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Exercise has been shown to support brain health, cognitive function, and increase levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). While BDNF is known to support the central nervous system through improved brain metabolism, vasculature, …

While generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) has advanced personalized interactive learning, the cognitive and neural mechanisms underlying learners’ informal reasoning improvement remain underexplored. Thus, we conducted sliding-window …

Fine motor decline serves as a critical early biomarker for neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson’s disease, making its accurate assessment essential for early detection and intervention. While functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) offers …

To handle nonstationary dynamics and intersubject variability in fNIRS depression classification, we fuse temporal, spectral, spatial, and cross-channel features and design a multiscale DTW with temporal and channel attention. Individual and cohort …

Within industrialised and emerging industrialised economies people typically spend over 95% in industrialised and emerging industrialised economies typically spend over 95% of their time in built environments, yet the neurophysiological impact of …

Cognitive impairment can affect up to 50% of patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) and is associated with reduced treatment adherence, high mortality rates, and poor quality of life. Non-pharmacological strategies including cognitive intervention …

Background/Objectives: Three types of neuroplasticity that have been reported following hearing aid uptake include: cross-modal reorganization, homologue shifts, and neighbouring region restructuring. However, such evidence primarily stems from …

Auxiliary line construction has been identified as a crucial approach to fostering mathematical creative thinking. However, existing studies have only focused on the correlations between auxiliary line construction tasks and mathematical creative …

The purpose of this work was to determine endothelial, microvascular, skeletal muscle oxidative capacity (SMOC) and cardiorespiratory responses to an acute bout of continuous single leg cycling (SLC) and double leg cycling (DLC). Ten recreationally …

Frontal regions are involved in early stages of motor adaptation. However, the interactions between prefrontal cortex (PFC) and motor cortex (MC) remain unclear. Therefore, we investigated the relationship between PFC and MC in the process of motor …

Increased cognitive load during cycling can lead to safety issues, particularly during complex situations such as participating in motorised traffic or manoeuvring at intersections. Understanding the patterns of cognitive activity in cyclists across …

Objective Examine cortical activation patterns in Huntington’s disease (HD) under single-task (ST) and dual-task (DT) balance conditions compared to controls using portable functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS). Background Individuals with HD …

Aim Electronic sports (eSports) are sports in which multiple players compete in video games with a defined set of rules. This may have an impact on cognitive function or psychiatric symptoms in older adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI); …

Background/Objectives: Headache after a traumatic brain injury (TBI) is one of the most common post-concussive symptoms and is associated with altered pain processing and elevated disability levels. Understanding physiologic correlates of nociception …

Distinguishing between self and other is fundamental for social interaction through touch and central to bodily self-awareness. Self-touch is known to feel different from being touched by others—typically perceived as less intense—but the underlying …

This cross-sectional study employed functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) to investigate the associations of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and sedentary behavior (SB) with visuospatial working memory (VSWM) performance and …

Social threat is both a source and consequence of implicit bias against Asian Americans, who are often stereotyped as “perpetual foreigners,” posing some threat to (white) American values. The implicit nature of these attitudes makes investigating …

Background Acute resistance exercise (RE) has been shown to improve executive function (EF), but its effects at different intensities on specific EF domains (e.g., inhibition, working memory) and underlying brain mechanisms (i.e., brain hemodynamics) …

Background Gait automaticity, the ability of the brain to control locomotion with minimal use of executive-attentional resources, is altered in people with Parkinson’s disease (PD). Recently, we showed that step-synchronized tactile cueing improved …

Abstract Introduction The effects of auditory perturbations on reading performance are well studied, but somatosensory perturbations are less understood. Recent research shows oral sensory perturbations (stimulation and anesthesia) improve reading …