Thinking outside the box: The brain-bilingualism relationship in the light of early neurobiological variability

N Del Maschio, S Sulpizio, J Abutalebi - Brain and Language, 2020 - Elsevier
Bilingualism represents a distinctive way to investigate the interplay between brain and
behaviour, and an elegant model to study the role of environmental factors in shaping this …

Cingulate cortex morphology impacts on neurofunctional activity and behavioral performance in interference tasks

D Fedeli, N Del Maschio, G Del Mauro, F Defendenti… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Inhibitory control is the capacity to withhold or suppress a thought or action intentionally. The
anterior Midcingulate Cortex (aMCC) participates in response inhibition, a proxy measure of …

The relationship between reading abilities and the left occipitotemporal sulcus: A dual perspective study

G Del Mauro, N Del Maschio, J Abutalebi - Brain and Language, 2022 - Elsevier
Reading activates a region within the left lateral occipitotemporal sulcus (OTS) known as the
'visual word form area'(VWFA). While several studies have investigated the impact of …

Human intraparietal sulcal morphology relates to individual differences in language and memory performance

F Santacroce, A Cachia, A Fragueiro, E Grande… - Communications …, 2024 - nature.com
The sulco-gyral pattern is a qualitative feature of the cortical anatomy that is determined in
utero, stable throughout lifespan and linked to brain function. The intraparietal sulcus (IPS) is …

Anterior cingulate sulcation is associated with onset and survival in frontotemporal dementia

L Harper, S De Boer, O Lindberg, J Lätt… - Brain …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Frontotemporal dementia is the second most common form of early onset dementia (< 65
years). Despite this, there are few known disease-modifying factors. The anterior cingulate is …

Structural and functional connectivity associations with anterior cingulate sulcal variability

L Harper, O Strandberg, N Spotorno, M Nilsson… - Brain Structure and …, 2024 - Springer
Sulcation of the anterior cingulate may be defined by presence of a paracingulate sulcus, a
tertiary sulcus developing during the third gestational trimester with implications on cognitive …

An MRI Study of Morphology, Asymmetry, and Sex Differences of Inferior Precentral Sulcus

X Zhao, Y Wang, X Wu, S Liu - Brain Topography, 2024 - Springer
Numerous studies utilizing magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) have observed sex and
interhemispheric disparities in sulcal morphology, which could potentially underpin certain …

Individual variability in the size and organization of the human arcuate nucleus of the medulla

JS Baizer, CJ Webster, SF Witelson - Brain Structure and Function, 2022 - Springer
The arcuate nucleus (Arc) of the medulla is found in almost all human brains and in a small
percentage of chimpanzee brains. It is absent in the brains of other mammalian species …

[HTML][HTML] Lateral frontoparietal functional connectivity based on individual sulcal morphology

S Häkkinen, WI Voorhies, EH Willbrand, YH Tsai… - bioRxiv, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
A salient neuroanatomical feature of the human brain is its pronounced cortical folding, and
there is mounting evidence that sulcal morphology is relevant to functional brain architecture …

Comparative analysis of four nuclei in the human brainstem: Individual differences, left-right asymmetry, species differences

JS Baizer, SF Witelson - Frontiers in Neuroanatomy, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction It is commonly thought that while the organization of the cerebral cortex
changes dramatically over evolution, the organization of the brainstem is conserved across …