Figure 2

Meta-state dynamics through time, meta-state numbers, meta-state changes, and meta-state total distance in a representative beginner chess player and a representative professional chess player. Meta-state dynamics through time (panel A), meta-state numbers (panel B), meta-state change points (panel C), and meta-state total distance (panel D) in a representative beginner chess player (left column) and in a representative professional chess player (right column). The colorbar represents the strength of probability to be in each meta-state. For panel A and B Y-axis represents the five connectivity patterns (CPs), from 1 to 5 and X-axis represented the time-indexed meta-states (seconds, after time-course discretization in quartiles). For panel C Y-axis represents the distance of each changepoint, whereas the sum of all the blue dots represents the cumulative number of changepoints for a given subject. Finally, for panel D the total cumulative distance traveled (summed L1 distance between successive meta-states) in the state space is reported on Y-axis. y = years; y.o.= years old.