Didac Vidal Pineiro

Academic interests
I am a PostDoc researcher at the Research Group for Lifespan Changes in Brain and Cognition (LCBC), headed by Prof. Anders M. Fjell and Prof. Kristine B. Walhovd.
I graduated in Psychology and obtained my PhD in Neuroscience in 2014 in the University of Barcelona where I tried to characterize and modulate large-scale memory networks with a special focus on cognitive aging. There, I tried to take advantage of several methodological approaches during this period such as structural (MR morphometry, diffusor tensor imaging) and functional (task-related fMRI, resting-state fMRI) brain imaging measures, MR spectroscopy, non-invasive brain stimulation (TMS, tDCS) and neuropsychological tests.
I joined UiO in January 2015. Here my focus will continue centred in memory-networks and aging with a high involvement of task-related functional brain measures.
Background
2015-Present: Postdoctoral research fellow, Lifespan Changes in Brain and Cognition group, Univ. of Oslo, Dept. of Psychology
2011-2014: PhD in Neurosciences. Department of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychobiology. University of Barcelona. Spain.
2009-2010: M.Sc in Neurosciences. University of Barcelona. Spain.
2005-2009: Degree in Psychology. University Autonomous of Barcelona. Spain.
Publications
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Montal, Victor; Barroeta, Isabel; Bejanin, Alexandre; Pegueroles, Jordi; Carmona-Iragui, Maria & Altuna, Miren [Show all 17 contributors for this article] (2021). Metabolite signature of Alzheimer's disease in adults with Down syndrome. Annals of Neurology. ISSN 0364-5134. 90(3), p. 407–416. doi: 10.1002/ana.26178.
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Vidal-Piñeiro, Didac; Wang, Yunpeng; Krogsrud, Stine Kleppe; Amlien, Inge; Baaré, William FC & Bartres-Faz, David [Show all 31 contributors for this article] (2021). Individual variations in ‘brain age’ relate to early-life factors more than to longitudinal brain change. eLIFE. ISSN 2050-084X. 10. doi: 10.7554/eLife.69995. Full text in Research Archive
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Ness, Hedda Tvedten; Folvik, Line; Sneve, Markus Handal; Vidal Pineiro, Didac; Raud, Liisa & Geier, Oliver [Show all 9 contributors for this article] (2021). Reduced hippocampal-striatal interactions during formation of durable episodic memories in aging. Cerebral Cortex. ISSN 1047-3211. 00, p. 1–15. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhab331.
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Krogsrud, Stine Kleppe; Mowinckel, Athanasia Monika; Sederevicius, Donatas; Vidal-Piñeiro, Didac; Amlien, Inge Kasbohm & Wang, Yunpeng [Show all 9 contributors for this article] (2021). Relationships between apparent cortical thickness and working memory across the lifespan - Effects of genetics and socioeconomic status. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience. ISSN 1878-9293. 51, p. 1–11. doi: 10.1016/j.dcn.2021.100997.
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Sederevicius, Donatas; Vidal-Piñeiro, Didac; Sørensen, Øystein; van Leemput, Koen; Iglesias, Juan Eugenio & Dalca, Adrian V. [Show all 11 contributors for this article] (2021). Reliability and sensitivity of two whole-brain segmentation approaches included in FreeSurfer – ASEG and SAMSEG. NeuroImage. ISSN 1053-8119. 237:118113, p. 1–14. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.118113.
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Roe, James Michael; Vidal-Piñeiro, Didac; Sørensen, Øystein; Brandmaier, Andreas M.; Düzel, Sandra & Gonzalez, Hector A. [Show all 18 contributors for this article] (2021). Asymmetric thinning of the cerebral cortex across the adult lifespan is accelerated in Alzheimer’s disease. Nature Communications. ISSN 2041-1723. 12:721, p. 1–11. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-21057-y.
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Danielsen, Vilde Marie; Vidal-Piñeiro, Didac; Mowinckel, Athanasia Monika; Sederevicius, Donatas; Fjell, Anders Martin & Walhovd, Kristine B [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2020). Lifespan trajectories of relative corpus callosum thickness: Regional differences and cognitive relevance. Cortex. ISSN 0010-9452. 130, p. 127–141. doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2020.05.020.
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Fjell, Anders Martin; Sørensen, Øystein; Amlien, Inge Kasbohm; Bartrés-Faz, David; Brandmaier, Andreas M. & Buchmann, Nikolaus [Show all 32 contributors for this article] (2020). Poor Self-Reported Sleep is Related to Regional Cortical Thinning in Aging but not Memory Decline-Results From the Lifebrain Consortium. Cerebral Cortex. ISSN 1047-3211. p. 1–17. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhaa332.
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Vidal-Piñeiro, Didac; Sneve, Markus Handal; Amlien, Inge Kasbohm; Grydeland, Håkon; Mowinckel, Athanasia Monika & Roe, James Michael [Show all 10 contributors for this article] (2020). The Functional Foundations of Episodic Memory Remain Stable Throughout the Lifespan. Cerebral Cortex. ISSN 1047-3211. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhaa348. Full text in Research Archive
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Vidal-Piñeiro, Didac; Parker, Nadine; Shin, Jean; French, Leon; Grydeland, Håkon & Jackowski, Andrea [Show all 14 contributors for this article] (2020). Cellular correlates of cortical thinning throughout the lifespan. Scientific Reports. ISSN 2045-2322. 10(1), p. 1–14. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-78471-3. Full text in Research Archive
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Mowinckel, Athanasia Monika & Vidal-Piñeiro, Didac (2020). Visualization of Brain Statistics With R Packages ggseg and ggseg3d. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science (AMPPS). ISSN 2515-2459. doi: 10.1177/2515245920928009.
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Roe, James Michael; Vidal-Piñeiro, Didac; Sneve, Markus Handal; Kompus, Kristiina; Greve, Douglas N. & Walhovd, Kristine B [Show all 8 contributors for this article] (2019). Age-Related Differences in Functional AsymmetryDuring Memory Retrieval Revisited: No Evidence forContralateral Overactivation or Compensation. Cerebral Cortex. ISSN 1047-3211. 0(0), p. 1–19. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhz153. Full text in Research Archive
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Halaas, Nathalie Bodd; Henjum, Kristi; Blennow, Kaj; Dakhil, Shams; Idland, Ane-Victoria & Nilsson, Lars [Show all 13 contributors for this article] (2019). CSF sTREM2 and Tau Work Together in Predicting Increased Temporal Lobe Atrophy in Older Adults. Cerebral Cortex. ISSN 1047-3211. 00, p. 1–12. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhz240. Full text in Research Archive
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Parker, Nadine; Vidal-Piñeiro, Didac; French, Leon; Shin, Jean; Adams, Hieab H. & Brodaty, Henry [Show all 32 contributors for this article] (2019). Corticosteroids and Regional Variations in Thickness of the Human Cerebral Cortex across the Lifespan. Cerebral Cortex. ISSN 1047-3211. 30(2), p. 575–586. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhz108. Full text in Research Archive
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Amlien, Inge Kasbohm; Sneve, Markus Handal; Vidal-Piñeiro, Didac; Walhovd, Kristine B & Fjell, Anders Martin (2019). Elaboration Benefits Source Memory Encoding Through Centrality Change. Scientific Reports. ISSN 2045-2322. 9(1), p. 1–13. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-39999-1. Full text in Research Archive
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Vidal-Piñeiro, Didac; Sneve, Markus Handal; Nyberg, Lars; Mowinckel, Athanasia Monika; Sederevicius, Donatas & Walhovd, Kristine B [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2019). Maintained Frontal Activity Underlies High Memory Function Over 8 Years in Aging. Cerebral Cortex. ISSN 1047-3211. 29(7), p. 3111–3123. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhy177. Full text in Research Archive
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Abellaneda-Perez, Kilian; Vaque-Alcazar, Lidia; Vidal-Piñeiro, Didac; Jannati, A; Solana, Elisabeth & Bargallo, Nuria [Show all 9 contributors for this article] (2018). Age-related differences in default-mode network connectivity in response to intermittent theta-burst stimulation and its relationships with maintained cognition and brain integrity in healthy aging. NeuroImage. ISSN 1053-8119. 188, p. 794–806. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2018.11.036. Full text in Research Archive
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Langnes, Espen; Vidal-Piñeiro, Didac; Sneve, Markus Handal; Amlien, Inge Kasbohm; Walhovd, Kristine B & Fjell, Anders Martin (2018). Development and decline of the hippocampal long-axis specialization and differentiation during encoding and retrieval of episodic memories. Cerebral Cortex. ISSN 1047-3211. p. 1–17. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhy209. Full text in Research Archive
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Amlien, Inge Kasbohm; Sneve, Markus Handal; Vidal-Piñeiro, Didac; Walhovd, Kristine B & Fjell, Anders Martin (2018). The lifespan trajectory of the encoding-retrieval flip: A multimodal examination of medial parietal cortex contributions to episodic memory. Journal of Neuroscience. ISSN 0270-6474. 38(40), p. 8666–8679. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1702-17.2018. Full text in Research Archive
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Lidia, Vaque-Alcazar; Sala Llonch, Roser; Valls-Pedret, Cinta; Vidal-Piñeiro, Didac; Fernandez-Cabello, Sara & Bargallo, Nuria [Show all 8 contributors for this article] (2017). Differential age-related gray and white matter impact mediates educational influence on elders' cognition. Brain Imaging and Behavior. ISSN 1931-7557. 11(2), p. 318–332. doi: 10.1007/s11682-016-9584-8.
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Vidal-Piñeiro, Didac; Sneve, Markus Handal; Storsve, Andreas Berg; Roe, James Michael; Walhovd, Kristine B & Fjell, Anders Martin (2017). Neural correlates of durable memories across the adult lifespan: brain activity at encoding and retrieval. Neurobiology of Aging. ISSN 0197-4580. 60, p. 20–33. doi: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2017.08.017. Full text in Research Archive
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Fernandez-Cabello, Sara; Valls-Pedret, Cinta; Schurz, Matthias; Piñeiro, Didac Vidal; Sala Llonch, Roser & Bargallo, Nuria [Show all 8 contributors for this article] (2016). White matter hyperintensities and cognitive reserve during a working memory task: a functional magnetic resonance imaging study in cognitively normal older adults. Neurobiology of Aging. ISSN 0197-4580. 48, p. 23–33. doi: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2016.08.008.
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Vaque-Alcazar, Lidia; Sala Llonch, Roser; Valls-Pedret, Cinta; Vidal-Piñeiro, Didac; Fernandez-Cabello, Sara & Bargallo, Nuria [Show all 8 contributors for this article] (2016). Differential age-related gray and white matter impact mediates educational influence on elders’ cognition. Brain Imaging and Behavior. ISSN 1931-7557. p. 1–15. doi: 10.1007/s11682-016-9584-8.
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Penadés, Rafael; Pujol, Nuria; Catalán, Rosa; Masana, Guillem; Garcia-Rizo, Clemente & Bargallo, Nuria [Show all 10 contributors for this article] (2016). Cortical thickness in regions of frontal and temporal lobes is associated with responsiveness to cognitive remediation therapy in schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research. ISSN 0920-9964. 171(1-3), p. 110–116. doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2016.01.006.
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Bartres-Faz, D & Piñeiro, Didac Vidal (2016). Noninvasive Brain Stimulation for the Study of Memory Enhancement in Aging. European Psychologist. ISSN 1016-9040. 21(1), p. 41–54. doi: 10.1027/1016-9040/a000241.
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Piñeiro, Didac Vidal; Walhovd, Kristine B; Storsve, Andreas Berg; Grydeland, Håkon; Rohani, Darius Adam & Fjell, Anders Martin (2016). Accelerated longitudinal gray/white matter contrast decline in aging in lightly myelinated cortical regions. Human Brain Mapping. ISSN 1065-9471. 37(10), p. 3669–3684. doi: 10.1002/hbm.23267. Full text in Research Archive
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Alcolea, Daniel; Vilaplana, Eduard; Pegueroles, Jordi; Montal, Victor; Sanchez-Juan, Pascual & Gonzales-Suarez, Andrea [Show all 22 contributors for this article] (2015). Relationship between cortical thickness and cerebrospinal fluid YKL-40 in predementia stages of Alzheimer's disease. Neurobiology of Aging. ISSN 0197-4580. 36(6), p. 2018–2023. doi: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2015.03.001.
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Piñeiro, Didac Vidal; Martin-Trias, Pablo; Falcon, Carles; Bargallo, Nuria; Clemente, Imma & Valls-Sole, J [Show all 9 contributors for this article] (2015). Neurochemical modulation in posteromedial default-mode network cortex induced by transcranial magnetic stimulation. Brain Stimulation. ISSN 1935-861X. 8(5), p. 937–944. doi: 10.1016/j.brs.2015.04.005.
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Sala-Llonch, Roser; Junqué, Carme; Arenaza-Urquijo, Eider; Vidal-Piñeiro, Didac; Valls-Pedret, Cinta & Palacios, Eva M [Show all 10 contributors for this article] (2014). Changes in whole-brain functional networks and memory performance in aging. Neurobiology of Aging. ISSN 0197-4580. 35(10), p. 2193–2202. doi: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2014.04.007.
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Piñeiro, Didac Vidal; Martin-Trias, Pablo; Arenaza-Urquijo, Eider; Sala Llonch, Roser; Clemente, Imma & Mena-Sanchez, Isaias [Show all 10 contributors for this article] (2014). Task-dependent Activity and Connectivity Predict Episodic Memory Network-based Responses to Brain Stimulation in Healthy Aging. Brain Stimulation. ISSN 1935-861X. 7(2), p. 287–296. doi: 10.1016/j.brs.2013.12.016.
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Piñeiro, Didac Vidal; Valls-Pedret, Cinta; Fernandez-Cabello, Sara; Arenaza-Urquijo, Eider; Sala Llonch, Roser & Solana-Diaz, Elisabeth [Show all 10 contributors for this article] (2014). Decreased Default Mode Network connectivity correlates with age-associated structural and cognitive changes. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. ISSN 1663-4365. doi: 10.3389/fnagi.2014.00256.
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Roe, James Michael; Vidal-Piñeiro, Didac; Sørensen, Øystein; Brandmaier, Andreas M.; Düzel, Sandra & Gonzalez, Hector A. [Show all 78 contributors for this article] (2022). Author Correction: Asymmetric thinning of the cerebral cortex across the adult lifespan is accelerated in Alzheimer’s disease (Nature Communications, (2021), 12, 1, (721), 10.1038/s41467-021-21057-y). Nature Communications. ISSN 2041-1723. 13(1). doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-28514-2.