Network dynamics scale with levels of awareness

Peter Coppola, Lennart R. B. Spindler, Andrea I. Luppi, Ram Adapa, Lorina Naci, Judith Allanson, Paola Finoia, Guy B. Williams, John D. Pickard, Adrian M. Owen, David K. Menon, Emmanuel A. Stamatakis

Abstract: Highlights•Time-averaged small world measures in fMRI do not yield consistent results.•Entropy of small world dynamics is a robust predictor of levels of awareness.•Network dynamics have predictive power beyond functional connectivity dynamics.•Subcortical dynamics have more predictive power than cortical dynamics.•Participation coefficient dynamics are independently predictive in the cerebellum.