Francisco Zamorano

Ph.D. in Medical Sciences, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile - DCCS Faculty Member

DCCS Faculty Member
Researcher Social Neuroscience and Neuromodulation Laboratory, Research Center in Social Complexity (CICS), School of Government, Universidad del Desarrollo.

Ph.D. in Medical Sciences, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
BA in Biologic Sciences, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.

RESEARCH LINES

Foundations of Social Cognition and Social Behavior

Research interests:
Developmental Disorders, Social Neurosciences, Brain imaging.

Contact:
Mail: fzamorano@udd.cl
Google Scholar
Phone: 56 (2) 2327 9701
Address: Av. Las Condes 12461, Las Condes, Santiago de Chile.

PRODUCTS

PAPERS

Kausel, L., Zamorano, F., Billeke, P., Sutherland, M. E., Larrain-Valenzuela, J., Stecher, X., … & Aboitiz, F. (2020). Neural dynamics of improved bimodal attention and working memory in musically trained children. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 14, 1023.
Aspé-Sánchez, M., Ferrer, N., Larraın, J., Billeke, P., Zamorano, F., & Rodrıguez-Sickert, C. (2020). 5 The neuroeconomics of trustworthiness during childhood, adolescence and early adulthood. HUMAN RECIPROCITY, 151.
Zamorano F, Kausel L, Albornoz C, Lavin C, Figueroa-Vargas A, Stecher X, Aragón-Caqueo D, Carrasco X, Aboitiz F and Billeke P (2020) Lateral Prefrontal Theta Oscillations Reflect Proactive Cognitive Control Impairment in Males With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Front. Syst. Neurosci. 14:37. doi: 10.3389/fnsys.2020.00037
Figueroa-Vargas, A., Cárcamo, C., Henríquez-Ch, R., Zamorano, F., Ciampi, E., Uribe-San-Martin, R., … & Billeke, P. (2020). Frontoparietal connectivity correlates with working memory performance in multiple sclerosis. Scientific Reports, 10(1), 1-13.
Rana, M., Ruiz, S., Corzo, A. S., Muehleck, A., Eck, S., Salinas, C., … & Sitaram, R. (2020). Use of Real-Time Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Based Neurofeedback to Downregulate Insular Cortex in Nicotine-Addicted Smokers. JoVE (Journal of Visualized Experiments), (160), e59441.
Bosman, Conrado A.; Zamorano, Francisco; Aboitiz, Francisco, 2010, Functional differences of low- and high-frequency oscillatory dynamics during illusory border perception, BRAIN RESEARCH, ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, PO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS, 68993, 2,843, 10.1016/j.brainres.2010.01.004, Q2.
Gaspar, Pablo A.; Bosman, Conrado A.; Ruiz, Sergio; Zamorano, Francisco; Perez, Carolina; Aboitiz, Francisco, 2011, Parametric increases of working memory load unveil a decreased alpha oscillatory activity in schizophrenia, SCHIZOPHRENIA RESEARCH, ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, PO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS, 9209964, 3,923, 10.1016/j.schres.2011.06.010, Q1.
Gaspar, Pablo A.; Ruiz, Sergio; Zamorano, Francisco; Altayo, Marcela; Perez, Carolina; Bosman, Conrado A.; Aboitiz, Francisco, 2011, P300 amplitude is insensitive to working memory load in schizophrenia, BMC PSYCHIATRY, BIOMED CENTRAL LTD, 236 GRAYS INN RD, FLOOR 6, LONDON WC1X 8HL, ENGLAND, 1471244X, 2,21, 10.1186/1471-244X-11-29, Q2.
Billeke, Pablo; Zamorano, Francisco; Cosmelli, Diego; Aboitiz, Francisco, 2013, Oscillatory Brain Activity Correlates with Risk Perception and Predicts Social Decisions, CEREBRAL CORTEX, OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC, JOURNALS DEPT, 2001 EVANS RD, CARY, NC 27513 USA, 14602199, 8,665, 10.1093/cercor/bhs269, Q1.
Aboitiz, Francisco; Zamorano, Francisco, 2013, Neural progenitors, patterning and ecology in neocortical origins, FRONTIERS IN NEUROANATOMY, FRONTIERS RESEARCH FOUNDATION, PO BOX 110, LAUSANNE, 1015, SWITZERLAND, 16625129, 3,544, 10.3389/fnana.2013.00038, Q1.
Billeke, Pablo; Zamorano, Francisco; Lopez, Tamara; Rodriguez, Carlos; Cosmelli, Diego; Aboitiz, Francisco, 2014, Someone has to give in: theta oscillations correlate with adaptive behavior in social bargaining, SOCIAL COGNITIVE AND AFFECTIVE NEUROSCIENCE, OXFORD UNIV PRESS, GREAT CLARENDON ST, OXFORD OX2 6DP, ENG, 17495016, 7,372, 10.1093/scan/nsu012, Q1.
Billeke, Pablo; Zamorano, Francisco; Chavez, Mario; Cosmelli, Diego; Aboitiz, Francisco, 2014, Functional Cortical Network in Alpha Band Correlates with Social Bargaining, PLOS ONE, PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE, 1160 BATTERY STREET, STE 100, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94111 USA, 19326203, 3,234, 10.1371/journal.pone.0109829, Q1.
Garcia, Ricardo R.; Zamorano, Francisco; Aboitiz, Francisco, 2014, From imitation to meaning: circuit plasticity and the acquisition of a conventionalized semantics, FRONTIERS IN HUMAN NEUROSCIENCE, FRONTIERS RESEARCH FOUNDATION, PO BOX 110, LAUSANNE, 1015, SWITZERLAND, 16625161, 2,986, 10.3389/fnhum.2014.00605, Q1.
Aboitiz, Francisco; Ossandon, Tomas; Zamorano, Francisco; Palma, Barbara; Carrasco, Ximena, 2014, Irrelevant stimulus processing in ADHD: catecholarnine dynamics and attentional networks, FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY, FRONTIERS RESEARCH FOUNDATION, PO BOX 110, LAUSANNE, 1015, SWITZERLAND, 16641078, 2,56, 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00183, Q1.
Zamorano, Francisco; Billeke, Pablo; Hurtado, Jose M.; Lopez, Vladimir; Carrasco, Ximena; Ossandon, Tomas; Aboitiz, Francisco, 2014, Temporal Constraints of Behavioral Inhibition: Relevance of Inter-stimulus Interval in a Go-Nogo Task, PLOS ONE, PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE, 1160 BATTERY STREET, STE 100, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94111 USA, 19326203, 2,806, 10.1371/journal.pone.0087232, Q1.
Ray, Andreas M.; Sitaram, Ranganatha; Rana, Mohit; Pasqualotto, Emanuele et al, 2015, A subject-independent pattern-based Brain-Computer Interface, FRONTIERS IN BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE, FRONTIERS MEDIA SA, 16625153, 3,27, 10.3389/fnbeh.2015.00269, Q1.
Billeke, Pablo; Armijo, Alejandra; Castillo, Daniel; Lopez, Tamara; Zamorano, Francisco; Cosmelli, Diego; Aboitiz, Francisco, 2015, Paradoxical Expectation: Oscillatory Brain Activity Reveals Social Interaction Impairment in Schizophrenia, BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY, ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, 63223, 10,255, 10.1016/j.biopsych.2015.02.012, Q1.
Henríquez, M.; Billeke, P.; Henríquez, H.; Zamorano, F.; Rothhammer, F.; Aboitiz, F. , 2015, Intra-individual response variability assessed by ex-Gaussian analysis may be a new endophenotype for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, FRONTIERS IN PSYCHIATRY, FRONTIERS MEDIA SA, 16640640, Q1.
Henriquez-Henriquez, Marcela; Villarroel, Luis; Henriquez, Hugo; Zamorano, Francisco; Rothhammer, Francisco; Aboitiz, Francisco, 2016, Intratask Variability As a Correlate for DRD4 and SLC6A3 Variants: A Pilot Study in ADHD, JOURNAL OF ATTENTION DISORDERS, SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC, 10870547, 3,779, 10.1177/1087054712455844, Q1.
Zamorano, Francisco; Billeke, Pablo; Kausel, Leonie; Larraín, Josefina; Stecher, Ximena; Hurtado, José; Lopez, Vladimir; Carrasco, Ximena; Aboitiz, Francisco, 2017, Lateral prefrontal activity as a compensatory strategy for deficit of cortical processing in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Scientific Reports, NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP, MACMILLAN BUILDING, 4 CRINAN ST, LONDON N1 9XW, ENGLAND, 2045-2322, 4,259, 10.1038/s41598-017-07681-z, Q1.
Larraín-Valenzuela, Josefina; Zamorano, Francisco; Soto-Icaza, Patricia; Carrasco, Ximena; Herrera, Claudia; Daiber, Francisca; Aboitz, Francisco;
Billeke, Pablo , 2017, Theta and Alpha Oscillation Impairments in Austistic Spectrum Disorder Reflect Working Memory Deficit, Scientific Reports, NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP, MACMILLAN BUILDING, 4 CRINAN ST, LONDON N1 9XW, ENGLAND, 2045-2322, 4,259, 10.1038/s41598-017-14744-8, Q1.

PROJECTS

Neural underpinnings of mood improvements in healthy individuals and Major Depression: Endogenous manipulation of reward, memory and distributed brain networks with real-time fMRI Brain-Computer Interfaces. CONICYT- FONDECYT Financiado por Fondecyt Regular 2017 N° 1171313, CONICYT en el periodo: mar 2017 – mar 2020.
The neuroeconomics of trustworthiness during childhood, adolescence and early adulthood. CONICYT- FONDECYT Financiado por Fondecyt Regular 2014 N° 1140268, CONICYT en el periodo: mar 2014 – mar 2018.
Neuronal Circuits Underlying Learning And Decision-Making Processing PCI – ECOS 2016
Modulation of proactive cognitive control through prefrontal oscillatory training. CONICYT – FONDECYT REGULAR 2018 Co-investigador.