Full Member
Adriana Lucía Ruiz Rizzo
Membership since:
2025
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About me
Why do our cognitive abilities decline as we age?
To tackle this question, I investigate the brain networks responsible for cognitive and behavioral changes in aging and pre-dementia stages. My research employs advanced brain connectivity measures using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), coupled with precise cognitive and behavioral tools.
Currently, my work focuses on understanding visual attention and scene memory deficits in individuals with subjective cognitive decline and patients with mild cognitive impairment, aiming to identify early markers of cognitive deterioration.
I strive to contribute to early detection strategies and interventions in aging-related cognitive decline by bridging cognitive and clinical neuroscience.
Degrees:
2018
Doctorate Medical and Health Sciences incl Neurosciences
2013
Master Medical and Health Sciences incl Neurosciences
2008
Undergraduate Social and Economic Sciences
Publications resulting from Research
- Ruiz-Rizzo, A. L., Finke, K., Damoiseaux, J. S., Bartels, C., Buerger, K., Cosma, N. C., ... & Rauchmann, B. S. (2024). Fornix fractional anisotropy mediates the association between Mediterranean diet adherence and memory four years later in older adults without dementia. Neurobiology of aging, 136, 99-110.
- Marrero-Polegre, D., Finke, K., Roaschio, N., Haupt, M., Reyes-Moreno, C., & Ruiz-Rizzo, A. L. (2023). Lower visual processing speed relates to greater subjective cognitive complaints in community-dwelling healthy older adults. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 14, 1063151.
- Ruiz-Rizzo, A. L., Archila-Meléndez, M. E., & González Veloza, J. J. F. (2022). Predicting the probability of finding missing older adults based on machine learning. Journal of Computational Social Science, 5(2), 1303-1321.
- Ruiz-Rizzo, A. L., Viviano, R. P., Daugherty, A. M., Finke, K., Müller, H. J., & Damoiseaux, J. S. (2022). Subjective cognitive decline predicts lower cingulo-opercular network functional connectivity in individuals with lower neurite density in the forceps minor. NeuroImage, 263, 119662.
- Ruiz‐Rizzo, A. L., Bublak, P., Kluckow, S., Finke, K., Gaser, C., Schwab, M., ... & Rupprecht, S. (2022). Neural distinctiveness of fatigue and low sleep quality in multiple sclerosis. European Journal of Neurology, 29(10), 3017-3027.
- Ruiz-Rizzo, A. L., Pruitt, P. J., Finke, K., Müller, H. J., & Damoiseaux, J. S. (2022). Lower-resolution retrieval of scenes in older adults with subjective cognitive decline. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 37(2), 408-422.
- Küchenhoff, S., Sorg, C., Schneider, S., Kohl, O., Müller, H. J., Napiórkowski, N., Menegaux, A., Finke, K.*, & Ruiz-Rizzo, A. L.* (2021). Visual processing speed is linked to functional connectivity between right frontoparietal and visual networks. European Journal of Neuroscience; 53: 3362-3377. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejn.15206
- Penning, M. D.*, Ruiz-Rizzo, A. L.*, Redel, P., Müller, H. J., Salminen, T., Strobach, T., ... & Finke, K. (2021). Alertness training increases visual processing speed in healthy older adults. Psychological science, 32(3), 340-353. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797620965520
- Ruiz-Rizzo, A. L., Beissner, F., Finke, K., Müller, H. J., Zimmer, C., Pasquini, L., & Sorg, C. (2020). Human subsystems of medial temporal lobes extend locally to amygdala nuclei and globally to an allostatic-interoceptive system. NeuroImage, 207, 116404. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2019.116404
- Ruiz-Rizzo, A. L., Sorg, C., Napiorkowski, N., Neitzel, J., Menegaux, A., Müller, H. J., Vangkilde, S & Finke, K. (2019). Decreased cingulo-opercular network functional connectivity mediates the impact of aging on visual processing speed. Neurobiology of Aging, 73, 50-60. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2018.09.014
- Ruiz-Rizzo, A. L., Neitzel, J., Müller, H. J., Sorg, C., & Finke, K. (2018). Distinctive correspondence between separable visual attention functions and intrinsic brain networks. Frontiers in human neuroscience, 12, 89.
- Ruiz-Rizzo, A. L., Bublak, P., Redel, P., Grimmer, T., Müller, H. J., Sorg, C., & Finke, K. (2017). Simultaneous object perception deficits are related to reduced visual processing speed in amnestic mild cognitive impairment. Neurobiology of Aging, 55,132-142.
- Marrero-Polegre, D., Finke, K., Roaschio, N., Haupt, M., Reyes-Moreno, C., & Ruiz-Rizzo, A. L. (2023). Lower visual processing speed relates to greater subjective cognitive complaints in community-dwelling healthy older adults. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 14, 1063151.
- Ruiz-Rizzo, A. L., Archila-Meléndez, M. E., & González Veloza, J. J. F. (2022). Predicting the probability of finding missing older adults based on machine learning. Journal of Computational Social Science, 5(2), 1303-1321.
- Ruiz-Rizzo, A. L., Viviano, R. P., Daugherty, A. M., Finke, K., Müller, H. J., & Damoiseaux, J. S. (2022). Subjective cognitive decline predicts lower cingulo-opercular network functional connectivity in individuals with lower neurite density in the forceps minor. NeuroImage, 263, 119662.
- Ruiz‐Rizzo, A. L., Bublak, P., Kluckow, S., Finke, K., Gaser, C., Schwab, M., ... & Rupprecht, S. (2022). Neural distinctiveness of fatigue and low sleep quality in multiple sclerosis. European Journal of Neurology, 29(10), 3017-3027.
- Ruiz-Rizzo, A. L., Pruitt, P. J., Finke, K., Müller, H. J., & Damoiseaux, J. S. (2022). Lower-resolution retrieval of scenes in older adults with subjective cognitive decline. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 37(2), 408-422.
- Küchenhoff, S., Sorg, C., Schneider, S., Kohl, O., Müller, H. J., Napiórkowski, N., Menegaux, A., Finke, K.*, & Ruiz-Rizzo, A. L.* (2021). Visual processing speed is linked to functional connectivity between right frontoparietal and visual networks. European Journal of Neuroscience; 53: 3362-3377. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejn.15206
- Penning, M. D.*, Ruiz-Rizzo, A. L.*, Redel, P., Müller, H. J., Salminen, T., Strobach, T., ... & Finke, K. (2021). Alertness training increases visual processing speed in healthy older adults. Psychological science, 32(3), 340-353. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797620965520
- Ruiz-Rizzo, A. L., Beissner, F., Finke, K., Müller, H. J., Zimmer, C., Pasquini, L., & Sorg, C. (2020). Human subsystems of medial temporal lobes extend locally to amygdala nuclei and globally to an allostatic-interoceptive system. NeuroImage, 207, 116404. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2019.116404
- Ruiz-Rizzo, A. L., Sorg, C., Napiorkowski, N., Neitzel, J., Menegaux, A., Müller, H. J., Vangkilde, S & Finke, K. (2019). Decreased cingulo-opercular network functional connectivity mediates the impact of aging on visual processing speed. Neurobiology of Aging, 73, 50-60. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2018.09.014
- Ruiz-Rizzo, A. L., Neitzel, J., Müller, H. J., Sorg, C., & Finke, K. (2018). Distinctive correspondence between separable visual attention functions and intrinsic brain networks. Frontiers in human neuroscience, 12, 89.
- Ruiz-Rizzo, A. L., Bublak, P., Redel, P., Grimmer, T., Müller, H. J., Sorg, C., & Finke, K. (2017). Simultaneous object perception deficits are related to reduced visual processing speed in amnestic mild cognitive impairment. Neurobiology of Aging, 55,132-142.