Browsing by Author "Cardona, Juan"

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    Does culture shape our understanding of others' thoughts and emotions? An investigation across 12 countries
    (2022) Quesque, François; Coutrot, Antoine; Cox, Sharon; Cruz de Souza, Leonardo; Baez, Sandra; Cardona, Juan; Mulet, Hannah; Flanagan, Emma; Neely, Alejandra; Clarens, María; Cassimiro, Luciana; Musa, Gada; Kemp, Jennifer; Botzung, Anne; Philippi, Nathalie; Cosseddu, Maura; Trujillo, Catalina; Grisales, Johan; Fittipaldi, Sol; Magrath, Nahuel; Calandri, Ismael; Crivelli, Lucia; Sedeno, Lucas; Sedeno, Lucas; Garcia, Adolfo; Moreno, Fermin; Indakoetxea, Begoña; Benussi, Alberto; Brandão, Millena; Santamaria, Hernando; Matallana, Diana; Pryanishnikova, Galina; Morozova, Anna; Iakovleva, Olga; Veryugina, Nadezda; Levin, Oleg; Zhao, Lina; Liang, Junhua; Duning, Thomas; Lebouvier, Thibaud; Pasquier, Florence; Huepe, David; Barandiaran, Myriam; Johnen, Andreas; Lyashenko, Elena; Allegri, Ricardo; Borroni, Barbara; Blanc, Frederic; Wang, Fen; Sanches, Monica; Lillo, Patricia; Teixeira, Antonio; Caramelli, Paulo; Hudon, Carol; Andrea Slachevsky; Ibáñez, Agustin; Hornberger, Michael; Bertoux, Maxime
    Measures of social cognition have now become central in neuropsychology, being essential for early and differential diagnoses, follow-up, and rehabilitation in a wide range of conditions. With the scientific world becoming increasingly interconnected, international neuropsychological and medical collaborations are burgeoning to tackle the global challenges that are mental health conditions. These initiatives commonly merge data across a diversity of populations and countries, while ignoring their specificity. Objective: In this context, we aimed to estimate the influence of participants' nationality on social cognition evaluation. This issue is of particular importance as most cognitive tasks are developed in highly specific contexts, not representative of that encountered by the world's population. Method: Through a large international study across 18 sites, neuropsychologists assessed core aspects of social cognition in 587 participants from 12 countries using traditional and widely used tasks. Results: Age, gender, and education were found to impact measures of mentalizing and emotion recognition. After controlling for these factors, differences between countries accounted for more than 20% of the variance on both measures. Importantly, it was possible to isolate participants' nationality from potential translation issues, which classically constitute a major limitation. Conclusions: Overall, these findings highlight the need for important methodological shifts to better represent social cognition in both fundamental research and clinical practice, especially within emerging international networks and consortia. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)
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    Educational disparities in brain health and dementia across Latin America and the United States
    (2024) Gonzalez, Raul; Legaz, Agustina; Moguilner, Sebastián; Cruzat, Josephine; Hernández, Hernán; Baez, Sandra; Cocchi, Rafael; Coronel, Carlos; Medel,Vicente; Tagliazuchi, Enzo; Migeot, Joaquín; Ochoa, Carolina; Maito, Marcelo; Reyes, Pablo; Santamaria, Hernando; Godoy, Maria; Javande, Shireen; García, Adolfo; Matallana, Diana; Avila, José; Slachevsky Chonchol, Andrea; Behrens, María; Custodio, Nilton; Cardona, Juan; Brusco, Ignacio; Bruno, Martín; Sosa, Ana; Pina, Stefanie; Takada, Leonel; França, Elisa; Valcour, Victor; Possin, Katherine; De Oliveira, Maira; Lopera, Francisco; Lawlor, Brian; Hu, Kun; Miller, Bruce; Yokoyama, Jennifer; Gonzalez, Cecilia; Ibañez, Agustin
    Background: Education influences brain health and dementia. However, its impact across regions, specifically Latin America (LA) and the United States (US), is unknown. Methods: A total of 1412 participants comprising controls, patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD), and frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) from LA and the US were included. We studied the association of education with brain volume and functional connectivity while controlling for imaging quality and variability, age, sex, total intracranial volume (TIV), and recording type. Results: Education influenced brain measures, explaining 24%-98% of the geographical differences. The educational disparities between LA and the US were associated with gray matter volume and connectivity variations, especially in LA and AD patients. Education emerged as a critical factor in classifying aging and dementia across regions. Discussion: The results underscore the impact of education on brain structure and function in LA, highlighting the importance of incorporating educational factors into diagnosing, care, and prevention, and emphasizing the need for global diversity in research. Highlights: Lower education was linked to reduced brain volume and connectivity in healthy controls (HCs), Alzheimer's disease (AD), and frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD). Latin American cohorts have lower educational levels compared to the those in the United States. Educational disparities majorly drive brain health differences between regions. Educational differences were significant in both conditions, but more in AD than FTLD. Education stands as a critical factor in classifying aging and dementia across regions.

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