Dr Gabriela Cruz San Martin
- Teaching Assistant, Research Associate, Visiting Researcher (School of Psychology & Neuroscience)
email:
Gabriela.Cruz@glasgow.ac.uk
Room 702, 62 Hillhead Street, School of Psychology, University of Glasgow, G12 8QB
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6320-7880Research interests
I have a clinical background in Occupational Therapy and experience in cognitive rehabilitation. For my PhD I worked under the supervision of Professor Jonathan Evans and Dr. Kerry Kilborn. With my PhD work I contributed to resolve some outstanding questions in the field of prospective memory.
After my PhD I carried out a small pilot project on the use of neurofeedback in brain injured population. My research was focused on the functional relevance of neural variability and how this can be considered as a marker of cognitive capacity.
I am currently part of the Palva Lab in Glasgow working on E/MEG research. I am studying the functions of dynamic multi-scale oscillation networks in human cognition and theories of brain critically. The main focus of my research is to understand how local neuronal oscillations, their large-scale interactions and dynamics are related to fundamental cognitive functions, in particular visual awareness and attention. I also have a deep interest in the use of more naturalistic or ecologically valid tasks to study complexity of brain oscillations.
Publications
2024
Cruz, G. , Melcón, M., Sutandi, L., Palva, J. M. , Palva, S. and Thut, G. (2024) Oscillatory brain activity in the canonical alpha-band conceals distinct mechanisms in attention. Journal of Neuroscience, (doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0918-24.2024) (PMID:39406514) (Early Online Publication)
2023
Turner, C. et al. (2023) Developmental changes in individual alpha frequency: recording EEG data during public engagement events. Imaging Neuroscience, 1, pp. 1-14. (doi: 10.1162/imag_a_00001) (PMID:37719836) (PMCID:PMC10503479)
2021
Burgo, P. I., Cruz, G. , Hawkes, T., Rojas-Sepúlveda, I. and Woollacott, M. (2021) Behavioral and ERP correlates of long-term physical and mental training on a demanding switch task. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 569025. (doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.569025) (PMID:33708155) (PMCID:PMC7940199)
Cruz, G. , Grent-'t-Jong, T. , Krishnadas, R. , Palva, J. M. , Palva, S. and Uhlhaas, P. J. (2021) Long range temporal correlations (LRTCs) in MEG-data during emerging psychosis: relationship to symptoms, medication-status and clinical trajectory. NeuroImage: Clinical, 31, 102722. (doi: 10.1016/j.nicl.2021.102722) (PMID:34130193) (PMCID:PMC8209846)
2018
Cruz, G. and Evans, J. (2018) Neuroplasticity in the context of cognitive rehabilitation. In: Katz, Noomi and Toglia, Joan (eds.) Cognition, Occupation, and Participation Across the Lifespan: Neuroscience, Neurorehabilitation, and Models of Intervention in Occupational Therapy, 4th Edition. AOTA Press: Bethesda, MD, pp. 89-104. ISBN 9781569004005
2017
Cruz, G. , Burgos, P., Kilborn, K. and Evans, J. J. (2017) Involvement of the anterior cingulate cortex in time-based prospective memory task monitoring: An EEG analysis of brain sources using independent component and measure projection analysis. PLoS ONE, 12(9), e0184037. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0184037) (PMID:28863146) (PMCID:PMC5581172)
2016
Cruz, G. , Miyakoshi, M., Makeig, S., Kilborn, K. and Evans, J. (2016) ERPs and their brain sources in perceptual and conceptual prospective memory tasks: commonalities and differences between the two tasks. Neuropsychologia, 91, pp. 173-185. (doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2016.08.005)
Cruz, G. , Petrie, S., Goudie, N., Kersel, D. and Evans, J. (2016) Text messages reduce memory failures in adults with brain injury: a single-case experimental design. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 79(10), pp. 598-606. (doi: 10.1177/0308022616640299)
Articles
Cruz, G. , Melcón, M., Sutandi, L., Palva, J. M. , Palva, S. and Thut, G. (2024) Oscillatory brain activity in the canonical alpha-band conceals distinct mechanisms in attention. Journal of Neuroscience, (doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0918-24.2024) (PMID:39406514) (Early Online Publication)
Turner, C. et al. (2023) Developmental changes in individual alpha frequency: recording EEG data during public engagement events. Imaging Neuroscience, 1, pp. 1-14. (doi: 10.1162/imag_a_00001) (PMID:37719836) (PMCID:PMC10503479)
Burgo, P. I., Cruz, G. , Hawkes, T., Rojas-Sepúlveda, I. and Woollacott, M. (2021) Behavioral and ERP correlates of long-term physical and mental training on a demanding switch task. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 569025. (doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.569025) (PMID:33708155) (PMCID:PMC7940199)
Cruz, G. , Grent-'t-Jong, T. , Krishnadas, R. , Palva, J. M. , Palva, S. and Uhlhaas, P. J. (2021) Long range temporal correlations (LRTCs) in MEG-data during emerging psychosis: relationship to symptoms, medication-status and clinical trajectory. NeuroImage: Clinical, 31, 102722. (doi: 10.1016/j.nicl.2021.102722) (PMID:34130193) (PMCID:PMC8209846)
Cruz, G. , Burgos, P., Kilborn, K. and Evans, J. J. (2017) Involvement of the anterior cingulate cortex in time-based prospective memory task monitoring: An EEG analysis of brain sources using independent component and measure projection analysis. PLoS ONE, 12(9), e0184037. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0184037) (PMID:28863146) (PMCID:PMC5581172)
Cruz, G. , Miyakoshi, M., Makeig, S., Kilborn, K. and Evans, J. (2016) ERPs and their brain sources in perceptual and conceptual prospective memory tasks: commonalities and differences between the two tasks. Neuropsychologia, 91, pp. 173-185. (doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2016.08.005)
Cruz, G. , Petrie, S., Goudie, N., Kersel, D. and Evans, J. (2016) Text messages reduce memory failures in adults with brain injury: a single-case experimental design. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 79(10), pp. 598-606. (doi: 10.1177/0308022616640299)
Book Sections
Cruz, G. and Evans, J. (2018) Neuroplasticity in the context of cognitive rehabilitation. In: Katz, Noomi and Toglia, Joan (eds.) Cognition, Occupation, and Participation Across the Lifespan: Neuroscience, Neurorehabilitation, and Models of Intervention in Occupational Therapy, 4th Edition. AOTA Press: Bethesda, MD, pp. 89-104. ISBN 9781569004005
