silence network (SN), CEN and DMN were identified by the training data with the calculated function connections within each network. Structural equation modeling (SEM) approach was used to construct the directional connectivity patterns. The results showed that the causal influences from the percent signal changes of target ROI to the SN were positively changed in both two groups, as well as the causal influence from the SN to CEN was positively changed in experimental group but negatively changed in control group from the SN to DMN. Further correlation analysis of the changes in each network with the behavioral improvements showed that the changes in SN were stronger positively correlated with the behavioral improvement of letter memory task. These findings indicated that the SN was not only a switch between the target ROI and the other networks in the feedback training but also an essential factor to the behavioral improvement.
Year
DOI
Venue
2015
10.1117/12.2076334
Proceedings of SPIE
Keywords
Field
DocType
working memory training,structural equation modeling,silence network,central executive network,default mode network
Training set,Computer vision,Default mode network,Neuroscience,Structural equation modeling,Functional magnetic resonance imaging,Brain activity and meditation,Working memory training,Artificial intelligence,Neuroimaging,Correlation analysis,Physics
Conference
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
9417
0277-786X
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
1
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Jiahui Shen100.68
gaoyan zhang213.44
Chaozhe Zhu313412.30
Li Yao45320.09
xiaojie zhao501.35