Maedbh B. King

Cerebellar and Subcortical Contributions to Working Memory Manipulation

The paper investigates the role of cerebellar and subcortical regions in working memory manipulation using fMRI during a mental rotation task, finding increased BOLD activity and delayed responses in these areas with larger rotation angles.

Selective recruitment: Evidence for task-dependent gating of inputs to the cerebellum

The paper investigates task-dependent gating of neocortical inputs to the cerebellum using fMRI, finding that cerebellar activity increases more than expected during speed-related tasks and working memory encoding.

A task-general connectivity model reveals variation in convergence of cortical inputs to functional regions of the cerebellum

The paper builds and compares cortico-cerebellar connectivity models using task-based fMRI to determine if cerebellar regions receive convergent or sparse cortical inputs, finding convergence varies across functional cerebellar areas.

Evaluating brain parcellations using the distance controlled boundary coefficient

The paper introduces DCBC to evaluate brain parcellations by comparing their ability to predict functional boundaries in fMRI data, finding that anatomical parcellations underperform while resting-state and task-based parcellations perform better.

Continuous manipulation of mental representations is compromised in cerebellar degeneration

This study investigates the role of the cerebellum in cognitive tasks by comparing performance of individuals with cerebellar degeneration on tasks requiring continuous mental operations versus discrete operations.

A Multi-Domain Task Battery Reveals Functional Boundaries in the Human Cerebellum

The paper uses a multi-domain task battery to create a new functional parcellation of the human cerebellum, showing distinct sub-regions not captured by traditional lobular boundaries.