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Frontoparietal Control Network

Also known as: fronto-parietal network, fronto-parietal control network, fronto-parietal control system, FPN, fronto-parietal executive control network

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Self-awareness, self-regulation, and self-transcendence (S-ART) frontiersin.org Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 16 facts

claimThe development of S-ART through meditation is proposed to modulate self-specifying and narrative self-networks through an integrative fronto-parietal control network.

claimMindfulness may facilitate context-appropriate switching between anticorrelated networks by utilizing the frontoparietal control network (FPCN) for executive control and information integration, rather than solely increasing experiential self-processing (EPS) or suppressing the narrative self (NS).

claimAdvanced meditators demonstrate resistance to age-related decline in the frontoparietal control network (FPCN) and self-specifying brain areas.

referenceVincent et al. (2008), Seeley et al. (2007), Liao et al. (2010), and Deshpande et al. (2011) emphasize that the Frontoparietal Control System (FPCS) integrates task-positive and task-negative networks through executive control and salience processing.

referenceThe fronto-parietal control system (FPCS) consists of the rostral frontopolar prefrontal cortex (FPC), right ventrolateral prefrontal cortex (VLPFC), dorsomedial prefrontal cortex (DMPFC), dorsal anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC), anterior insular cortex (AIC), lateral cerebellum, and anterior inferior parietal lobe (aIPL).

claimMeditation practice is commonly associated with increased activity in the experiential self-processing (EPS) network and the frontoparietal control network (FPCN).

claimThe fronto-parietal control system (FPCS) is hypothesized to integrate information from other self-specific networks and facilitate global reorganization or plasticity among those networks.

claimThe development of meta-awareness may facilitate the role of the Frontoparietal Control System (FPCS) in network integration and increase the efficiency of networks for Self-awareness, self-regulation, and self-transcendence (S-ART).

claimThe frontoparietal control network (FPCN) plays a role in improving network interactions in advanced meditators.

referenceVincent, Kahn, Snyder, Raichle, and Buckner (2008) provided evidence for a frontoparietal control system revealed by intrinsic functional connectivity in the Journal of Neurophysiology.

measurementAcross nine different Mindfulness-Based Intervention (MBI) studies, MRI research has found differences in gray matter (GM) volume and density in the dorsal and rostral anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) compared to non-meditating controls, suggesting a prominent role for the Frontoparietal Control Network (FPCN).

claimThe neural substrates for attentional processes are described through S-ART networks, where preparatory forms of attention are described through EES circuitry, and the substrates for FA and executive monitoring are described through EPS and the FPCS.

claimThe S-ART framework outlines specific neural networks of self-specifying and non-self (NS) processing, alongside an integrative fronto-parietal network, which are supported by six neurocognitive processes developed in mindfulness-based meditation practices.

claimThe anterior inferior parietal lobe (aIPL) and dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) are implicated in working memory and are thought to contribute to regulating attention within the fronto-parietal control system.

claimMindfulness practice can produce enduring neuroplastic changes, including gross morphological changes, across self-specific networks and the frontoparietal control network (FPCN) which supports self-awareness, self-regulation, and self-transcendence (S-ART).

claimThe Frontoparietal Control System (FPCS) has functional overlap with the Experiential Self-specifying (EPS) network, which includes the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC), dorsomedial prefrontal cortex (DMPFC), and anterior insular cortex (AIC).

A Synergistic Workspace for Human Consciousness Revealed by ... elifesciences.org eLife 6 facts

claimThe lateral prefrontal cortex (LPFC) is a key component of the fronto-parietal executive control network (FPN) and is posited to act as a global broadcaster of information within the global workspace, according to Global Neuronal Workspace Theory (GNWT).

claimThe fronto-parietal executive control network (FPN) may act as a global coordinator of whole-brain dynamics by broadcasting information integrated within the workspace to the rest of the brain.

claimNetwork neuroscience research indicates that the fronto-parietal executive control network (FPN) is poised to steer whole-brain dynamics through novel trajectories in response to complex task demands.

referenceShanahan hypothesized that the Frontoparietal Network (FPN) and Default Mode Network (DMN) tandem functions as a 'connective core' along the brain's medial axis to support consciousness.

claimThe fronto-parietal executive control network (FPN) comprises lateral prefrontal and parietal cortices and is associated with the performance of a variety of complex, cognitively demanding tasks.

claimThe reliance on 'resting-state' data without external stimuli may have resulted in an overestimation of the Default Mode Network's (DMN) role in consciousness and an under-estimation of the Frontoparietal Network (FPN), including the lateral prefrontal cortex, due to their different recruitment during no-task conditions.

Psychedelics, Sociality, and Human Evolution frontiersin.org Frontiers 2 facts

claimPsychedelics functionally modulate the activity and connectivity of the frontoparietal network and the Default Mode Network (DMN), which can enhance cognitive functioning and sociality, according to research by Carhart-Harris and Friston (2019), Vollenweider and Preller (2020), Cini et al. (2019), and Preller and Vollenweider (2019).

claimRapid evolutionary cortical expansion and reorganization in the human brain is most pronounced in higher-order cognitive networks, specifically the frontoparietal network and the Default Mode Network (DMN), and runs parallel with high expression of human-accelerated genes (HAR genes) involved in synapse and dendrite formation, according to Wei et al. (2019).

Global workspace theory: consciousness as brain wide information ... selfawarepatterns.com SelfAwarePatterns Dec 29, 2019 2 facts

claimAccording to Global Workspace Theory, conscious information arises when a signal dominates the frontoparietal network, inhibits competing signals, and is broadcast throughout the cortical-thalamic system via binding recurrent connections between originating and receiving regions.

claimStanislas Dehaene emphasizes the role of the prefrontal cortex in the global workspace, while acknowledging that the parietal, temporal, and other regions within the frontoparietal network are also significant contributors.