Few temporally distributed brain connectivity states predict human cognitive abilities

Maren H. Wehrheim, Joshua Faskowitz, Olaf Sporns, Christian J. Fiebach, Matthias Kaschube, Kirsten Hilger

Abstract: Highlights•Brain connectivity states identified by cofluctuation strength.•CMEP as new method to robustly predict human traits from brain imaging data.•Network-identifying connectivity ‘events’ are not predictive of cognitive ability.•Sixteen temporally independent fMRI time frames allow for significant prediction.•Neuroimaging-based assessment of cognitive ability requires sufficient scan lengths.