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Overview

Francisco Aboitiz is affiliated with the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile in Chile. Their research primarily spans the fields of Neuroscience and Psychology, with a notable focus on Cognitive Neuroscience and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Additional subfields include Neurology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Psychiatry and Mental Health.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, including:

  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Multisensory perception and integration
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Neuroscience and Music Perception
  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies

Francisco Aboitiz has contributed to various publication venues, frequently appearing in:

  • Scientific Reports
  • Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • AEA Randomized Controlled Trials

Among the recent papers connected to or related with their field of study are:

  • The functional characterization of callosal connections, 2021, Progress in Neurobiology
  • Neurocognitive mechanisms underlying working memory encoding and retrieval in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • The Armed Conflict and the Impact on Patients With Cancer in Ukraine: Urgent Considerations, 2022, JCO Global Oncology
  • Frontoparietal connectivity correlates with working memory performance in multiple sclerosis, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Neural Dynamics of Improved Bimodal Attention and Working Memory in Musically Trained Children, 2020, Frontiers in Neuroscience

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Rodrigo Henríquez-Ch
  • Leonie Kausel
  • Pablo Billeke
  • Francisco Zamorano
  • Ximena Stecher

Francisco Aboitiz has published books through The MIT Press, including the 2024 title "A History of Bodies, Brains, and Minds."

Best Publications

  • Developmental dyslexia: Four consecutive patients with cortical anomalies

    Albert M. Galaburda;Gordon F. Sherman;Glenn D. Rosen;Francisco Aboitiz

  • Fiber composition of the human corpus callosum.

    Francisco Aboitiz;Arnold B. Scheibel;Robin S. Fisher;Eran Zaidel

  • One hundred million years of interhemispheric communication: the history of the corpus callosum

    F Aboitiz;J Montiel

  • The evolutionary origin of the language areas in the human brain. A neuroanatomical perspective.

    Francisco Aboitiz;V Ricardo Garcı́a

  • Individual differences in brain asymmetries and fiber composition in the human corpus callosum

    Francisco Aboitiz;Arnold B. Scheibel;Robin S. Fisher;Eran Zaidel

  • MORPHOMETRY OF THE SYLVIAN FISSURE AND THE CORPUS CALLOSUM, WITH EMPHASIS ON SEX DIFFERENCES

    Franciso Aboitiz;Arnold B. Scheibel;Eran Zaidel

  • Age-related changes in fibre composition of the human corpus callosum: sex differences.

    Francisco Aboitiz;Eugenio Rodriguez;Ricardo Olivares;Eran Zaidel

  • Species differences and similarities in the fine structure of the mammalian corpus callosum.

    Ricardo Olivares;Juan Montiel;Francisco Aboitiz

  • The evolutionary origin of the mammalian isocortex: towards an integrated developmental and functional approach.

    Francisco Aboitiz;Daniver Morales;Juan Montiel

  • Chronic fluoxetine treatment induces structural plasticity and selective changes in glutamate receptor subunits in the rat cerebral cortex.

    E. Ampuero;F.J. Rubio;R. Falcon;M. Sandoval

  • Long distance communication in the human brain: timing constraints for inter-hemispheric synchrony and the origin of brain lateralization

    Francisco Aboitiz;Javier López;Juan Montiel

  • Social Cognition in Schizophrenia: From Social Stimuli Processing to Social Engagement

    Pablo Billeke;Francisco Aboitiz

  • N400 ERPs for actions: building meaning in context

    Lucia Amoruso;Carlos Gelormini;Francisco Aboitiz Aboitiz;Miguel Alvarez González

  • Human-like rodent amyloid-β-peptide determines Alzheimer pathology in aged wild-type Octodon degu

    Nibaldo C. Inestrosa;Ariel E. Reyes;Marcelo A. Chacón;Waldo Cerpa

  • Brain connections: interhemispheric fiber systems and anatomical brain asymmetries in humans.

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  • Does bigger mean better? Evolutionary determinants of brain size and structure

    Francisco Aboitiz

  • Cortical memory mechanisms and language origins.

    Francisco Aboitiz;Ricardo R. García;Conrado Bosman;Enzo Brunetti

  • Molecular mechanisms underlying glutamatergic dysfunction in schizophrenia: therapeutic implications.

    Pablo A. Gaspar;M. Leonor Bustamante;Hernán Silva;Francisco Aboitiz

  • Effect of the environment on the dendritic morphology of the rat auditory cortex.

    Mitali Bose;Pablo Muñoz-Llancao;Swagata Roychowdhury;Justin A. Nichols

  • Pupil Size Tracks Attentional Performance In Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder.

    G. Wainstein;D. Rojas-Líbano;D. Rojas-Líbano;N. A. Crossley;N. A. Crossley;X. Carrasco

  • Genotypic interaction between DRD4 and DAT1 loci is a high risk factor for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in Chilean families

    Ximena Carrasco;Paula Rothhammer;Paula Rothhammer;Mauricio Moraga;Hugo Henríquez

Frequent Co-Authors

Eran Zaidel
Eran Zaidel University of California, Los Angeles
Josep Call
Josep Call University of St Andrews
Jacques Martinerie
Jacques Martinerie Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Bernard Renault
Bernard Renault Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Albert M. Galaburda
Albert M. Galaburda Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Glenn D. Rosen
Glenn D. Rosen Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Gordon F. Sherman
Gordon F. Sherman Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Michael P. Kilgard
Michael P. Kilgard The University of Texas at Dallas
Mario A. Parra
Mario A. Parra University of Strathclyde
Robin S. Fisher
Robin S. Fisher University of California, Los Angeles

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