Title
Impacts of Working Memory Training on Brain Network Topology.
Abstract
A variety of network analysis methods that can reveal the neural mechanism underlying the course of dealing information in the brain by characterizing the topology and properties of brain networks have been applied to investigate the complexity of brain activities.. Working memory refers to the maintaining and handling of information in high-level cognition. It has been demonstrated that working memory performances can be enhanced by training. However, how working memory training affects the brain network topology and behavioral performance remains unclear. In this study, independent component analysis and graph theory were applied to the study of brain networks during real time fMRI based working memory training. The results showed that the training not only recruited the central execution network, the default-mode network, and the salience network, but also exerted lasting effects on the brain minimum spanning tree structure. These results demonstrated that the organization and working pattern of brain networks were altered by the training and provide new insights into the neural mechanisms underlying working memory training.
Year
DOI
Venue
2017
10.1007/978-3-319-59081-3_67
ADVANCES IN NEURAL NETWORKS, PT II
Keywords
Field
DocType
Working memory,Independent component analysis,Minimum spanning tree,Network topology,Training
Graph theory,Topology,Salience (neuroscience),Computer science,Working memory,Network topology,Working memory training,Artificial intelligence,Network analysis,Cognition,Machine learning,Minimum spanning tree
Conference
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
10262
0302-9743
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
3
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Dongping Zhao100.68
Qiushi Zhang200.34
Li Yao35320.09
Xiao-Jie Zhao43714.54