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Here we demonstrate that physical comportment profoundly alters baseline brain activity as measured by magnetoencephalography (MEG)\u2014an imaging modality that permits multipostural acquisition. We collected resting-state MEG data from 12 healthy participants in three postures (lying supine, reclining at 45\u00b0, and sitting upright). Source-modeling analysis revealed a broadly distributed influence of posture on resting brain function. Sitting upright versus lying supine was associated with greater high-frequency (i.e., beta and gamma) activity in widespread parieto-occipital cortex. Moreover, sitting upright and reclining postures correlated with dampened activity in prefrontal regions across a range of bandwidths (i.e., from alpha to low gamma). The observed effects were large, with a mean Cohen's d of 0.95 (SD = 0.23). In addition to neural activity, physiological parameters such as muscle tension and eye blinks may have contributed to these posture-dependent changes in brain signal. Regardless of the underlying mechanisms, however, the present results have important implications for the acquisition and interpretation of multimodal imaging data (e.g., studies combining fMRI or PET with EEG or MEG). More broadly, our findings indicate that generalizing results\u2014from supine neuroimaging measurements to erect positions typical of ecological human behavior\u2014would call for considering the influence that posture wields on brain dynamics.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1162\/jocn_a_01107","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2017,2,14]],"date-time":"2017-02-14T15:34:33Z","timestamp":1487086473000},"page":"1292-1301","update-policy":"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1162\/mitpressjournals.corrections.policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":9,"title":["Source Localization of Brain States Associated with Canonical Neuroimaging Postures"],"prefix":"10.1162","volume":"29","author":[{"given":"Michael","family":"Lifshitz","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"McGill University, Montreal, Canada"},{"name":"Chapman University, Irvine, CA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Robert T.","family":"Thibault","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"McGill University, Montreal, Canada"},{"name":"Chapman University, Irvine, CA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Raquel R.","family":"Roth","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"McGill University, Montreal, Canada"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Amir","family":"Raz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"McGill University, Montreal, Canada"},{"name":"Chapman University, Irvine, CA"},{"name":"Sir Mortimer B. 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