Publications by authors named "Erick Almeida de Souza"
Article Synopsis
- Researchers are using neuroimaging data and deep learning techniques to study how intelligence and other cognitive traits are connected to brain activity.
- By analyzing data from 874 subjects, they predicted cognitive scores based on brain function during language and working memory tasks, achieving a modest explanation of intelligence variance.
- Results indicated that task-based brain connectivity is a stronger predictor of intelligence than resting-state data, and no specific brain network was identified as crucial, indicating intelligence may be spread evenly across the brain.
Purpose: Individuals with isolated GH deficiency (IGHD) due to a mutation in the GHRH receptor gene have a normal life expectancy and above 50 years of age, similar total cognitive performance, with better attention and executive function than controls. Our objectives were to evaluate their brain morphometry and brain aging using MRI.
Methods: Thirteen IGHD and 14 controls matched by age, sex, and education, were enrolled.