Neural and cognitive correlates of performance in dynamic multi-modal settings

Dziego, Chloe A.; Bornkessel-­Schlesewsky, Ina; Jano, Sophie; Chatburn, Alex; Schlesewsky, Matthias; Immink, Maarten A.; Sinha, Ruchi; Irons, Jessica; Schmitt, Megan; Michailovs, Steph; Cross, Zachariah R.

doi:10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2023.108483

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“…Linear mixed effect models fit by restricted maximum likelihood (REML) estimates were used to test hypotheses (consistent with the approach in [60]). Models took the following general form:…”

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“…However, emerging research is beginning to establish that brain activity at rest may provide insights into the brain's functional capacity and highlight individual differences in information processing and performance capabilities [51][52][53]. While resting-state activity is often explored in the context of neurological disorder or dysfunction (e.g., [54][55][56][57][58]), it has also been investigated in relation to peak cognitive performance [59][60][61][62][63] and thus may be able to provide insights into neural changes from mindfulness practice, as well as distinguishing Two resting-state characteristics of electroencephalography (EEG) recordings that have been associated with cognitive functioning and performance include aperiodic 1/f activity [59,[62][63][64][65] and the individual alpha frequency (IAF) [61,66,67]. IAF refers to the peak frequency within the alpha band (estimated during an eyes-closed resting state) and has been found to positively correlate with IQ [61], visuo-perceptual ability [67][68][69] and memory performance [66,70].…”

Section: Neurophysiology Of Mindfulnessmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…More recent findings are demonstrating that IAF might not simply represent enhanced global cognition, but may indicate individual differences in information processing strategies [71,72]. Previous work has also demonstrated that higher IAF is associated with faster adaptation to complex and dynamic tasks [60]. While increases in alpha power are commonly reported during meditation [50,73], studies of IAF have shown that experienced meditators exhibit lower IAF during meditation [74,75].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Steeper slopes in this line have been associated with increased performance on object recognition tasks [63], working memory tasks [59] and visuomotor tasks [62], as well as faster adaptation to novel language input [79]. However, flatter 1/ f slopes have also been associated with increased performance in memory tasks [80] and during learning in more complex and dynamic settings [60, 64]. Aperiodic 1/ f activity is largely thought to reflect the excitation/inhibition balance within neural networks [81, 82], supported by various experimentation with alcohol [83], propofol [84], sleep [77, 85] and in psychiatric disorders [57, 58, 86].…”

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“…Aperiodic 1/ f activity is largely thought to reflect the excitation/inhibition balance within neural networks [81, 82], supported by various experimentation with alcohol [83], propofol [84], sleep [77, 85] and in psychiatric disorders [57, 58, 86]. In the context of cognitive performance, it is thought that an optimal balance between excitation and inhibition is associated with peak cognitive functioning [10, 60, 62].…”

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Augmenting complex and dynamic performance through mindfulness-based cognitive training: an evaluation of training adherence, trait mindfulness, personality and resting-state EEG

Dziego,

Bornkessel-Schlesewsky,

Schlesewsky

et al. 2023

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Human performance applications of mindfulness-based training have demonstrated its utility in enhancing cognitive functioning. Previous studies have illustrated how these interventions can improve performance on traditional cognitive tests, however, little investigation has explored the extent to which mindfulness-based training can optimise performance in more dynamic and complex contexts. Further, from a neuroscientific perspective, the underlying mechanisms responsible for performance enhancements remain largely undescribed. With this in mind, the following study aimed to investigate how a short-term mindfulness intervention (one week) augments performance on a dynamic and complex task (target motion analyst task; TMA) in young, healthy adults (n= 40, agerange= 18 - 38). Linear mixed effect modelling revealed that increased adherence to the mindfulness-based training regime (ranging from 0-21 sessions) was associated with improved performance in the second testing session of the TMA task, controlling for baseline performance. Further analyses of resting-state electroencephalographic (EEG) metrics and additional individual factors demonstrated enhancements associated with training adherence remained relatively consistent across varying levels of participants’ resting-state EEG metrics, personality measures (i.e., trait mindfulness, neuroticism, conscientiousness), self-reported enjoyment and timing of intervention adherence. Our results thus indicate that mindfulness-based cognitive training leads to performance enhancements in distantly related tasks, irrespective of several individual differences. We also revealed nuances in the magnitude of cognitive enhancements contingent on the timing of adherence, regardless of total volume of training. Overall, our findings suggest that mindfulness-based training could be used in a myriad of settings to elicit transferable performance enhancements.

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Augmenting complex and dynamic performance through mindfulness-based cognitive training: an evaluation of training adherence, trait mindfulness, personality and resting-state EEG

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Resting-state neural dynamics changes in older adults with post-COVID syndrome and the modulatory effect of cognitive training and sex

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Protzner,

Czigler

et al. 2024

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Post-COVID syndrome manifests with numerous neurological and cognitive symptoms, the precise origins of which are still not fully understood. As females and older adults are more susceptible to developing this condition, our study aimed to investigate how post-COVID syndrome alters intrinsic brain dynamics in older adults and whether biological sex and cognitive training might modulate these effects, with a specific focus on older females. The participants, aged between 60 and 75 years, were divided into three experimental groups: healthy old female, post-COVID old female and post-COVID old male. They underwent an adaptive task-switching training protocol. We analysed multiscale entropy and spectral power density of resting-state EEG data collected before and after the training to assess neural signal complexity and oscillatory power, respectively. We found no difference between post-COVID females and males before training, indicating that post-COVID similarly affected both sexes. However, cognitive training was effective only in post-COVID females and not in males, by modulating local neural processing capacity. This improvement was further evidenced by comparing healthy and post-COVID females, wherein the latter group showed increased finer timescale entropy (1–30 ms) and higher frequency band power (11–40 Hz) before training, but these differences disappeared following cognitive training. Our results suggest that in older adults with post-COVID syndrome, there is a pronounced shift from more global to local neural processing, potentially contributing to accelerated neural aging in this condition. However, cognitive training seems to offer a promising intervention method for modulating these changes in brain dynamics, especially among females.

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