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The importance of hubs in large-scale networks

Network neuroscience has begun to generate fundamental insights into the structures and dynamics that lie beneath human cognition. Targeting the question what creates differences between humans, a study finds that individual differences in connectivity patterns in brain networks underlie individual differences in task performance.

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Palva, S. The importance of hubs in large-scale networks. Nat Hum Behav 2, 724–725 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-018-0438-9

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