Publications

Differential neural activity across Hierarchical Bayesian inference under uncertainty in Older and Younger adults

Hierarchical relations drive state changes in environments. The brain may encode these through Bayesian inference. Neural correlates of …
Differential neural activity across Hierarchical Bayesian inference under uncertainty in Older and Younger adults

Introduction to the special issue: Bringing the brain into education: The application of findings from the Science of Learning to teacher training and development

The Science of Learning, “the scientific study of the underlying bases of learning with the goal of describing, understanding, or …
Adam John Privitera, Annabel Chen, Maria Teresa Carthery-Goulart
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Understanding Music and Aging through the lens of Bayesian Inference

Bayesian inference has recently gained momentum in explaining music perception and aging. A fundamental mechanism underlying Bayesian …
Gladys Heng, Vae Zhang Jiayi, Leonardo Bonetti, Wilson Lim, Peter Vuust, Kat Agres, Annabel Chen
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Behavioural and brain activation differences in Hierarchical Bayesian Inference across Age

Hierarchical causal relations underlie state changes in dynamic environments. These relations could beencoded in the brain …
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Behavioural and brain activation differences in Hierarchical Bayesian Inference across Age

Does fiction reading influence Theory of Mind? An EEG study based on time-domain and time-frequency-domain approaches

The understanding of false belief, others’ beliefs can differ from reality, is essential in Theory of Mind, which has been shown to …
Zhong Miao, Him Cheung, Annabel Chen
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Autonomic and respiratory changes in young and old adults with non-clinical depression and anxiety

Previous research has found that good health is tied to flexibility in multiple bodily systems, with reduced variability signalling …
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Cognitive and neural mechanisms of learning and interventions for improvement across the adult lifespan: A systematic review protocol

Background:
There continues to be growing interest in the Science of Learning including identifying applications for findings from this …
Adam John Privitera, Siew Hang Sally Ng, Annabel Chen
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Understanding of Psychological Literacy: Comparative Insights From Undergraduates in China and the United Kingdom

Background:
Psychological literacy has attracted considerable attention globally. However, no study has focused on this concept in …
Adam John Privitera, Jue Wang, Xin Jiang
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AI and Aphasia in the Digital Age: A Critical Review

Aphasiology has a long and rich tradition of contributing to understanding how culture, language, and social environment contribute to …
Adam John Privitera, Siew Hiang Sally Ng, Anthony Pak-Hin Kong, Brendan Stuart Weekes
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Subjective versus objective language proficiency measures in the investigation of bilingual effects on cognitive control

Purpose:
Bilingual language experience is thought to confer non-linguistic benefits in general cognition including improved cognitive …
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Is there a foreign language effect on academic integrity?

In China, the prevalence of academic dishonesty has attracted considerable negative attention. One explanation for observed differences …
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Tracking gaze position from EEG: Exploring the possibility of an EEG-based virtual eye-tracker

Ocular artifact has long been viewed as an impediment to the interpretation of electroencephalogram (EEG) signals in basic and applied …
Rui Sun, Andy S.K. Cheng, Cynthia Chan, Janet Hsiao, Adam John Privitera, Junling Gao, Ching-hang Fong, Ruoxi Ding, Akaysha C. Tang
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Functional priority of syntax over semantics in Chinese ‘ba’ construction: evidence from eye-tracking during natural reading

Studies on sentence processing in inflectional languages support that syntactic structure building functionally precedes semantic …
Yanjun Wei, Yingjuan Tang, Adam John Privitera
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Defining the Science of Learning: A Scoping Review

This article synthesizes a working definition of the Science of Learning by performing an exhaustive review of all previously published …
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Age-Related Changes in Episodic Processing of Scenes: A Functional Activation and Connectivity Study

The posterior-to-anterior shift in aging (PASA) effect is seen as a compensatory model that enables older adults to meet increased …
Makoto Miyakoshi, Josephine Astrid Archer, Chiao-Yi Wu, Toshiharu Nakai, Shen-Hsing Annabel Chen
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Age-Related Changes in Episodic Processing of Scenes: A Functional Activation and Connectivity Study

Theta-burst stimulation-induced cortical plasticity in younger and older adults: a TMS-EEG study

Continuous theta burst stimulation (cTBS) has been shown to modulate cortical inhibition and excitability, with previous transcranial …
Project Poster
Theta-burst stimulation-induced cortical plasticity in younger and older adults: a TMS-EEG study

Social Dance to Maintain Cognitive Performance and Cortical Morphology in Older Adults with MCI

Dancing engages a diverse network of brain regions that support neurobehavioral processes that are associated with cognitive functions. …
Hsin-Yu Lin, Chiao-Yi Wu, Ma. Fe P. De Guzman, Justine Yu, Jacqueline Cotoong Dominguez, Annabel Shen-Hsing Chen
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Social Dance to Maintain Cognitive Performance and Cortical Morphology in Older Adults with MCI

Mapping the Cerebellum to the Neural Network of Reading in Bilinguals

Neuroimaging studies have proposed that reading operates via two routes in the cerebral cortex; a sub-lexical dorsal route which maps …
Wei Ting Serena Chua, Chiao-Yi Wu, Beth O'Brien, Brenda Rapp, John John, Kenichi Oishi, Annabel Shen-Hsing Chen
Mapping the Cerebellum to the Neural Network of Reading in Bilinguals

HRV mediates the relationship between isthmus cingulate thickness and inhibitory control

The cingulate cortex (CC) is at the centre of networks such as the default mode network, salience network, and the dorsal attention …
Vae Zhang Jiayi, Wilson Lim, Annika Tang, Edward Tan, Ho Chinwei, Isaac Teo, Kinnard Chen, Annabel Chen
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HRV mediates the relationship between isthmus cingulate thickness and inhibitory control

Associations between brain structure, HRV, and depression and anxiety in a non-clinical sample

Autonomic variations such as changes in heart rate variability (HRV) have been found in both clinical and non-clinical populations of …
Project Poster
Associations between brain structure, HRV, and depression and anxiety in a non-clinical sample

Brain entropy, fractal dimensions and predictability: A review of complexity measures for EEG in healthy and neuropsychiatric populations

There has been an increasing trend towards the use of complexity analysis in quantifying neural activity measured by …
Zen J. Lau, Tam Pham, S. H. Annabel Chen, Dominique Makowski
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Brain entropy, fractal dimensions and predictability: A review of complexity measures for EEG in healthy and neuropsychiatric populations

The Structure of Chaos: An Empirical Comparison of Fractal Physiology Complexity Indices Using NeuroKit2

Complexity quantification, through entropy, information theory and fractal dimension indices, is gaining a renewed traction in …
Dominique Makowski, An Shu Te, Tam Pham, Zen J. Lau, S. H. Annabel Chen
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The Structure of Chaos: An Empirical Comparison of Fractal Physiology Complexity Indices Using NeuroKit2

Do labels matter? The effect of specific and generic labels on university students’ openness towards autistic peers

Background: The number of autistic students enroling into universities and completing a higher education qualification is increasing. …
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Theta Power Differences as a Function of Level of Familiarity with a Musical Style

Learning mechanisms are one of the primary reasons why different individuals have similar or different emotional responses to music. …
Theta Power Differences as a Function of Level of Familiarity with a Musical Style

Fractal Dimensions of EEG Activity is Linked to Distinct Facets of Resting-State Cognition

Resting state electroencephalogram (rsEEG) is a non-invasive and inexpensive measure of neural activity, with rest presenting a unique, …
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Fractal Dimensions of EEG Activity is Linked to Distinct Facets of Resting-State Cognition

A Closer Look at Cardiac Contraction and the Effect of Cardiac Timing on Cognitive Control

Existing literature has found converging evidence that bodily states, such as cardiac or respiratory activity, have an influence on …
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A Closer Look at Cardiac Contraction and the Effect of Cardiac Timing on Cognitive Control

Investigating the effects of background noise and music on cognitive test performance in introverts and extraverts: A cross-cultural study

Previous research found that introverts performed worse than extraverts on cognitive tasks in the presence of noise or music in a …
Wilson Lim, Adrian Furnham, Alastair McClelland
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Cerebellar Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) Impairs Visual Working Memory

An increasing body of evidence points to the involvement of the cerebellum in cognition. Specifically, previous studies have shown that …
Nestor Vinas-Guash, Tommy Hock Beng Ng, Jiamin Gladys Heng, Yee Cheun Chan, Efffie Chew, John E. Desmond, Annabel Chen
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Cerebellar Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) Impairs Visual Working Memory

Sex difference in tDCS current mediated by changes in cortical anatomy: A study across young, middle and older adults

Introduction: The observed variability in the effects of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is influenced by the amount of …
Sagarika Bhattacharjee1, Rajan Kashyap, Alicia M. Goodwill, Beth Ann O’Brien, Brenda Rapp, Kenichi Oishi, John E. Desmond, Annabel Chen
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Sex difference in tDCS current mediated by changes in cortical anatomy: A study across young, middle and older adults

Focality-Oriented Selection of Current Dose for Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation

Background: In transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), the injected current becomes distributed across the brain areas. The …
Rajan Kashyap, Sagarika Bhattacharjee1, Ramaswamy Arumugam, Rose Dawn Bharath, Kaviraja Udupa, Kenichi Oishi, John E. Desmond, Annabel Chen, Cuntai Guan
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Focality-Oriented Selection of Current Dose for Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation

Brain Entropy, Fractal Dimensions and Predictability: A Review of Complexity Measures for EEG in Healthy and Neuropsychiatric Populations

While electroencephalography (EEG) signals are commonly examined using conventional linear methods, there has been an increasing trend …
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Brain Entropy, Fractal Dimensions and Predictability: A Review of Complexity Measures for EEG in Healthy and Neuropsychiatric Populations

A Parametric Framework to Generate Visual Illusions using Python

Visual illusions have had considerable importance in the history of psychological science, leading to important scientific …
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A Parametric Framework to Generate Visual Illusions using Python

Heart Rate Variability in Psychology: A Review of HRV Indices and an Analysis Tutorial

The use of heart rate variability (HRV) in research has been greatly popularized over the past decades due to the ease and …
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Heart Rate Variability in Psychology: A Review of HRV Indices and an Analysis Tutorial

The Structure of Deception: Validation of the Lying Profile Questionnaire

While deception is considered as a common phenomenon with important implications, its conceptualization and study as a dispositional …
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The Structure of Deception: Validation of the Lying Profile Questionnaire

NeuroKit2: A Python toolbox for neurophysiological signal processing

NeuroKit2 is an open-source, community-driven, and user-centered Python package for neurophysiological signal processing. It provides a …
Dominique Makowski, Tam-Pham, ZenJuen-Lau, Jan C. Brammer, François Lespinasse, Hung Pham, 3Christopher Schölzel, Annabel Chen
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NeuroKit2: A Python toolbox for neurophysiological signal processing

Individual-fMRI-approaches reveal cerebellum and visual communities to be functionally connected in obsessive compulsive disorder

There is significant interest in understanding the pathophysiology of Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder (OCD) using resting-state fMRI …
Rajan Kashyap, Eng Goi Khia, Sagarika Bhattacharjee, Bhanu Gupta, Roger Ho, Cyrus S. H. Ho, Melvyn Zhang, Rathi Mahendran, Kang Sim, Annabel Chen
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Individual-fMRI-approaches reveal cerebellum and visual communities to be functionally connected in obsessive compulsive disorder

Aging patterns of Japanese auditory semantic processing: an fMRI study

The efficacy of listening comprehension is presumably sustained over the life span, contradicting the stereotype of universal cognitive …
Hengshuang Liu, Makoto Miyakoshi, Toshiharu Naka, Annabel Chen
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Aging patterns of Japanese auditory semantic processing: an fMRI study

Reading proficiency influences the effects of transcranial direct current stimulation: Evidence from selective modulation of dorsal and ventral pathways of reading in bilinguals

Introduction: tDCS can modulate reading which is processed by lexical (ventral) and sub-lexical (dorsal) pathways. Previous research …
Sagarika Bhattacharjee, Rajan Kashyap, Beth Ann O’Brien, Michael McCloskey, Kenichi Oishi, John E. Desmond, Brenda Rapp, Annabel Chen
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Reading proficiency influences the effects of transcranial direct current stimulation: Evidence from selective modulation of dorsal and ventral pathways of reading in bilinguals

Psychological Determinants of the Susceptibility to Fake News amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic

In this study, we seek to examine whether the belief in conspiracy theories and one’s ability to regulate emotions are related to one’s …
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Psychological Determinants of the Susceptibility to Fake News amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic

i-SATA: A MATLAB based toolbox to estimate current density generated by transcranial direct current stimulation in an individual brain

Background: Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) is a technique where a weak current is passed through the electrodes placed …
Rajan Kashyap, Sagarika Bhattacharjee, Ramaswamy Arumugam, Kenichi Oishi, John E. Desmond, Annabel Chen
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i-SATA: A MATLAB based toolbox to estimate current density generated by transcranial direct current stimulation in an individual brain

The role of primary motor cortex: More than movement execution

The neuroscience community has widely acknowledged primary motor cortex as a region important for execution of voluntary motor …
Sagarika Bhattacharjee, Rajan Kashyap, Turki Abualait, Annabel Chen, Woo-Kyoung Yoo, Shahid Bashir
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The role of primary motor cortex: More than movement execution

Indices of effect existence and significance in the Bayesian framework

The Bayesian framework is increasingly believed to address some issues with the frequentist framework, especially the misuse and …
Dominique Makowski, Mattan S. Ben-Shachar, Annabel Chen, Daniel Lüdecke
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Indices of effect existence and significance in the Bayesian framework

Maximizing dissimilarity in resting state detects heterogeneous subtypes in healthy population associated with high substance use and problems in antisocial personality

Resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI) has been widely used to study the differences in brain activation pattern …
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Maximizing dissimilarity in resting state detects heterogeneous subtypes in healthy population associated with high substance use and problems in antisocial personality

Translating education neuroscience for teachers

Tham and colleagues (2019) examined if translating neuroscience abstracts into simple language could help teachers better understand …
Rachel Tham, Zachary Walker, Shi Hui Desiree Tan, LiTong-Low, Annabel Chen
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Translating education neuroscience for teachers

Brain literacy empowers educators to meet diverse learner needs

Walker and colleagues (2019) posited that brain literacy has the potential to help educators meet the needs of diverse learners. They …
Zachary Walker, James B. Hale, Annabel Chen, Kenneth Poon
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Brain literacy empowers educators to meet diverse learner needs

Simulation analyses of tDcS montages for the investigation of dorsal and ventral pathways

Modulating higher cognitive functions like reading with transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) can be challenging as reading …
Sagarika Bhattacharjee, Rajan Kashyap, Brenda Rapp, Kenichi Oishi, John E. Desmond, Annabel Chen
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Cerebro-cerebellar pathways for verbal working memory

Verbal working memory involves holding verbal information in short-term memory. Two cerebro-cerebellar networks for verbal working …
Monika Sobczak-Edmans, Yu-Chun Lo, Yung-Chin Hsu, Yu-Jen Chen, Fu Yu Kwok, Kai-Hsiang Chuang, Wen-Yih Isaac Tseng, Annabel Chen
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Cerebro-cerebellar pathways for verbal working memory

Working memory, age and education: A lifespan fMRI study

Our brain changes in terms of mental functions and its structures as we age. In this study, we examined age-related differences in …
Jo A. Archer, Annie Lee, Anqi Qiu, Annabel Chen
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Working memory, age and education: A lifespan fMRI study

Functional connectivity of resting-state, working memory and inhibition networks in perceived stress

In this study, we examined the relationship between perceived stress and brain functioning in women and men. Using functional magnetic …
Jo A. Archer, Annie Lee, Anqi Qiu, Annabel Chen
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Functional connectivity of resting-state, working memory and inhibition networks in perceived stress

The role of regional heterogeneity in age-related differences in functional hemispheric asymmetry: an fMRI study

Some cognitive functions, such as language processing, utilize one side of the brain more than the other. This pattern of brain …
Gladys Heng, Chiao-Yi Wu, Jo A. Archer, Makoto Miyakoshi, Toshiharu Nakai, Annabel Chen
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The role of regional heterogeneity in age-related differences in functional hemispheric asymmetry: an fMRI study

Frontal-subcortical circuitry in social attachment and relationships: A cross-sectional fMRI ALE meta-analysis

Researchers have explored the concept of attachment in multiple ways, from animal studies examining imprinting to abnormal attachment …
Shu-Hui Lee, Zachary Walker, James B. Hale, Annabel Chen
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Frontal-subcortical circuitry in social attachment and relationships: A cross-sectional fMRI ALE meta-analysis

Reconciling individual differences with collective needs: The juxtaposition of sociopolitical and neuroscience perspectives on remediation and compensation of student skill deficits

The increasingly diverse student population within classrooms potentially stretches the competencies of every teacher. Differentiated …
James B. Hale, Annabel Chen, Seng Chee Tan, Kenneth Poon, Kim R. Fitzer, Lara A. Boyd
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Reconciling individual differences with collective needs: The juxtaposition of sociopolitical and neuroscience perspectives on remediation and compensation of student skill deficits

Modality specificity in the cerebro-cerebellar neurocircuitry during working memory

Previous studies have suggested cerebro-cerebellar circuitry in working memory. The present fMRI study aims to distinguish differential …
H. B. Tommy Ng, K. L. Cathy Kao, Yeecheun Chan, Effie Chew, Kai-Hsiang Chuang, Annabel Chen
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Modality specificity in the cerebro-cerebellar neurocircuitry during working memory

A comprehensive analysis of connectivity and aging over the adult life span

Aging has been associated with decreased intra- and internetwork connectivity during rest and task. Recent work has shown the …
Jo A. Archer, Annie Lee, Anqi Qiu, Annabel Chen
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A comprehensive analysis of connectivity and aging over the adult life span

Temporal dynamics of visual working memory

The involvement of the human cerebellum in working memory has been well established in the last decade. However, the cerebro-cerebellar …
Monika Sobczak-Edmans, H. B. Tommy Ng, Yeecheun Chan, Effie Chew, Kai-Hsiang Chuang, Annabel Chen
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Temporal dynamics of visual working memory