A5056254760- Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
- Neural dynamics and brain function
- EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
- Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
- Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
- Pain Management and Placebo Effect
- Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
- Language, Metaphor, and Cognition
- Reading and Literacy Development
- Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Second Language Learning and Teaching
- Linguistic research and analysis
- Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
- Second Language Acquisition and Learning
- Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity
- Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies
- Subtitles and Audiovisual Media
- Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
- Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills
- Visual perception and processing mechanisms
- Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies
- Cultural Differences and Values
- Categorization, perception, and language
University of Maryland, Baltimore
2023-2025
UiT The Arctic University of Norway
2025
Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
2019-2022
There is currently no agreement on which factor modulates most effectively and enduringly brain plasticity in bilingual individuals. Grouping heterogeneous linguistic profiles under a dichotomous condition (bilingualism versus monolingualism) may obscure critical aspects of language experience underlying neural changes, thus leading to variable often conflicting findings. In the present study, we overcome these limitations by analyzing individual joint contribution L2 AoA, proficiency usage...
Entropy indicates irregularity of a dynamic system, with higher entropy indicating and more transit states. In the human brain, regional brain (BEN) has been increasingly assessed using resting state fMRI (rs-fMRI), while changes BEN during task-based have scarcely studied. The purpose this study is to characterize task-induced alterations large Human Connectome Project (HCP) data. To control potential modulation by block design, task-fMRI was calculated from images acquired task conditions...
In recent years, resting-state fMRI (rsfMRI)-based brain entropy (BEN) has gained increasing interest as a tool to characterize activity. While previous studies indicate that BEN is correlated with cognition, it remains unclear whether influenced by other factors typically affect activity measured fMRI.
In recent years, brain entropy (BEN) has been ossociated with a number of neurocognitive, biological, and sociodemographic variables. However, its link morphology is still unknown. this study, we use resting-state fMRI (rsfMRI) data to estimate BEN maps investigate their associations three metrics morphology: gray matter volume (GMV), surface area (SA), cortical thickness (CT). Separate analyses will be performed on derived from four distinct rsfMRI runs, using both voxelwise regions...
Chronic pain is a debilitating clinical condition and severe public health issue that demands to be addressed. Neuroimaging-based techniques have been widely adopted investigate the neural underpinnings of chronic pain. Despite efforts complex nature experience as well heterogeneity made identification neuroimaging-based biomarkers extremely challenging. In this study, resting-state fMRI-based brain entropy, measure reflecting "irregularity" activity, was biomarker by comparing individuals...
Brain entropy (BEN), a measure of the complexity and irregularity neural has emerged as promising marker for cognitive clinical traits. However, normative lifespan trajectories BEN remain underexplored. In this study, we investigated age-related changes in across human using Sample Entropy (SampEn). was estimated from resting-state fMRI data collected multiple Human Connectome Project cohorts (N = 2,415, ages 8-89 years), growth curves were modeled GAMLSS framework. Results revealed...
Abstract The moral foreign language effect (MFLE) describes how people’s decisions may change when a dilemma is presented in either their native (NL) or (FL). Growing attention being directed to unpacking what aspects of bilingualism influence the MFLE, though with mixed inconclusive results. current study aims bridge this gap by adopting conceptualization that frames construct as composite and continuous measure. In between-group analysis, we asked 196 Italian–English bilinguals perform...
Pain is a multidimensional subjective experience sustained by multiple brain regions involved in different aspects of pain experience. We used entropy (BEN) estimated from resting-state fMRI (rsfMRI) data to investigate the neural correlates BEN was rs-fMRI provided two datasets with age range: Human Connectome Project-Young Adult (HCP-YA) and project-Aging (HCP-A) datasets. Retrospective assessment experienced intensity retrieved both No main effect observed. The interaction between age,...
Abstract Inhibitory control is the capacity to withhold or suppress a thought action intentionally. The anterior Midcingulate Cortex (aMCC) participates in response inhibition, proxy measure of inhibitory control. Recent research suggests that inhibition modulated by individual variability aMCC sulcal morphology. However, no study has investigated if this phenomenon associated with neurofunctional differences during task. In study, 42 participants performed an Attention Network Task and...
Entropy indicates irregularity of a dynamic system with higher entropy indicating and more transit states. In the human brain, regional has been increasingly assessed using resting state fMRI. Response to task scarcely studied. The purpose this study is characterize task-induced brain (BEN) alterations large Human Connectome Project (HCP) data. To control potential modulation by block-design, BEN task-fMRI was calculated from fMRI images acquired during conditions only then compared rsfMRI....
Motivation: To investigate the persistent effects on brain following recovery from COVID-19. Goal(s): examine differences in brain’s functional connectivity between post-COVID-19 subjects and healthy controls. Approach: use resting-state fMRI data to identify networks. Results: Post-COVID exhibited higher a network including left olfactory cortex as main hub connected other regions. Impact: We observed that continue exhibit significant anomalies of brain. These results support...
Currently available data show mixed results as to whether the processing of emotional information has same characteristics in native (L1) second language (L2) bilinguals. We conducted a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) experiment shed light on neurocognitive mechanisms underlying bilinguals' L1 and L2 during an interference task (i.e., Emotional Stroop Task - EST). Our sample comprised proficient Italian-English bilinguals who learned their childhood mainly instructional rather...