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Eur J Neurol ; 27(4): 603-608, 2020 04.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31808232

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Previous investigations show that bilinguals exhibit the first symptoms of dementia 4-5 years later than monolinguals. Therefore, bilingualism has been proposed as a cognitive reserve mechanism. Recent studies have advanced towards an understanding of the brain mechanisms underlying bilingualism's protection against dementia, but none of them deals with white matter (WM) diffusion. METHODS: In this study, the topic was investigated by measuring WM integrity in a sample of 35 bilinguals and 53 passive bilinguals with mild cognitive impairment. RESULTS: No significant differences were found between the groups in cognitive level, education, age or sex. However, bilinguals showed higher mean diffusivity in the fornix, but higher fractional anisotropy, lower mean diffusivity, axial diffusivity and radial diffusivity in the parahippocampal cingulum, and lower radial diffusivity in the right uncinate fasciculus. Significant correlations were also found between WM integrity in the left parahippocampal cingulum and the Boston Naming Test in passive bilinguals. CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that bilingualism contributes to a differential pattern of WM disintegration due to mild cognitive impairment in fibers related to bilingualism and memory.


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Brain/drug effects , Cognitive Dysfunction/diagnostic imaging , Multilingualism , White Matter/diagnostic imaging , Aged , Anisotropy , Atrophy/diagnostic imaging , Atrophy/pathology , Brain/pathology , Cognitive Dysfunction/pathology , Cognitive Reserve , Diffusion Tensor Imaging/methods , Female , Humans , Male , Nerve Net/diagnostic imaging , Nerve Net/pathology , White Matter/pathology
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Brain Imaging Behav ; 11(4): 1037-1049, 2017 08.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27473167

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Reward may modulate the cognitive processes required for goal achievement, while individual differences in personality may affect reward modulation. Our aim was to test how different monetary reward magnitudes modulate brain activation and performance during goal-directed behavior, and whether individual differences in reward sensitivity affect this modulation. For this purpose, we scanned 37 subjects with a parametric design in which we varied the magnitude of monetary rewards (€0, €0.01, €0.5, €1 or €1.5) in a blocked fashion while participants performed an interference counting-Stroop condition. The results showed that the brain activity of left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) and the striatum were modulated by increasing and decreasing reward magnitudes, respectively. Behavioral performance improved as the magnitude of monetary reward increased while comparing the non reward (€0) condition to any other reward condition, or the lower €0.01 to any other reward condition, and this improvement was related with individual differences in reward sensitivity. In conclusion, the locus of influence of monetary incentives overlaps the activity of the regions commonly involved in cognitive control.


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Brain/physiology , Executive Function/physiology , Goals , Reaction Time/physiology , Reward , Adult , Brain/diagnostic imaging , Brain Mapping , Female , Humans , Individuality , Magnetic Resonance Imaging , Male , Middle Aged , Neuropsychological Tests , Young Adult
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Brain Struct Funct ; 220(3): 1807-21, 2015.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24696182

ABSTRACT

Existing evidence suggests that the presence of reward cues modifies the activity in attentional networks, however, the nature of these influences remains poorly understood. Here, we performed independent component analysis (ICA) in two fMRI datasets corresponding to two incentive delay tasks, which compared the response to reward (money and erotic pictures) and neutral cues, and yielded activations in the ventral striatum using a general linear model approach. Across both experiments, ICA revealed that both the right frontoparietal network and default mode network time courses were positively and negatively modulated by reward cues, respectively. Moreover, this dual neural response pattern was enhanced in individuals with strong reward sensitivity. Therefore, ICA may be a complementary tool to investigate the relevant role of attentional networks on reward processing, and to investigate reward sensitivity in normal and pathological populations.


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Brain/physiology , Cues , Individuality , Magnetic Resonance Imaging/methods , Nerve Net/physiology , Reward , Adult , Attention/physiology , Brain Mapping/methods , Frontal Lobe/physiology , Humans , Image Processing, Computer-Assisted , Male , Motivation/physiology , Parietal Lobe/physiology , Ventral Striatum/physiology , Young Adult
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