Fig. 7

Temporal profiles of functional connectivity within the arithmetic network. (a) Mean PLV (mean ± SEM across all channel-pairs of all ROIs) for two different frequency bands: delta (0.1–3 Hz; red color) and theta (3–7 Hz; blue). For each operand (N1–N3), we defined three time points: onset (defined as maximal slope; upward-pointing triangle), peak (diamond) and offset (defined as minimal slope; downward-pointing triangle). Dots at the bottom of corresponding color indicate significance of difference against the baseline values distribution (P < 0.05, Wilcoxon rank-sum test, FDR corrected for multiple testing over different time points). Vertical solid or dashed lines represent the time of the presentation of the stimuli (operands N1–N3 or operators). (b) In each operand period (N1–N3; figure columns), we selected 15 pairs of arithmetic network ROIs based on their maximum PLV value in the delta band, and ordered them according to the latencies of the maxima. Temporal profiles (x-axis) of PLVs between the 15 strongest ROI pairs (rows of the subplots; names indicated on the y-axis). (c) Same as in b, but for the theta band.