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Zhang H, Fan S, Yang J, Yi J, Guan L, He H, Zhang X, Luo Y, Guan Q. Attention control training and transfer effects on cognitive tasks. Neuropsychologia 2024; 200:108910. [PMID: 38777117 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2024.108910] [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: 11/05/2023] [Revised: 05/08/2024] [Accepted: 05/18/2024] [Indexed: 05/25/2024]
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Attention control is the common element underlying different executive functions. The backward Masking Majority Function Task (MFT-M) requires intensive attention control, and represents a diverse situation where attentional resources need to be allocated dynamically and flexibly to reduce uncertainty. Aiming to train attention control using MFT-M and examine the training transfer effects in various executive functions, we recruited healthy young adults (n = 84) and then equally randomized them into two groups trained with either MFT-M or a sham program for seven consecutive days. Cognitive evaluations were conducted before and after the training, and the electroencephalograph (EEG) signals were recorded for the revised Attention Network Test (ANT-R), N-back, and Task-switching (TS) tasks. Compared to the control group, the training group performed better on the congruent condition of Flanker and the double-congruency condition of Flanker and Location in the ANT-R task, and on the learning trials in the verbal memory test. The training group also showed a larger P2 amplitude decrease and P3 amplitude increase in the 2-back task and a larger P3 amplitude increase in the TS task's repeat condition than the control group, indicating improved neural efficiency in two tasks' attentional processes. Introversion moderated the transfer effects of training, as indicated by the significant group*introversion interactions on the post-training 1-back efficiency and TS switching cost. Our results suggested that attention control training with the MFT-M showed a broad transfer scope, and the transfer effect was influenced by the form of training task. Introversion facilitated the transfer to working memory and hindered the transfer to flexibility.
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Affiliation(s)
- Haobo Zhang
- School of Psychology, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China.
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- School of Psychology, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China
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- School of Psychology, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China
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- School of Psychology, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China
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- School of Psychology, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China
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- School of Psychology, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China
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- School of Psychology, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China
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- Department of Applied Psychology, University of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Qingdao, 266113, China
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- School of Psychology, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China; Shenzhen-Hong Kong Institute of Brain Science, Shenzhen, 518060, China
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Kulkarni M, Covey TJ. Examination of the temporal-spatial dynamics of working memory training-induced neuroplasticity. Brain Res 2023; 1798:148135. [DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2022.148135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2022] [Revised: 10/24/2022] [Accepted: 10/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Song T, Yu K, Wang L, Xu L, Xu M, Peng Z, Dai C, Wang H, Yang T, Shao Y, Wang X, Lv J. Total Sleep Deprivation Triggers Greater Activation in the Parietal Brain in the Visual Working Memory Updating Processes: An Event-Related Potentials Study. Front Neurosci 2022; 16:736437. [PMID: 35368284 PMCID: PMC8966886 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2022.736437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2021] [Accepted: 02/17/2022] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
Abstract
Working memory functions are known to be altered after total sleep deprivation (TSD). However, few studies have explored the deficits of working memory updating (WMU) after TSD, or the underlying electrophysiological mechanisms of these alterations. In the current exploratory study, we enrolled 14 young male volunteers who performed two kinds of WMU tasks—spatial and object two-back tasks—with simultaneous electroencephalography recordings under two sleep conditions: a normal sleep baseline condition and after 36 h of TSD. Repeated-measures analysis of variance showed that compared with those at baseline, the rates of correct responses in the WMU tasks decreased significantly after TSD. Analysis of event-related potentials revealed that the average amplitude of P3 components decreased significantly in the frontal and central brain regions and increased significantly in the parietal brain regions. Our findings suggest that TSD damages WMU behavior, impairs cognitive functions in the frontal and central brain regions, and triggers greater activation in the parietal brain regions. This is the first study to report the existence of event-related compensatory neural activity. This event-related compensatory effect may provide a new perspective for understanding the mechanisms underlying the influences triggered by sleep loss.
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- Tao Song
- School of Psychology, Beijing Sport University, Beijing, China
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- Department of General Practice, The General Hospital of Western Theater Command, Chengdu, China
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- School of Psychology, Beijing Sport University, Beijing, China
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- School of Psychology, Beijing Sport University, Beijing, China
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- School of Psychology, Beijing Sport University, Beijing, China
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- School of Psychology, Beijing Sport University, Beijing, China
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- School of Psychology, Beijing Sport University, Beijing, China
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- School of Psychology, Beijing Sport University, Beijing, China
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- School of Psychology, Beijing Sport University, Beijing, China
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- School of Psychology, Beijing Sport University, Beijing, China
- *Correspondence: Yongcong Shao,
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- Tianjin Institute of Environmental and Operational Medicine, Tianjin, China
- Xiaoming Wang,
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- Department of Psychology, The Second Medical Center, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
- Jing Lv,
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Nikolin S, Martin D, Loo CK, Iacoviello BM, Boonstra TW. Assessing neurophysiological changes associated with combined transcranial direct current stimulation and cognitive-emotional training for treatment-resistant depression. Eur J Neurosci 2020; 51:2119-2133. [PMID: 31859397 DOI: 10.1111/ejn.14656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2019] [Revised: 11/20/2019] [Accepted: 12/11/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
Abstract
Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), a form of non-invasive brain stimulation, is a promising treatment for depression. Recent research suggests that tDCS efficacy can be augmented using concurrent cognitive-emotional training (CET). However, the neurophysiological changes associated with this combined intervention remain to be elucidated. We therefore examined the effects of tDCS combined with CET using electroencephalography (EEG). A total of 20 participants with treatment-resistant depression took part in this open-label study and received 18 sessions over 6 weeks of tDCS and concurrent CET. Resting-state and task-related EEG during a 3-back working memory task were acquired at baseline and immediately following the treatment course. Results showed an improvement in mood and working memory accuracy, but not response time, following the intervention. We did not find significant effects of the intervention on resting-state power spectral density (frontal theta and alpha asymmetry), time-frequency power (alpha event-related desynchronisation and theta event-related synchronisation) or event-related potentials (P2 and P3 components). We therefore identified little evidence of neurophysiological changes associated with treatment using tDCS and concurrent CET, despite significant improvements in mood and near-transfer effects of cognitive training to working memory accuracy. Further research incorporating a sham-controlled group may be necessary to identify the neurophysiological effects of the intervention.
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- Stevan Nikolin
- School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia.,Black Dog Institute, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia.,Black Dog Institute, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia.,Black Dog Institute, Sydney, NSW, Australia.,St. George Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Click Therapeutics, Inc., New York, NY, USA.,Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia.,Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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Working memory updating training modulates a cascade of event-related potentials depending on task load. Neurobiol Learn Mem 2019; 166:107085. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2019.107085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2018] [Revised: 08/09/2019] [Accepted: 08/31/2019] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Wang Q, Tian S, Tang H, Liu X, Yan R, Hua L, Shi J, Chen Y, Zhu R, Lu Q, Yao Z. Identification of major depressive disorder and prediction of treatment response using functional connectivity between the prefrontal cortices and subgenual anterior cingulate: A real-world study. J Affect Disord 2019; 252:365-372. [PMID: 30999093 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2019.04.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2018] [Revised: 03/19/2019] [Accepted: 04/08/2019] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Major depressive disorder (MDD) is associated with a heavy disease burden due to the difficulty in diagnosing the disorder and the uncertainty of treatment outcomes. Previous studies have demonstrated the value of functional connectivity (FC) between the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) and the subgenual anterior cingulate cortex (sgACC) in the identification of MDD and the prediction of antidepressant efficacy. In the present study, we aimed to investigate whether FC is helpful in discriminating patients from healthy controls and in predicting treatment outcome. METHODS Seventy-six medication-free patients with MDD and 28 healthy controls were enrolled in the study. Magnetoencephalography (MEG) and the Hamilton Rating Score for Depression (HRSD-17) were administered at baseline. Then, the HRSD-17 was assessed weekly until each patient met the remission criteria, defined as a total HRSD-17 score ≤ 7. Time-dependent Cox regression analysis was used to evaluate the association between FC and the incidence of remission. RESULTS Healthy controls and MDD patients had opposite FC patterns; this may be helpful for identifying MDD (AUC = 0.8, p < 0.001, sensitivity 85.7%, specificity 67.9%). Alpha connectivity between the DLPFC and sgACC (HR 1.858, 95%CI 1.013-3.408, p = 0.045) was found to be an independent factor associated with better final antidepressant outcome. LIMITATIONS This study was conducted in a small sample of subjects. Further, the direction of regulation between the DLPFC and sgACC was not considered. CONCLUSIONS FC may help identify depression and may be related to the severity of depressive symptoms and predict the efficacy of antidepressant treatment.
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- Qiang Wang
- Medical School of Nanjing University, 22 Hankou Road, Nanjing 210093, China
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- School of Biological Sciences & Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China; Child Development and Learning Science, Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, the Affiliated Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, the Affiliated Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, the Affiliated Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, the Affiliated Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, the Affiliated Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, the Affiliated Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, the Affiliated Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China
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- School of Biological Sciences & Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China; Child Development and Learning Science, Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China.
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- Medical School of Nanjing University, 22 Hankou Road, Nanjing 210093, China; Department of Psychiatry, the Affiliated Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China.
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Barker RM, Bialystok E. Processing differences between monolingual and bilingual young adults on an emotion n-back task. Brain Cogn 2019; 134:29-43. [PMID: 31108367 DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2019.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2019] [Revised: 05/05/2019] [Accepted: 05/06/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Bilingualism is associated with enhancement of executive control (EC) across the lifespan. Working memory and non-verbal emotion regulation both draw upon EC mechanisms so may also be affected by bilingualism, but these relationships are not fully understood. These relationships were explored using an n-back task with distracting emotional stimuli administered to young adults while continuous EEG was recorded. Monolinguals were faster but less accurate on the 2-back than bilinguals, and monolingual accuracy was more impeded by the presence of emotional stimuli than was that of bilinguals. The P300 event-related potential, a neural signature of working memory processing in the n-back, had smaller amplitudes in both groups on the 2-back than the 1-back, but attenuation in response to distracting emotional stimuli was greater for bilinguals than monolinguals. P300 latencies were also differentially affected by emotional stimuli in each group: Bilingual latencies were constant across emotions but monolingual latencies increased from neutral to angry conditions. In general, bilingual performance was less impacted by the emotional distraction than was that of the monolinguals. Additionally, bilinguals adjusted to the changing demands of the 1-back and 2-back conditions by recruiting neural networks to support different behavioral outcomes than monolinguals.
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Bortolotti S, Zarantonello L, Uliana A, Vitturi N, Schiff S, Bisiacchi P, Avogaro A, Amodio P, Maran A. Impaired cognitive processing speed in type 1 diabetic patients who had severe/recurrent hypoglycaemia. J Diabetes Complications 2018; 32:1040-1045. [PMID: 30121207 DOI: 10.1016/j.jdiacomp.2018.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2018] [Revised: 07/16/2018] [Accepted: 08/06/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
Abstract
AIMS To detect whether adults with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) have lower cognitive performance than healthy individuals and to detect risk factors for low cognitive performance. METHODS Twenty-six adults with T1DM and twenty-six healthy subjects matched for age, gender and educational level were compared for cognitive performance by a chronometric computerized test measuring visuo-spatial working memory (N-Back) and by two validated neuropsychological tests (Mini Mental State Examination, Animal Naming Test). Clinical data about diabetes duration, average daily insulin dosage, glycated haemoglobin, retinopathy, urine albumin-creatinine ratio, previous hypoglycaemic coma and awareness of hypoglycaemia were obtained from medical records. Basal pre-test glycemia and blood pressure were measured for each patient. RESULTS No differences were found between patients (n = 26) and healthy controls (n = 26) in neuropsychological tests. Within diabetic patients, those with impaired awareness of hypoglycaemia (n = 7) or history of coma in the recent 1-3 years (n = 5) had psychomotor slowing at the N-Back test (592 ± 35 vs. 452 ± 21 ms and 619 ± 40 vs. 462 ± 19 ms, respectively; both p < 0.01). The variables related to diabetic severity did not show a relationship with reaction times of the N-Back test. CONCLUSION Psychomotor speed slowing is detectable in patients with T1DM who have a history of previous hypoglycaemic episodes or coma.
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- Stefano Bortolotti
- Unit of Internal Medicine 5, Department of Medicine, University of Padova, Padova 35128, Italy
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- Unit of Internal Medicine 5, Department of Medicine, University of Padova, Padova 35128, Italy
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- Unit of Metabolic Disease, Department of Medicine, University of Padova, Padova 35128, Italy
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- Unit of Metabolic Disease, Department of Medicine, University of Padova, Padova 35128, Italy
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- Unit of Internal Medicine 5, Department of Medicine, University of Padova, Padova 35128, Italy
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- Department General Psychology and CIRMANMEC, University of Padova, Padova 35128, Italy
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- Unit of Metabolic Disease, Department of Medicine, University of Padova, Padova 35128, Italy
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- Unit of Internal Medicine 5, Department of Medicine, University of Padova, Padova 35128, Italy.
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- Unit of Metabolic Disease, Department of Medicine, University of Padova, Padova 35128, Italy
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Feng R, Hu J, Wu J, Lang L, Ma C, Sun B, Gu X, Pan L. Accurate source imaging based on high resolution scalp electroencephalography and individualized finite difference head models in epilepsy pre-surgical workup. Seizure 2018; 59:126-131. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2018.05.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2018] [Revised: 05/12/2018] [Accepted: 05/15/2018] [Indexed: 10/16/2022] Open
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Vilà-Balló A, Salmi J, Soveri A, Rodríguez-Fornells A, Lehtonen M, Laine M. Neural signatures for active maintenance and interference during working memory updating. Biol Psychol 2018; 132:233-243. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2018.01.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2017] [Revised: 11/04/2017] [Accepted: 01/11/2018] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Kuo CC, Ha T, Ebbert AM, Tucker DM, Dishion TJ. Dynamic Responses in Brain Networks to Social Feedback: A Dual EEG Acquisition Study in Adolescent Couples. Front Comput Neurosci 2017; 11:46. [PMID: 28620292 PMCID: PMC5450753 DOI: 10.3389/fncom.2017.00046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2017] [Accepted: 05/16/2017] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Adolescence is a sensitive period for the development of romantic relationships. During this period the maturation of frontolimbic networks is particularly important for the capacity to regulate emotional experiences. In previous research, both functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and dense array electroencephalography (dEEG) measures have suggested that responses in limbic regions are enhanced in adolescents experiencing social rejection. In the present research, we examined social acceptance and rejection from romantic partners as they engaged in a Chatroom Interact Task. Dual 128-channel dEEG systems were used to record neural responses to acceptance and rejection from both adolescent romantic partners and unfamiliar peers (N = 75). We employed a two-step temporal principal component analysis (PCA) and spatial independent component analysis (ICA) approach to statistically identify the neural components related to social feedback. Results revealed that the early (288 ms) discrimination between acceptance and rejection reflected by the P3a component was significant for the romantic partner but not the unfamiliar peer. In contrast, the later (364 ms) P3b component discriminated between acceptance and rejection for both partners and peers. The two-step approach (PCA then ICA) was better able than either PCA or ICA alone in separating these components of the brain's electrical activity that reflected both temporal and spatial phases of the brain's processing of social feedback.
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- Ching-Chang Kuo
- Electrical Geodesics Inc.Eugene, OR, United States.,NeuroInformatics Center, University of OregonEugene, OR, United States
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- Department of Psychology, Arizona State UniversityTempe, AZ, United States.,T. Denny Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics, Arizona State UniversityTempe, AZ, United States.,Department of Psychology, REACH Institute, Arizona State UniversityTempe, AZ, United States
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- Department of Psychology, Arizona State UniversityTempe, AZ, United States.,Department of Psychology, REACH Institute, Arizona State UniversityTempe, AZ, United States
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- Electrical Geodesics Inc.Eugene, OR, United States.,NeuroInformatics Center, University of OregonEugene, OR, United States.,Department of Psychology, University of OregonEugene, OR, United States
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- Department of Psychology, Arizona State UniversityTempe, AZ, United States.,Department of Psychology, REACH Institute, Arizona State UniversityTempe, AZ, United States
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Gunduz Can R, Schack T, Koester D. Movement Interferes with Visuospatial Working Memory during the Encoding: An ERP Study. Front Psychol 2017; 8:871. [PMID: 28611714 PMCID: PMC5447076 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00871] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2016] [Accepted: 05/11/2017] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
The present study focuses on the functional interactions of cognition and manual action control. Particularly, we investigated the neurophysiological correlates of the dual-task costs of a manual-motor task (requiring grasping an object, holding it, and subsequently placing it on a target) for working memory (WM) domains (verbal and visuospatial) and processes (encoding and retrieval). Thirty participants were tested in a cognitive-motor dual-task paradigm, in which a single block (a verbal or visuospatial WM task) was compared with a dual block (concurrent performance of a WM task and a motor task). Event-related potentials (ERPs) were analyzed separately for the encoding and retrieval processes of verbal and visuospatial WM domains both in single and dual blocks. The behavioral analyses show that the motor task interfered with WM and decreased the memory performance. The performance decrease was larger for the visuospatial task compared with the verbal task, i.e., domain-specific memory costs were obtained. The ERP analyses show the domain-specific interference also at the neurophysiological level, which is further process-specific to encoding. That is, comparing the patterns of WM-related ERPs in the single block and dual block, we showed that visuospatial ERPs changed only for the encoding process when a motor task was performed at the same time. Generally, the present study provides evidence for domain- and process-specific interactions of a prepared manual-motor movement with WM (visuospatial domain during the encoding process). This study, therefore, provides an initial neurophysiological characterization of functional interactions of WM and manual actions in a cognitive-motor dual-task setting, and contributes to a better understanding of the neuro-cognitive mechanisms of motor action control.
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- Rumeysa Gunduz Can
- Neurocognition and Action – Biomechanics Research Group, Faculty of Psychology and Sport Science, Bielefeld UniversityBielefeld, Germany
- Cognitive Interaction Technology – Center of Excellence, Bielefeld UniversityBielefeld, Germany
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- Neurocognition and Action – Biomechanics Research Group, Faculty of Psychology and Sport Science, Bielefeld UniversityBielefeld, Germany
- Cognitive Interaction Technology – Center of Excellence, Bielefeld UniversityBielefeld, Germany
- Research Institute for Cognition and Robotics, Bielefeld UniversityBielefeld, Germany
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- Neurocognition and Action – Biomechanics Research Group, Faculty of Psychology and Sport Science, Bielefeld UniversityBielefeld, Germany
- Cognitive Interaction Technology – Center of Excellence, Bielefeld UniversityBielefeld, Germany
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Liu S, Vanderhasselt MA, Zhou J, Schirmer A. Better Not to Know? Emotion Regulation Fails to Benefit from Affective Cueing. Front Hum Neurosci 2016; 10:599. [PMID: 27932967 PMCID: PMC5122596 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2016.00599] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2016] [Accepted: 11/10/2016] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
Abstract
Often we know whether an upcoming event is going to be good or bad. But does that knowledge help us regulate ensuing emotions? To address this question, we exposed participants to alleged social feedback that was either positive or negative. On half the trials, a preceding cue indicated the feedback’s affective quality. On the remaining trials, the cue was uninformative. In two different blocks, participants either appraised feedback spontaneously or down-regulated ensuing emotions using a controlled appraisal strategy. Event-related potentials (ERPs) recorded throughout both blocks revealed an increased late positive potential (LPP) during cue and feedback epochs when cues were affectively informative as compared to uninformative. Additionally, during feedback epochs only, informative, but not uninformative, cueing was associated with an appraisal effect whereby controlled appraisal reduced the LPP relative to spontaneous appraisal for negative feedback. There was an opposite trend for positive feedback. Together, these results suggest that informative cues allowed individuals to anticipate an emotional response and to adjust emotion regulation. Overall, however, informative cues seemed to have prolonged and intensified emotional responding when compared with uninformative cues. Thus, affective cueing appears to be contraindicated when individuals aim to reduce their emotions.
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- Siwei Liu
- Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience, Duke-NUS Medical School Singapore, Singapore
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- Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience, Duke-NUS Medical School Singapore, Singapore
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- Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience, Duke-NUS Medical SchoolSingapore, Singapore; Department of Psychology, National University of SingaporeSingapore, Singapore; LSI Neurobiology/Ageing Programme, National University of SingaporeSingapore, Singapore
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Aznar S, Hervig MES. The 5-HT2A serotonin receptor in executive function: Implications for neuropsychiatric and neurodegenerative diseases. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2016; 64:63-82. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2016.02.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2015] [Revised: 11/05/2015] [Accepted: 02/08/2016] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Feng R, Hu J, Pan L, Wu J, Lang L, Jiang S, Gu X, Guo J, Zhou L. Application of 256-channel dense array electroencephalographic source imaging in presurgical workup of temporal lobe epilepsy. Clin Neurophysiol 2016; 127:108-116. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2015.03.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2014] [Revised: 02/26/2015] [Accepted: 03/13/2015] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Metabolic connectivity as index of verbal working memory. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab 2015; 35:1122-6. [PMID: 25785830 PMCID: PMC4640275 DOI: 10.1038/jcbfm.2015.40] [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: 11/05/2014] [Revised: 01/20/2015] [Accepted: 02/16/2015] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Positron emission tomography (PET) data are commonly analyzed in terms of regional intensity, while covariant information is not taken into account. Here, we searched for network correlates of healthy cognitive function in resting state PET data. PET with [(18)F]-fluorodeoxyglucose and a test of verbal working memory (WM) were administered to 35 young healthy adults. Metabolic connectivity was modeled at a group level using sparse inverse covariance estimation. Among 13 WM-relevant Brodmann areas (BAs), 6 appeared to be robustly connected. Connectivity within this network was significantly stronger in subjects with above-median WM performance. In respect to regional intensity, i.e., metabolism, no difference between groups was found. The results encourage examination of covariant patterns in FDG-PET data from non-neurodegenerative populations.
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Muñoz F, Martín-Loeches M. Electrophysiological brain dynamics during the esthetic judgment of human bodies and faces. Brain Res 2014; 1594:154-64. [PMID: 25451119 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2014.10.061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2014] [Revised: 10/13/2014] [Accepted: 10/26/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
Abstract
This experiment investigated how the esthetic judgment of human body and face modulates cognitive and affective processes. We hypothesized that judgments on ugliness and beauty would elicit separable event-related brain potentials (ERP) patterns, depending on the esthetic value of body and faces in both genders. In a pretest session, participants evaluated images in a range from very ugly to very beautiful, what generated three sets of beautiful, ugly and neutral faces and bodies. In the recording session, they performed a task consisting in a beautiful-neutral-ugly judgment. Cognitive and affective effects were observed on a differential pattern of ERP components (P200, P300 and LPC). Main findings revealed a P200 amplitude increase to ugly images, probably the result of a negativity bias in attentional processes. A P300 increase was found mostly to beautiful images, particularly to female bodies, consistent with the salience of these stimuli, particularly for stimulus categorization. LPC appeared significantly larger to both ugly and beautiful images, probably reflecting later, decision processes linked to keeping information in working memory. This finding was especially remarkable for ugly male faces. Our findings are discussed on the ground of evolutionary and adaptive value of esthetics in person evaluation. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled Hold Item.
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