Neural markers of motor cognition: What do we know and what’s next?

Talks

Real brains in virtual worlds
Prof. Klaus Gramann
Done
Atypical neural processing in 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome and schizophrenia: Towards neuromarkers of disease progression and risk
Prof. Sophie Molholm
Done
Schizophrenia: A temporal disorder?
Dr. Annemarie Wolff
Done
Do I want to know? Artificial intelligence as a predictive tool in the diagnosis and treatment of cognitive impairment. Development of EEG-based functional network analyses
Prof. Ira Haraldsen, MD
Done
The potential of brain rhythms to gauge the vulnerability of an individual to developing chronic pain
Prof. Ali Mazaheri
Done
High-fidelity continuous monitoring of physiology anywhere with RDS
Louis Mayaud, PhD
Done
Welcome Address
Martijn Schreuder
Done
The condition and perturb approach, a new protocol for preoperative language mapping in patients with brain tumors: First results of intraoperative validation
Tammam Abboud, MD
Done
Advances in closed-loop neuromodulation
David Haslacher
Done
The Berger’s discovery revisited: How and why the brain’s dominant rhythm relates to cognition
Tzvetan Popov, PhD
Done

11/4/22, 4:20 PM - 11/4/22, 4:50 PM (Europe/Amsterdam) (30 minutes)

Claudia Gianelli, PhD

Senior Assistant Professor at the Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Research Area Coordinator in the Center for Psychological Research and Intervention (CeRIP) University of Messina

Dr. Claudia Gianelli is currently Senior Assistant Professor at the Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine of the University of Messina and Research Area Coordinator of the Center for Psychological Research and Intervention (CeRIP). After a PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience (awarded jointly by the Universities of Bologna and Lyon), she spent several years as a Research Scientist at the University of Potsdam in Germany and then as a Research Fellow at the University School for Advanced Studies IUSS Pavia in Italy. Her main research interests are in the field of motor cognition investigated by means of neurophysiological and behavioral measures (TMS, EEG, motion tracking), both as single methods and in combination, in healthy participants and clinical populations

The concept of “motor cognition” has received growing interest from psychologists and neuroscientists. Both transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and electroencephalography (EEG) have been extensively employed to reveal potential neural markers of these processes. As to the former, studies using single-pulse TMS of the primary motor cortex have grown exponentially, thanks to the possibility of quantifying motor cognition in terms of motor-evoked potentials (MEPs). Similarly, several studies have targeted mu-rhythm desynchronization as measured by EEG with the aim of not just measuring motor cognition but also unveiling its time-course. In my talk, I will review both approaches with the support of experimental studies and two recent meta-analyses performed by my group. Based on this assessment of the field of motor cognition in healthy participants, I will discuss existing limitations and possible avenues for future research in the field.