Esteban Villar Rodríguez
PostDoc Researcher
esvillar@uji.es
Position
Postdoctoral researcher. Universitat Jaume I. Spain.
Bio
2023 PhD in Psychology. Universitat Jaume I. Spain
2018 Master’s Degree in Research on Brain and Behaviour. Universitat Jaume I. Spain.
2017 Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology. Universitat Jaume I. Spain.
Research Interest
fMRI and tractography
Lateralization of brain functions
Hemispheric language dominance
Brain differences in musicians and left-handers
Publications
PubMed
Villar-Rodríguez, E., Marin-Marin, L., Avila, C., & Parcet, M. A. (2024). Neuroanatomical correlates of musicianship in left-handers. Behavioral and Brain Functions. https://doi.org/10.1186/S12993-024-00243-0
Villar-Rodríguez, E., Davydova, T., Marin-Marin, L., & Avila, C. (2024). Atypical lateralization of visuospatial attention can be associated with better or worse performance on line bisection. Brain Structure and Function. https://doi.org/10.1007/S00429-024-02822-3
Villar-Rodríguez, E., Cano-Melle, C., Marin-Marin, L., Parcet, M.A., & Avila, C. (2023). What happens to the inhibitory control functions of the right inferior frontal cortex when this area is dominant for language? eLife. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.86797.1
Palomar-García, M.A., Villar-Rodríguez, E., Pérez-Lozano, C., Sanjuán, A., Bueichekú, E., Miró-Padilla, A., Costumero, V., Adrián-Ventura, J., Parcet, M.A., & Avila, C. (2023). Two different brain networks underlying picture naming with familiar pre-existing native words and new vocabulary. Brain and Language. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bandl.2023.105231
Costumero, V., Adrián-Ventura, J., Bueichekú, E., Miró-Padilla, A., Palomar-García, M.A., Marin-Marin, L., Villar-Rodríguez, E., Aguirre, N., Barrós-Loscertales, A., & Avila, 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
Miró-Padilla, A., Adrián-Ventura, J., Costumero, V., Palomar-García, M.A., Villar-Rodríguez, E., Marin-Marin, L., Aguirre, N., & Bueichekú, E. (2021). The adhesio interthalamica as a neuroanatomical marker of structural differences in healthy adult population. Brain Structure and Function. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00429-021-02297-6
Miró-Padilla, A., Bueichekú, E., Adrián-Ventura, J., Costumero, V., Palomar-García, M.A., Villar-Rodríguez, E., Marin-Marin, L., Aguirre, N., & Avila, C. (2021). Sustained and transient gray matter volume changes after n-back training: A VBM study. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nlm.2020.107368
Marin-Marin, L., Palomar-García, M.A., Miró-Padilla, A., Adrián-Ventura, J., Aguirre, N., Villar-Rodríguez, E., & Costumero, V. (2021). Bilingualism's Effects on Resting-State Functional Connectivity in Mild Cognitive Impairment. Brain Connectivity. https://doi.org/10.1089/brain.2020.0877
Palomar-García, M.A., Hernández, M., Olcina-Sempere, G., Adrián-Ventura, J., Costumero, V., Miró-Padilla, A., Villar-Rodríguez, E., & Avila, C. (2020). Auditory and frontal anatomic correlates of pitch discrimination in musicians, non-musicians, and children without musical training. Brain Structure and Function. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00429-020-02151-1
Villar-Rodríguez, E., Palomar-García, M-Á., Hernandez, M., Adrián-Ventura, J., Olcina-Sempere, G., Parcet, M-A. & Ávila, C. (2020). Left-handed musicians show a higher probability of atypical cerebral dominance for language. Human Brain Mapping. https://doi.org/10.1002/hbm.24929
Hernández M., Palomar-García M.-Á., Nohales-Nieto B., Olcina-Sempere G., Villar-Rodríguez E., Pastor R., Ávila C., Parcet M.-A. (2019). Separate Contribution of Striatum Volume and Pitch Discrimination to Individual Differences in Music Reward. Psychological Science. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797619859339
Villar-Rodríguez, E., Palomar-García M.A., Adrián-Ventura, J., Olcina-Sempere, G., & Avila, C. (2019). Relación entre destreza musical y lateralización derecha del lenguaje en población zurda. Agora de Salut. http://dx.doi.org/10.6035/AgoraSalut.2019.6