Mark D’Esposito

This study uses rTMS to investigate the role of alpha oscillations in working memory, finding that alpha stimulation of the intraparietal sulcus increases memory precision while rhythmic stimulation reduces errors.

This study shows that awake memory reactivation is embedded in dynamic whole-brain states that influence memory retention outcomes.

The paper shows that functional brain networks remain stable in healthy young adults over years, suggesting persistent individual brain organization.

The paper investigates how feature binding in working memory is supported by alpha phase coding and shows that swap errors correlate with reduced alpha phase preservation.

This study links higher prenatal maternal inflammation to reduced hippocampal neurite density in middle-aged humans.

The paper maps dopamine physiology using hemodynamic latency from fMRI, showing distinct patterns in the nucleus accumbens and linking them to addictive behaviors and substance use disorders.

This study investigates how working memory (WM) influences motor actions and shows that lateral prefrontal cortex (PFC) modulates this interaction through different mechanisms depending on the time-scale of control.

This study identifies distinct dopamine mechanisms for behavioral control and model-based knowledge formation using PET, fMRI, and pharmacological interventions.

The paper examines the relationship between BOLD fMRI timescales and modular organization of structural and functional brain networks, finding associations with within-community connectivity and structural connectivity degree.

The paper shows that a frontoparietal brain network is domain-general for task learning, becoming more connected as learning progresses.

The paper shows that memory representations develop at multiple time scales in hippocampal-cortical networks, with specific representations emerging early and schematic representations forming later across brain regions.

The paper evaluates the mixed membership algorithm for detecting overlapping brain networks, finding it reliable, valid, and useful for improving cognitive network models.

This study compares dopamine synthesis and cognitive flexibility between hormonal contraceptive users and non-users using PET imaging and behavioral assessments.

This study shows that long-term training increases lPFC involvement in working memory by shaping stimulus-selective representations and sequence relationships, reconciling conflicting views on lPFC function.

This study examines cerebral perfusion in chronic aphasia and finds reduced perfusion in left hemisphere language areas and a link between perfusion and language abilities.

The paper investigates how emotional context shapes action goal representations in the lateral frontal pole using neuroimaging and pattern similarity analysis.

The paper shows that heightened arousal, measured by pupil dilation, biases perceptual decisions towards motivationally desirable outcomes during visual categorization tasks.

The paper identifies the edge-of-chaos critical point as the state of cortical dynamics during conscious states and shows it is disrupted during unconsciousness.

This paper describes an MRI protocol for evaluating the brain anatomy and function of California sea lions, focusing on developmental effects of domoic acid exposure.

The paper identifies tertiary sulci in human lateral prefrontal cortex as meso-scale links between microstructural and functional properties, and shares probabilistic maps for these structures.

The paper compares static and time-varying functional connectivity measures to their associations with personality and cognitive ability, finding time-varying measures capture additional behavioral variability.

The paper identifies dissociable neural systems involved in discovering and transferring hierarchical task structures using reinforcement learning tasks and fMRI.

The paper applies the drift diffusion model to inter-temporal and risky choice tasks, showing that vmPFC/mOFC lesions affect decision-making parameters but not value sensitivity.

The paper validates the three-stage theory of addiction using single-cell whole-brain imaging in a mouse model, showing abstinence reduces brain modularity and clusters regions corresponding to each stage.

The paper tests a model of lateral prefrontal cortex dynamics using transcranial magnetic stimulation and finds that causal manipulations refine the original dynamic causal model.

This study examines how cognitive control affects functional connectivity during task performance, finding that fronto-parietal regions influence connectivity patterns through top-down signals.