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Department of Cognitive Science

MEG Publications

Journal Articles

Rivolta, D., Palermo, R., Schmalzl, L., & Williams, M.A. (In Press). An early category-specific neural response for the perception of both places and faces. Cognitive Neuroscience.

Johnson, B.W., Crain, S., Thornton, R., Tesan, G., & Reid, M. (2010). Measurement of brain function in pre-school children using a custom sized whole-head MEG sensor array. Clinical Neurophysiology, 121, 340-349. doi:10.1016/j.clinph.2009.10.017

Johnson, B.W., & Hautus, M. (2010). Processing of spatial information in human auditory cortex: Neuromagnetic responses to interaural timing and level difference cues. Neuropsychologia, 48, 2610-2619.

Koelewijn, L., Dumont, J.R., Muthukumaraswamy, S.D., Rich, A.N., & Singh, K.D. (2010). Induced and evoked neural correlates of orientation selectivity in human visual cortex. NeuroImage, 54, 2983-2993.

Ng, T.H.B, Sowman, P.F., Brock, J., & Johnson, B.W. (2011). Premovement brain activity in a bimanual load-lifting task.Experimental Brain Research, 208, 189-201.

Tesan, G., Johnson, B.W., Crain, S. (In Press). How the brain interprets any: An MEG study. Brain and Language.

Tesan, G., Johnson, B.W., Reid, M., Thornton, R., & Crain, S. (2010). Measurement Of Neuromagnetic Brain Function In Pre-school Children With Custom Sized MEG. JoVE, 36. doi:10.3791/1693

Williams, M.A., & Perminder, P.S. (2010). Magnetoencephalograpy in neuropsychiatry: Ready for application? Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 23, 273-277.

Chapters

Johnson, B.W. (In Press). Processing of Binaural Information in Human Auditory Cortex. In Strumillo, P. (Ed.), Advances in Sound Localization (pp. 407-430). : InTech.

Papers in Conference Proceedings

Ng, T., Sowman, P., Brock, J., & Johnson, B. (2010). An EEG/MEG study of anticipatory postural adjustment in a bimanual load-lifting task. ASCS09: Proceedings of the 9th Conference of the Australasian Society for Cognitive Science.

Raicevich, G., Burwood, E., Dillon, H., Johnson, B., & Crain, S. (2010). Wide band pneumatic sound system for MEG. Proceedings of 20th International Congress on Acoustics, ICA 2010, Sydney, Australia, 23-27 August 2010.

Reid, M., Johnson, B., McArthur, G., Castles, A., & Hautus, M. (2010). Auditory processing in the dyslexic brain. In Christensen, W., Schier, E., & Sutton, J. (Eds.), ASCS09: Proceedings of the 9th Conference of the Australasian Society for Cognitive Science (pp. 293-297). Sydney: Macquarie Centre for Cognitive Science.

Conference Abstracts

Brock, J., & Johnson, B.W. (2009). A MEG study of sentence context effects in auditory word processing. Poster presented at EPC09 Australian Experimental Psychology Conference, Wollongong, Australia, 17-19 April 2009.

Brock, J., Johnson, B.W., Bzishvili, S., & Reid, M. (2010). Investigating auditory cortical responses in autism with magnetoencephalograpy. Poster presented at A Brain Research meeting: The emerging neuroscience of autism spectrum disorders. Etiologic insights; Treatment Opportunities. 11-12 November 2010, San Diego, California.

Brock, J., Johnson, B.W., & Calacouris, S. (2009). A MEG study of sentence context effects in auditory word processing. Paper presented at 9th Conference of Australasian Society for Cognitive Science 2009 ASCS09, Sydney, Australia, 30 September – 2 October 2009. http://www.maccs.mq.edu.au/news/conferences/2009/ASCS2009/

Brock, J., Johnson, B.W., Sowman, P., & Calacouris, S., & Heck, P. (2010, April). A magnetoencephalography study of oscillatory brain responses to spoken words. Paper presented at the EPC10 Australian Experimental Psychology Conference, Melbourne, Australia.

Crain, S., Tesan, G., Johnson, B.W., & Thornton, R. (2009, June). What MEG reveals about children's linguistic competence. Paper presented at the enerative Approaches to Language (GALA 2009), Lisbon, Portugal.

Rivolta, D., Williams, M.A., Schmalzl, L., & Palermo, R. (2010). Faces and Places in the Brain: An MEG Investigation [Abstract]. Journal of Vision. (DOI: 10.1167/10.7.1266).

Heathcote, A., Provost, A., Brown S., & Johnson, B.W. (2009). Skill acquisition in mental rotation. Poster presented at EPC09 Australian Experimental Psychology Conference, Wollongong, Australia, 17-19 April 2009.

Imada, T., Pihko, E., Taulu, S., Bosseler, A., Ahonen, A., Mäkelä, J., Kuhl, P.K., Huotilainen, M., Johnson, B.W., & Crain, S. (In Press). Recording and analysis of perceptual/cognitive MEG/EEG responses from neonates/infants/children. Paper presented at BioMag2010, International Conference on Biomagnetism, Dubrovnik, Croatia, 28 March- 1 April 2010. Frontiers in Neuroscience Methods.

Johnson, B.W. (2010). Magnetoencephalography. Invited paper presented at ASP, 19th Australasian Psychophysiology Society Conference, Newcastle, Australia, 28-30 November, 2009. Clinical EEG and Neuroscience, 41(2), 109.

Johnson, B.W., & Crain, S. (In Press). Studies of perception and cognition in preschool children using a custom sized whole head MEG. Paper presented at Symposium on Human Brain Development, Satellite to BioMag2010, International Conference on Biomagnetism, Dubrovnik, Croatia, 28 March- 1 April 2010. Frontiers in Neuroscience Methods.

Johnson, B.W., Provost, A., Brown, S., Heathcote, A. (2009). Acquiring expertise in the mental manipulation of visual images: Visual brain activity associated with extensive practice in a mental rotation task. Poster presented at 9th Conference of Australasian Society for Cognitive Science 2009 ASCS09, Sydney, Australia, 30 September – 2 October 2009. http://www.maccs.mq.edu.au/news/conferences/2009/ASCS2009/

Johnson, B.W., Provost, A., Brown, S.D., & Heathcote, A (2009). Acquiring expertise in the mental manipulation of visual images: Effects on event-related brain potentials. Poster presented at EPC09 Australian Experimental Psychology Conference, Wollongong, Australia, 17-19 April 2009.

Johnson, B.W., Reid M., McArthur, G., Castles, A., & Hautus, M. (2010). A comparison of EEG and MEG for assessment of hemispheric asymmetries in brain function. Poster presented at EPC10 Australian Experimental Psychology Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 8-10 April 2010.

Kaminga, J., Johnson, B.W., & Savage, G. (2010). An MEG study of material-specific lateralization of perception and memory. Poster presented at 16th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping, Barcelona, Spain, 6-10 June 2010.
Ng, T., Johnson, BW, Brock, J., Sowman, P. (2009). Neuro-motor coordination in developmental disorders: new research directions. Poster presented at 9th Conference of Australasian Society for Cognitive Science 2009 ASCS09, Sydney, Australia, 30 September – 2 October 2009. http://www.maccs.mq.edu.au/news/conferences/2009/ASCS2009/

Provost, A, Johnson, B.W., Brown, S., & Heathcote, A (2010). Brain activity associated with extensive practice in a mental rotation task. Poster presented at ASP, 19th Australasian Psychophysiology Society Conference, Newcastle, Australia, 28-30 November, 2009. Awarded best PhD poster presentation. Clinical EEG and Neuroscience, 41(2), 115.

Provost A, Johnson BW, Brown S, Heathcote A (2010). Activity associated with extensive practice in a mental rotation task - evidence for different strategies. Poster presented at EPC10 Australian Experimental Psychology Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 8-10 April 2010.

Raicevich, G., Burwood, H., Dillon, H., Johnson, BW, Crain, S. (2010). Wideband pneumatic stereo audio system for MEG and MRI. Paper presented at Audiology Australia XIX National Conference, Sydney, Australia, 16-19 May 2010. http://www.audiology.consec.com.au/

Reid, M, Johnson, BW, McArthur, G., Castles, A., Hautus, M. (2009). Auditory processing in the dyslexic brain. Poster presented at 9th Conference of Australasian Society for Cognitive Science 2009 ASCS09, Sydney, Australia, 30 September – 2 October 2009. http://www.maccs.mq.edu.au/news/conferences/2009/ASCS2009/

Reid, M., Johnson, B.W., Tesan, G., Thornton, R., & Crain, S. (2010). Functional brain imaging of pre-school aged children using a child-sized whole head MEG system. Paper presented at EPC10 Australian Experimental Psychology Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 8-10 April 2010.

Savage, G., Johnson, B., Willis, M., Lee, S., & McArthur, G. (2009). ERP measures of material specificity for crossmodal relational memory. Poster presented at 15th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping, San Francisco, USA, 18-23 June 2009. Neuroimage 47 (Suppl 1), on CD ROM.

Sowman, P., Johnson, B.W., Reid, M., Harrison, W., & Crain, S. (2010, April). Brain dynamics of picture naming in preschoolers: An MEG study. Poster session presented at the EPC10 Australian Experimental Psychology Conference, Melbourne, Australia.

Tesan, G., Johnson, B.W., Reid, M., Thornton, R., & Crain, S. (2010). Using a whole-head child MEG to assess language development in four year old children. Poster presented at BioMag2010, International Conference on Biomagnetism, Dubrovnik, Croatia, 21 March- 1 April 2010. Frontiers in Neuroscience Methods, In Press.

Tsai, P.-S., Tzeng, O. J.-L., Crain, S., Tesan, G., & Wu, D.H. (2009, October). Using magnetoencephalography (MEG) to investigate semantic processing of negative polarity items. Paper presented at the International Conference on the Processing of East Asian Languages, Beijing, China.