Journal article
Dynamic functional connectivity signatures of focused attention on the breath in adolescents
Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. 1991), v 35(2), bhaf024
05 Feb 2025
PMID: 39995218
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Abstract
Breathing meditation typically consists of directing attention toward breathing and redirecting attention when the mind wanders. As yet, we do not have a full understanding of the neural mechanisms of breath attention, in particular, how large-scale network interactions may be different between breath attention and rest and how these interactions may be modulated during periods of on-task and off-task attention to the breath. One promising approach may be examining fMRI measures including static connectivity between brain regions as well as dynamic, time-varying brain states. In this study, we analyzed static and dynamic functional connectivity in 72 adolescents during a breath-counting task (BCT), leveraging physiological respiration data to detect objective on-task and off-task periods. During the BCT relative to rest, we identified increases in static connectivity within attention-direction and orienting networks and anticorrelations between attention networks and the DMN. Dynamic connectivity analysis revealed four distinct brain states, including a DMN-anticorrelated brain state, proportionally more present during the BCT than the rest. We found there were distinct brain state markers of (i) breathing tasks vs rest and (ii) momentary on-task vs off-task attention within the BCT, yet in this analysis, no identifiable brain states reflecting between-individual behavioral variability.
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- Title
- Dynamic functional connectivity signatures of focused attention on the breath in adolescents
- Creators
- Isaac N Treves (Corresponding Author) - McGovern Institute for Brain ResearchAaron K Kucyi - Drexel UniversityAnna O Tierney - Harvard UniversityEmma Balkind - Harvard UniversitySusan Whitfield-Gabrieli - Northeastern UniversityZev Schuman-Olivier - Harvard UniversityJohn D E Gabrieli - McGovern Institute for Brain ResearchChristian A Webb - Harvard University
- Publication Details
- Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. 1991), v 35(2), bhaf024
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press; CARY
- Number of pages
- 14
- Grant note
- NCCIH R01AT011002 / NCCIH NIH HHS F31 AT012714 / NCCIH NIH HHS
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences (Psychology)
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:001428983100001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85218639220
- Other Identifier
- 991022032171704721
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