Our methods
Our methods
Lab publications
2021
Goddard, E., Carlson, T. A., & Woolgar, A. (2021). Spatial and feature-selective attention have distinct, interacting, effects on population-level tuning. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience https://doi.org/10.1162/jocn_a_017
Lu, R., Xi, J., Zhang, X., & Shi, J. (in press). High fluid intelligence is characterized by flexible allocation of attentional resources: Evidence from EEG. Neuropsychologia. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2021.108094
Jackson, J. B., Feredoes, E., Rich, A., Lindner, M. & Woolgar, A. (2021). Concurrent neuroimaging and neural stimulation reveals a causal role for dlPFC in coding of task-relevant information. Nature Communications Biology https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-021-02109-x#Sec1
Karimi-Rouzbahani, H., Woolgar, A.*, & Rich, A.N.* (2021) Vigilance decrements in the brain: neural signatures can predict behavioural errors before they happen. *equal contribution. eLife, 10: e60563 https://elifesciences.org/articles/60563
Karimi-Rouzbahani, H., Remezani, F., Woolgar, A., Rich, A.N., & Ghodrati, M. (2021). Perceptual difficulty modulates the direction of information flow in familiar face recognition. NeuroImage. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.117896
Barnes, L., Petit S., Badcock, N. & Woolgar, A., (2021) Word detection in individual subjects is difficult to probe with fast periodic visual stimulation. Frontiers in Neuroscience 15 (602798). https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2021.602798
Scrivener, C. L. (2021). When is simultaneous recording necessary? A guide for researchers considering combined EEG-fMRI. Frontiers in Neuroscience 15 (744) https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2021.636424
Karimi-Rouzbahani, H., Shahmohammadi, M., Vahab, E., Setayeshi, S., Carlson, T., (2021) Temporal codes provide additional category-related information in object category decoding: a systematic comparison of informative EEG features. Neural Computation 33(11):3027-3072 https://doi.org/10.1162/neco_a_01436
Moerel, D., Rich, A.N., Woolgar, A., (2021 Preprint) Selective attention and decision-making have separable neural bases in space and time eLife https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.02.28.433294
Moerel, D., Grootswagers, T., Robinson, A. K., Woolgar, A., Carlson, T., & Rich, A. N. (2021 Preprint). Undivided attention: The effects of attention dissociated from decision, memory, and expectation. bioRxiv 2021.05.24.445376 https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.05.24.445376
Robinson, A. K., Rich, A. N., & Woolgar, A. (2021 preprint). Linking the brain with behaviour: the neural dynamics of success and failure in goal-directed behaviour. BioRxiv, 2021.05.25.445701 https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.05.25.445701
Scrivener, C. L., Jackson, J. B., Correia, M. M., Mada, M., & Woolgar, A. (2021 Preprint). Now you see it, now you don't: optimal parameters for interslice stimulation in concurrent TMS-fMRI. bioRxiv, 2021.2005.2028.446111. https://doi:10.1101/2021.05.28.446111
Karimi-Rouzbahani, H., Woolgar, A., Henson, R., Nili, H., (2021 Preprint) Caveats and nuances of model-based and model-free representational connectivity analysis. bioRxiv https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.08.10.455841
Wisniewski, D, González-García, C., Formica, S., Woolgar, A., Brass, M., (2021 Preprint) Adaptive coding of stimulus information in human fronto-parietal cortex during visual classification https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.11.22.469511
2020
Petit, S., Badcock, N. A., Grootswagers, T., Rich, A. N., Brock, J., Nickels, L., ... & Woolgar, A. (2020). Towards an individualised neural assessment of receptive language in children. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research.
https://doi.org/10.1044/2020_JSLHR-19-00313
Petit, S., Badcock, N. A., & Woolgar, A. (2020). Finding Hidden Treasures: A Child-Friendly Neural Test Of Task-Following In Individuals Using Functional Transcranial Doppler Ultrasound. Neuropsychologia https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2020.107515
Petit, S., Badcock, N. A., Grootswagers, T., & Woolgar, A. (2020).Unconstrained multivariate EEG decoding can help detect lexical-semantic processing in individual children. Nature Scientific Reports https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-67407-6.pdf
Caruana, N., Alhasan, A., Wagner, K., Kaplan, D.M., Woolgar, A., McArthur G., (2020) The effect of non-communicative eye movements on joint attention. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1177/1747021820945604
Weldon, K. B., Woolgar, A., Rich, A. N., & Williams, M. A. (2020). Late disruption of central visual field disrupts peripheral perception of form and color. PloS one, 15(1), e0219725.
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0219725
Brown, A. C., Peters J. L., Parson C., Crewther D. P., & Crewther S. G., (2020). Efficiency in magnocellular processing: A common deficit in neurodevelopment disorders. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 00049
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2020.00049/full
2019
Weldon, K. B., Woolgar, A., Rich, A. N., & Williams, M. A. (2019). Foveal feedback supports peripheral perception of both object color and form. BioRxiv, 690305.
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/690305v1.full.pdf
Woolgar, A., Dermody, N., Afshar, S., Williams, M. A., & Rich, A. N. (2019). Meaningful patterns of information in the brain revealed through analysis of errors. bioRxiv, 673681.
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/673681v1.full.pdf.
2018
Woolgar, A., Duncan, J., Manes, F., & Fedorenko, E. (2018). Fluid intelligence is supported by the multiple-demand system not the language system. Nature Human Behaviour, 2(3), 200-204.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-017-0282-3.pdf
Jackson, J. B., & Woolgar, A. (2018). Adaptive coding in the human brain: Distinct object features are encoded by overlapping voxels in frontoparietal cortex. Cortex, 108, 25-34.
Caruana, N., Stieglitz Ham, H., Brock, J., Woolgar, A., Kloth, N., Palermo, R., & McArthur, G. (2018). Joint attention difficulties in autistic adults: an interactive eye-tracking study. Autism, 22(4), 502-512.
Zopf, R., Butko, M., Woolgar, A., Williams, M. A., & Rich, A. N. (2018). Representing the location of manipulable objects in shape-selective occipitotemporal cortex: Beyond retinotopic reference frames?. Cortex, 106, 132-150. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2018.05.009
2017
Jackson, J., Rich, A. N., Williams, M. A., & Woolgar, A. (2017). Feature-selective attention in frontoparietal cortex: multivoxel codes adjust to prioritize task-relevant information. Journal of cognitive neuroscience, 29(2), 310-321.
https://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1162/jocn_a_01039
Woolgar, A., & Zopf, R. (2017). Multisensory coding in the multiple-demand regions: vibrotactile task information is coded in frontoparietal cortex. Journal of neurophysiology, 118(2), 703-716.
https://journals.physiology.org/doi/prev/20170412-aop/pdf/10.1152/jn.00559.2016
Caruana, N., McArthur, G., Woolgar, A., & Brock, J. (2017). Simulating social interactions for the experimental investigation of joint attention. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 74, 115-125.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2016.12.022
Caruana, N., McArthur, G., Woolgar, A., & Brock, J. (2017). Detecting communicative intent in a computerised test of joint attention. PeerJ, 5, e2899.
2016
Goddard, E., Carlson, T. A., Dermody, N., & Woolgar, A. (2016). Representational dynamics of object recognition: Feedforward and feedback information flows. Neuroimage, 128, 385-397.
http://mvr.mcgill.ca/goddard/goddard2016.pdf
Woolgar, A., Jackson, J., & Duncan, J. (2016). Coding of visual, auditory, rule, and response information in the brain: 10 years of multivoxel pattern analysis. Journal of cognitive neuroscience, 28(10), 1433-1454.
https://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1162/jocn_a_00981
Weldon, K. B., Rich, A. N., Woolgar, A., & Williams, M. A. (2016). Disruption of foveal space impairs discrimination of peripheral objects. Frontiers in psychology, 7, 699.
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00699
2015
Woolgar, A., Williams, M. A., & Rich, A. N. (2015). Attention enhances multi-voxel representation of novel objects in frontal, parietal and visual cortices. Neuroimage, 109, 429-437.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2014.12.083
Woolgar, A., Afshar, S., Williams, M. A., & Rich, A. N. (2015). Flexible coding of task rules in frontoparietal cortex: an adaptive system for flexible cognitive control. Journal of cognitive neuroscience, 27(10), 1895-1911.
https://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1162/jocn_a_00827
Caruana, N., Brock, J., & Woolgar, A. (2015). A frontotemporoparietal network common to initiating and responding to joint attention bids. Neuroimage, 108, 34-46.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2014.12.041
2014
Woolgar, A., Golland, P., & Bode, S. (2014). Coping with confounds in multivoxel pattern analysis: What should we do about reaction time differences? A comment on Todd, Nystrom & Cohen 2013. Neuroimage, 98, 506-512.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4450346/
Rivolta, D., Woolgar, A., Palermo, R., Butko, M., Schmalzl, L., & Williams, M. A. (2014). Multi-voxel pattern analysis (MVPA) reveals abnormal fMRI activity in both the “core” and “extended” face network in congenital prosopagnosia. Frontiers in human neuroscience, 8, 925.
https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2014.00925
2013
Woolgar, A., Bor, D., & Duncan, J. (2013). Global increase in task-related fronto-parietal activity after focal frontal lobe lesion. Journal of cognitive neuroscience, 25(9), 1542-1552.
https://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1162/jocn_a_00432
2011
Woolgar, A., Hampshire, A., Thompson, R., & Duncan, J. (2011). Adaptive coding of task-relevant information in human frontoparietal cortex. Journal of Neuroscience, 31(41), 14592-14599.
https://www.jneurosci.org/content/jneuro/31/41/14592.full.pdf
Woolgar, A., Thompson, R., Bor, D., & Duncan, J. (2011). Multi-voxel coding of stimuli, rules, and responses in human frontoparietal cortex. Neuroimage, 56(2), 744-752.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.04.035
Roca, M., Torralva, T., Gleichgerrcht, E., Woolgar, A., Thompson, R., Duncan, J., & Manes, F. (2011). The role of Area 10 (BA10) in human multitasking and in social cognition: a lesion study. Neuropsychologia, 49(13), 3525-3531.
http://facundomanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/98-the-role-of-area-10.pdf
2010
Roca, M., Parr, A., Thompson, R., Woolgar, A., Torralva, T., Antoun, N., ... & Duncan, J. (2010). Executive function and fluid intelligence after frontal lobe lesions. Brain, 133(1), 234-247.
https://doi.org/10.1093/brain/awp269
Woolgar, A., Parr, A., Cusack, R., Thompson, R., Nimmo-Smith, I., Torralva, T., ... & Duncan, J. (2010). Fluid intelligence loss linked to restricted regions of damage within frontal and parietal cortex. Proceedings of the national academy of sciences, 107(33), 14899-14902.
https://www.pnas.org/content/pnas/107/33/14899.full.pdf
2008
Duncan, J., Parr, A., Woolgar, A., Thompson, R., Bright, P., Cox, S., ... & Nimmo-Smith, I. (2008). Goal neglect and Spearman's g: competing parts of a complex task. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 137(1), 131.https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Peter_Bright/publication/5604357_Goal_Neglect_and_Spearman's_g_Competing_Parts_of_a_Complex_Task/links/56c5960e08aea564e305e2db.pdf
Hogan, S., Stokes, J., White, C., Tyszkiewicz, E., & Woolgar, A. (2008). An evaluation of auditory verbal therapy using the rate of early language development as an outcome measure. Deafness & education international, 10(3), 143-167.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1179/146431508790559760?needAccess=true