francisco barcelo neuropsychology, francisco barcelo Bayes, francisco barcelo cognition, francisco barcelo neuropsicologia francisco barcelo wisconsin, francisco barcelo prefrontal, francisco barcelo P300, francisco barcelo wcst.
Professor of Neuropsychology,
Laboratory of Neuropsychology,
University of the Balearic Islands (UIB)
Ed. Beatriu de Pinos #12,
Ctra. Valldemossa,
km
7.5,
E-07122 Palma de Mallorca (SPAIN)
(Phone) +34 -971 172750
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172309
(Mail) f.barcelo(at)uib.es
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Last updated: 01.09.2023
Human Neuropsychology (code 21325)
My interest is in the study of mind-brain relationships (i.e., the age-old problem of 'how brains make up their minds'), as they are typically addressed in disciplines such as Cognitive Neuroscience and Human Neuropsychology. In particular, I have explored the neural dynamics underlying human attention and memory using fast functional brain imaging techniques such as magnetoencephalography (MEG) and electroencephalography (EEG/ERPs) in both normal people and neurological and psychiatric patients.
My future research contemplates the use of computational models based on Information Theory and Bayesian inference to describe, explain and predict cognitive control as an emerging property of large-scale neural dynamics. More specifically, I am interested in exploring the 'entropy control' hypothesis of prefrontal function that 'by linking novel to familiar information at the highest level of neural representation in a context-sensitive way, lateral PFC fulfills a physically and biologically plausible function of reducing stimulus and response entropy in the nervous system' (Barcelo & Knight 2007). On this view, cognitive control could be envisaged as the highest cortical exponent of free energy minimization and homeostatic regulation in humans (Cannon 1932; Fuster 2002; Friston, 2005, 2010).
Barceló, F., Proietti, R., & Pezzulo, G. An active inference account of P300-like cortical responses in card sorting: Implications for theories of prefrontal executive functions. Poster presentation at the 2024 Meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research (Prague, Czech Republic).
Barceló, F. ( 2021 ). A Predictive Processing Account of Card Sorting: Fast Proactive and Reactive
Frontoparietal Cortical Dynamics during Inference and Learning of Perceptual Categories. Journal of
Cognitive
Neuroscience, 33 (9): 1636–1656. https://direct.mit.edu/jocn/article-pdf/33/9/1636/1956140/jocn_a_01662.pdf.
Brydges, C.R., Barceló, F., Nguyen, A.T., Fox, A. M. (2020) Fast
fronto-parietal cortical dynamics of conflict detection and context updating in a flanker task.
Cognitive Neurodynamics 14, 795–814
(2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11571-020-09628-z.
López, M.E., Pusil, S., Pereda, E., Maestú, F., Barceló, F. (2019) Dynamic low
frequency
EEG phase synchronization patterns during proactive control of task
switching. NeuroImage, 186, 70-82.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2018.10.068.
JCR IF2018= 5.426
Barceló, F. & Cooper, P.S. (2018). Quantifying Contextual Information
For Cognitive Control. Frontiers in Psychology, Sep 10;9:1693.
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01693. JCR
IF2018=
2.089
Brydges, C.R. & Barceló, F. (2018). Functional dissociation of
latency-variable, stimulus- and response-Locked target P3
sub-components in task-switching. Front. Hum. Neurosci, 12: 60.
https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2018.00060. JCR
IF2017=
2.871
Díaz-Blancat, G., García-Prieto, J., Maestú, F. & Barceló, F. (2018).
Fast neural dynamics of proactive cognitive control in a
task-switching analogue of the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test.
Brain Topography, 31: 407-418.
http://rdcu.be/ygZa. JCR IF2016= 3.39
Barceló, F., & Cooper, P. S. (2018). An information theory account of late
frontoparietal ERP positivities in cognitive control.
Psychophysiology, 55:e12814.
https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.12814
JCR IF2015= 3.07
Enriquez-Geppert, S., & Barceló, F. (2018). Multisubject
decomposition of event-related positivities in cognitive control:
Tackling age-related changes in reactive control.
Brain Topography, 31(1): 17-34.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10548-016-0512-4.
JCR IF2015= 3.727
Cooper, P. S., Darriba, A., Karayanidis, F., & Barceló, F. (2016).
Contextually sensitive power changes across multiple frequency bands
underpin cognitive control. Neuroimage, 132, 499-511.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2016.03.010
.
JCR IF2015= 5.463
Barceló, F., & Cooper, P. S. (2016). A taxonomy of fronto-parietal
P3-like positivities based on information theoretic models of
cognitive control. Conference paper at the 18th World Congress of the
International Organization for Psychophysiology (La Habana, Cuba, 1-4
September 2016). International Journal of Psychophysiology,
108, 53-54.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2016.07.179.
JCR IF2015= 2.596
Prada, L., Barceló, F., Escera, C., & Herrmann, C.S. (2014). EEG
delta oscillations index inhibitory control of contextual novelty to
both irrelevant distracters and relevant task-switch cues.
Psychophysiology, 51:
658-672. JCR IF2012= 3.261.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/psyp.12210/abstract
Weeda, W.D., van der Molen, M.W., Barceló, F., & Huizinga, M.
(2014). A diffusion model analysis of developmental changes in
children's task switching.
Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 126, 178-197. JCR
IF2012=
3.12.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022096514000952
Rodriguez-Pujadas, A., Sanjuan, A., Ventura-Campos, N., Roman, P.,
Martin, C., Barceló, F., Costa, A., & Avila, C. (2013). Bilinguals
use language-control brain areas more than monolinguals to perform
non-linguistic switching tasks.
PLoS ONE, 8, e73028. JCR
IF2012= 3.73.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0073028
Hernández, M., Martin, C.D., Barceló, F. & Costa, A. (2013) Where
is the bilingual advantage in task-switching?
Journal of Memory and Language, 69, 257-276. JCR IF2012=
2.8:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jml.2013.06.004
Adrover-Roig, D., Sese, A., Barceló, F., & Palmer, A. (2012). A
latent variable approach to executive control in healthy ageing.
Brain and Cognition, 78(3),
284-299. JCR IF2011= 3.174.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bandc.2012.01.005
Finke, M., Escera, C., & Barceló, F. (2012). The effects of
foreknowledge and task-set shifting as mirrored in cue- and
target-locked event-related potentials.
PLoS ONE , 7(11), e49486.
JCR IF2011= 4.092.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0049486
Finke, M., Barceló, F., Garolera, M., Cortinas, M., Garrido, G.,
Pajares, M., & Escera, C. (2011). Impaired preparatory re-mapping of
stimulus-response associations and rule-implementation in
schizophrenic patients--the role for differences in early
processing. Biol Psychol,
87(3), 358-365. JCR IF2010= 3.35.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2011.04.006.
Garcia-Garcia, M., Barceló, F., Clemente, I. C., & Escera, C.
(2011). COMT and ANKK1 gene-gene interaction modulates contextual
updating of mental representations.
Neuroimage, 56(3),
1641-1647. JCR IF2010= 5.93.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.02.053.
Martin, C.D., Barceló, F., Hernandez, M., Costa, A. (2011). The
time course of the asymmetrical 'local' switch cost: Evidence from
event-related potentials. Biological Psychology, 86(3),
210-218. JCR IF2010= 3.35.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2010.12.001.
Parmentier, F. B., Elsley, J. V., Andres, P., & Barcelo, F. (2011).
Why are auditory novels distracting? Contrasting the roles of
novelty, violation of expectation and stimulus change.
Cognition, 119(3), 374-380.
JCR IF2010= 3.71.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2011.02.001.
Voytek, B., Davis, M., Yago, E., Barceló, F., Vogel, E. K., &
Knight, R. T. (2010). Dynamic neuroplasticity after human prefrontal
cortex damage. Neuron, 68(3), 401-408. JCR IF2009= 13.26.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2010.09.018.
Garcia-Garcia, M., Barceló, F., Clemente, I.C., Escera, C. (2010).
The role of the dopamine transporter DAT1 genotype on the neural
mechanisms of cognitive flexibility.
European Journal of Neuroscience, 31(4): 754-60. JCR
IF2009= 3.418.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-9568.2010.07102.x.
Garcia-Garcia, M., Barceló, F., Clemente, I.C., Escera, C. (2010).
The role of DAT1 gene on the rapid detection of task novelty.
Neuropsychologia. JCR IF2009= 4.345.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2010.10.005.
Adrover-Roig, D., Barceló, F. (2010) Individual differences in
aging and cognitive control modulate the neural indexes of context
updating and maintenance during task switching. Cortex, 46,
434-450. JCR IF2009= 4.058.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2009.09.012.
Barceló F. (2009) The emotional consequences of being distracted.
Frontiers in Neuroscience 3:6-7.
doi: 10.3389/neuro.01.010.2009.
Perez Velazquez JL,
Barceló F, Hunga Y,
Leshchenkoa Y, Nenadovica V, Belkas J, Raghavana V, Briand J, Garcia
Dominguez L (2009) Decreased brain coordinated activity in autism
spectrum disorders during executive tasks: Reduced long-range
synchronization in the fronto-parietal networks.
International Journal of Psychophysiology, 73, 341-349.
doi: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2009.05.009.
Sanchez-Cubillo I, Perianez JA, Adrover-Roig D, Rodriguez-Sanchez
JM, Rios-Lago M, et al. (2009). Construct validity of the Trail
Making Test: role of task-switching, working memory,
inhibition/interference control and visuo-motor abilities.
J.Int. Neuropsychol. Soc,15:438-50.
doi: 10.1017/S1355617709090626.
Nyhus E., Barceló F. (2009)
The Wisconsin Card Sorting Test and the cognitive assessment of
prefrontal executive functions: A critical update.
Brain and Cognition, 71, 437-451.doi: 10.1016/j.bandc.2009.03.005.
Periañez J.A., Barceló F. (2009). Updating sensory versus task
representations during task-switching: Insights from cognitive brain
potentials in humans. Neuropsychologia: 47: 1160-1172.
doi:10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2009.01.014.
Barceló F., Periañez, J.A.,
& Nyhus, E. (2008). An information theoretical approach to
task-switching: evidence from cognitive brain potentials in humans.
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience: 1, 13.
doi: 10.3389/neuro.09.013.2007.
Barceló F., Knight R.T.
(2007) An information theoretical approach to contextual processing
in the human brain: evidence from prefrontal lesions.
Cereb Cortex: 17, i51-i60.
Barceló F., Knight R.T.
(2007) Theoretical sequelae of a chronic neglect and unawareness of
prefrontotectal pathways in the human brain.
Behav Brain Sci 30: 83-85.
Periañez, J.A., Rios-Lago, M., Rodriguez-Sanchez, J.M.,
Adrover-Roig, D., Sanchez-Cubillo, I., Crespo-Facorro, B., Quemada,
J.I., Barceló, F. (2007)
Trail Making Test in traumatic brain injury, schizophrenia, and
normal ageing: Sample comparisons and normative data.
Arch Clin Neuropsychol, 22: 433-447.
Barceló F., Escera C.,
Corral M. J., & Periañez J. A. (2006). Task switching and novelty
processing activate a common neural network for cognitive control.
J. Cog. Neurosci. 18, 1734-1748.
Yago, E., Duarte, A., Wong, T.,
Barceló, F.
& Knight, R.T. (2004) Temporal kinetics of prefrontal modulation of
extrastriate cortex during visual attention.
Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience 4,
609-617.
Barceló F. (2004) Detection
of change: Event related potential and fMRI findings.
Clinical Neurophysiology 115, 1711-1713.
Periánez, J.A., &
Barceló F. (2004)
[Electrophysiology of executive functions].
Revista de Neurología, 38, 359-365.
Periañez, J.A., Maestú, F.,
Barceló, F., Fernández, A.,
Amo, C., Ortíz T. (2004) Spatiotemporal brain dynamics during
preparatory set shifting: MEG evidence. Neuroimage 21,
687-695.
Barceló F.,
et al. (2003) Tidying up sensory stores with supraordinate
representations. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 26, 730-731.
Barceló F., et al. (2003) A
new ERP paradigm for studying individual differences in the
executive control of attention. In The Cognitive Neuroscience of
Individual Differences (Reinvang, I., et al., eds), 47-62,
bis-Publishers.
Barceló F. (2003) The
Madrid card sorting test (MCST): a task switching paradigm to study
executive attention with event-related potentials.
Brain Research: Brain Research Protocols 11, 27-37.
Barceló F., Periañez, J.A.
& Knight, R.T. (2002) Think differently: a brain orienting response
to task novelty. NeuroReport 13, 1887-1892.
Barceló F., & Knight, R.T.
(2002) Both random and perseverative errors underlie WCST deficits
in prefrontal patients. Neuropsychologia 40, 349-356.
Periañez, J.A., &
Barceló F. (2001) [Madrid
adaptation of the wisconsin card sorting test: a comparative study
of internal consistency]. Revista de Neurología, 33,
611-618.
Barceló F. (2001) Does the
Wisconsin Card Sorting Test measure prefrontal function?
Spanish Journal of Psychology
4, 79-100.
Barceló F., et al. (2000)
Attentional set shifting modulates the target P3b response in the
Wisconsin card sorting test. Neuropsychologia 38,
1342-1355.
Barceló F., & Santomé, A.
(2000) Revisión crítica del test de clasificación de cartas de
Wisconsin como indicador de disfunción prefrontal.
Revista de Neurología 30, 855-864.
Barceló F., Suwazono, S., &
Knight, R.T. (2000) Prefrontal modulation of visual processing in
humans. Nature Neuroscience 3, 399-403.
Darlington, M.P.,
Barceló, F., et al. (1999)
Neurofisiología de la memoria operativa viso-espacial.
Psicothema 11, 163-174.
Barceló F. (1999)
Electrophysiological evidence of two different types of error in the
Wisconsin card sorting test. NeuroReport 10, 1299-1303.
Barceló F., Muñoz-Céspedes,
J.M. et al. (1999) Evaluación de los déficit atencionales
secundarios a TCE: aplicación de la cartografía cerebral al
diagnóstico neuropsicológico. Mapfre Medicina 10, 124-133.
Barceló F., and Rubia, F.J.
(1998) Non-frontal P3b-like activity evoked by the Wisconsin Card
Sorting Test. NeuroReport 9, 747-751.
Barceló F., et al. (1997)
Event-related potentials during memorization of spatial locations in
the auditory and visual modalities.
Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology 103,
257-267.
Barceló F., et al. (1997)
The Wisconsin Card Sorting Test and the assessment of frontal
function: A validation study with event-related potentials.
Neuropsychologia 35, 399-408.
Barceló F., Gale A., Hall
M. (1995) Multichannel EEG power reflects information processing and
attention during visual orienting, and predicts performance in a
subsequent recognition task. Journal of Psychophysiology 9,
32-44.
Barceló F., Hall M., Gale A. (1995) A psychophysiological
inquiry into
the nature of the Sokolovian orienting response comparator model: skin conductance and EEG data.
Biological Psychology 41, 147-166.
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