ReviewThe Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience2021
How to Interpret Resting-State fMRI: Ask Your Participants.
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- A multi-session simultaneous EEG-fMRI dataset with repeated experience sampling.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
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- Phenomenology of the stream of thought: dissociable dynamic dimensions revealed through experience sampling.Neuroscience of consciousness · 2026Article
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- Connectome caricatures remove large-amplitude coactivation patterns in resting-state fMRI to emphasize individual differences.Nature neuroscience · 2025Article
- Mapping content and dynamics in the stream of consciousness through latent brain state analysis.iScience · 2025Article
- Spontaneous fluctuations in global connectivity reflect transitions between states of high and low prediction error.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
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Abstract
Resting-state fMRI (rsfMRI) reveals brain dynamics in a task-unconstrained environment as subjects let their minds wander freely. Consequently, resting subjects navigate a rich space of cognitive and perceptual states (i.e., ongoing experience). How this ongoing experience shapes rsfMRI summary metrics (e.g., functional connectivity) is unknown, yet likely to contribute uniquely to within- and between-subject differences. Here we argue that understanding the role of ongoing experience in rsfMRI requires access to standardized, temporally resolved, scientifically validated first-person descriptions of those experiences. We suggest best practices for obtaining those descriptions via introspective methods appropriately adapted for use in fMRI research. We conclude with a set of guidelines for fusing these two data types to answer pressing questions about the etiology of rsfMRI.
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