title: Individual variability is not noise.
abstract: A recent study demonstrates that intersubject variability in functional connectivity is heterogeneous across the cortex, with significantly higher variability in multimodal association cortex. Rather than being 'noise', intersubject variability is invaluable for understanding principles of brain evolution and ontogenetic development, and for interpreting statistical maps in task-based functional neuroimaging studies.
authors.affiliation: Research Center Jülich, Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-1), Jülich, Germany. k.zilles@fz-juelich.de
authors.forename: Karl
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zilles
authors.forename: Katrin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Amunts
mesh_terms: D001931:Brain Mapping; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000502:physiology*; D059907:Functional Neuroimaging; D006801:Humans; D007206:Individuality; D009434:Neural Pathways / Q000502:physiology*