Detecting neural state transitions underlying event segmentation

Linda Geerligs, Marcel van Gerven, Umut Güçlü

Abstract: Highlights•Boundaries between meaningful events are related to neural state transitions.•Neural states are temporarily stable regional brain activity patterns.•We introduce novel methods for data-driven detection of neural state boundaries.•These methods can identify the location and the number of neural state boundaries.•Simulations and empirical data support the reliability and validity of our methods.