Quadrato Motor Training (QMT) is a new training paradigm, which was found to increase cognitive flexibility, creativity and spatial cognition. In addition, QMT was reported to enhance inter- and intra-hemispheric alpha coherence as well as Fractional Anisotropy (FA) in a number of white matter pathways including corpus callosum. Taken together, these results seem to suggest that electrophysiological and structural changes induced by QMT may be due to an enhanced interplay and communication of the different brain areas within and between the right and the left hemisphere. In order to test this hypothesis using the exact low-resolution brain electromagnetic tomography (eLORETA), we estimated the current neural density and lagged linear connectivity (LLC) of the alpha band in the resting state electroencephalography (rsEEG) recorded with open (OE) and closed eyes (CE) at three different time points, following 6 and 12 weeks of daily QMT. Significant changes were observed for the functional connectivity. In particular, we found that limbic and fronto-temporal alpha connectivity in the OE condition increased after 6 weeks, while it enhanced at the CE condition in occipital network following 12-weeks of daily training. These findings seem to show that the QMT may have dissociable long-term effects on the functional connectivity depending on the different ways of recording rsEEG. OE recording pointed out a faster onset of Linear Lag Connectivity modulations that tend to decay as quickly, while CE recording showed sensible effect only after the complete 3-months training

Increased alpha band functional connectivity following the quadrato motor training: a longitudinal study / Lasaponara, S; Mauro, F; Carducci, F; Paoletti, P; Tombini, M; Quattrocchi, C; Mallio, Ca; Errante, Y; Scarciolla, L; Ben-Soussan, Td.. - In: FRONTIERS IN HUMAN NEUROSCIENCE. - ISSN 1662-5161. - 11:(2017), p. 282. [10.3389/fnhum.2017.00282]

Increased alpha band functional connectivity following the quadrato motor training: a longitudinal study

Quattrocchi C;
2017-01-01

Abstract

Quadrato Motor Training (QMT) is a new training paradigm, which was found to increase cognitive flexibility, creativity and spatial cognition. In addition, QMT was reported to enhance inter- and intra-hemispheric alpha coherence as well as Fractional Anisotropy (FA) in a number of white matter pathways including corpus callosum. Taken together, these results seem to suggest that electrophysiological and structural changes induced by QMT may be due to an enhanced interplay and communication of the different brain areas within and between the right and the left hemisphere. In order to test this hypothesis using the exact low-resolution brain electromagnetic tomography (eLORETA), we estimated the current neural density and lagged linear connectivity (LLC) of the alpha band in the resting state electroencephalography (rsEEG) recorded with open (OE) and closed eyes (CE) at three different time points, following 6 and 12 weeks of daily QMT. Significant changes were observed for the functional connectivity. In particular, we found that limbic and fronto-temporal alpha connectivity in the OE condition increased after 6 weeks, while it enhanced at the CE condition in occipital network following 12-weeks of daily training. These findings seem to show that the QMT may have dissociable long-term effects on the functional connectivity depending on the different ways of recording rsEEG. OE recording pointed out a faster onset of Linear Lag Connectivity modulations that tend to decay as quickly, while CE recording showed sensible effect only after the complete 3-months training
2017
Lasaponara, S; Mauro, F; Carducci, F; Paoletti, P; Tombini, M; Quattrocchi, C; Mallio, Ca; Errante, Y; Scarciolla, L; Ben-Soussan, Td.
Increased alpha band functional connectivity following the quadrato motor training: a longitudinal study / Lasaponara, S; Mauro, F; Carducci, F; Paoletti, P; Tombini, M; Quattrocchi, C; Mallio, Ca; Errante, Y; Scarciolla, L; Ben-Soussan, Td.. - In: FRONTIERS IN HUMAN NEUROSCIENCE. - ISSN 1662-5161. - 11:(2017), p. 282. [10.3389/fnhum.2017.00282]
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