Stronger connectivity and higher extraversion protect against stress-related deterioration of cognitive functions

Abstract Here we attempted to define the relationship between: EEG activity, personality and coping during lockdown. We were in a unique situation since the COVID-19 outbreak interrupted our independent longitudinal study. We already collected a significant amount of data before lockdown. During loc...

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Autores principales:	Jacek Rogala, Joanna Dreszer, Urszula Malinowska, Marek Waligóra, Agnieszka Pluta, Ingrida Antonova, Andrzej Wróbel
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2021
Materias:	Medicine R Science Q
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:6fd762202270427ea28885ba15a405732021-12-02T19:04:01ZStronger connectivity and higher extraversion protect against stress-related deterioration of cognitive functions10.1038/s41598-021-96718-52045-2322https://doaj.org/article/6fd762202270427ea28885ba15a405732021-08-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-96718-5https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract Here we attempted to define the relationship between: EEG activity, personality and coping during lockdown. We were in a unique situation since the COVID-19 outbreak interrupted our independent longitudinal study. We already collected a significant amount of data before lockdown. During lockdown, a subgroup of participants willingly continued their engagement in the study. These circumstances provided us with an opportunity to examine the relationship between personality/cognition and brain rhythms in individuals who continued their engagement during lockdown compared to control data collected well before pandemic. The testing consisted of a one-time assessment of personality dimensions and two sessions of EEG recording and deductive reasoning task. Participants were divided into groups based on the time they completed the second session: before or during the COVID-19 outbreak ‘Pre-pandemic Controls’ and ‘Pandemics’, respectively. The Pandemics were characterized by a higher extraversion and stronger connectivity, compared to Pre-pandemic Controls. Furthermore, the Pandemics improved their cognitive performance under long-term stress as compared to the Pre-Pandemic Controls matched for personality traits to the Pandemics. The Pandemics were also characterized by increased EEG connectivity during lockdown. We posit that stronger EEG connectivity and higher extraversion could act as a defense mechanism against stress-related deterioration of cognitive functions.Jacek RogalaJoanna DreszerUrszula MalinowskaMarek WaligóraAgnieszka PlutaIngrida AntonovaAndrzej WróbelNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Jacek Rogala Joanna Dreszer Urszula Malinowska Marek Waligóra Agnieszka Pluta Ingrida Antonova Andrzej Wróbel Stronger connectivity and higher extraversion protect against stress-related deterioration of cognitive functions
description	Abstract Here we attempted to define the relationship between: EEG activity, personality and coping during lockdown. We were in a unique situation since the COVID-19 outbreak interrupted our independent longitudinal study. We already collected a significant amount of data before lockdown. During lockdown, a subgroup of participants willingly continued their engagement in the study. These circumstances provided us with an opportunity to examine the relationship between personality/cognition and brain rhythms in individuals who continued their engagement during lockdown compared to control data collected well before pandemic. The testing consisted of a one-time assessment of personality dimensions and two sessions of EEG recording and deductive reasoning task. Participants were divided into groups based on the time they completed the second session: before or during the COVID-19 outbreak ‘Pre-pandemic Controls’ and ‘Pandemics’, respectively. The Pandemics were characterized by a higher extraversion and stronger connectivity, compared to Pre-pandemic Controls. Furthermore, the Pandemics improved their cognitive performance under long-term stress as compared to the Pre-Pandemic Controls matched for personality traits to the Pandemics. The Pandemics were also characterized by increased EEG connectivity during lockdown. We posit that stronger EEG connectivity and higher extraversion could act as a defense mechanism against stress-related deterioration of cognitive functions.
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author	Jacek Rogala Joanna Dreszer Urszula Malinowska Marek Waligóra Agnieszka Pluta Ingrida Antonova Andrzej Wróbel
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title	Stronger connectivity and higher extraversion protect against stress-related deterioration of cognitive functions
title_short	Stronger connectivity and higher extraversion protect against stress-related deterioration of cognitive functions
title_full	Stronger connectivity and higher extraversion protect against stress-related deterioration of cognitive functions
title_fullStr	Stronger connectivity and higher extraversion protect against stress-related deterioration of cognitive functions
title_full_unstemmed	Stronger connectivity and higher extraversion protect against stress-related deterioration of cognitive functions
title_sort	stronger connectivity and higher extraversion protect against stress-related deterioration of cognitive functions
publisher	Nature Portfolio
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/6fd762202270427ea28885ba15a40573
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Stronger connectivity and higher extraversion protect against stress-related deterioration of cognitive functions

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