Zachariah Reuben Cross

2 months ago | biorxiv.org | Zachariah Reuben Cross |Scott Coussens |Mark J. Kohler |Amanda Santamaria

AbstractSleep neurophysiology undergoes significant changes across the lifespan, which coincide with age related differences in memory, particularly for emotional information. However, the mechanisms that underlie these effects remain poorly understood. One potential mechanism is the aperiodic component, which reflects "neural noise", differs across age, and is predictive of perceptual and cognitive processes.

Nov 9, 2024 | biorxiv.org | Zachariah Reuben Cross |Samantha Gray |Adam J.O. Dede |Yessenia M. Rivera

AbstractThe neurophysiological mechanisms supporting brain maturation are fundamental to attention and memory capacity across the lifespan. Human brain regions develop at different rates, with many regions developing into the third and fourth decades of life. Here, in this preregistered study (https://osf.io/gsru7), we analyzed intracranial EEG (iEEG) recordings from widespread brain regions in a large developmental cohort.

Aug 2, 2024 | biorxiv.org | Chloe Dziego |Ina Bornkessel-Schlesewsky |Maarten Immink |Zachariah Reuben Cross

AbstractMindfulness-based cognitive training exhibits great propensity for improving cognitive performance across a range of contexts. However, the neurophysiological basis of these cognitive enhancements has remained relatively unclear.

Nov 30, 2023 | biorxiv.org | Sophie Louise Jano |Zachariah Reuben Cross |Alex Chatburn |Matthias Schlesewsky

AbstractThe extent to which the brain predicts upcoming information during language processing remains controversial. To shed light on this debate, the present study reanalysed Nieuwland and colleagues′ (2018) replication of DeLong et al. (2005). Participants (N = 356) viewed sentences containing articles and nouns of varying predictability, while their electroencephalogram was recorded.

Nov 27, 2023 | biorxiv.org | Zachariah Reuben Cross |Randolph F. Helfrich |Andrew Corcoran |Mark J. Kohler

AbstractSentence comprehension involves the rapid decoding of semantic and grammatical information, a process fundamental to communication. As with other cognitive processes, language comprehension relies partly on long-term memory. However, the electrophysiological mechanisms underpinning the initial encoding and generalisation of higher-order linguistic knowledge remains elusive, particularly from a sleep-based consolidation perspective.