Cognitive Science

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Disconnectome associated with progressive white matter hyperintensities in aging: a virtual lesion study

ObjectiveWhite matter hyperintensities (WMH) are commonly seen on T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in older adults and are associated with an increased risk of cognitive decline and dementia. This study aims to estimate changes in the structural connectome due to age-related WMH by using a virtual lesion approach.MethodsHigh-quality diffusion-weighted imaging data of 30 healthy subjects […]

Published on August 31, 2023

An eXplainability Artificial Intelligence approach to brain connectivity in Alzheimer’s disease

The advent of eXplainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) has revolutionized the way human experts, especially from non-computational domains, approach artificial intelligence; this is particularly true for clinical applications where the transparency of the results is often compromised by the algorithmic complexity. Here, we investigate how Alzheimer’s disease (AD) affects brain connectivity within a cohort of 432 […]

Published on August 31, 2023

Associations between cognition, anxiety, depression, and residual dizziness in elderly people with BPPV

ObjectiveTo investigate the associations between cognition, anxiety, depression, and residual dizziness after successful repositioning maneuvers in the elderly with benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV).MethodsWe enrolled 40 elderly patients with BPPV in our outpatient department. We used the Dizziness Handicap Inventory (DHI), Visual Analog Scale (VAS), Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), and Generalized Anxiety Disorder Questionnaire-7 (GAD-7) […]

Published on August 31, 2023