Publications

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)

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)

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)

Commentary

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)

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)

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)

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.

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)

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)

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)

2023

Depth recordings of the mouse homologue of the Reward Positivity

Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience

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

Commentary

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)

Frontal theta helps to explain etiological variability

Biological Psychiatry

Cavanagh, J.F. (2023)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

DATA & CODE: exp 2

DATA & CODE: exp 3

DATA & CODE: exp 1

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)

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

Psychophysiology

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

DATA & CODE: exp 2

DATA & CODE: exp 1

Proceedings of the 10th annual deep brain stimulation think tank

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

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

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)

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)

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)

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)

Cognitive control in Parkinson's disease

Progress in Brain Research

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

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)

The Reward Positivity is sensitive to affective liking

Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience

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

DATA & CODE: exp 2

DATA & CODE: exp 1

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

Neural signatures of arbitration between Pavlovian and instrumental action selection

PLoS Computational Biology

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

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)

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)

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

Biological Psychology

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

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)

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

Brain Research

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

2019

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

Neuropharmacology

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

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)

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)

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)

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)

Reduced theta power during memory retrieval in depressed adults

Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging

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

Layers of latent effects in cognitive control: An EEG investigation

Acta Psychologia

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

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)

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)

Immediate vs. delayed control demands elicit distinct mechanisms for instantiating proactive control

Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience

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

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

Psychophysiology

Cavanagh, J.F. (2019)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

Rewarding images do not invoke the reward positivity: they inflate it

International Journal of Psychophysiology

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

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)

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)

2017

The Patient Repository for EEG Data + Computational Tools

Frontiers in NeuroInformatics

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

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)

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

Brain Research

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

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

Psychophysiology

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

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)

Error-specific cognitive control alterations in General Anxiety Disorder

Biological Psychiatry:Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging

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

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)

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)

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

PLoS One

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

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

NeuroImage

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

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)

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

NeuroImage

Cavanagh, J.F. (2015)

Frontal midline theta reflects anxiety and cognitive control: Meta analytic evidence

Journal of Physiology - Paris

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

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)

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)

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)

Conflict acts as an implicit cost in reinforcement learning

Nature Communications

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

Frontal theta as a mechanism of cognitive control

Trends in Cognitive Science

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

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)

Human EEG uncovers latent, generalizable rule structure during learning

Journal of Neuroscience

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

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)

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)

The where and when of 'what-if'

Neuron

Cavanagh, J.F. (2013)

Frontal theta overrides Pavlovian learning biases

Journal of Neuroscience

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

Stop! Stay tuned for more information.

Experimental Neurology.

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

2012

Individual differences in risky decision-making among seniors reflect increased reward sensitivity

Frontiers in Decision Science

Cavanagh, J.F., Neville, D., Cohen, M.X., Van de Vijver, I., Harsay, H., Watson, P., Buitenweg, J., & Ridderinkhof, K.R. (2012).

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)

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

Psychophysiology

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

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)

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).

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)

Caution in EEG source localization to subcortical sources: Commentary

Human Brain Mapping

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

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

Frontiers in Psychology

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

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)

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)

Frontal theta links prediction error to behavioral adaptation in reinforcement learning

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)

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)

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

Neuropsychologia

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