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ArticleCognitive neuroscience2017

Reaction time as a stochastic process implemented by functional brain networks.

Constantinos I Siettos, Nikolaos Smyrnis

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Article in Cognitive neuroscience, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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2 authors.

Constantinos I Siettosa School of Applied Mathematics and Physical Sciences , National Technical University of Athens , Athens , Greece.
Nikolaos Smyrnisb Laboratory of Sensorimotor Control , University Mental Healht Research Institute , Athens , Greece.

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Abstract

Many studies focus on anatomical brain connectivity in an effort to explain the effect of practice on reaction time (RT) that is observed in many cognitive tasks. In this commentary, we suggest that RT reflects a stochastic process that varies in each single repetition of any cognitive task and cannot be attributed only to anatomical properties of the underlying neuronal circuit. Based on recent evidence from Magnetoencephalographic, Electroencephalographic, and fMRI studies, we further propose that the functional properties of key brain areas and their self-organization into functional connectivity networks contribute to the RT and could also explain the effects of training on the distribution of the RT.

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White MatterBrainCognitionHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingReaction TimeStochastic Processescognitive neurosciencefunctional connectivity networksReaction timetraining

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