Antoni Rodríguez‐Fornells

Functionally Relevant and Reliable Brain Stimulation Targets for Enhancement of Novel Word-Learning

This study identifies reliable and functionally relevant brain regions for tDCS to enhance novel-word learning and assesses test-retest reliability of behavioral and imaging outcomes.

Opioids modulate Curiosity-Driven Exploration in Music

This study investigates how opioids modulate curiosity-driven exploration in music using a pharmacological paradigm and finds that naltrexone reduces exploratory behavior during high-curiosity states.

Characterizing reward sensitivity to natural singing: an individual differences approach

This paper develops and validates a questionnaire to measure individual differences in reward from natural singing, identifying five distinct facets of singing-related rewards.

Brain function in language and associated networks in non- or minimally verbal children

This study examines intrinsic connectivity in non- or minimally verbal children with autism spectrum disorder using resting-state fMRI, finding hypoconnectivity in language-related networks.

Alpha and beta desynchronization during consolidation of newly learned words

The paper examines neural correlates of word retrieval during consolidation, finding reduced alpha and beta power after learning.

Satiety does not abolish Pavlovian-to-instrumental transfer but accelerates devaluation in humans

This study shows that satiety accelerates, rather than abolishes, the influence of food-associated cues in humans, with real-time ingestion affecting reward devaluation dynamics.

The effects of reliable social feedback on language learning: insights from EEG and pupillometry

This study investigates how reliable social feedback affects language learning using EEG and pupillometry, finding that social feedback enhances learning and alters neural responses compared to symbolic feedback.

Dopamine dynamics in chronic pain: music-induced sex-dependent behavioral effects in mice

This study investigates the effects of music on chronic pain in mice, finding sex-dependent reductions in pain and anxiety-like behaviors linked to dopamine dynamics in the nucleus accumbens.

Entering into a self-regulated learning mode prevents detrimental effect of feedback removal on memory

The paper shows that self-regulated learning prevents memory decline from feedback removal in DA-dependent learning but not in DA-independent learning.

Tactile attention modulates occipital alpha oscillations in early blindness

The paper investigates whether alpha oscillations in early blind individuals are modulated by tactile attention, finding that occipital alpha activity is sensitive to task-dependent factors despite reduced amplitude.

Neural signatures of predictive language processing in Parkinson's disease with and without mild cognitive impairment

The paper investigates neural signatures of predictive language processing in Parkinson's disease patients with and without mild cognitive impairment using ERP measurements.

Dopaminergic signalling modulates reward-driven music memory consolidation

This study investigates how dopamine affects memory consolidation of music, finding that dopaminergic interventions modulate memory recognition and pleasantness of music in individuals sensitive to musical reward.

Intrinsically regulated learning is modulated by synaptic dopamine availability

This study shows that dopamine availability modulates intrinsically regulated learning, with memory benefits observed only in individuals with high reward sensitivity after pharmacological intervention.