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Analyzing changes in parkinsonian speech over time: a diachronic experimental phonetics study

In this contribution the use of web resources for the longitudinal study of speech rhythm of a ‘well-known’ person diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, the American actor Alan Alda, is proposed. A corpus of 20 speech samples produced in the period between 1979 and 2021 was collected from the web. A rhythmical analysis was conducted, based […]

Published on March 12, 2024

Intra-V1 functional networks and classification of observed stimuli

IntroductionPrevious studies suggest that co-fluctuations in neural activity within V1 (measured with fMRI) carry information about observed stimuli, potentially reflecting various cognitive mechanisms. This study explores the neural sources shaping this information by using different fMRI preprocessing methods. The common response to stimuli shared by all individuals can be emphasized by using inter-subject correlations or […]

Published on March 11, 2024

Effect of chemotherapy on hippocampal volume and shape in older long-term breast cancer survivors

PurposeThe objective of this study was to assess changes in hippocampal volume and shape in older long-term breast cancer survivors who were exposed to chemotherapy 5–15 years prior.MethodsThis study recruited female long-term breast cancer survivors aged 65 years or older with a history of chemotherapy (C+), age-matched breast cancer survivors who did not receive chemotherapy […]

Published on March 8, 2024