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Kettlety SA, Finley JM, Leech KA. Visuospatial Skills Explain Differences in the Ability to Use Propulsion Biofeedback Post-stroke. J Neurol Phys Ther 2024; 48:207-216. [PMID: 38912856 PMCID: PMC11424264 DOI: 10.1097/npt.0000000000000487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/25/2024]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Visual biofeedback can be used to help people post-stroke reduce biomechanical gait impairments. Using visual biofeedback engages an explicit, cognitively demanding motor learning process. Participants with better overall cognitive function are better able to use visual biofeedback to promote locomotor learning; however, which specific cognitive domains are responsible for this effect are unknown. We aimed to understand which cognitive domains were associated with performance during acquisition and immediate retention when using visual biofeedback to increase paretic propulsion in individuals post-stroke. METHODS Participants post-stroke completed cognitive testing, which provided scores for different cognitive domains, including executive function, immediate memory, visuospatial/constructional skills, language, attention, and delayed memory. Next, participants completed a single session of paretic propulsion biofeedback training, where we collected treadmill-walking data for 20 min with biofeedback and 2 min without biofeedback. We fit separate regression models to determine if cognitive domain scores, motor impairment (measured with the lower-extremity Fugl-Meyer), and gait speed could explain propulsion error and variability during biofeedback use and recall error during immediate retention. RESULTS Visuospatial/constructional skills and motor impairment best-explained propulsion error during biofeedback use (adjusted R 2 = 0.56, P = 0.0008), and attention best-explained performance variability (adjusted R 2 = 0.17, P = 0.048). Language skills best-explained recall error during immediate retention (adjusted R 2 = 0.37, P = 0.02). DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS These results demonstrate that specific cognitive domain impairments explain variability in locomotor learning outcomes in individuals with chronic stroke. This suggests that with further investigation, specific cognitive impairment information may be useful to predict responsiveness to interventions and personalize training parameters to facilitate locomotor learning.
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- Sarah A Kettlety
- Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California (S.A.K., J.M.F., K.A.L.); Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California (J.M.F., K.A.L.); and Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California (J.M.F.)
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Norouzi H, Daliri MR. Prediction of behavioral performance by alpha-band phase synchronization in working memory. Physiol Behav 2024; 284:114630. [PMID: 38971571 DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2024.114630] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2024] [Revised: 05/31/2024] [Accepted: 07/04/2024] [Indexed: 07/08/2024]
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Working memory (WM) is a cognitive system with limited capacity that can temporarily store and process information. The purpose of this study was to investigate functional connectivity based on phase synchronization during WM and its relationship with the behavioral response. In this regard, we recorded EEG/Eye tracking data of seventeen healthy subjects while performing a memory-guided saccade (MGS) task with two different positions (near eccentricity and far eccentricity). We computed saccade error as memory performance and measured functional connectivity using Phase Locking Value (PLV) in the alpha frequency band (8-12 Hz). The results showed that PLV is negatively correlated with saccade error. Our finding indicated that during the maintenance period, PLV between the frontal and visual area in trials with low saccade error increased significantly compared to trials with high saccade error. Furthermore, we observed a significant difference between PLV for near and far conditions in the delay period. The results suggest that PLV in memory maintenance, in addition to predicting saccade error as behavioral performance, can be related to the coding of spatial information in WM.
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- Hamideh Norouzi
- Neuroscience and Neuroengineering Research Lab., Biomedical Engineering Department, School of Electrical Engineering, Iran University of Science & Technology (IUST), Narmak, 16846-13114, Tehran, Iran
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- Neuroscience and Neuroengineering Research Lab., Biomedical Engineering Department, School of Electrical Engineering, Iran University of Science & Technology (IUST), Narmak, 16846-13114, Tehran, Iran.
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Chrobak AA, Bielak S, Nowaczek D, Żyrkowska A, Sobczak AM, Fafrowicz M, Bryll A, Marek T, Dudek D, Siwek M. Divergent pattern of functional connectivity within the dorsal attention network differentiates schizophrenia and bipolar disorder patients. Front Psychiatry 2024; 15:1474313. [PMID: 39364382 PMCID: PMC11446793 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1474313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2024] [Accepted: 08/26/2024] [Indexed: 10/05/2024] Open
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Introduction Schizophrenia (SZ) and bipolar disorder (BD) share common clinical features, symptoms, and neurocognitive deficits, which results in common misdiagnosis. Recently, it has been suggested that alterations within brain networks associated with perceptual organization yield potential to distinguish SZ and BD individuals. The aim of our study was to evaluate whether functional connectivity (FC) of the dorsal attention network (DAN) may differentiate both conditions. Methods The study involved 90 participants: 30 remitted SZ patients, 30 euthymic BD patients, and 30 healthy controls (HC). Resting state functional magnetic resonance imaging was used to compare the groups in terms of the FC within the core nodes of the DAN involving frontal eye fields (FEF) and intraparietal sulcus (IPS). Results BD patients presented weaker inter-hemispheric FC between right and left FEF than HC. While SZ did not differ from HC in terms of inter-FEF connectivity, they presented increased inter- and intra-hemispheric FC between FEF and IPS. When compared with BD, SZ patients showed increased FC between right FEF and other nodes of the network (bilateral IPS and left FEF). Conclusion We have shown that altered resting state FC within DAN differentiates BD, SZ, and HC groups. Divergent pattern of FC within DAN, consisting of hypoconnectivity in BD and hyperconnectivity in SZ, might yield a candidate biomarker for differential diagnosis between both conditions. More highly powered studies are needed to confirm these possibilities.
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- Department of Adult, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University Hospital in Cracow, Kraków, Poland
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- Department of Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroergonomics, Institute of Applied Psychology, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland
- Doctoral School in the Social Sciences, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland
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- Department of Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroergonomics, Institute of Applied Psychology, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland
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- Department of Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroergonomics, Institute of Applied Psychology, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland
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- Chair of Radiology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland
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- Faculty of Psychology, SWPS University, Katowice, Poland
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- Department of Adult Psychiatry, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland
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- Department of Affective Disorders, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland
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Trinkl N, Wolfe JM. Image memorability influences memory for where the item was seen but not when. Mem Cognit 2024:10.3758/s13421-024-01635-3. [PMID: 39256320 DOI: 10.3758/s13421-024-01635-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/22/2024] [Indexed: 09/12/2024]
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Observers can determine whether they have previously seen hundreds of images with more than 80% accuracy. This "massive memory" for WHAT we have seen is accompanied by smaller but still massive memories for WHERE and WHEN the item was seen (spatial & temporal massive memory). Recent studies have shown that certain images are more easily remembered than others (higher "memorability"). Does memorability influence spatial massive memory and temporal massive memory? In two experiments, viewers saw 150 images presented twice in random order. These 300 images were sequentially presented at random locations in a 7 × 7 grid. If an image was categorized as old, observers clicked on the spot in the grid where they thought they had previously seen it. They also noted when they had seen it: Experiment 1-clicking on a timeline; Experiment 2-estimating the trial number when the item first appeared. Replicating prior work, data show that high-memorability images are remembered better than low-memorability images. Interestingly, in both experiments, spatial memory precision was correlated with image memorability, while temporal memory precision did not vary as a function of memorability. Apparently, properties that make images memorable help us remember WHERE but not WHEN those images were presented. The lack of correlation between memorability and temporal memory is, of course, a negative result and should be treated with caution.
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- Nathan Trinkl
- Visual Attention Laboratory, Dept. of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Visual Attention Laboratory, Dept. of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
- Depts of Ophthalmology & Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
- Visual Attention Lab, Department of Surgery, Brigham & Women's Hospital, 900 Commonwealth Ave, 3rd Floor, Boston, MA, 02215, USA.
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McGill MB, Kieffaber PD. Event-related theta and gamma band oscillatory dynamics during visuo-spatial sequence memory in younger and older adults. PLoS One 2024; 19:e0297995. [PMID: 38564573 PMCID: PMC10986947 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0297995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2023] [Accepted: 01/16/2024] [Indexed: 04/04/2024] Open
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Visuo-spatial working memory (VSWM) for sequences is thought to be crucial for daily behaviors. Decades of research indicate that oscillations in the gamma and theta bands play important functional roles in the support of visuo-spatial working memory, but the vast majority of that research emphasizes measures of neural activity during memory retention. The primary aims of the present study were (1) to determine whether oscillatory dynamics in the Theta and Gamma ranges would reflect item-level sequence encoding during a computerized spatial span task, (2) to determine whether item-level sequence recall is also related to these neural oscillations, and (3) to determine the nature of potential changes to these processes in healthy cognitive aging. Results indicate that VSWM sequence encoding is related to later (∼700 ms) gamma band oscillatory dynamics and may be preserved in healthy older adults; high gamma power over midline frontal and posterior sites increased monotonically as items were added to the spatial sequence in both age groups. Item-level oscillatory dynamics during the recall of VSWM sequences were related only to theta-gamma phase amplitude coupling (PAC), which increased monotonically with serial position in both age groups. Results suggest that, despite a general decrease in frontal theta power during VSWM sequence recall in older adults, gamma band dynamics during encoding and theta-gamma PAC during retrieval play unique roles in VSWM and that the processes they reflect may be spared in healthy aging.
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- Makenna B. McGill
- Department of Psychological Sciences, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, United States of America
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- Department of Psychological Sciences, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, United States of America
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Rizza A, Pedale T, Mastroberardino S, Olivetti Belardinelli M, Van der Lubbe RHJ, Spence C, Santangelo V. Working Memory Maintenance of Visual and Auditory Spatial Information Relies on Supramodal Neural Codes in the Dorsal Frontoparietal Cortex. Brain Sci 2024; 14:123. [PMID: 38391698 PMCID: PMC10886761 DOI: 10.3390/brainsci14020123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2023] [Revised: 01/19/2024] [Accepted: 01/20/2024] [Indexed: 02/24/2024] Open
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The frontoparietal attention network plays a pivotal role during working memory (WM) maintenance, especially under high-load conditions. Nevertheless, there is ongoing debate regarding whether this network relies on supramodal or modality-specific neural signatures. In this study, we used multi-voxel pattern analysis (MVPA) to evaluate the neural representation of visual versus auditory information during WM maintenance. During fMRI scanning, participants maintained small or large spatial configurations (low- or high-load trials) of either colour shades or sound pitches in WM for later retrieval. Participants were less accurate in retrieving high- vs. low-load trials, demonstrating an effective manipulation of WM load, irrespective of the sensory modality. The frontoparietal regions involved in maintaining high- vs. low-load spatial maps in either sensory modality were highlighted using a conjunction analysis. Widespread activity was found across the dorsal frontoparietal network, peaking on the frontal eye fields and the superior parietal lobule, bilaterally. Within these regions, MVPAs were performed to quantify the pattern of distinctness of visual vs. auditory neural codes during WM maintenance. These analyses failed to reveal distinguishable patterns in the dorsal frontoparietal regions, thus providing support for a common, supramodal neural code associated with the retention of either visual or auditory spatial configurations.
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- Aurora Rizza
- Department of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, P.le A. Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy
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- Functional Neuroimaging Laboratory, IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation, Via Ardeatina 306, 00179 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Philosophy, Social Sciences & Education, University of Perugia, Piazza G. Ermini 1, 06123 Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, P.le A. Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy
- ECONA, Interuniversity Centre for Research on Cognitive Processing in Natural and Artificial Systems, Sapienza University of Rome, Via dei Marsi 78, 00185 Rome, Italy
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- Cognition, Data and Education, University of Twente, Drienerlolaan 5, 7522 NB Enschede, The Netherlands
- Laboratory of Vision Science and Optometry, Adam Mickiewicz University, Wieniawskiego 1, 61-712 Poznan, Poland
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- Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, Anna Watts Building, Oxford OX2 6BW, UK
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- Functional Neuroimaging Laboratory, IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation, Via Ardeatina 306, 00179 Rome, Italy
- Department of Philosophy, Social Sciences & Education, University of Perugia, Piazza G. Ermini 1, 06123 Perugia, Italy
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Camp N, Vagnetti R, Bisele M, Felton P, Hunter K, Magistro D. The Effect of Cognitive Task Complexity on Healthy Gait in the Walking Corsi Test. Brain Sci 2023; 13:1019. [PMID: 37508951 PMCID: PMC10377536 DOI: 10.3390/brainsci13071019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2023] [Revised: 06/23/2023] [Accepted: 06/26/2023] [Indexed: 07/30/2023] Open
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Dual-task activities are essential within everyday life, requiring visual-spatial memory (VSM) and mobility skills. Navigational memory is an important component of VSM needed to carry out everyday activities, but this is often not included in traditional tests such as the Corsi block tapping test (CBT). The Walking Corsi Test (WalCT) allows both VSM and navigational memory to be tested together, as well as allowing measures of gait to be collected, thus providing a more complete understanding of dual-task function. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of an increasingly complex cognitive task on gait in a healthy adult population, using the WalCT and body-worn inertial measurement unit (IMU) sensors. Participants completed both the CBT and WalCT, where they were asked to replicate increasingly complex sequences until they were no longer able to carry this out correctly. IMU sensors were worn on the shins throughout the WalCT to assess changes in gait as task complexity increased. Results showed that there were significant differences in several gait parameters between completing a relatively simple cognitive task and completing a complex task. The type of memory used also appeared to have an impact on some gait variables. This indicates that even within a healthy population, gait is affected by cognitive task complexity, which may limit function in everyday dual-task activities.
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- Nicola Camp
- School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham NG11 8NS, UK
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- School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham NG11 8NS, UK
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- School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham NG11 8NS, UK
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- School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham NG11 8NS, UK
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- School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham NG11 8NS, UK
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- School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham NG11 8NS, UK
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Zhou R, Xie X, Wang J, Ma B, Hao X. Why do children with autism spectrum disorder have abnormal visual perception? Front Psychiatry 2023; 14:1087122. [PMID: 37255685 PMCID: PMC10225551 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1087122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2022] [Accepted: 03/28/2023] [Indexed: 06/01/2023] Open
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Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is associated with severe impairment in social functioning. Visual information processing provides nonverbal cues that support social interactions. ASD children exhibit abnormalities in visual orientation, continuous visual exploration, and visual-spatial perception, causing social dysfunction, and mechanisms underlying these abnormalities remain unclear. Transmission of visual information depends on the retina-lateral geniculate nucleus-visual cortex pathway. In ASD, developmental abnormalities occur in rapid expansion of the visual cortex surface area with constant thickness during early life, causing abnormal transmission of the peak of the visual evoked potential (P100). We hypothesized that abnormal visual perception in ASD are related to the abnormal visual information transmission and abnormal development of visual cortex in early life, what's more, explored the mechanisms of abnormal visual symptoms to provide suggestions for future research.
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- Rongyi Zhou
- Department of Pediatrics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou, China
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- Department of Pediatrics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou, China
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- Henan Provincial People's Hospital, Henan Institute of Ophthalmology, Zhengzhou, China
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- Department of Pediatrics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou, China
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- Renmin University of China, Beijing, China
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Executive functioning in body dysmorphic disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder. CNS Spectr 2023; 28:33-40. [PMID: 34313212 DOI: 10.1017/s1092852921000705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To assess executive functions (EFs) in patients with body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) compared with healthy controls. METHODS Adults diagnosed with BDD (n = 26) or OCD (n = 29) according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, and healthy controls (n = 28) underwent validated and computerized neuropsychological tests, spatial working memory (SWM), intra-extra-dimensional set shifting (IED), and stop signal task (SST), from the Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery (CANTAB). Test performance was compared between groups, and correlated with standardized symptom severity of BDD and OCD. Significance level was set to P < .05. RESULTS There were no statistically significant between-group differences on key outcome measures in SWM, IED, or SST. There was a weak positive correlation between symptom severity and test errors on SWM and IED in both OCD and BDD groups; increased clinical severity was associated with more errors in these tests. Furthermore, there was a negative correlation between symptom severity and SST in the BDD group. CONCLUSIONS Patients with BDD or OCD did not differ from healthy control subjects in terms of test performance; however, there were several statistically significant correlations between symptom severity and performance in those with BDD or OCD. More studies on EFs in BDD and OCD are required to elucidate if there are differences in EFs between these two disorders.
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Aging: working memory capacity and spatial strategies in a virtual orientation task. GeroScience 2022; 45:159-175. [PMID: 35690689 PMCID: PMC9886750 DOI: 10.1007/s11357-022-00599-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2022] [Accepted: 05/27/2022] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Brain networks involved in working and spatial memory are closely intertwined, outlining a potential relation between these processes, which are also affected in non-pathological aging. Working memory is a pre-requisite for other complex cognitive processes. The main aim of this study is to explore how working memory capacity (WMC) can influence the asymmetrical decline in spatial orientation strategies in an older segment of population compared to young participants. Forty-eight older adults and twelve young students took part in the study. Working memory and spatial memory were assessed using the Change Localization Task and The Boxes Room Task, respectively. In The Boxes Room Task, two different configurations assessed the use of egocentric and allocentric reference frames. Results showed that older adults with better WMC outperformed those with lower WMC in several tasks. Independently of WMC capacity, older participants performed better in the allocentric condition of The Boxes Room. In addition, young participants outscored low WMC older participants, but did not differ from high WMC older adults. Overly, these findings support the important relationship between working memory capacity and spatial orientations abilities. Thus, basic cognitive mechanisms engaged in information processing could inform about other brain processes more complex in nature, like spatial orientation skills.
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Tang H, Wu Q, Li S, Fang Y, Yang Z, Wang B, Wang X, Liu P. Visuospatial but Not Verbal Working Memory Deficits in Adult Patients With Neurofibromatosis Type 1. Front Psychol 2021; 12:751384. [PMID: 34858280 PMCID: PMC8631787 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.751384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2021] [Accepted: 09/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Background: Cognitive dysfunction is one of the main symptoms of neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1). As an important cognitive function, working memory (WM) has rarely been systematically analyzed in NF1 by isolating the particular domain of WM, and existing data involving WM in adult patients with NF1 are insufficient. This study aimed to investigate the characteristics of different types of WM in NF1 from the perspective of the adult population. Method: We comprehensively analyzed WM in both verbal and visuospatial WM domains by using the N-back task (including the verbal N-back task and the visuospatial N-back task) in 31 adults with NF1 and 34 healthy controls matched for age, gender, education levels, and general cognitive status. The accuracy and reaction times (RTs) in the N-back task were entered into mixed-design ANOVA. Results: Compared with healthy controls, adults with NF1 presented significantly lower mean accuracy and longer RTs in the visuospatial N-back task. However, no significant difference was found between the NF1 group and healthy controls in the verbal N-back task. Conclusions: The present study suggested that adults with NF1 might have deficits in visuospatial WM. We did not find evidence for verbal WM deficits in adult patients with NF1. Our findings supplement and refine the existing data on WM in the context of NF1.
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- Hanlu Tang
- Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Learning and Cognition, School of Psychology, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.,China National Clinical Research Center for Neurological Diseases, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.,China National Clinical Research Center for Neurological Diseases, Beijing, China.,Department of Neural Reconstruction, Beijing Neurosurgery Institute, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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Ge Y, Sheng B, Qu W, Xiong Y, Sun X, Zhang K. Differences in visual-spatial working memory and driving behavior between morning-type and evening-type drivers. ACCIDENT; ANALYSIS AND PREVENTION 2020; 136:105402. [PMID: 31862644 DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2019.105402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2019] [Revised: 10/08/2019] [Accepted: 12/10/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Circadian rhythms are changes in life activities over a cycle of approximately 24 hours. Studies on chronotypes have found that there are significant differences in physiology, personality, cognitive ability and driving behavior between morning-type and evening-type people. The purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between visual-spatial working memory and driving behavior between morning-type and evening-type drivers in China. A total of 42 Chinese drivers were selected to participate in this study according to their score on the Morningness-Eveningness Questionnaire, including 22 morning-type drivers and 20 evening-type drivers. During the experiment, the participants completed one cognitive task (visual-spatial working memory), two simulated driving tasks (car-following task and pedestrian-crossing task), and the Dula Dangerous Driving Index (DDDI). The results showed that evening-type drivers self-reported more dangerous driving behaviors but had better lateral control on the simulated driving task than morning-type drivers. In addition, evening-type drivers had greater accuracy when performing the visual-spatial working memory task. Moreover, the accuracy on the visual-spatial working memory task positively predicted the percentage of time over the speed limit by 10 mph (POS10) and negatively correlated with the reaction time measure (time to meet pedestrians) in the pedestrian-crossing task. The relationships among chronotype, cognitive ability and driving behavior are also discussed. Understanding the underlying mechanisms could help explain why evening-type drivers perform dangerous driving behaviors more often.
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- Yan Ge
- CAS Key Laboratory of Behavioral Science, Institute of Psychology, Beijing, China; Department of Psychology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Behavioral Science, Institute of Psychology, Beijing, China; Department of Psychology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Behavioral Science, Institute of Psychology, Beijing, China; Department of Psychology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Behavioral Science, Institute of Psychology, Beijing, China; Department of Psychology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Behavioral Science, Institute of Psychology, Beijing, China; Department of Psychology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Behavioral Science, Institute of Psychology, Beijing, China; Department of Psychology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Korman M, Weiss PL, Hochhauser M, Kizony R. Effect of age on spatial memory performance in real museum vs. computer simulation. BMC Geriatr 2019; 19:165. [PMID: 31196006 PMCID: PMC6567498 DOI: 10.1186/s12877-019-1167-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2018] [Accepted: 05/23/2019] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Healthy older adults frequently complain on difficulty in recalling the locations of objects of everyday use. Cognitive abilities decline with normal aging; inefficiencies of information processing, as well as deterioration of neuronal structures, may impede the performance of complex cognitive skills such as spatial memory. Extraneous, task-irrelevant cognitive load in real environments is usually high and might interfere with spatial memory abilities of older adults. The purpose of this study was to determine (1) the extent to which older adults maintain their cognitive capacity during a spatial memory task as compared to young adults and (2) whether this capacity is affected by performance of the task in a real environment setting where the cognitive demands are similar to a simulation, but the physical demands (navigating via walking versus via a mouse) vary. METHODS In the museum, participants physically moved between display stations to locate hidden tokens performing a task in which an ongoing representation of previous searches had to be remembered. A comparable task was implemented via mouse actions on a computer simulation. Seventeen healthy older (60-80 years) and twenty younger (20-45 years) adults performed both tasks in a counterbalanced order. RESULTS The younger group was superior to the older group in terms of success rate and completion time for both conditions. All participants performed better during the simulated task. The delta between the total performance score in the two settings of the older group was significantly larger as compared to the younger group, suggesting a differential impact of setting on the groups. CONCLUSIONS Our results highlight the importance and feasibility of experimentation in ecologically relevant settings: differences were found in the way the cognitive performance of older and younger adults was affected by setting. Older adults appear to preserve basic cognitive abilities required for successful performance of object-location memory tasks. However, real museum setting appeared to impose higher demands on the older adults.
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- Maria Korman
- E.J. Safra Brain Research Center for the Study of Learning Disabilities, University of Haifa, 199 Aba Khoushy Ave. Mount Carmel, Haifa, Israel.
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- Department of Occupational Therapy, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
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- Department of Occupational Therapy, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel.,Center of Advanced Technologies in Rehabilitation, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel
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Perna G, Cavedini P, Riva A, Di Chiaro NV, Bellotti M, Diaferia G, Caldirola D. The role of spatial store and executive strategy in spatial working memory: a comparison between patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder and controls. Cogn Neuropsychiatry 2019; 24:14-27. [PMID: 30463498 DOI: 10.1080/13546805.2018.1544888] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) showed impaired spatial working memory (SWM). We evaluated whether patients and healthy controls (HCs) differed in spatial store capacity, and whether they differed in the relative weight of spatial store capacity and/or executive strategy in SWM. METHODS Thirty inpatients with OCD and 31 age- and education-matched HCs underwent the CANTAB SWM, SRM (a measure of spatial store). The severity of OC symptoms was assessed using the Y-BOCS. Statistical significance: α = 0.05. RESULTS Patients showed poorer performance than HCs in all neuropsychological outcomes. Both poorer SRM and SWM strategy were significantly associated with poorer SWM in the entire sample. No significant interaction between SRM and Group was found, while a significant interaction between SWM strategy and Group emerged; in patients the magnitude of this association was approximately twofold larger than in HCs. OC symptom severity did not correlate with neuropsychological performance. CONCLUSIONS Patients with OCD had poorer spatial store capacity than HCs. However, the weight of poorer executive strategy in SWM was greater in patients than HCs, whereas the weight of spatial store was similar. We provided a direct evidence that an impairment in the executive component might be the crucial factor influencing the poorer SWM of these patients.
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- Giampaolo Perna
- a Department of Biomedical Sciences , Humanitas University , Milan , Italy.,b Department of Clinical Neurosciences , Hermanas Hospitalarias, Villa San Benedetto Menni Hospital , Albese con Cassano, Como , Italy.,c Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences , Maastricht University , Maastricht , The Netherlands.,d Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Leonard Miller School of Medicine , Miami University , Miami , USA
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- b Department of Clinical Neurosciences , Hermanas Hospitalarias, Villa San Benedetto Menni Hospital , Albese con Cassano, Como , Italy
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- b Department of Clinical Neurosciences , Hermanas Hospitalarias, Villa San Benedetto Menni Hospital , Albese con Cassano, Como , Italy
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- b Department of Clinical Neurosciences , Hermanas Hospitalarias, Villa San Benedetto Menni Hospital , Albese con Cassano, Como , Italy
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- b Department of Clinical Neurosciences , Hermanas Hospitalarias, Villa San Benedetto Menni Hospital , Albese con Cassano, Como , Italy
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- b Department of Clinical Neurosciences , Hermanas Hospitalarias, Villa San Benedetto Menni Hospital , Albese con Cassano, Como , Italy
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- b Department of Clinical Neurosciences , Hermanas Hospitalarias, Villa San Benedetto Menni Hospital , Albese con Cassano, Como , Italy
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Santos JC, Pyter LM. Neuroimmunology of Behavioral Comorbidities Associated With Cancer and Cancer Treatments. Front Immunol 2018; 9:1195. [PMID: 29930550 PMCID: PMC6001368 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2018.01195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2017] [Accepted: 05/14/2018] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Behavioral comorbidities (depression, anxiety, fatigue, cognitive disturbances, and neuropathic pain) are prevalent in cancer patients and survivors. These mental and neurological health issues reduce quality-of-life, which is a significant societal concern given the increasing rates of long-term survival after various cancers. Hypothesized causes of behavioral comorbidities with cancer include tumor biology, stress associated with the cancer experience, and cancer treatments. A relatively recent leading mechanism by which these causes contribute to changes in neurobiology that underlie behavior is inflammation. Indeed, both basic and clinical research indicates that peripheral inflammation leads to central inflammation and behavioral changes in other illness contexts. Given the limitations of assessing neuroimmunology in clinical populations, this review primarily synthesizes evidence of neuroimmune and neuroinflammatory changes due to two components of cancer (tumor biology and cancer treatments) that are associated with altered affective-like or cognitive behaviors in rodents. Specifically, alterations in microglia, neuroinflammation, and immune trafficking to the brain are compiled in models of tumors, chemotherapy, and/or radiation. Evidence-based neuronal mechanisms by which these neuroimmune changes may lead to changes in behavior are proposed. Finally, converging evidence in clinical cancer populations is discussed.
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- Jessica C Santos
- Department of Basic and Applied Immunology, School of Medicine of Ribeirao Preto, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health and Neuroscience, The Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research, Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, United States
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Wu YJ, Tseng P, Huang HW, Hu JF, Juan CH, Hsu KS, Lin CC. The Facilitative Effect of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Visuospatial Working Memory in Patients with Diabetic Polyneuropathy: A Pre-post Sham-Controlled Study. Front Hum Neurosci 2016; 10:479. [PMID: 27733822 PMCID: PMC5039168 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2016.00479] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2016] [Accepted: 09/09/2016] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Diabetes mellitus can lead to diabetic polyneuropathy (DPN) and cognitive deficits that manifest as peripheral and central neuropathy, respectively. In this study we investigated the relationship between visuospatial working memory (VSWM) capacity and DPN severity, and attempted to improve VSWM in DPN patients via the use of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS). Sixteen DPN patients and 16 age- and education-matched healthy control subjects received Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Fourth Edition (WAIS-IV) and Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MOCA) for baseline cognitive assessment. A forward- and backward-recall computerized Corsi block tapping task (CBT), both with and without a concurrent motor interference task was used to measure VSWM capacity. Each DPN patient underwent a pre-treatment CBT, followed by tDCS or sham treatment, then a post-treatment CBT on two separate days. We found that although patients with severe DPN (Dyck’s grade 2a or 2b) showed comparable general intelligence scores on WAIS-IV as their age- and education-matched healthy counterparts, they nonetheless showed mild cognitive impairment (MCI) on MOCA and working memory deficit on digit-span test of WAIS-IV. Furthermore, patients’ peripheral nerve conduction velocity (NCV) was positively correlated with their VSWM span in the most difficult CBT condition that involved backward-recall with motor interference such that patients with worse NCV also had lower VSWM span. Most importantly, anodal tDCS over the right DLPFC was able to improve low-performing patients’ VSWM span to be on par with the high-performers, thereby eliminating the correlation between NCV and VSWM. In summary, these findings suggest that (1) MCI and severe peripheral neuropathy can coexist with unequal severity in diabetic patients, (2) the positive correlation of VSWM and NCV suggests a link between peripheral and central neuropathies, and (3) anodal tDCS over the right DLPFC can improve DPN patients’ VSWM, particularly for the low-performing patients.
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- Yi-Jen Wu
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung UniversityTainan, Taiwan; Department of Neurology, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung UniversityTainan, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Humanities in Medicine, Taipei Medical UniversityTaipei, Taiwan; Brain and Consciousness Research Center, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical UniversityNew Taipei City, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Psychology and Institute of Cognitive Science, College of Social Sciences, National Cheng Kung University Tainan, Taiwan
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- Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, National Central University Jhongli, Taiwan
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- Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Tainan, Taiwan
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Effects of gender and executive function on visuospatial working memory in adult obsessive-compulsive disorder. Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 2015; 265:707-18. [PMID: 25972085 DOI: 10.1007/s00406-015-0604-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2014] [Accepted: 05/06/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Visuospatial working memory (VSWM) is the ability of the brain to transiently store and manipulate visual information. VSWM deficiencies have been reported in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), but not consistently, perhaps due to variability in task design and clinical patient factors. To explore this variability, this study assessed effects of the design factors task difficulty and executive organizational strategy and of the clinical factors gender, OCD symptom dimension, and duration of illness on VSWM in OCD. The CANTAB spatial working memory, spatial recognition memory, delayed matching to sample, and stop signal tasks were administered to 42 adult OCD patients and 42 age- and sex-matched healthy controls. Aims were to detect a possible VSWM deficit in the OCD sample, to evaluate influences of the above task and patient factors, to determine the specificity of the deficit to the visuospatial subdomain, and to examine effects of sustained attention as potential neurocognitive confound. We confirmed previous findings of a VSWM deficit in OCD that was more severe for greater memory load (task difficulty) and that was affected by task strategy (executive function). We failed to demonstrate significant deficits in neighboring or confounding neurocognitive subdomains (visual object recognition or visual object short-term memory, sustained attention). Notably, the VSWM deficit was only significant for female patients, adding to evidence for sexual dimorphism in OCD. Again as in prior work, more severe OCD symptoms in the symmetry dimension (but no other dimension) significantly negatively impacted VSWM. Duration of illness had no significant effect on VSWM. VSWM deficits in OCD appear more severe with higher task load and may be mediated through poor task strategy. Such deficits may present mainly in female patients and in (male and female) patients with symmetry symptoms.
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Hardiess G, Mallot HA. Allocation of cognitive resources in comparative visual search--individual and task dependent effects. Vision Res 2015; 113:71-7. [PMID: 26093155 DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2015.05.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2014] [Revised: 03/31/2015] [Accepted: 05/12/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Behaviors recruit multiple, mutually substitutable types of cognitive resources (e.g., data acquisition and memorization in comparative visual search), and the allocation of resources is performed in a cost-optimizing way. If costs associated with each type of resource are manipulated, e.g., by varying the complexity of the items studied or the visual separation of the arrays to be compared, according adjustments of resource allocation ("trade-offs") have been demonstrated. Using between-subject designs, previous studies showed overall trade-off behavior but neglected inter-individual variability of trade-off behavior. Here, we present a simplified paradigm for comparative visual search in which gaze-measurements are replaced by switching of a visual mask covering one stimulus array at a time. This paradigm allows for a full within-subject design. While overall trade-off curves could be reproduced, we found that each subject used a specific trade-off strategy which differ substantially between subjects. Still, task-dependent adjustment of resource allocation can be demonstrated but accounts only for a minor part of the overall trade-off range. In addition, we show that the individual trade-offs were adjusted in an unconscious and rather intuitive way, enabling a robust manifestation of the selected strategy space.
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- Gregor Hardiess
- Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Biology, Institute of Neurobiology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
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- Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Biology, Institute of Neurobiology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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Wansard M, Bartolomeo P, Bastin C, Segovia F, Gillet S, Duret C, Meulemans T. Support for distinct subcomponents of spatial working memory: A double dissociation between spatial–simultaneous and spatial–sequential performance in unilateral neglect. Cogn Neuropsychol 2015; 32:14-28. [DOI: 10.1080/02643294.2014.995075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Alavash M, Doebler P, Holling H, Thiel CM, Gießing C. Is functional integration of resting state brain networks an unspecific biomarker for working memory performance? Neuroimage 2014; 108:182-93. [PMID: 25536495 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2014.12.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2014] [Revised: 12/04/2014] [Accepted: 12/15/2014] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Is there one optimal topology of functional brain networks at rest from which our cognitive performance would profit? Previous studies suggest that functional integration of resting state brain networks is an important biomarker for cognitive performance. However, it is still unknown whether higher network integration is an unspecific predictor for good cognitive performance or, alternatively, whether specific network organization during rest predicts only specific cognitive abilities. Here, we investigated the relationship between network integration at rest and cognitive performance using two tasks that measured different aspects of working memory; one task assessed visual-spatial and the other numerical working memory. Network clustering, modularity and efficiency were computed to capture network integration on different levels of network organization, and to statistically compare their correlations with the performance in each working memory test. The results revealed that each working memory aspect profits from a different resting state topology, and the tests showed significantly different correlations with each of the measures of network integration. While higher global network integration and modularity predicted significantly better performance in visual-spatial working memory, both measures showed no significant correlation with numerical working memory performance. In contrast, numerical working memory was superior in subjects with highly clustered brain networks, predominantly in the intraparietal sulcus, a core brain region of the working memory network. Our findings suggest that a specific balance between local and global functional integration of resting state brain networks facilitates special aspects of cognitive performance. In the context of working memory, while visual-spatial performance is facilitated by globally integrated functional resting state brain networks, numerical working memory profits from increased capacities for local processing, especially in brain regions involved in working memory performance.
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- Mohsen Alavash
- Biological Psychology Lab, Department of Psychology, European Medical School, Carl von Ossietzky Universität, 26111 Oldenburg, Germany.
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- Department of Psychology and Sport Sciences, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, 48149 Münster, Germany.
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- Department of Psychology and Sport Sciences, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, 48149 Münster, Germany.
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- Biological Psychology Lab, Department of Psychology, European Medical School, Carl von Ossietzky Universität, 26111 Oldenburg, Germany.
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- Biological Psychology Lab, Department of Psychology, European Medical School, Carl von Ossietzky Universität, 26111 Oldenburg, Germany.
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Wu YJ, Tseng P, Chang CF, Pai MC, Hsu KS, Lin CC, Juan CH. Modulating the interference effect on spatial working memory by applying transcranial direct current stimulation over the right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex. Brain Cogn 2014; 91:87-94. [PMID: 25265321 DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2014.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2013] [Revised: 08/01/2014] [Accepted: 09/05/2014] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Spatial working memory (SWM) is the ability to temporarily store and manipulate spatial information. It has a limited capacity and is quite vulnerable to interference. Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) has been shown to be a part of the SWM network but its specific functional role still remains unknown. Here we applied transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), a noninvasive brain stimulation technique that provides polarity-specific stimulation over the targeted region, to investigate the specific role of the right DLPFC in resolving interference in SWM. A forward- and backward-recall computerized Corsi Block Tapping task (CBT), both with and without a concurrent motor interference task (the modified Luria manual sequencing task) was used to measure SWM capacity and reaction time. The results showed that motor interference impeded accuracy and prolonged reaction time in forward and backward recall for SWM. Anodal tDCS over right DLPFC yielded the tendency to shorten participants' reaction time in the conditions with interference (forward with interference, and backward with interference). Most importantly, anodal tDCS significantly improved participants' SWM span when cognitive demand was the highest (the "backward-recall with motor interference" condition). These results suggest that (1) the right DLPFC plays a crucial role in dealing with the cross-domain motor interference for spatial working memory and (2) the anodal tDCS over right DLPFC improved SWM capacity particularly when task difficulty demands more complex mental manipulations that could be due to the facilitatory effect of anodal tDCS which enhanced the DLPFC function within central executive system at the top-down attentional level.
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- Yi-Jen Wu
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, #138 Sheng Li Road, Tainan 701, Taiwan; Department of Neurology, National Cheng Kung University College of Medicine and Hospital, Dou-Liou Branch, Yunlin, Taiwan; Department of Neurology, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, #138 Sheng Li Road, Tainan 701, Taiwan
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- Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, National Central University, #300, Jhongda Road, Jhongli City 320, Taiwan; Taipei Medical University - Shuang Ho Hospital, Brain and Consciousness Research Center, New Taipei City, Taiwan
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- Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, National Central University, #300, Jhongda Road, Jhongli City 320, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, #138 Sheng Li Road, Tainan 701, Taiwan
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- Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, #1, University Road, Tainan 701, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, #138 Sheng Li Road, Tainan 701, Taiwan.
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- Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, National Central University, #300, Jhongda Road, Jhongli City 320, Taiwan.
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Pearson DG, Ball K, Smith DT. Oculomotor preparation as a rehearsal mechanism in spatial working memory. Cognition 2014; 132:416-28. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2014.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2013] [Revised: 05/08/2014] [Accepted: 05/10/2014] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Wong LM, Riggins T, Harvey D, Cabaral M, Simon TJ. Children with chromosome 22q11.2 deletion syndrome exhibit impaired spatial working memory. AMERICAN JOURNAL ON INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES 2014; 119:115-32. [PMID: 24679349 PMCID: PMC4036086 DOI: 10.1352/1944-7558-119.2.115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Individuals with chromosome 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (22q11.2DS) have been shown to have impairments in processing spatiotemporal information. The authors examined whether children with 22q11.2DS exhibit impairments in spatial working memory performance due to these weaknesses, even when controlling for maintenance of attention. Children with 22q11.2DS (n = 47) and typically developing controls (n = 49) ages 6-15 years saw images within a grid and after a delay, then indicated the positions of the images in the correct temporal order. Children with 22q11.2DS made more spatial and temporal errors than controls. Females with 22q11.2DS made more spatial and temporal errors than males. These results extend findings of impaired spatiotemporal processing into the memory domain in 22q11.2DS by documenting their influence on working memory performance.
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- Ling M Wong
- MIND Institute and University of California, Davis, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, 2825 50th Street, Rm. 1357, Sacramento, CA 95616, USA
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Effects of spatial-memory decay and dual-task interference on perturbation-evoked reach-to-grasp reactions in the absence of online visual feedback. Hum Mov Sci 2013; 32:328-42. [DOI: 10.1016/j.humov.2012.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2012] [Revised: 08/03/2012] [Accepted: 11/01/2012] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Molteni E, Contini D, Caffini M, Baselli G, Spinelli L, Cubeddu R, Cerutti S, Bianchi AM, Torricelli A. Load-dependent brain activation assessed by time-domain functional near-infrared spectroscopy during a working memory task with graded levels of difficulty. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS 2012; 17:056005. [PMID: 22612128 DOI: 10.1117/1.jbo.17.5.056005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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We evaluated frontal brain activation during a mixed attentional/working memory task with graded levels of difficulty in a group of 19 healthy subjects, by means of time-domain functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS). Brain activation was assessed, and load-related oxy- and deoxy-hemoglobin changes were studied. Generalized linear model (GLM) was applied to the data to explore the metabolic processes occurring during the mental effort and, possibly, their involvement in short-term memorization. GLM was applied to the data twice: for modeling the task as a whole and for specifically investigating brain activation at each cognitive load. This twofold employment of GLM allowed (1) the extraction and isolation of different information from the same signals, obtained through the modeling of different cognitive categories (sustained attention and working memory), and (2) the evaluation of model fitness, by inspection and comparison of residuals (i.e., unmodeled part of the signal) obtained in the two different cases. Results attest to the presence of a persistent attentional-related metabolic activity, superimposed to a task-related mnemonic contribution. Some hemispherical differences have also been highlighted frontally: deoxy-hemoglobin changes manifested a strong right lateralization, whereas modifications in oxy- and total hemoglobin showed a medial localization. The present work successfully explored the capability of fNIRS to detect the two neurophysiological categories under investigation and distinguish their activation patterns.
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- Erika Molteni
- Dipartimento di Bioingegneria, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, I-20133 Milan, Italy.
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Ståhle L, Ståhle EL, Granström E, Isaksson S, Annas P, Sepp H. Effects of Sleep or Food Deprivation During Civilian Survival Training on Cognition, Blood Glucose and 3-OH-butyrate. Wilderness Environ Med 2011; 22:202-10. [DOI: 10.1016/j.wem.2011.02.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2010] [Revised: 02/06/2011] [Accepted: 02/22/2011] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Visual cognition, high-level vision, mid-level vision and top-down processing all refer to decision-based scene analyses that combine prior knowledge with retinal input to generate representations. The label "visual cognition" is little used at present, but research and experiments on mid- and high-level, inference-based vision have flourished, becoming in the 21st century a significant, if often understated part, of current vision research. How does visual cognition work? What are its moving parts? This paper reviews the origins and architecture of visual cognition and briefly describes some work in the areas of routines, attention, surfaces, objects, and events (motion, causality, and agency). Most vision scientists avoid being too explicit when presenting concepts about visual cognition, having learned that explicit models invite easy criticism. What we see in the literature is ample evidence for visual cognition, but few or only cautious attempts to detail how it might work. This is the great unfinished business of vision research: at some point we will be done with characterizing how the visual system measures the world and we will have to return to the question of how vision constructs models of objects, surfaces, scenes, and events.
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- Patrick Cavanagh
- Centre Attention & Vision, LPP CNRS UMR 8158, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France.
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Hardiess G, Basten K, Mallot HA. Acquisition vs. memorization trade-offs are modulated by walking distance and pattern complexity in a large-scale copying paradigm. PLoS One 2011; 6:e18494. [PMID: 21494620 PMCID: PMC3072986 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0018494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2010] [Accepted: 03/09/2011] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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In a “block-copying paradigm”, subjects were required to copy a configuration of colored blocks from a model area to a distant work area, using additional blocks provided at an equally distant resource area. Experimental conditions varied between the inter-area separation (walking distance) and the complexity of the block patterns to be copied. Two major behavioral strategies were identified: in the memory-intensive strategy, subjects memorize large parts of the pattern and rebuild them without intermediate visits at the model area. In the acquisition-intensive strategy, subjects memorize one block at a time and return to the model after having placed this block. Results show that the frequency of the memory-intensive strategy is increased for larger inter-area separations (larger walking distances) and for simpler block patterns. This strategy-shift can be interpreted as the result of an optimization process or trade-off, minimizing combined, condition-dependent costs of the two strategies. Combined costs correlate with overall response time. We present evidence that for the memory-intensive strategy, costs correlate with model visit duration, while for the acquisition-intensive strategy, costs correlate with inter-area transition (i.e., walking) times.
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- Gregor Hardiess
- Department of Biology and Werner-Reichardt Center for Integrative Neuroscience, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
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Nakahachi T, Ishii R, Iwase M, Canuet L, Takahashi H, Kurimoto R, Ikezawa K, Azechi M, Kajimoto O, Takeda M. Frontal cortex activation associated with speeded processing of visuospatial working memory revealed by multichannel near-infrared spectroscopy during Advanced Trail Making Test performance. Behav Brain Res 2010; 215:21-7. [PMID: 20600348 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2010.06.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2009] [Revised: 06/04/2010] [Accepted: 06/09/2010] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
Although visuospatial working memory (VSWM) is commonly used during speeded and unconscious memory processing in daily life, most neuroimaging studies on VSWM use tasks that impose motor restrictions onto the examinees to avoid movement-related artifacts. Multichannel near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS), however, can measure cortical activation during cognitive processing without interfering with task procedure. The purpose of this study is to determine whether multichannel NIRS can detect VSWM-induced frontal cortex activation similar to that seen in VSWM performance in daily-life activity. Using NIRS, we measured relative changes in the concentration of oxygenated hemoglobin as an index of frontal activation in 52 measurement points (channels) on the frontal area during the Advanced Trail Making Test (ATMT), a tool used to assess VSWM. The ATMT consists of two tasks, R and F, with the former assessing motor factors and the latter relating to both motor and cognitive factors involved in speeded and unconscious VSWM operations. Twenty-six healthy volunteers were enrolled in this study. Channel activation during Task F performance was observed bilaterally over the dorsolateral and ventrolateral prefrontal cortex. This distribution may reflect central executive function of working memory. Channel activation during Task R was circumscribed to part of the left ventrolateral prefrontal cortex partially overlapping with areas active during Task F performance, likely representing task-related motor factor activation. Our findings suggest that multichannel NIRS during ATMT performance is an appropriate means of measuring cortical activation induced by VSWM operations during daily activity.
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Affiliation(s)
- Takayuki Nakahachi
- Department of Clinical Neuroscience and Psychiatry, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, D3 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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