What drives apparent dynamic functional connectivity in resting-state fMRI?
Ben Griffin, Yiming Wei, Chetan Gohil, Rukuang Huang, Stephen M. Smith, Diego Vidaurre, Mark W. Woolrich
This study investigates the drivers of dynamic functional connectivity in resting-state fMRI using HMMs and finds that mean activity and variance dynamics explain most of the apparent connectivity changes.
bioRxiv · Oct 16, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience