Paper: Differences between prepubertal- versus adolescent- onset bipolar disorder in a Spanish clinical sample.

Lazaro L, Castro-Fornieles J, de la Fuente JE, Baeza I, Morer A, Pamias M.Differences between prepubertal- versus adolescent- onset bipolar disorder in a Spanish clinical sample. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2007

Paper: Clinical and research utility of Spanish Teen-Addiction Severity Index (T-ASI)

Diaz R, Castro-Fornieles J, Serrano L, Gonzalez L, Calvo R, Goti J, Kaminer Y, Gual A. Clinical and research utility of Spanish Teen-Addiction Severity Index (T-ASI). Addict Behav. in press.

Paper: Tit-for-tat: The neural basis of reactive aggression

Kramer UM, Jansma H, Tempelmann C, Munte TF.Tit-for-tat: The neural basis of reactive aggression.Neuroimage. in press

Paper: Human oscillatory activity associated to reward processing in a gambling task

Marco-Pallares J, Cucurell D, Cunillera T, Garcia R, Andres-Pueyo A, Munte TF, Rodriguez-Fornells A. Human oscillatory activity associated to reward processing in a gambling task.Neuropsychologia. in press.

Seminar: Ultrafast EEG activities

20th September 2007. Seminar by Julià

Paper: Shibasaki H, Hallet M. What is the Berietschaftspotential? Clinical Neurophysiology. 2006. 117:2341-2356.

Location: Seminar of the Department of Basic Psychology of University of Barcelona

Seminar: Cognitive control mechanisms resolve conflict through cortical amplification of task-relevant information

12th September 2007. Seminar by Estela Càmara
Paper: Egner T, Hirsch J. Cognitive control mechanisms resolve conflict through cortical amplification of task-relevant information. Nature Neuroscience. 2005. 8(13):1784-1790
Location: Neurocomputational Laboratory

Seminar: Statistical Learning Within and Between Modalities

10th September 2007. Seminar by Diana López.
Paper: Conway CM, Christiansen MH. Statistical Learning Within and Between Modalities. Psychological Science. 2006. 17(10):905-912
Location: Neurocomputational Laboratory

Paper: Complex networks in brain electrical activity

Ray C, Ruffini G, Marco-Pallarés J, Fuentemilla Ll, Grau C. Complex networks in brain electrical activity. Europhysics letters. 2007. 79:38004. Full text here.

Paper: Learning by doing: an fMRI study of feedback-related brain activations

Marco-Pallarés J, Muller SV, Muente TF. Learning by doing: an fMRI study of feedback-related brain activations. Neuroreport. in press

Paper: Functional neural dynamics underlying auditory event-related N1 and N1 suppression response

Grau C, Fuentemilla Ll, Marco-Pallarés J. Functional neural dynamics underlying auditory event-related N1 and N1 suppression response. Neuroimage. in press

New paper: Recognition of morphologically complex words in Finnish: Evidence from event-related potentials

Lehtonen M, Cunillera T, Rodriguez-Fornells A, Hulten A, Tuomainen J, Laine M. Recognition of morphologically complex words in Finnish: Evidence from event-related potentials. Brain Res. in press.

Paper: Mismatch negativity impairment associated with alcohol consumption in chronic alcoholics: A scalp current density study

Marco-Pallarés J, Ruffini G, Polo MD, Gual A, Escera C, Grau C.Mismatch negativity impairment associated with alcohol consumption in chronic alcoholics: A scalp current density study. International Journal of Psychophysiology. in press

New: Brain activity provides novel biometric key

The NewScientist Webpage has reported the novel biometric system developed by Starlab and Forenap using EEG. For more info click here.

Paper: Using musical instruments to improve motor skill recovery following a stroke

Schneider S, Schonle PW, Altenmuller E, Munte TF. Using musical instruments to improve motor skill recovery following a stroke.J Neurol. 2007, in press

Paper: Age-related water diffusion changes in human brain: A voxel-based approach.

Camara E, Bodammer N, Rodriguez-Fornells A, Tempelmann C. Age-related water diffusion changes in human brain: A voxel-based approach.Neuroimage. in press.

PhD grant

PhD Grant from the Spanish Ministry of Science (FPI Grant)
Principal Investigator: Carles Grau Fonollosa. Department of Psychiatry and Clinical Psicobiology, University of Barcelona.
Title: Cerebral oscillatory mechanism in the Auditory Sensorial Memory. Study with Evoked Potentials
Project Reference: SEJ2006-13998

The FPI grants (FPI) are supported by the Spanish Ministry of Science (Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia) to help the scientific training of university graduates that wanted to perform a PhD thesis in all the areas of knowledge.
The applicant has to be very motivated to begin a researcher career in Cognitive Neuroscience, that is, in the representation, study and visualization of the cognitive processes in the human brain, and specially their application in the processes implied in language acquisition. The applicant will get basic training in functional neuroimaging techniques (Event-related brain potentials, ERPs and fMRI-event-related Magnetic Resonance Imaging). They are requested programming skills or predisposition to adquire them and statistic/experimental designs and system nervous functioning knowledges.
Applicants can have, given the interdisciplinary nature of the field of knowledge, studies on Psychology, Physics, Medicine (Neurology), Biology and Mathematics. It is requested availability to perform short stays in foreign countries (Europe) of at least two months each year. It is also needed a good English knowledge, language in which the project and the thesis will be performed. Applicants must have the degree obtained after 1st January 2003 (see the call for exceptions).
Applicants will be integrated in the consolidated group of the Catalan Government (Generalitat de Catalunya) “Cognitive Neurodynamis and of the Mental Disorders (Neurodinámica Cognitiva y de los Transtornos Mentales, NECOM), that studies cognitive functions in healthy subjects and with psychiatric and neurological diseases.

More information: carlesgrau@ub.edu
Duration of the grant: 4 years Salary: 1100 €.
Concrete information: http://www.mec.es/ciencia/becas/

Project La Marató 2005: "Plasticitat en el còrtex sensoriomotor induïda per teràpia musical en pacients amb accident cerebrovascular"

Dr. Antoni Rodríguez Fornells from Psycology Faculty of the UB, Dr. Thomas Münte from Ableitung für Neuropsychology of the University Otto von Guericke of Magdeburg and Dr. Carles Grau Fonollosa from Medicine Faculty of the UB from the NECOM group have obtained a grant of 360.182 € from the Fundació la Marató with the project “Plasticitat en el còrtex sensoriomotor induïda per teràpia musical en pacients amb accident cerebrovascular” (Plasticity of the sensorimotor cortex induced by musical therapy in patients suffering from stroke).

Paper: The effects of stress and statistical cues on continuous speech segmentation: An event-related brain potential study

Cunillera T, Toro JM, Sebastian-Galles N, Rodriguez-Fornells A. The effects of stress and statistical cues on continuous speech segmentation: An event-related brain potential study. Brain Res. 2006 Oct 23;

Paper: Watching the Brain during Meaning Acquisition

Mestres-Misse A, Rodriguez-Fornells A, Munte TF. Watching the Brain during Meaning Acquisition.Cereb Cortex. in press

Papers

NECOM collaboration related papers.

- Complex networks in brain electrical activity, G. Ruffini, C. Ray, J. Marco, L. Fuentemilla, C. Grau http://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0511137

- A dry electrophysiology electrode using CNT arrays, Giulio Ruffini, Stephen Dunne, Esteve Farres, Josep Marco-Pallares, Chris Ray, Ernest Mendoza, Ravi Silva, Carles Grau, http://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0510145 , Sensors and Actuators A132(2006)34–41