Bayesian structural-functional similarity
Anatomical connectivity can be understood within a predictive processing framework, or the brain’s expectation about what regions should be exchanging information with each other, sculpted by evolution and experience.
Structural-functional similarity increases under anesthesia, reflecting a decrease in the processing of external information (Mhuircheartaigh2013)
- Patterns of functional connectivity are determined largely by structurally-encoded priors (Luppi2021)
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