Visual mental imagery engages the left fusiform gyrus, but not the early visual cortex: A meta-analysis of neuroimaging evidence

A Spagna, D Hajhajate, J Liu, P Bartolomeo - … & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
The dominant neural model of visual mental imagery (VMI) stipulates that memories from the
medial temporal lobe acquire sensory features in early visual areas. However, neurological …

Emotion-attention interaction in the right hemisphere

KM Hartikainen - Brain sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Hemispheric asymmetries in affective and cognitive functions have been extensively
studied. While both cerebral hemispheres contribute to most affective and cognitive …

Brief mindfulness meditation intervention improves attentional control of athletes in virtual reality shooting competition: Evidence from fNIRS and eye tracking

Q Gao, L Zhang - Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 2023 - Elsevier
Attentional control is a crucial cognitive ability for sports performance. The current research
aimed to investigate whether a brief (20-min) pre-competition mindfulness meditation (MM) …

Efficiency of repetitive transcranial direct current stimulation of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in disorders of consciousness: a randomized sham‐controlled study

M Wu, Y Yu, L Luo, Y Wu, J Gao, X Ye, B Luo - Neural plasticity, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Conventional transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) targeting the left dorsolateral
prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) could improve arousal in disorders of consciousness (DOC) …

Theta-band connectivity within cognitive control brain networks suggests common neural mechanisms for cognitive and implicit emotional control

AK Adamczyk, M Wyczesany - Journal of Cognitive …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Self-control is a core aspect of adaptive human behavior. It allows the attainment of personal
goals by regulating unwanted thoughts, emotions, and behavior. Previous research …

Supramodal mechanisms of the cognitive control network in uncertainty processing

T Wu, A Spagna, C Chen, KP Schulz, PR Hof… - Cerebral …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Information processing under conditions of uncertainty requires the involvement of
cognitive control. Despite behavioral evidence of the supramodal function (ie, independent …

[HTML][HTML] Major depression and the perception of affective instrumental and expressive gestures: an fMRI investigation

M Sijtsma, D Marjoram, HL Gallagher… - Psychiatry Research …, 2023 - Elsevier
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is associated with biased perception of human movement.
Gesture is important for communication and in this study we investigated neural correlates of …

Utilizing fNIRS to investigate the impact of Baduanjin training on attentional function in post-stroke cognitive impairment patients: a study protocol for a randomized …

X Zhou, Y Wan, Z Xu, C Yu, Z Wu, Z Zhuang… - … Medicine and Therapies, 2024 - Springer
Background Post-stroke cognitive impairment (PSCI) is a prevalent complication among
stroke survivors. It not only directly impacts patients' cognitive abilities but also hampers their …

Supramodal executive control of attention: evidence from unimodal and crossmodal dual conflict effects

A Spagna, T Wu, K Kim, J Fan - Cortex, 2020 - Elsevier
Although we have demonstrated that the executive control of attention acts supramodally as
shown by significant correlation between conflict effect measures in visual and auditory …

[HTML][HTML] Development of attention networks from childhood to young adulthood: A study of performance, intraindividual variability and cortical thickness

R Boen, L Ferschmann, N Vijayakumar, K Overbye… - Cortex, 2021 - Elsevier
Human cognitive development is manifold, with different functions developing at different
speeds at different ages. Attention is an important domain of this cognitive development, and …