Table 3.

Prior expectations of parameters in the neural mass model of Fig. 1.

Parameter	Physiological interpretation	Prior mean
${\kappa }_1,{\kappa }_2,{\kappa }_3,{\kappa }_4$	Postsynaptic rate constants	1/2, 1/36, 1/16, 1/28 (ms−1)
${\alpha }_{11},{\alpha }_{14},{\alpha }_{12}$		4,4,8
${\alpha }_{22},{\alpha }_{21},{\alpha }_{23},{\alpha }_{33}$	Amplitude of intrinsic connectivity kernels	4,4,2,4 (a.u)
${\alpha }_{41},{\alpha }_{32},{\alpha }_{44}$	(×200)	4,8,8
$r,\eta$	Parameters of the postsynaptic firing rate function	0.6, 0 (mV)