PUBLICATIONS

Under Review

Advancing ERP-Based Tools for Language Monitoring in Aphasia:
Psychometric and Clinical Utility of the Word-Level N400

Dalton, S.G., Lavelle, M., Cavanagh, J.F & Richardson, J.D.

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2025

The Reward Positivity signals a goal prediction error.
Trends in Cognitive Science

Cavanagh, J.F. & Holroyd, C.B. (in press)

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Frontal-midline theta promotes context-dependent risk aversion in social anxiety
Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Topel, S., Kortink, E.D., Liu, H., Cavanagh, J.F., & van der Molen, M.J.W. (in press)

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Theta-frequency subthalamic nucleus stimulation increases decision threshold
Brain Stimulation

Cole, R.C., Ging-Jehli, N.R., Vivanco Suarez, J., Greenlee, J.D., Wessel, J.R., Espinoza, A.I., Zhang, J., Cavanagh, J.F. & Narayanan, N.S. (2025)

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Predicting human decisions with behavioral theories and machine learning, Nature Human Behavior

Plonsky, O., Apel, R., Ert, E., Tennenholtz, Bourgin, M.D., Peterson, J.C., Reichman, D., Griffiths, T.L., Russell, S.J., Carter, E.C., Cavanagh, J.F., Erev , I. (2025)

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Basal ganglia components have distinct computational roles in decision-making under conflict and uncertainty.
PLoS Biology

Ging-Jehli, N.R., Cavanagh, J.F., Ahn, M., Segar, D.J., Asaad, W.F. & Frank, M.J. (2025)

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Hypoactivation of ventromedial frontal cortex in major depressive disorder: an MEG study of the Reward Positivity.
Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging

Pirrung, C.J.H., Singh G., Hogeveen, J., Quinn, D. & Cavanagh, J.F. (2025)

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DATA & CODE

2024

The development and structure of the HEALthy Brain and Child Development (HBCD) Study EEG protocol.
Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience.

Fox, N.A., ... Cavanagh, J.F. ... and the HBCD EEG Workgroup. (2024)

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Cognition falters at low frequencies in Parkinson’s disease.
Trends in Cognitive Science

Narayanan, N.S., Jourahmad, Z., Cole, R.C. & Cavanagh, J.F. (2024)

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Neural response to monetary incentives in acquired adolescent depression. Brain Communications

Hogeveen, J., Campbell, E.M., Mullins, T.S., Quinn, D.K., Mayer, A.R. & Cavanagh, J.F. (2024)

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Cognitive Models as a Tool to Link Decision Behavior with EEG Signals.
In: An Introduction to Model-Based Cognitive Neuroscience

Hawkins, G.E., Cavanagh, J.F., Brown, S.D. & Steyvers, M. (2024) In: An Introduction to Model-Based Cognitive Neuroscience Second Edition. Springer press. Eds: Foorstmann, B.U. & Truner, B.M.

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Spectral parameterization reveals slowing of alpha peak frequency following mild traumatic brain injury.
Neurotrauma Reports

Nwakamma, M.C., Stillman, A.M., Gabard-Durnam, L.J., Cavanagh, J.F., Hillman, C.H. & Morris, T.P. (2024)

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Amphetamine increases motivation of humans and mice as measured by breakpoint, but does not affect a putative EEG biomarker.
Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience

Noback, M., Bhakta, S.G., Talledo, J.A., Kotz, J.E., Benster, L., Roberts, B.Z., Nungaray, J.A., Light, G.A., Swerdlow, N.R., Brigman, J.L., Cavanagh, J.F. & Young, J.W. (2024)

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Depth recordings of the mouse homologue of the Reward Positivity.
Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience

Kehrer, P., Brigman, J.L. & Cavanagh, J.F. (2023)

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Commentary

Test-retest reliability of spectral parameterization by 1/f characterization using Specparam.
Cerebral Cortex

McKeown, D.J., Schinazi, V.R., Baumann, O., Moustafa, A.A., Finley, A., Kelley, N., Cavanagh, J.F., Keage, H. & Angus, D.J. (2024)

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2023

Medication-invariant resting aperiodic and periodic neural activity in Parkinson's disease.
Psychophysiology

McKeown, D.J., Jones, M., Pihl, C., Finley, A., Kelley, N., Baumann, O., Schinazi, V.R., Moustafa, A.A., Cavanagh, J.F. & Angus, D.J. (2023)

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Frontal theta helps to explain etiological variability.
Biological Psychiatry

Cavanagh, J.F. (2023)

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Effects of anodal tDCS on electroencephalography correlates of
cognitive control in mild-to-moderate traumatic brain injury.
NeuroRehabilitation

Mertens, N., Cavanagh, J.F., Brandt E., Fratzke, V., Story-Remer, J., Rieger, R.E., Wilson, K.W., Gill, D., Campbell, R. & Quinn, D.K. (2023)

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Alcohol imagery boosts the Reward Positivity in heavy drinkers.
Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging

Singh, G., Campbell, E., Hogeveen, J., Witkiewitz, K., Claus, E.D. & Cavanagh, J.F. (2023)

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Electrophysiological markers of aberrant cue-specific exploration in heavy drinkers.
Computational Psychiatry

Campbell, E.M., Singh, G.S., Claus, E.D., Witkiewitz, K., Costa, V.D., Hogeveen, J. & Cavanagh, J.F. (2023)

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Impaired cognitive control after moderate prenatal alcohol exposure corresponds to increased power in neurophysiological recordings during rodent touchscreen measures
Neuropharmacology

Olguin, S.L., Cavanagh, J.F., Young, J.W. & Brigman, J.L. (2023)

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Evoked midfrontal activity predicts cognitive deficits in Parkinson's disease. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry

Singh, A., Cole, R.C., Espinoza, A.I., Cavanagh, J.F. & Narayanan, N.S. (2023)

Heart rate variability may index emotion dysregulation in alcohol-related intimate partner violence.
Frontiers in Psychiatry

Fink, B., Claus, E., Cavanagh, J.F., Hamilton, D.A. & Biesen, J.N. (2023)

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Reduced positive affect alters reward learning via reduced information encoding in the Reward Positivity.
Psychophysiology

Jackson, T.J. & Cavanagh, J.F. (2023)

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Proceedings of the 10th annual deep brain stimulation think tank.
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience.

Wong, J.K., ...Cavanagh J.F., ... Okun, M.S. (2023)

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Prefrontal transcranial magnetic stimulation boosts response vigour during reinforcement learning in healthy adults.
European Journal of Neuroscience

Biernacki, K., Myers, C.E., Cole, S., Cavanagh, J.F. & Baker, T.E. (2023)

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2022

Frontal midline theta as a model specimen of cortical theta. In: Handbook of EEG Frequency.
Oxford press, Eds: Gable, P.A., Miller, M. & Bernat, E.B.

Cavanagh, J.F. & Cohen, M. X (2022)

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Novelty-induced frontal-STN networks in Parkinson's disease.
Cerebral Cortex

Cole, R.C., Espinoza, A.I., Singh, A., Berger, J.I., Cavanagh, J.F., Wessel, 'Johnny' R., Greenlee, J.D. & Narayanan, N.S. (2022)

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Amphetamine alters an EEG feature of reward processing in humans and mice. Psychopharmacology

Cavanagh, J.F., Olguin, S., Talledo, J.A., Kotz, J.E., Roberts, B.Z., Nungaray, J.A., Sprock, J., Gregg, D., Bhakta, S.G., Light, G.A., Swerdlow, N.R., Young, J.W. & Brigman, J.L. (2022)

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Cognitive control in Parkinson's disease.
Progress in Brain Research

Cavanagh, J.F., Ryman, S. & Pirio Richardson, S. (2022)

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EEG reveals that dextroamphetamine improves cognitive control through multiple processes in healthy participants.
Neuropsychopharmacology

Bhakta, S.G., Cavanagh, J.F., Talledo, J.A., Kotz, J.E., Benster, L., Roberts, B.Z., Nungaray, J.A., Brigman, J.L, Gregg, D., Light, G.A., Swerdlow, N.R., & Young, J.W. (2022)

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The Reward Positivity is sensitive to affective liking.
Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience

Brown, D.R., Jackson, T.J. & Cavanagh, J.F. (2022)

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2021

Electrophysiological biomarkers of behavioral dimensions from cross-species paradigms.
Translational Psychiatry

Cavanagh, J.F., Gregg, D., Light, G.A., Olguin, S., Sharp, R.F., Bismark, A.W., Bhakta, S.G., Swerdlow, N.R., Brigman, J.L. & Young, J.W. (2021)

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Portable aquisition of auditory ERPs: a pilot study of premature infants.
Pediatric Neurology

Phillips, J., Pirrung, C.J., Weersinghe, I., Kanishka, G.K., Satharasinghe, Y., Lalitharatne, T., Cavanagh, J.F., Kodituwakku, P. & Wanigasinghe, J. (2021)

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Ventromedial prefrontal-anterior cingulate hyperconnectivity scales with apathy in Traumatic Brain Injury.
Journal of NeuroTrauma

Hogeveen, J.R. Aragon, D.F., Rogge-Obando, K., Campbell, R.A., Yeo, R.A., Shuttleworth, C.W., Avila-Rieger, R.E., Wilson, J.K., Fratzke, V., Brandt, E., Story-Remer, J., Gill, D., Mayer, A.R., Cavanagh, J.F. & Quinn, D. (2021)

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Spectral resting-state EEG (rs-EEG) in chronic aphasia is reliable, sensitive, and correlates with functional behavior.
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience,

Dalton, S.G.H., Cavanagh, J.F. & Richardson, J.D. (2021)

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Interval timing variability and midfrontal ~4Hz rhythms correlate with cognitive dysfunction in Parkinson's disease.
NP: Parkinson's Disease

Singh, A., Cole, R.C., Espinoza, A.I., Evans, A., Cao, S., Cavanagh, J.F. & Narayanan, N.S. (2021)

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Neural signatures of arbitration between Pavlovian and instrumental action selection.
PLoS Computational Biology

Gershman, S.J., Guitart-Masip, M. & Cavanagh, J.F. (2021)

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2020

Linear predictive coding distinguishes spectral EEG features of Parkinson's disease.
Parkinsonism & Related Disorders

Anjum, Md Fahim, Dasgupta, S., Mudumbai, R., Singh, A., Cavanagh, J.F. & Narayanan, N. (2020)

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Respiratory sinus arrhythmia correlates with depressive symptoms following mild traumatic brain injury.
Journal of Psychophysiology

Brandt, E., Wilson, K.W., Rieger, R.E., Gill, D., Mayer, A.W. & Cavanagh, J.F. (2020)

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Novel rewards occlude the Reward Positivity, and what to do about it.
Biological Psychology

Brown, D.R. & Cavanagh, J.F. (2020)

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Frontal theta and beta oscillations during lower-limb movement in Parkinson's Disease.
Clinical Neurophysiology

Singh, A. Cole, R.A., Espinoza, A.I., Brown, D.R., Cavanagh, J.F. & Narayanan, N. (2020)

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An EEG marker of reward processing is diminished in Parkinson’s disease. Brain Research

Brown, D.R., Pirio Richardson, S. & Cavanagh, J.F. (2020)

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2019

Alcohol exposure in utero disrupts cortico-striatal coordination required for behavioral flexibility.
Neuropharmacology

Marquardt, K., Cavanagh, J.F. & Brigman, J.L. (2019)

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Frontal alpha asymmetry in alcohol-related intimate partner violence.
Social, Cognitive, and Affective Neuroscience

Fink, B.C., Howell, B.C., Salway, S. Cavanagh, J.F., Hamilton, D.A., Claus, E.D. & Frost, M.E. (2019)

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Joint analysis of frontal theta synchrony and white matter following mild traumatic brain injury.
Brain Imaging and Behavior

Cavanagh, J.F., Rieger, R.E., Wilson, K.W., Gill, D., Fullerton, L., Brandt, E. & Mayer, A.W. (2019)

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Executive function predictors of delayed memory deficits after mild traumatic brain injury.
Cortex

Broadway, J.M., Rieger, R.E., Campbell, R. A., Quinn, D. K., Mayer, A.W., Yeo, R. A., Wilson, J.K., Gill, D. Fratzke, V. & Cavanagh, J.F. (2019)

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ERPs predict symptomatic distress and recovery in sub-acute mild traumatic brain injury.
Neuropsychologia

Cavanagh, J.F., Wilson, K., Reiger, R., Gill, D., Broadway, J.M., Story Remer, J.H., Fratzke, V., Mayer, A.R. & Quinn, D.K. (2019)

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Reduced theta power during memory retrieval in depressed adults.
Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging

Kane, J., Cavanagh, J.F. & Dillon, D.G. (2019)

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Layers of latent effects in cognitive control: An EEG investigation.
Acta Psychologia

Erb, C. & Cavanagh, J.F. (2019)

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DATA & CODE

Impaired cognitive flexibility following NMDAR-GluN2B deletion is associated with altered orbitofrontal-striatal function.
Neuroscience

Marquardt, K., Josey, M., Kenton, J.A., Cavanagh, J.F., Holmes, A. & Brigman, J.L. (2019)

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Frontal theta predicts specific cognitive control-induced behavioral changes beyond general reaction time slowing.
NeuroImage

Cooper, P.S. Karayanidis, F., McKewen, M., McLellan-Hall, S., Wong, A.S.W., Skippen, P. & Cavanagh, J.F. (2019)

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Immediate vs. delayed control demands elicit distinct mechanisms for instantiating proactive control.
Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience

Janowich, J.R. & Cavanagh, J.F. (2019)

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Early Career Award 2018: Electrophysiology as a theoretical and methodological hub in the neural sciences.
Psychophysiology

Cavanagh, J.F. (2019)

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Increased conflict-induced slowing, but no differences in conflict-induced positive or negative prediction error learning in patients with schizophrenia. Neuropsychologia

Albrecht, M.A., Waltz, J., Cavanagh, J.F., Frank, M.J. & Gold, J.M. (2019)

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Multiple dissociations between co-morbid depression and anxiety on reward and punishment processing: Evidence from computationally-informed EEG.
Computational Psychiatry

Cavanagh, J.F., Bismark, A.W., Frank, M.J. & Allen, J.J.B. (2019)

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DATA & Scripts

2018

Delay Knowledge and Trial Set Count Modulate Use of Proactive vs. Reactive Control:
A Meta-Analytic Review.
Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Janowich, J.R. & Cavanagh, J.F. (2018)

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DATA

Mid-frontal theta activity is diminished during cognitive control in
Parkinson's disease
Neuropsychologia

Singh, A. Pirio Richardson, S. Narayanan, N, Cavanagh, J.F. (2018)

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Impaired Midline Theta Power and Connectivity During Proactive Cognitive Control in Schizophrenia.
Biological Psychiatry

Ryman, S., Cavanagh, J.F., Wertz, C.J., Shaff, N.A., Dodd, A.B., Stevens, B., Ling, J. Yeo, R.A. & Mayer, A.R. (2018)

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Moving beyond ERP components: A selective review of approaches to integrate EEG and behavior.
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Bridwell, D.A., Cavanagh, J.F., Collins, A.G.E., Nunez, M.D., Srinivasan, R., Stober, S. & Calhoun, V.D. (2018)

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Rewarding images do not invoke the reward positivity: they inflate it.
International Journal of Psychophysiology

Brown, D.R. & Cavanagh, J.F. (2018)

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Dopamine D2 agonist affects visuospatial working memory distractor interference depending on individual differences in baseline working memory span.
Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience

Broadway, J.M, Frank, M.J. & Cavanagh, J.F. (2018)

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DATA & Unpublished EEG

Diminished EEG habituation to novel events effectively classifies Parkinson's patients.
Clinical Neurophysiology

Cavanagh, J.F., Kumar, P., Mueller, A.A., Pirio Richardson, S. & Mueen, A. (2018)

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DATA & CODE

2017

The Patient Repository for EEG Data + Computational Tools.
Frontiers in NeuroInformatics

Cavanagh, J.F., Napolitano, A., Wu, C. & Mueen, A. (2017)

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Intracranial source activity (eLORETA) related to scalp-level asymmetry scores and depression status.
Psychophysiology

Smith, E.E., Cavanagh, J.F. & Allen, J.J.B. (2017)

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Frontal theta accounts for individual differences in the cost of conflict on decision making.
Brain Research

Pinner, J.F.L. & Cavanagh, J.F. (2017)

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The sound and the fury: Late positive potential is sensitive to sound affect. Psychophysiology

Brown, D.R. & Cavanagh, J.F. (2017)

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Cognitive states influence dopamine-driven aberrant learning in Parkinson's Disease.
Cortex

Cavanagh, J.F., Mueller, A.A., Brown, D.R., Janowich, J.R., Story-Remer, J.H., Wegele, A. & Pirio Richardson, S. (2017)

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Error-specific cognitive control alterations in General Anxiety Disorder.
Biological Psychiatry:Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging

Cavanagh, J.F., Meyer, A. & Hajcak, G. (2017)

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2016

Startle habituation and midfrontal theta activity in Parkinson's disease.
Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Chen, K-H., Okerstrom, K.L., Kingyon, J.R., Anderson, S.W., Cavanagh, J.F. & Narayanan, N.S. (2016)

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Frontostriatal anatomical connections predict age- and difficulty-related differences in reinforcement learning.
Neurobiology of Aging

van de Vijver, I., Ridderinkhof, K.R., Harsay, H.A., Reneman, L., Cavanagh, J.F. Buitenweg, J. & Cohen, M.X. (2016)

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Reduction of Pavlovian bias in schizophrenia: Enhanced effects in clozapine-administered patients.
PLoS One

Albrecht, M.A., Waltz, J., Cavanagh, J.F., Frank, M.J. & Gold, J.M. (2016).

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Identification of canonical neural events during continuous gameplay of an 8-bit style video game.
NeuroImage

Cavanagh, J.F. & Castellanos, J. (2016)

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DATA

2015

Medial frontal ~4Hz activity in humans and rodents is attenuated in PD patients and in rodents with cortical dopamine depletion.
Journal of Neurophysiology

Parker, K.L., Chen, K-H., Kingyon, J., Cavanagh, J.F. & Narayanan, N.S. (2015)

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Cortical delta activity reflects reward prediction error and related behavioral adjustments, but at different times.
NeuroImage

Cavanagh, J.F. (2015)

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DATA

Frontal midline theta reflects anxiety and cognitive control: Meta analytic evidence.
Journal of Physiology - Paris

Cavanagh, J.F. & Shackman, A.J. (2015)

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Anticipatory sensitization to repeated stressors: The role of initial cortisol reactivity and meditation / emotion skills training.
Psychoneuroendocrinology

Turan, B., Foltz, C., Cavanagh, J.F., Wallace, B.A., Cullen, M., Rosenberg, E.L., Jennings, P., Ekman, P. & Kemeny, M.E. (2015)

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fMRI and EEG correlates of dynamic decision parameters during reinforcement learning
Journal of Neuroscience

Frank, M.J., Gagne, C. Nyhus, E., Masters, S.E., Wiecki, T.V., Cavanagh, J.F. & Badre, D. (2015)

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2014

D1-Dependent 4 Hz Oscillations and Ramping Activity in Rodent Medial Frontal Cortex during Interval Timing
Journal of Neuroscience

Parker, K.L., Chen, K-H., Kingyon, J., Cavanagh, J.F. & Narayanan, N.S. (2014)

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DATA

Conflict acts as an implicit cost in reinforcement learning.
Nature Communications

Cavanagh, J.F., Masters, S.E., Bath, K. & Frank, M.J. (2014)

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Frontal theta as a mechanism of cognitive control.
Trends in Cognitive Science

Cavanagh, J.F. & Frank, M.J. (2014)

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The subthalamic nucleus contributes to post-error slowing.
Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Cavanagh, J.F., Sanguinetti, J.L., Allen, J.J.B., Sherman, S.J. & Frank, M.J. (2014)

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Human EEG uncovers latent, generalizable rule structure during learning.
Journal of Neuroscience

Collins, A.G.E., Cavanagh, J.F., & Frank, M.J. (2014)

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Eye tracking and pupillometry reflect dissociable indices of latent cognitive processes.
Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Cavanagh, J.F., Wiecki, T.V., Kochar, A., & Frank, M.J. (2014)

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2013

A common low frequency oscillatory mechanism for adaptive control in rats and humans.
Nature Neuroscience

Narayanan, N.S., Cavanagh, J.F., Frank, M.J. & Laubach, M. (2013)

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The where and when of 'what-if'.
Neuron

Cavanagh, J.F. (2013)

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Frontal theta overrides Pavlovian learning biases.
Journal of Neuroscience

Cavanagh, J.F., Eisenberg, I., Guitart-Masip, M., Huys, Q. & Frank, M.J. (2013)

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Stop! Stay tuned for more information.
Experimental Neurology.

Cavanagh, J.F. & Frank M.J. (2013)

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2012

Larger error signals in depression are associated with better avoidance learning.
Frontiers in Psychology: Cognition

Cavanagh, J.F., Bismark, A., Frank, M.J., & Allen, J.J.B. (2011).

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Frontal theta reflects uncertainty and unexpectedness in exploration and exploitation.
Cerebral Cortex

Cavanagh, J.F., Figueroa, C.M., Cohen, M.X & Frank, M.J. (2012)

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Theta lingua franca: A common mid-frontal substrate for action monitoring processes.
Psychophysiology

Cavanagh, J.F., Zambrano-Vazquez, L., & Allen, J.J.B. (2012)

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2011

Larger error signals in depression are associated with better avoidance learning.
Frontiers in Psychology: Cognition

Cavanagh, J.F., Bismark, A., Frank, M.J., & Allen, J.J.B. (2011).

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Subthalamic nucleus stimulation reverses mediofrontal influence over decision threshold.
Nature Neuroscience

Cavanagh, J.F., Wiecki, T.V., Cohen, M.X, Figueroa, C.M., Samanta, J., Sherman S.J., Frank, M.J. (2011).

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Contemplative/emotion training enhances emotional behavior.
Emotion

Kemeny, M.E., Foltz, C.A, Cavanagh, J.F., Giese-Davis, J., Jennings, P., Rosenberg, E.L., Gillath, O., Shaver, P., Wallace, A. & Ekman, P. (2011).

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Caution in EEG source localization to subcortical sources: Commentary.
Human Brain Mapping

Cohen, M.X, Cavanagh, J.F. & Slagter, H.A. (2011)

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Single-trial regression elucidates the role of prefrontal theta oscillations in response conflict.
Frontiers in Psychology

Cohen, M.X., & Cavanagh, J.F (2011).

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2010

Social stress reactivity alters reward and punishment learning.
Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Cavanagh, J.F., Frank, M.J., & Allen, J.J.B (2010).

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Altered cingulate sub-region activation accounts for task-related dissociation in ERN amplitude as a function of obsessive-compulsive symptoms.
Neuropsychologia

Cavanagh, J.F., Gründler, T.O.J., Frank, M.J.,& Allen, J.J.B (2010).

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Frontal theta links prediction error to behavioral adaptation in reinforcement learning.
NeuroImage

Cavanagh, J.F., Frank, M.J., Klein, T.J. & Allen, J.J.B. (2010).

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2009

Task related dissociation in ERN amplitude as a function of obsessive – compulsive symptoms.
Neuropsychologia

Gründler, T.O.J., Cavanagh, J.F, Figueroa, C.M., Frank, M.J. & Allen, J.J.B. (2009).

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Prelude to and resolution of an error: EEG phase synchrony reveals cognitive control dynamics during action monitoring.
Journal of Neuroscience

Cavanagh, J.F., Cohen, M.X. & Allen, J.J.B. (2009).

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The Behavioral Activation System.
In Sander, D. & Scherer, K.R. Oxford Companion to Affective Sciences, Oxford University Press.

Cavanagh, J.F., & Allen, J.J.B. (2009).

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The Behavioral Inhibition System.
In Sander, D. & Scherer, K.R. Oxford Companion to Affective Sciences, Oxford University Press.

Cavanagh, J.F., & Allen, J.J.B. (2009).

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2008

Multiple aspects of the stress response to social evaluative threat: An electrophysiological investigation.
Psychoneuroendocrinology

Gründler, T.O.J., Cavanagh, J.F, Figueroa, C.M., Frank, M.J. & Allen, J.J.B. (2009).

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Mood effects on the ERP processing of emotional intensity in faces: A P3 investigation with depressed students.
International Journal of Psychophysiology

Cavanagh, J., Geisler, M. (2006).

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PUBLICATIONS

Under Review

Advancing ERP-Based Tools for Language Monitoring in Aphasia: Psychometric and Clinical Utility of the Word-Level N400

2025

The Reward Positivity signals a goal prediction error. Trends in Cognitive Science

Frontal-midline theta promotes context-dependent risk aversion in social anxiety Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Theta-frequency subthalamic nucleus stimulation increases decision threshold Brain Stimulation

Predicting human decisions with behavioral theories and machine learning, Nature Human Behavior

Basal ganglia components have distinct computational roles in decision-making under conflict and uncertainty. PLoS Biology

Hypoactivation of ventromedial frontal cortex in major depressive disorder: an MEG study of the Reward Positivity. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging

2024

The development and structure of the HEALthy Brain and Child Development (HBCD) Study EEG protocol. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience.

Cognition falters at low frequencies in Parkinson’s disease. Trends in Cognitive Science

Neural response to monetary incentives in acquired adolescent depression. Brain Communications

Cognitive Models as a Tool to Link Decision Behavior with EEG Signals. In: An Introduction to Model-Based Cognitive Neuroscience

Spectral parameterization reveals slowing of alpha peak frequency following mild traumatic brain injury. Neurotrauma Reports

Amphetamine increases motivation of humans and mice as measured by breakpoint, but does not affect a putative EEG biomarker. Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience

Depth recordings of the mouse homologue of the Reward Positivity. Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience

Test-retest reliability of spectral parameterization by 1/f characterization using Specparam. Cerebral Cortex

2023

Medication-invariant resting aperiodic and periodic neural activity in Parkinson's disease. Psychophysiology

Frontal theta helps to explain etiological variability. Biological Psychiatry

Effects of anodal tDCS on electroencephalography correlates of cognitive control in mild-to-moderate traumatic brain injury. NeuroRehabilitation

Alcohol imagery boosts the Reward Positivity in heavy drinkers. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging

Electrophysiological markers of aberrant cue-specific exploration in heavy drinkers. Computational Psychiatry

Impaired cognitive control after moderate prenatal alcohol exposure corresponds to increased power in neurophysiological recordings during rodent touchscreen measures Neuropharmacology

Evoked midfrontal activity predicts cognitive deficits in Parkinson's disease. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry

Heart rate variability may index emotion dysregulation in alcohol-related intimate partner violence. Frontiers in Psychiatry

Reduced positive affect alters reward learning via reduced information encoding in the Reward Positivity. Psychophysiology

Proceedings of the 10th annual deep brain stimulation think tank. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience.

Prefrontal transcranial magnetic stimulation boosts response vigour during reinforcement learning in healthy adults. European Journal of Neuroscience

2022

Frontal midline theta as a model specimen of cortical theta. In: Handbook of EEG Frequency. Oxford press, Eds: Gable, P.A., Miller, M. & Bernat, E.B.

Novelty-induced frontal-STN networks in Parkinson's disease. Cerebral Cortex

Amphetamine alters an EEG feature of reward processing in humans and mice. Psychopharmacology

Cognitive control in Parkinson's disease. Progress in Brain Research

EEG reveals that dextroamphetamine improves cognitive control through multiple processes in healthy participants. Neuropsychopharmacology

The Reward Positivity is sensitive to affective liking. Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience

2021

Electrophysiological biomarkers of behavioral dimensions from cross-species paradigms. Translational Psychiatry

Portable aquisition of auditory ERPs: a pilot study of premature infants. Pediatric Neurology

Ventromedial prefrontal-anterior cingulate hyperconnectivity scales with apathy in Traumatic Brain Injury. Journal of NeuroTrauma

Spectral resting-state EEG (rs-EEG) in chronic aphasia is reliable, sensitive, and correlates with functional behavior. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience,

Interval timing variability and midfrontal ~4Hz rhythms correlate with cognitive dysfunction in Parkinson's disease. NP: Parkinson's Disease

Neural signatures of arbitration between Pavlovian and instrumental action selection. PLoS Computational Biology

2020

Linear predictive coding distinguishes spectral EEG features of Parkinson's disease. Parkinsonism & Related Disorders

Respiratory sinus arrhythmia correlates with depressive symptoms following mild traumatic brain injury. Journal of Psychophysiology

Novel rewards occlude the Reward Positivity, and what to do about it. Biological Psychology

Frontal theta and beta oscillations during lower-limb movement in Parkinson's Disease. Clinical Neurophysiology

An EEG marker of reward processing is diminished in Parkinson’s disease. Brain Research

2019

Alcohol exposure in utero disrupts cortico-striatal coordination required for behavioral flexibility. Neuropharmacology

Frontal alpha asymmetry in alcohol-related intimate partner violence. Social, Cognitive, and Affective Neuroscience

Joint analysis of frontal theta synchrony and white matter following mild traumatic brain injury. Brain Imaging and Behavior

Executive function predictors of delayed memory deficits after mild traumatic brain injury. Cortex

ERPs predict symptomatic distress and recovery in sub-acute mild traumatic brain injury. Neuropsychologia

Reduced theta power during memory retrieval in depressed adults. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging

Layers of latent effects in cognitive control: An EEG investigation. Acta Psychologia

Impaired cognitive flexibility following NMDAR-GluN2B deletion is associated with altered orbitofrontal-striatal function. Neuroscience

Frontal theta predicts specific cognitive control-induced behavioral changes beyond general reaction time slowing. NeuroImage

Immediate vs. delayed control demands elicit distinct mechanisms for instantiating proactive control. Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience

Early Career Award 2018: Electrophysiology as a theoretical and methodological hub in the neural sciences. Psychophysiology

Increased conflict-induced slowing, but no differences in conflict-induced positive or negative prediction error learning in patients with schizophrenia. Neuropsychologia

Multiple dissociations between co-morbid depression and anxiety on reward and punishment processing: Evidence from computationally-informed EEG. Computational Psychiatry

2018

Delay Knowledge and Trial Set Count Modulate Use of Proactive vs. Reactive Control: A Meta-Analytic Review. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Mid-frontal theta activity is diminished during cognitive control in Parkinson's disease Neuropsychologia

Impaired Midline Theta Power and Connectivity During Proactive Cognitive Control in Schizophrenia. Biological Psychiatry

Moving beyond ERP components: A selective review of approaches to integrate EEG and behavior. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Rewarding images do not invoke the reward positivity: they inflate it. International Journal of Psychophysiology

Dopamine D2 agonist affects visuospatial working memory distractor interference depending on individual differences in baseline working memory span. Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience

Diminished EEG habituation to novel events effectively classifies Parkinson's patients. Clinical Neurophysiology

2017

The Patient Repository for EEG Data + Computational Tools. Frontiers in NeuroInformatics

Intracranial source activity (eLORETA) related to scalp-level asymmetry scores and depression status. Psychophysiology

Frontal theta accounts for individual differences in the cost of conflict on decision making. Brain Research

The sound and the fury: Late positive potential is sensitive to sound affect. Psychophysiology

Cognitive states influence dopamine-driven aberrant learning in Parkinson's Disease. Cortex

Error-specific cognitive control alterations in General Anxiety Disorder. Biological Psychiatry:Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging

Advancing ERP-Based Tools for Language Monitoring in Aphasia:
Psychometric and Clinical Utility of the Word-Level N400

The Reward Positivity signals a goal prediction error.
Trends in Cognitive Science

Frontal-midline theta promotes context-dependent risk aversion in social anxiety
Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Theta-frequency subthalamic nucleus stimulation increases decision threshold
Brain Stimulation

Basal ganglia components have distinct computational roles in decision-making under conflict and uncertainty.
PLoS Biology

Hypoactivation of ventromedial frontal cortex in major depressive disorder: an MEG study of the Reward Positivity.
Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging

The development and structure of the HEALthy Brain and Child Development (HBCD) Study EEG protocol.
Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience.

Cognition falters at low frequencies in Parkinson’s disease.
Trends in Cognitive Science

Cognitive Models as a Tool to Link Decision Behavior with EEG Signals.
In: An Introduction to Model-Based Cognitive Neuroscience

Spectral parameterization reveals slowing of alpha peak frequency following mild traumatic brain injury.
Neurotrauma Reports

Amphetamine increases motivation of humans and mice as measured by breakpoint, but does not affect a putative EEG biomarker.
Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience

Depth recordings of the mouse homologue of the Reward Positivity.
Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience

Test-retest reliability of spectral parameterization by 1/f characterization using Specparam.
Cerebral Cortex

Medication-invariant resting aperiodic and periodic neural activity in Parkinson's disease.
Psychophysiology

Frontal theta helps to explain etiological variability.
Biological Psychiatry

Effects of anodal tDCS on electroencephalography correlates of
cognitive control in mild-to-moderate traumatic brain injury.
NeuroRehabilitation

Alcohol imagery boosts the Reward Positivity in heavy drinkers.
Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging

Electrophysiological markers of aberrant cue-specific exploration in heavy drinkers.
Computational Psychiatry

Impaired cognitive control after moderate prenatal alcohol exposure corresponds to increased power in neurophysiological recordings during rodent touchscreen measures
Neuropharmacology

Heart rate variability may index emotion dysregulation in alcohol-related intimate partner violence.
Frontiers in Psychiatry

Reduced positive affect alters reward learning via reduced information encoding in the Reward Positivity.
Psychophysiology

Proceedings of the 10th annual deep brain stimulation think tank.
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience.

Prefrontal transcranial magnetic stimulation boosts response vigour during reinforcement learning in healthy adults.
European Journal of Neuroscience

Frontal midline theta as a model specimen of cortical theta. In: Handbook of EEG Frequency.
Oxford press, Eds: Gable, P.A., Miller, M. & Bernat, E.B.

Novelty-induced frontal-STN networks in Parkinson's disease.
Cerebral Cortex

Cognitive control in Parkinson's disease.
Progress in Brain Research

EEG reveals that dextroamphetamine improves cognitive control through multiple processes in healthy participants.
Neuropsychopharmacology

The Reward Positivity is sensitive to affective liking.
Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience

Electrophysiological biomarkers of behavioral dimensions from cross-species paradigms.
Translational Psychiatry

Portable aquisition of auditory ERPs: a pilot study of premature infants.
Pediatric Neurology

Ventromedial prefrontal-anterior cingulate hyperconnectivity scales with apathy in Traumatic Brain Injury.
Journal of NeuroTrauma

Spectral resting-state EEG (rs-EEG) in chronic aphasia is reliable, sensitive, and correlates with functional behavior.
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience,

Interval timing variability and midfrontal ~4Hz rhythms correlate with cognitive dysfunction in Parkinson's disease.
NP: Parkinson's Disease

Neural signatures of arbitration between Pavlovian and instrumental action selection.
PLoS Computational Biology

Linear predictive coding distinguishes spectral EEG features of Parkinson's disease.
Parkinsonism & Related Disorders

Respiratory sinus arrhythmia correlates with depressive symptoms following mild traumatic brain injury.
Journal of Psychophysiology

Novel rewards occlude the Reward Positivity, and what to do about it.
Biological Psychology

Frontal theta and beta oscillations during lower-limb movement in Parkinson's Disease.
Clinical Neurophysiology

Alcohol exposure in utero disrupts cortico-striatal coordination required for behavioral flexibility.
Neuropharmacology

Frontal alpha asymmetry in alcohol-related intimate partner violence.
Social, Cognitive, and Affective Neuroscience

Joint analysis of frontal theta synchrony and white matter following mild traumatic brain injury.
Brain Imaging and Behavior

Executive function predictors of delayed memory deficits after mild traumatic brain injury.
Cortex

ERPs predict symptomatic distress and recovery in sub-acute mild traumatic brain injury.
Neuropsychologia

Reduced theta power during memory retrieval in depressed adults.
Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging

Layers of latent effects in cognitive control: An EEG investigation.
Acta Psychologia

Impaired cognitive flexibility following NMDAR-GluN2B deletion is associated with altered orbitofrontal-striatal function.
Neuroscience

Frontal theta predicts specific cognitive control-induced behavioral changes beyond general reaction time slowing.
NeuroImage

Immediate vs. delayed control demands elicit distinct mechanisms for instantiating proactive control.
Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience

Early Career Award 2018: Electrophysiology as a theoretical and methodological hub in the neural sciences.
Psychophysiology

Multiple dissociations between co-morbid depression and anxiety on reward and punishment processing: Evidence from computationally-informed EEG.
Computational Psychiatry

Delay Knowledge and Trial Set Count Modulate Use of Proactive vs. Reactive Control:
A Meta-Analytic Review.
Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Mid-frontal theta activity is diminished during cognitive control in
Parkinson's disease
Neuropsychologia

Impaired Midline Theta Power and Connectivity During Proactive Cognitive Control in Schizophrenia.
Biological Psychiatry

Moving beyond ERP components: A selective review of approaches to integrate EEG and behavior.
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Rewarding images do not invoke the reward positivity: they inflate it.
International Journal of Psychophysiology

Dopamine D2 agonist affects visuospatial working memory distractor interference depending on individual differences in baseline working memory span.
Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience

Diminished EEG habituation to novel events effectively classifies Parkinson's patients.
Clinical Neurophysiology

The Patient Repository for EEG Data + Computational Tools.
Frontiers in NeuroInformatics

Intracranial source activity (eLORETA) related to scalp-level asymmetry scores and depression status.
Psychophysiology

Frontal theta accounts for individual differences in the cost of conflict on decision making.
Brain Research

Cognitive states influence dopamine-driven aberrant learning in Parkinson's Disease.
Cortex

Error-specific cognitive control alterations in General Anxiety Disorder.
Biological Psychiatry:Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging

Startle habituation and midfrontal theta activity in Parkinson's disease.
Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Frontostriatal anatomical connections predict age- and difficulty-related differences in reinforcement learning.
Neurobiology of Aging

Reduction of Pavlovian bias in schizophrenia: Enhanced effects in clozapine-administered patients.
PLoS One

Identification of canonical neural events during continuous gameplay of an 8-bit style video game.
NeuroImage

Medial frontal ~4Hz activity in humans and rodents is attenuated in PD patients and in rodents with cortical dopamine depletion.
Journal of Neurophysiology

Cortical delta activity reflects reward prediction error and related behavioral adjustments, but at different times.
NeuroImage

Frontal midline theta reflects anxiety and cognitive control: Meta analytic evidence.
Journal of Physiology - Paris

Anticipatory sensitization to repeated stressors: The role of initial cortisol reactivity and meditation / emotion skills training.
Psychoneuroendocrinology

fMRI and EEG correlates of dynamic decision parameters during reinforcement learning
Journal of Neuroscience

D1-Dependent 4 Hz Oscillations and Ramping Activity in Rodent Medial Frontal Cortex during Interval Timing
Journal of Neuroscience

Conflict acts as an implicit cost in reinforcement learning.
Nature Communications

Frontal theta as a mechanism of cognitive control.
Trends in Cognitive Science

The subthalamic nucleus contributes to post-error slowing.
Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Human EEG uncovers latent, generalizable rule structure during learning.
Journal of Neuroscience

Eye tracking and pupillometry reflect dissociable indices of latent cognitive processes.
Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

A common low frequency oscillatory mechanism for adaptive control in rats and humans.
Nature Neuroscience

The where and when of 'what-if'.
Neuron

Frontal theta overrides Pavlovian learning biases.
Journal of Neuroscience