Browsing by Author "McLaren, Donald George"
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Controllability Modulates the Anticipatory Response in the Human Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortex
Kerr, Deborah L.; McLaren, Donald G.; Mathy, Robin M.; Nitschke, Jack B. (Frontiers Media S.A., 2012)Research has consistently shown that control is critical to psychological functioning, with perceived lack of control considered to play a crucial role in the manifestation of symptoms in psychiatric disorders. In a model ... -
Cortical signatures of cognition and their relationship to Alzheimer’s disease
Gross, Alden L.; Manly, Jennifer J.; Pa, Judy; Johnson, Julene K.; Park, Lovingly Quitania; Mitchell, Meghan B.; Melrose, Rebecca J.; Inouye, Sharon; McLaren, Donald George (Springer Science + Business Media, 2012)Recent changes in diagnostic criteria for Alzheimer’s disease (AD) state that biomarkers can enhance certainty in a diagnosis of AD. In the present study, we combined cognitive function and brain morphology, a potential ... -
Differential psychophysiological interactions of insular subdivisions during varied oropharyngeal swallowing tasks
Humbert, Ianessa A.; McLaren, Donald G. (Wiley Periodicals, Inc., 2014)Abstract The insula is a highly integrated cortical region both anatomically and functionally. It has been shown to have cognitive, social–emotional, gustatory, and sensorimotor functions. Insular involvement in both normal ... -
The Effects of Methylphenidate on Cognitive Control in Active Methamphetamine Dependence Using Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Jan, Reem K.; Lin, Joanne C.; McLaren, Donald G.; Kirk, Ian J.; Kydd, Rob R.; Russell, Bruce R. (Frontiers Media S.A., 2014)Methamphetamine (MA) dependence is associated with cognitive deficits. Methylphenidate (MPH) has been shown to improve inhibitory control in healthy and cocaine-dependent subjects. This study aimed to understand the ... -
Interactions between Affective and Cognitive Processing Systems in Problematic Gamblers: A Functional Connectivity Study
van Holst, Ruth J.; van der Meer, Johan N.; McLaren, Donald George; van den Brink, Wim; Veltman, Dick J.; Goudriaan, Anna E. (Public Library of Science, 2012)Background: Motivational and cognitive abnormalities are frequently reported in pathological gambling. However, studies simultaneously investigating motivational and cognitive processing in problematic gamblers are lacking, ... -
Shaped by the Past: The Default Mode Network Supports Cognition that Is Independent of Immediate Perceptual Input
Konishi, Mahiko; McLaren, Donald George; Engen, Haakon; Smallwood, Jonathan (Public Library of Science, 2015)Although many different accounts of the functions of the default mode network (DMN) have been proposed, few can adequately account for the spectrum of different cognitive functions that utilize this network. The current ...