Task-based functional connectivity during physics reasoning couples V5/MT+ with dorsal attention areas, dlPFC with V5/MT+ and DMN areas, and RSC with frontoparietal, DMN, and salience regions¶
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q3 i? PPI analyses showed greater physics-related coupling of left V5/MT+ with DAN areas, left dlPFC with V5/MT+ and DMN areas, and RSC with frontoparietal, DMN, and SN regions relative to control conditions. → Bartley 2019
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Bartley 2019¶
Bartley, J. E., Riedel, M. C., Salo, T., Boeving, E. R., Bottenhorn, K. L., Bravo, E. I., Odean, R., Nazareth, A., Laird, R. W., Sutherland, M. T., Pruden, S. M., Brewe, E. & Laird, A. R. (2019). Brain activity links performance in science reasoning with conceptual approach. npj Science of Learning 4:20. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-019-0059-8
q3 · i? · associational · r2
Task-based psychophysiological interaction (PPI) analyses with three seeds (left V5/MT+, left dlPFC, RSC) in 107 students, thresholded at P < 0.001 CDT, P < 0.05 CET (FWE corrected). The authors suggest complex visual information may be carried through a dorsal stream to frontoparietal regions directing CEN–DMN exchanges.
"revealed greater physics problem solving-related coupling (relative to control conditions) of the left V5/MT + with DAN brain areas, the left dlPFC with V5/MT + and DMN areas, and the RSC with frontoparietal, DMN, and salience network (SN) regions."
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Related Claims¶
- Students using more coherent physics conceptions showed greater lOFC-V5/MT+ activity, while less coherent reasoners showed greater primary visual and salience network activity — related
- Physics problem solving engages a fronto-temporo-parietal network including PFC, PPC, RSC, and V5/MT+ relative to control questions — related
- Sequential problem-solving phases recruit dissociable networks: fronto-temporo-parietal at initiation, dorsal attention at question presentation, and default mode at answer selection — related
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