Neuropsicología y Neuroimagen Funcional

Neuropsychology and Functional Neuroimaging

Universitat Jaume I

neuroimagen@uji.es

The Neuropsychology and Functional Neuroimaging research group, of the Universitat Jaume I, is an interdisciplinary group whose aim is to study the brain mechanisms in healthy and clinical population. We combine neuroimaging techniques with specific experimental paradigms. Our group is involved in the creation of new experimental designs and new analysis methods, data acquisition and data analysis.

Latest publications

  • Miró-Padilla, A., Adrián-Ventura, [...] & Bueichekú, E. (2021). The adhesio interthalamica as a neuroanatomical marker of structural differences in healthy adult population. Brain Structure & Function. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00429-021-02297-6

Brain areas with lower GM volume in the Absent AI group. Contrast: Present AI group > Absent AI group. Results were corrected for multiple comparisons using a threshold set at p < 0.05 FWE via TFCE. Color bar represents TFCE values
Contrast: Present AI group > Absent AI group. The results were corrected for multiple comparisons using a threshold set at p < 0.05 FWE via TFCE

  • Costumero, V., Adrián-Ventura, J., [...] & Ávila, C. (2021). The manifestation of individual differences in sensitivity to punishment during resting state is modulated by eye state. Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13415-020-00856-8

Summary of the modulatory effects of eyes open and eyes closed conditions in the manifestation of individual differences in functional connectivity associated with sensitivity to punishment. Red arrows show the brain regions that present a significant positive relationship between functional connectivity and sensitivity to punishment in the eyes closed group (left) and the eyes open group (right), as determined by the post hoc tests. Blue arrows show the brain regions that present a significant negative relationship between functional connectivity and sensitivity to punishment in the eyes closed group (left) and the eyes open group (right), as determined by the post hoc tests.

  • Aguirre, N., Cruz-Gómez, A-J., [...] & Forn, C. (2021). Enhanced functional connectivity in multiple sclerosis patients and healthy controls in response to intensive working memory training. Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msard.2021.102976

Fig. 1. Connectivity between ROIs during 2- and 3-back tasks. Solid line arrows represent stronger functional connectivity (FC) in trained participants (HCt and MSt) compared to untrained participants (HCu and MSu; Training*Time effects) during the execution of 2-back (orange) and 3-back (green) tasks. The red dashed line arrow represents differences in FC between MSu and MSt (Group*Training*Time effect) during the 2-back task. Results were p<0.05, FWE-corrected. R: right, L: left; SMA: supplementary motor area. (For interpretation of the references to colour in this figure legend, the reader is referred to the web version of this article.)

  • Marin-Marin, L., Palomar-García, M-Á., [...] & Costumero, V. (2020). Bilingualism’s effects on resting state functional connectivity in mild cognitive impairment. Brain Connectivity. https://doi.org/10.1089/brain.2020.0877

Fig 1: Differences in FC of the left pSTG between bilinguals and monolinguals. In blue, the location of the left pSTG seed. The color bar represents the t-value of areas with significantly higher FC with this seed in bilinguals compared to monolinguals.
Fig 2: Differences between bilinguals and monolinguals in fALFF. The color bar represents the t-value of areas with significantly higher fALFF in bilinguals compared to monolinguals. Thalamus nuclei are shortened as follows: PN, pulvinar; CMPN, central-medial pulvinar; LDN, laterodorsal; VAN, ventral anterior; VLVN, lateroventral; AN, anterior; MDN, mediodorsal.

NEWS !

Our research group have analyzed the brain organization of 25% of left-handed people

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Our postdoctoral researcher, Dr. Lidón Marín, wins the 1st edition of the #TesisCiènciaUJI Contest with a thread on bilingualism and cognitive ability. CONGRATULATIONS!

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Our PI, Prof. Dr. César Ávila, receives the 21st Board of Trustees

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