Figure 2.
Global structure–function coupling. (a) Overall assessment of SDI differences between EEG and fNIRS across ROIs, subjects, frequency bands, and hemoglobin types, in both RS and task conditions. The red asterisk highlights statistical significance (p < 0.05). (b,c) Bar plot illustrating the comparison of SDI between EEG bands, and (d) between HbO and HbR, during RS and task, represented as z-values. A higher absolute z-value indicates a more pronounced difference between the two groups. A positive z-value suggests that the first group exhibits higher values than the second group (indicating more decoupling), while a negative z-value implies lower values in the first group (indicating more coupling). The red asterisk denotes statistical significance (p < 0.05). (e,f). Evaluation of similarity within and between modalities (across each EEG frequency band and between HbO and HbR for fNIRS, as well as between each band and each hemoglobin) using Pearson’s correlation coefficient (r). (g) mean and std of SDI values, across ROIs and subjects, for each EEG band and fNIRS chromophore in RS and task. The red asterisk denotes statistical significance (p < 0.05).