Ileana Quiñones

Research

Affiliated Researcher

Research group: Neurobiology of language

2025

Quiñones, I., Gisbert-Muñoz, S., Bermudez, G., Pomposo, I., Robles, S.G., Carreiras, M., & Amoruso, L. (2025). Transient selective aphasia in highly proficient bilinguals triggered by electrical stimulation of the left superior temporal gyrus. Acta Neurochirurgica, 167(1). Doi:10.1007/s00701-025-06508-5

2024

Amoruso, L., García, A.M., Pusil, S., Timofeeva, P., Quiñones, I., & Carreiras, M. (2024). Decoding bilingualism from resting-state oscillatory network organization. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1534(1), 106-117. Doi:10.1111/nyas.15113

Carreiras, M., Quiñones, I., Chen, H.A., Vázquez-Araujo, L., Small, D., & Frost, R. (2024). Sniffing out meaning: Chemosensory and semantic neural network changes in sommeliers. Human Brain Mapping, 45(2). Doi:10.1002/hbm.26564

Quiñones, I., Gisbert-Muñoz, S., Amoruso, L., Manso-Ortega, L., Mori, U., Bermudez, G., Robles, S.G., Pomposo, I., & Carreiras, M. (2024). Unveiling the neuroplastic capacity of the bilingual brain: insights from healthy and pathological individuals. Brain Structure and Function, 229(9), 2187-2205. Doi:10.1007/s00429-024-02846-9

Timofeeva, P., Finisguerra, A., D’Argenio, G., García, A.M., Carreiras, M., Quiñones, I., Urgesi, C., & Amoruso, L. (2024). Switching off: disruptive TMS reveals distinct contributions of the posterior middle temporal gyrus and angular gyrus to bilingual speech production. Cerebral Cortex, 34(5). Doi:10.1093/cercor/bhae188

2023

Bermúdez, G., Quiñones, I., Carrasco, A., Gil-Robles, S., Amoruso, L., Mandonnet, E., Carreiras, M., Catalán, G., & Pomposo, I. (2023). A novel cognitive neurosurgery approach for supramaximal resection of non-dominant precuneal gliomas: a case report. Acta Neurochirurgica, 165(10), 2747-2754. Doi:10.1007/s00701-023-05755-8

Geng, S., Quiñones, I., Gil-Robles, S., Pomposo Gastelu, I.C., Bermudez, G., Timofeeva, P., Molinaro, N., Carreiras, M., & Amoruso, L. (2023). “Neural dynamics supporting longitudinal plasticity of action naming across languages: MEG evidence from bilingual brain tumor patients”. Neuropsychologia, 181. Doi:10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2023.108494

Manso-Ortega, L., De Frutos-Sagastuy, L., Gisbert-Muñoz, S., Salamon, N., Qiao, J., Walshaw, P., Quiñones, I., & Połczyńska, M.M. (2023). Grey Matter Reshaping of Language-Related Regions Depends on Tumor Lateralization. Cancers, 15(15). Doi:10.3390/cancers15153852

Martin, C., Quiñones, I., & Carreiras, M. (2023). Humans in Love Are Singing Birds: Socially-Mediated Brain Activity in Language Production. Neurobiology of Language, 4(3), 501-515. Doi:10.1162/nol_a_00112

Timofeeva, P., Quiñones, I., Geng, S., de Bruin, A., Carreiras, M., & Amoruso, L. (2023). Behavioral and oscillatory signatures of switch costs in highly proficient bilinguals. Scientific Reports, 13(1). Doi:10.1038/s41598-023-34895-1

2022

Geng, S., Molinaro, N., Timofeeva, P., Quiñones, I., Carreiras, M., & Amoruso, L. (2022). Oscillatory dynamics underlying noun and verb production in highly proficient bilinguals. Scientific Reports, 12(1). Doi:10.1038/s41598-021-04737-z

Manso-Ortega, L., Bermudez, G., Pomposo, I., Gil-Robles, S., Miranda, M., Carreiras, M., & Quiñones, I. (2022). Highlighting the lack of neuropsychologists and speech therapists in healthcare services towards an accurate (pre- and postoperative) cognitive assessment in low-grade glioma patients. Psycho Oncology, 31(7), 1261-1263. Doi:10.1002/pon.5968

2021

Amoruso, L., Geng, S., Molinaro, N., Timofeeva, P., Gisbert-Muñoz, S., Gil-Robles, S., Pomposo, I., Quiñones, I., & Carreiras, M. (2021). Oscillatory and structural signatures of language plasticity in brain tumor patients: A longitudinal study. Human Brain Mapping, 42(6), 1777-1793. Doi:10.1002/hbm.25328

Bastarrechea Milián, M.d.l.M., Rosales Reyes, S.Á., González, C.C., & Quiñones La Rosa, I. (2021). Elective course on surgical risk for undergraduate dental medicine students. Revista Cubana De Educacion Medica Superior, 35(2).

Gisbert-Muñoz, S., Quiñones, I., Amoruso, L., Timofeeva, P., Geng, S., Boudelaa, S., Pomposo, I., Gil-Robles, S., & Carreiras, M. (2021). MULTIMAP: Multilingual picture naming test for mapping eloquent areas during awake surgeries. Behavior Research Methods, 53(2), 918-927. Doi:10.3758/s13428-020-01467-4

León, I., Rodrigo, M.J., Quiñones, I., Hernández‐cabrera, J.A., & García‐pentón, L. (2021). Distinctive frontal and occipitotemporal surface features in neglectful parenting. Brain Sciences, 11(3). Doi:10.3390/brainsci11030387

Quiñones, I., Amoruso, L., Pomposo Gastelu, I.C., Gil‐robles, S., & Carreiras, M. (2021). What can glioma patients teach us about language (Re)organization in the bilingual brain: Evidence from fmri and meg. Cancers, 13(11). Doi:10.3390/cancers13112593

2020

Fernández García, A., Quiñones La Rosa, I., & Álvarez Céspedes, T.M. (2020). Lifestyle and academic performance of dental students in Pharmacology. Revista Habanera De Ciencias Medicas, 19(3).

Lizarazu, M., Gil-Robles, S., Pomposo, I., Nara, S., Amoruso, L., Quiñones, I., & Carreiras, M. (2020). Spatiotemporal dynamics of postoperative functional plasticity in patients with brain tumors in language areas. Brain and Language, 202. Doi:10.1016/j.bandl.2019.104741

Rodrigo, M.J., León, I., García-Pentón, L., Hernández-Cabrera, J.A., & Quiñones, I. (2020). Neglectful maternal caregiving involves altered brain volume in empathy-related areas. Development and Psychopathology, 32(4), 1534-1543. Doi:10.1017/S0954579419001469

2019

Bastarrechea Milián, M., & Quiñones La Rosa, I. (2019). Medicine use in surgery risk patients and repercussion in dentistry. Revista Habanera De Ciencias Medicas, 18(2), 254-269.

León, I., Rodrigo, M.J., El-Deredy, W., Modroño, C., Hernández-Cabrera, J.A., & Quiñones, I. (2019). Limbic-visual attenuation to crying faces underlies neglectful mothering. Scientific Reports, 9(1). Doi:10.1038/s41598-019-42908-1

Paz-Alonso, P.M., Oliver, M., Quiñones, I., & Carreiras, M. (2019). Neural basis of monolingual and bilingual reading. Oxford Handbook of Neurolinguistics, 1-27. Doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190672027.013.24

2018

Paz-Alonso, P.M., Oliver, M., Lerma-Usabiaga, G., Caballero-Gaudes, C., Quiñones, I., Suárez-Coalla, P., Duñabeitia, J.A., Cuetos, F., & Carreiras, M. (2018). Neural correlates of phonological, orthographic and semantic reading processing in dyslexia. Neuroimage Clinical, 20, 433-447. Doi:10.1016/j.nicl.2018.08.018

Quiñones, I., Molinaro, N., Mancini, S., Hernández-Cabrera, J.A., Barber, H., & Carreiras, M. (2018). Tracing the interplay between syntactic and lexical features: fMRI evidence from agreement comprehension. Neuroimage, 175, 259-271. Doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2018.03.069

2017

Mancini, S., Quiñones, I., Molinaro, N., Hernandez-Cabrera, J.A., & Carreiras, M. (2017). Disentangling meaning in the brain: Left temporal involvement in agreement processing. Cortex, 86, 140-155. Doi:10.1016/j.cortex.2016.11.008

2015

Carreiras, M., Quiñones, I., Hernández-Cabrera, J.A., & Duñabeitia, J.A. (2015). Orthographic coding: Brain activation for letters, symbols, and digits. Cerebral Cortex, 25(12), 4748-4760. Doi:10.1093/cercor/bhu163

Carreiras, M., Quiñones, I., Mancini, S., Hernández-Cabrera, J.A., & Barber, H. (2015). Verbal and nominal agreement: An fMRI study. Neuroimage, 120, 88-103. Doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2015.06.075

Frost, R., Quiñones, I., Veldhuizen, M., Alava, J.I., Small, D., & Carreiras, M. (2015). What can the brain teach us about winemaking? An fMRI study of alcohol level preferences. Plos One, 10(3). Doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0119220

2014

León, I., Rodrigo, M.J., Quiñones, I., Hernández, J.A., Lage, A., Padrón, I., & Bobes, M.A. (2014). Electrophysiological responses to affective stimuli in neglectful mothers. Plos One, 9(1). Doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0087808

Quiñones, I., Molinaro, N., Mancini, S., Hernández-Cabrera, J.A., & Carreiras, M. (2014). Where agreement merges with disagreement: FMRI evidence of subject-verb integration. Neuroimage, 88, 188-201. Doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.11.038

2013

Bobes, M.A., Lage Castellanos, A., Quiñones, I., García, L., & Valdes-Sosa, M. (2013). Timing and Tuning for Familiarity of Cortical Responses to Faces. Plos One, 8(10). Doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0076100

Díaz-Comas, L., Martínez, E., Quiñones, I., Galán, L., Reyes, A., & Acosta, Y. (2013). Módulo tiempo-frecuencia para el estudio de los procesos cognitivos. Ifmbe Proceedings, 33 IFMBE, 339-342. Doi:10.1007/978-3-642-21198-0_87

2011

González, I.Q., León, M.A.B., Belin, P., Martínez-Quintana, Y., García, L.G., & Castillo, M.S. (2011). Person identification through faces and voices: An ERP study. Brain Research, 1407, 13-26. Doi:10.1016/j.brainres.2011.03.029

Rodrigo, M.J., León, I., Quiñones, I., Lage, A., Byrne, S., & Bobes, M.A. (2011). Brain and personality bases of insensitivity to infant cues in neglectful mothers: An event-related potential study. Development and Psychopathology, 23(1), 163-176. Doi:10.1017/S0954579410000714

Valdés-Sosa, M., Bobes, M.A., Quiñones, I., Garcia, L., Valdes-Hernandez, P.A., Iturria, Y., Melie-Garcia, L., Lopera, F., & Asencio, J. (2011). Covert face recognition without the fusiform-temporal pathways. Neuroimage, 57(3), 1162-1176. Doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.04.057

2010

Lage-Castellanos, A., Nieto, J.I., Quiñones, I., & Martínez-Montes, E. (2010). A zero-training algorithm for EEG single-trial classification applied to a face recognition ERP experiment. 2010 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Embc 10, 4209-4212. Doi:10.1109/IEMBS.2010.5627395

2009

Charest, I., Pernet, C.R., Rousselet, G.A., Quiñones, I., Latinus, M., Fillion-Bilodeau, S., Chartrand, J.P., & Belin, P. (2009). Electrophysiological evidence for an early processing of human voices. BMC Neuroscience, 10, 127. Doi:10.1186/1471-2202-10-127

2007

Bobes, M.A., Quiñonez, I., Perez, J., Leon, I., & Valdés-Sosa, M. (2007). Brain potentials reflect access to visual and emotional memories for faces. Biological Psychology, 75(2), 146-153. Doi:10.1016/j.biopsycho.2007.01.006

2005

Mora, E.C., Rodríguez, A., Macías, S., Quiñonez, I., & Mellado, M.M. (2005). The echolocation behaviour of nycticeius cubanus (chiroptera: Vespertilionidae): Inter- and intra-individual plasticity in vocal signatures. Bioacoustics, 15(2), 175-193. Doi:10.1080/09524622.2005.9753546

2020

Biomarcadores de recuperación cognitiva postquirúrgica en tumores cerebrales

Program: PROYE20005CARR
Funding agency: Fundación AECC
12/2020- 11/2023
Funding: 300.000 €
PI: Manuel Carreiras Team Member: Ileana Quiñones

2019

Tendiendo puentes entre las neurociencias y la neurocirugía: mapeo de áreas elocuentes en pacientes con tumores cerebrales

Program: RED I+D 2019, 2019-CIEN-000078-01
Funding agency: Diputación Foral de Gipuzkoa
10/2019- 09/2020
Funding: 29.240 €
PI: Ileana Quiñones
LangConn: Is the brain connectome a good predictor for the language network functional malleability?

Program: RTI2018-093547-B-I00
Funding agency: Spanish Ministry
01/2019- 09/2022
Funding: 169.400 €
PI: Manuel Carreiras Co-PI: Ileana Quiñones

In progress

Functional and structural biomarkers of cognitive outcomes after brain tumor resection University of the Basque Country, UPV/EHU (2020 - 2024)

Functional changes in the language network in patients undergoing awake neurosurgery University of the Basque Country, UPV/EHU (2017 - 2021)

2021

Garcia, M., Carreiras, M., Gil-Robles, S. , Pomposo, I. & Quiñones, I. (2021). Presurgical assessment protocol for detecting cognitive decline in Diffuse Low-Grade Gliomas. Poster Cognitive Neuroscience Society annual meeting (CNS 2021) Cognitive Neuroscience Society

Manso-Ortega, I. L., Carreiras, M. , Pomposo, I. , Gil-Robles, S. & Quiñones, I. (2021). Intracortical stimulation in bilingual left temporal tumour patients: Different cortical representations for L1 and L2. Poster Cognitive Neuroscience Society annual meeting (CNS 2021) Cognitive Neuroscience Society

Manso-Ortega, I.L., Quiñones, I., Gil-Robles, S.G., Pomposo, I., & Carreiras, M. (2021). How could we benefit from Bayesian statistics in predicting cognitive outcomes after tumor resection? Poster Summer School - 2nd Bayesian Statistical Analyses for the Human, Social and Cognitive Sciences University of Verona / Virtual

Quiñones. I., Menashe, B., Gisbert, S., Pomposo, I., Gil-Robles, S. & Carreiras, M. (2021). Neuroplasticity affects grey matter regions and white-matter tracts: Evidence from brain tumor patients. Poster Cognitive Neuroscience Society annual meeting (CNS 2021) Cognitive Neuroscience Society

2013

Paz-Alonso, P.M., Quiñones, I., Caballero, C., Oliver, M., Suarez-Coalla, M.P., Cuetos, F., Duñabeitia, J.A., & Carreiras, M. (2013). Neural correlates of the ran in typical and atypical developing readers. Poster presentation at the International Workshop on Reading and Developmental Dyslexia (IWORDD) 2013, Donostia, Spain.