Preserved perception-action integration in adolescents after a COVID-19 infection
Research output: Contribution to journal › Research article › Contributed › peer-review
Contributors
Abstract
Evidence is accumulating that the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) can bring forth deficits in executive functioning via alterations in the dopaminergic system. Importantly, dopaminergic pathways have been shown to modulate how actions and perceptions are integrated within the brain. Such alterations in event file binding could thus underlie the cognitive deficits developing after a COVID-19 infection. We examined action-perception integration in a group of young people (11-19 years of age) that had been infected with COVID-19 before study participation (n = 34) and compared them to a group of uninfected healthy controls (n = 29) on the behavioral (i.e., task accuracy, reaction time) and neurophysiological (EEG) level using an established event file binding paradigm. Groups did not differ from each other regarding demographic variables or in reporting psychiatric symptoms. Overall, multiple lines of evidence (behavioral and neurophysiological) suggest that action-perception integration is preserved in adolescents who suffered from COVID-19 prior to study participation. Event file binding processes were intact in both groups on all levels. While cognitive impairments can occur following a COVID-19 infection, the study demonstrates that action-perception integration as one of the basic building blocks of cognition seems to be largely unaffected in adolescents with a rather mild course of the disease.
Details
Original language | English |
---|---|
Article number | 13287 |
Number of pages | 14 |
Journal | Scientific Reports |
Volume | 13 |
Issue number | 1 |
Publication status | Published - 16 Aug 2023 |
Peer-reviewed | Yes |
External IDs
Scopus | 85168251983 |
---|---|
PubMed | 37587175 |
ORCID | /0000-0002-2989-9561/work/146788790 |
Keywords
ASJC Scopus subject areas
Keywords
- Humans, Adolescent, COVID-19, Cognition Disorders, Cognitive Dysfunction, Brain, Dopamine, Perception