Resting-state connectivity reflects the brain’s predictive ability and plasticity

Evidence

In this study we compare the resting state connectivity of a group of normal hearing listeners compared to a group of experienced adult CI users. Brain function in the resting state, or its default-mode activity (Raichle and Snyder 2007 ) is thought to reflect the ability of the brain to predict changes to the environment and track any deviation from the predicted. Resting state connectivity (as measured by the correlation of resting state activity between different cortical regions) is influenced by functional organisation of the brain, and hence is expected to reflect plastic changes such as those due to deafness. — Dijk, Pim van, Physiology, Psychoacoustics and…, 4290

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines resting-state/default-mode activity and resting-state connectivity as measures for tracking environmental prediction and neural plasticity.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Dijk, Pim van, Physiology, Psychoacoustics and…, 4290