2022
Intentionality of Self-Generated Thought: Contributions of Mind Wandering to Creativity
Orwig W, Diez I, Bueichekú E, Kelly C, Sepulcre J, Schacter D. Intentionality of Self-Generated Thought: Contributions of Mind Wandering to Creativity. Creativity Research Journal 2022, 35: 471-480. PMID: 37576950, PMCID: PMC10414778, DOI: 10.1080/10400419.2022.2120286.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchUnintentional mind wanderingResting-state network connectivityMind wanderingWandering tendenciesInvolvement of prefrontal areasAssociated with mind wanderingResting-state fMRI scansTrait-level measuresContribution of mindfulnessLeft temporal poleDivergent thinking taskSelf-report measuresIntentional mind wanderingGraph theory analysisFMRI scanningNeural correlatesPrefrontal areasTemporal poleThinking tasksConnectivity differencesCognitive processesBehavioral levelNeuroimaging analysisNetwork connectivityDegree connectivity
2021
Distance disintegration characterizes node‐level topological dysfunctions in cocaine addiction
Costumero V, Negre P, Bustamante J, Fuentes‐Claramonte P, Adrián‐Ventura J, Palomar‐García M, Miró‐Padilla A, Llopis J, Sepulcre J, Barrós‐Loscertales A. Distance disintegration characterizes node‐level topological dysfunctions in cocaine addiction. Addiction Biology 2021, 26: e13072. PMID: 34137121, DOI: 10.1111/adb.13072.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCocaine use disorderFunctional magnetic resonance imagingLateral orbitofrontal cortexGraph theory measuresOrbitofrontal cortexCocaine use disorder individualsRight lateral orbitofrontal cortexResting state functional magnetic resonance imagingMiddle frontal cortexRight temporal poleLength of abstinenceSeverity of dependenceRight rolandic operculumHealthy controlsYears of educationVentral striatumIntellectual functioningLeft insulaLeft hippocampusFrontal cortexRolandic operculumTemporal poleTemporal cortexUse disorderNodal efficiency
2019
Decreased meta-memory is associated with early tauopathy in cognitively unimpaired older adults
Vannini P, Uquillas F, Jacobs H, Sepulcre J, Gatchel J, Amariglio R, Hanseeuw B, Papp K, Hedden T, Rentz D, Pascual-Leone A, Johnson K, Sperling R. Decreased meta-memory is associated with early tauopathy in cognitively unimpaired older adults. NeuroImage Clinical 2019, 24: 102097. PMID: 31795044, PMCID: PMC6879982, DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2019.102097.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFeeling-of-knowingEpisodic feeling-of-knowingCognitively unimpaired older adultsMeta-memoryMedial temporal lobe regionsOlder adultsFace-name pairsRegion-of-interest analysisTemporal lobe regionsAlzheimer's diseaseVoxel-wise correlationSemantic knowledge networkTemporal poleLobe regionsEntorhinal cortexNon-famousSensitive clinical indicatorMulti-tracer PETMemory efficiencySemantic informationAdultsTau pathologyAD pathophysiologyParticipantsPET data