• openAccess   Bilinguals use language-control brain areas more than monolinguals to perform non-linguistic switching tasks 

      Rodríguez Pujadas, Aina; Sanjuán Tomás, Ana; Ventura Campos, Mercedes; Martín, Clara; Barceló, Francisco; Costa, Albert; Román Fernández, Patricia; Avila, Cesar Public Library of Science (2013)
      We tested the hypothesis that early bilinguals use language-control brain areas more than monolinguals when performing non-linguistic executive control tasks. We do so by exploring the brain activity of early bilinguals ...
    • openAccess   Hydration status, executive function and response to orthostatism following a 118-km race: are they interrelated? 

      Martínez Navarro, I .; Chiva-Bartoll, Oscar; Hernando, Barbara; Collado-Boira, Eladio; Porcar Blanch, Vicente; Hernando, Carlos National Strength and Conditioning Association (2018-02)
      The present study aimed to explore whether blood pressure (BP) and heart rate (HR) variability (HRV) responsiveness to orthostatism, jointly with executive function (EF) performance, was diminished after an ultra-endurance ...
    • openAccess   Regional Brain Atrophy and Functional Connectivity Changes Related to Fatigue in Multiple Sclerosis 

      Cruz Gómez, Álvaro Javier; Ventura Campos, Mercedes; Belenguer Benavides, Antonio; Avila, Cesar; Forn, Cristina Public Library of Science (2013)
      Fatigue is one of the most frequent symptoms in multiple sclerosis (MS), and recent studies have described a relationship between the sensorimotor cortex and its afferent and efferent pathways as a substrate of fatigue. ...
    • openAccess   Reward Sensitivity Is Associated with Brain Activity during Erotic Stimulus Processing 

      Barrós-Loscertales, Alfonso; Bustamante, Juan Carlos; Ventura Campos, Mercedes; Rosell Negre, Patricia; Fuentes-Claramonte, Paola; Costumero, Víctor; Avila, Cesar Public Library of Science (2013)
      The behavioral approach system (BAS) from Gray’s reinforcement sensitivity theory is a neurobehavioral system involved in the processing of rewarding stimuli that has been related to dopaminergic brain areas. Gray’s theory ...
    • openAccess   The link between resting-state functional connectivity and cognition in MS patients 

      Cruz Gómez, Álvaro Javier; Ventura Campos, Mercedes; Belenguer Benavides, Antonio; Avila, Cesar; Forn, Cristina SAGE (2013)
      Background/Objective: The objective of this paper is to explore differences in resting-state functional connectivity between cognitively impaired and preserved multiple sclerosis (MS) patients. Methods: Sixty MS patients ...