Francesco Alberti

3 weeks ago | nature.com | Robert Leech |Rodrigo M. Braga |David Haydock |Elizabeth Jefferies |Boris C. Bernhardt |Federico Turkheimer | +4 more

AbstractBrain activity emerges in a dynamic landscape of regional increases and decreases that span the cortex. Increases in activity during a cognitive task are often assumed to reflect the processing of task-relevant information, while reductions can be interpreted as suppression of irrelevant activity to facilitate task goals. Here, we explore the relationship between task-induced increases and decreases in activity from a geometric perspective.

Mar 11, 2025 | biorxiv.org | R. Austin Benn |Robert Scholz |Wei Wei |Francesco Alberti

AbstractReading involves dual streams of sensory propagation that lie within a broader sensory-to-transmodal hierarchy. This study explores whether individual differences in this functional organization can be explained by cortical geometry. Through a modified connectome predictive modeling approach, we identified cortical distances (CD) measured along the cortical surface that predict reading performance.