Marwan N. Baliki

This paper clarifies and improves the ALFF and fALFF methods in resting-state fMRI by introducing new variants and analyzing their relationships with MBI and normalization effects.

The paper compares effective connectivity in chronic pain patients and placebo responders using resting-state fMRI to identify markers of nociception and placebo response.

The paper shows that task-specific information is widespread in the human brain and scales with consciousness levels, challenging traditional analytical approaches.