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Aristea Ladas
I completed my PhD in 2013, at SEERC, which was awarded by the University of Sheffield. My topic was the phenomenon of bilingualism and its effects on attention processes throughout the lifespan. I was a research assistant and a scientific coordinator in the Long Lasting Memories project (European Commission) , as well as a researcher in other projects funded by the European Commission. I have also collaborated with the Spanish University of Almeria, as a researcher. Currently,I am a research associate of SEERC, where I have previously worked on the ELIEMENTAL project, also funded by the EC. I am also a member of the ReA2ch group , including the Bilingualism Research Group, in the Psychology department of Sheffield's International Faculty City college. Moreover, I have worked with children with autism and learning difficulties on a daily basis for three years. I also deliver lectures at City College, the Psychology Department. I am a Chartered Psychologist (CPsychol) of the British Psychological Society (BPS), a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (UK) as well as a Member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Student Chapter.My research interests are the cognitive effects of bilingualism on attention, other factors that influence attention (e.g. dementia, religion, drug use), the neurochemistry and early diagnosis of dementia through dopamine function, drug addiction (mainly relapse factors, the role of dopamine), Eye Blink Rates as a measure of dopamine function.
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been identified. Early MCI detection is of crucial importance for preventing dementia
onset. The aim of this study is to provide a classification framework able to
discriminate subtle alterations due to neurodegenerative processes. Primary attention
was given at the MCI stage. Therefore two MCI groups were formed according the
patient’s performance in the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) test; a group of
39 patient with a low cognitive decline (MCI-1; MoCA>=25), and a group of 31
patients with moderate cognitive decline group (MCI-2; MoCA <25. In addition, we
tested 17 healthy control participants, and 14 mild demented patients. Participants
underwent a full neuropsychologic examination.
Application of the Independent Component Analysis (ICA) and visual
inspection of EEG data during resting state condition with eyes closed was initially
adopted for noise rejection. Then, the energy for each frequency band was computed
through discrete wavelet transform (DWT). These spectral components for 57
electrodes served as an input to a classification system employing Mahalanobis
Distace. Classification results (84.16% overall accuracy) demonstrated the system’s
robustness and reliability. Discrimination reached 82.35% for healthy controls,
92.31% for MCI-1, 74.19% for MCI-2 and 85.71% for mild demented patients. The
classification system is proposed in order to supplement the neuropsychologic
examination and to correlate subtle cognitive deficits revealed by MoCA with
modified neurophysiological patterns, providing thus a better understanding to the
progression of neurodegenerative mechanisms.
been identified. Early MCI detection is of crucial importance for preventing dementia
onset. The aim of this study is to provide a classification framework able to
discriminate subtle alterations due to neurodegenerative processes. Primary attention
was given at the MCI stage. Therefore two MCI groups were formed according the
patient’s performance in the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) test; a group of
39 patient with a low cognitive decline (MCI-1; MoCA>=25), and a group of 31
patients with moderate cognitive decline group (MCI-2; MoCA <25. In addition, we
tested 17 healthy control participants, and 14 mild demented patients. Participants
underwent a full neuropsychologic examination.
Application of the Independent Component Analysis (ICA) and visual
inspection of EEG data during resting state condition with eyes closed was initially
adopted for noise rejection. Then, the energy for each frequency band was computed
through discrete wavelet transform (DWT). These spectral components for 57
electrodes served as an input to a classification system employing Mahalanobis
Distace. Classification results (84.16% overall accuracy) demonstrated the system’s
robustness and reliability. Discrimination reached 82.35% for healthy controls,
92.31% for MCI-1, 74.19% for MCI-2 and 85.71% for mild demented patients. The
classification system is proposed in order to supplement the neuropsychologic
examination and to correlate subtle cognitive deficits revealed by MoCA with
modified neurophysiological patterns, providing thus a better understanding to the
progression of neurodegenerative mechanisms.