Publications by authors named "Federica Natalizi"
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- Patients with deficit schizophrenia (SZD) show persistent negative symptoms and differ neurobiologically from non-deficit schizophrenia (SZND), though evidence is inconclusive.
- Graph theory analyses of brain imaging revealed that SZND had unique segregation and integration patterns, while SZD exhibited widespread disruptions across network measures and less segregated topology overall.
- Differences in centrality and integration in specific brain regions were noted between SZD and SZND, highlighting the unique neurobiological characteristics of SZD related to negative symptoms.
Preoperative brain mapping methods are particularly important in modern neuro-oncology when a tumor affects eloquent language areas since damage to parts of the language circuits can cause significant impairments in daily life. This narrative review examines the literature regarding preoperative and intraoperative language mapping using repetitive navigated transcranial magnetic stimulation (rnTMS) with or without direct electrical stimulation (DES) in adult patients with tumors in eloquent language areas. The literature shows that rnTMS is accurate in detecting preexisting language disorders and positive intraoperative mapping regions.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWhat role could have intrinsic motivation toward reading in an extraordinary situation like the recent confinement? This research examines the relationship between intrinsic reading motivation (IRM) and reading habits in an adult population considering types of reading (for leisure, work/study, social networks, and news), gender, and distress generated by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Participants were 3,849 adults from Spain who were surveyed about their reading practices: before, during the first weeks, and after several weeks of confinement. Linear mixed effects models (LMMs) were used to analyze data.
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