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2016 ; 67
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Annu Rev Psychol
2016[]; 67
(ä): 613-40
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The development of new technologies for mapping structural and functional brain
connectivity has led to the creation of comprehensive network maps of neuronal
circuits and systems. The architecture of these brain networks can be examined
and analyzed with a large variety of graph theory tools. Methods for detecting
modules, or network communities, are of particular interest because they uncover
major building blocks or subnetworks that are particularly densely connected,
often corresponding to specialized functional components. A large number of
methods for community detection have become available and are now widely applied
in network neuroscience. This article first surveys a number of these methods,
with an emphasis on their advantages and shortcomings; then it summarizes major
findings on the existence of modules in both structural and functional brain
networks and briefly considers their potential functional roles in brain
evolution, wiring minimization, and the emergence of functional specialization
and complex dynamics.