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Activity level in left auditory cortex predicts behavioral performance in inhibition tasks in children
2022
Funding Information: We are grateful to Hanna-Maija Lapinkero, Suvi Karjalainen, Maria Vesterinen & Janne Rajaniemi for help with data collection and to Amit Jaiswal, Erkka Heinilä and Jukka Nenonen for their help with preprocessing and scripting. This work was supported by EU project ChildBrain (Horizon2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action (MSCA) Innovative Training Network (ITN) – European Training Network (ETN), grant agreement no. 641652) and the Academy of Finland grant number 311877. Publisher Copyright: © 2022 Sensory processing during development is important for the emerging cognitive skills underlying goal-directed behavior. Yet, it is not known how auditory processing in children is…
Gray Matter Changes in the Orbitofrontal-Paralimbic Cortex in Male Youths With Non-comorbid Conduct Disorder
2020
Conduct disorder is one of the most common developmental psychiatric disorders which is characterized by persistent aggressive and antisocial behaviors during childhood or adolescence. Previous neuroimaging studies have investigated the neural correlates underlying CD and demonstrated several constructive findings. However, Individuals with CD are at high risk for comorbidities, which might give rise to the inconsistencies of existed findings. It remains unclear which neuroanatomical abnormalities are specifically related to CD without comorbidities. Using structural magnetic resonance imaging (sMRI) data of 69 CD and 69 typically developing (TD) male youths (aged 14-17 years), the present …
Patente de corso y La zona fantasma: estrategias argumentativas y (des)cortesía instrumental
2013
This study deals with the pragmatic-linguistic strategies used by enunciators (or enunciators-locutors), Javier Marías (La zona fantasma) and Arturo Pérez Reverte (Patente de corso). After a brief introduction on argumentative discourse and the opinion columns, the role of the enunciator and their attitude toward the direct and indirect addressee is analysed in detail. More precisely, the article will demonstrate how elements, including mode; neologisms; imperative; interrogative sentences and also the ‘instrumental (im)politeness’ (or ironic tone) support persuasive objective that this kind of discourse pursues. En este trabajo proponemos una reflexión sobre las estrategias pragmático-ling…
Il registro contabile di un segretario regio nella Napoli aragonese
2013
Negli anni centrali della guerra di successione che investì il Regno di Napoli dopo la morte di Alfonso il Magnanimo (1459-1464), Antonello Petrucci, segretario del novello re Ferrante I d’Aragona, svolse attività di cassa per suo conto, scritturando in un registro recentemente venuto alla luce le entrate che pervenivano nelle sue mani e le spese che contestualmente effettuava. Il contributo intende ricostruire la struttura di quel bilancio, individuando le principali voci di entrata e di uscita che lo costituirono e valutando l’incidenza di ciascuna di esse. Per la sua ricchezza informativa la fonte apporta contributi innovativi anche all’ambito della storia istituzionale, non solo in quan…
The attenuation and the attenuators: strategies and tactics
2013
Este trabalho se inscreve em um projeto de pesquisa (ES.POR.ATENUAÇÃO) que busca analisar e explicar a atividade atenuadora em diferentes variedades regionais do espanhol e do português, com o fim de realizar, posteriormente, diferentes estudos contrastivos intralinguísticos e interlinguísticos. Neste artigo, pretendemos explicar alguns dos princípios teóricos e metodológicos nos quais se sustenta a análise qualitativa e quantitativa. E, principalmente, iremos referir-nos ao conceito de atenuação (Briz 1995, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007a, 2012). This work is inscribed in a research project (ES.POR.ATENUAÇÃO) that seeks to analyze and explain the attenuator activity in different regional varieties…
Mismatch negativity (MMN) in freely-moving rats with several experimental controls.
2014
Mismatch negativity (MMN) is a scalp-recorded electrical potential that occurs in humans in response to an auditory stimulus that defies previously established patterns of regularity. MMN amplitude is reduced in people with schizophrenia. In this study, we aimed to develop a robust and replicable rat model of MMN, as a platform for a more thorough understanding of the neurobiology underlying MMN. One of the major concerns for animal models of MMN is whether the rodent brain is capable of producing a human-like MMN, which is not a consequence of neural adaptation to repetitive stimuli. We therefore tested several methods that have been used to control for adaptation and differential exogenou…
Modulation of the Endocannabinoids N-Arachidonoylethanolamine (AEA) and 2-Arachidonoylglycerol (2-AG) on Executive Functions in Human.
2013
Animal studies point to an implication of the endocannabinoid system on executive functions. In humans, several studies have suggested an association between acute or chronic use of exogenous cannabinoids (Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol) and executive impairments. However, to date, no published reports establish the relationship between endocannabinoids, as biomarkers of the cannabinoid neurotransmission system, and executive functioning in humans. The aim of the present study was to explore the association between circulating levels of plasma endocannabinoids N-arachidonoylethanolamine (AEA) and 2-Arachidonoylglycerol (2-AG) and executive functions (decision making, response inhibition and cognit…
Los principios de cortesía en la enseñanza del español a aprendices griegos: las fórmulas de saludos y despedidas
2013
Actualmente, las teorías de aprendizaje de lenguas extranjeras se centran en la función comunicativa de la lengua y atribuyen mucha importancia al componente pragmático. Las diferencias culturales hacen que sea necesario enseñar las normas de cortesía en la clase de E/LE porque, contrariamente a lo que se solía creer, los principios de cortesía no son universales. En el presente estudio, nuestro objetivo es ahondar en la enseñanza de las fórmulas de saludos y despedidas a aprendices griegos. Pretendemos arrojar luz a los ejes pragmáticos que caracterizan su empleo y dar respuesta a la problemática planteada. Para ello, estudiamos los aspectos pragmáticos de un corpus reducido de las fórmula…
Motor Cortex Function in Fibromyalgia: A Study by Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy
2019
Previous studies indicated changes of motor cortex excitability in fibromyalgia (FM) patients and the positive results of transcranial stimulation techniques. The present study aimed to explore the metabolism of motor cortex in FM patients, in resting state and during slow and fast finger tapping, using functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS), an optical method which detects in real time the metabolism changes in the cortical tissue. We studied 24 FM patients and 24 healthy subjects. We found a significant slowness of motor speed in FM patients compared to controls. During resting state and slow movement conditions, the metabolism of the motor areas was similar between groups. The oxy…