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Barry Oken is affiliated with Oregon Health & Science University in the United States. Their research activity spans multiple disciplines, primarily within medicine, neuroscience, and psychology. These areas of study include cognitive neuroscience, clinical psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, and psychiatry and mental health.

Their main research topics cover EEG and brain-computer interfaces, mindfulness and compassion interventions, neural and behavioral psychology studies, neural dynamics and brain function, neuroscience and neural engineering, musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation, and pain management and placebo effect.

Barry Oken has contributed to several publication venues regularly. Frequent venues for their work include Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, arXiv (Cornell University), Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders, Scientific Reports, and Complementary Therapies in Medicine.

Their recent papers include the following:

  • Phase I randomized trial of liothyronine for remyelination in multiple sclerosis: A dose-ranging study with assessment of reliability of visual outcomes, 2020, Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders
  • Immediate impact of yogic breathing on pulsatile cerebrospinal fluid dynamics, 2022, Scientific Reports
  • SSVEP BCI and Eye Tracking Use by Individuals With Late-Stage ALS and Visual Impairments, 2020, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
  • Results of a mindfulness intervention feasibility study among elder African American women: A qualitative analysis, 2020, Complementary Therapies in Medicine
  • A systematic review of research on augmentative and alternative communication brain-computer interface systems for individuals with disabilities, 2022, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Frequent co-authors working with Barry Oken include Daniel Klee, Tab Memmott, Melanie Fried-Oken, Betts Peters, and Dana Dharmakaya Colgan.

Best Publications

  • Vigilance, alertness, or sustained attention: physiological basis and measurement.

    B.S. Oken;M.C. Salinsky;S.M. Elsas

  • Randomized controlled trial of yoga and exercise in multiple sclerosis

    Barry S. Oken;S. Kishiyama;D. Zajdel;D. Bourdette

  • RANDOMIZED, CONTROLLED, SIX-MONTH TRIAL OF YOGA IN HEALTHY SENIORS: EFFECTS ON COGNITION AND QUALITY OF LIFE

    Barry S. Oken;Daniel Zajdel;Shirley Kishiyama;Kristin Flegal

  • The Efficacy of Ginkgo biloba on Cognitive Function in Alzheimer Disease

    Barry S. Oken;Daniel M. Storzbach;Jeffrey A. Kaye

  • Volume loss of the hippocampus and temporal lobe in healthy elderly persons destined to develop dementia

    Jeffrey A. Kaye;T. Swihart;D. Howieson;A. Dame

  • Practice parameter: management of dementia (an evidence-based review).

    Barry S. Oken

  • Effects of a standardized Bacopa monnieri extract on cognitive performance, anxiety, and depression in the elderly: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.

    Carlo Calabrese;William L. Gregory;Michael Leo;Dale Kraemer

  • A systems approach to stress, stressors and resilience in humans.

    Barry S. Oken;Irina Chamine;Wayne W. Wakeland

  • Mind–body interventions Applications in neurology

    Helané Wahbeh;Siegward M. Elsas;Barry S. Oken

  • Motor slowing precedes cognitive impairment in the oldest old

    Richard Camicioli;D. Howieson;B. Oken;G. Sexton

  • Test-retest reliability in EEG frequency analysis.

    M.C. Salinsky;B.S. Oken;L. Morehead

  • The association of obesity with joint pain and osteoarthritis in the HANES data

    Arthur J. Hartz;Mary E. Fischer;Gordon Bril;Sheryl Kelber

  • Placebo effects: clinical aspects and neurobiology

    Barry S. Oken

  • Statistical issues concerning computerized analysis of brainwave topography.

    Barry S. Oken;Keith H. Chiappa

  • Pilot Controlled Trial of Mindfulness Meditation and Education for Dementia Caregivers

    Barry S. Oken;Irina Fonareva;Mitchell Haas;Helane Wahbeh

  • Physiological and functional consequences of caregiving for relatives with dementia.

    Irina Fonareva;Barry S. Oken

  • A randomized placebo-controlled trial of Ginkgo biloba for the prevention of cognitive decline

    H. H. Dodge;T. Zitzelberger;B. S. Oken;D. Howieson

  • Neurologic function in the optimally healthy oldest old: Neuropsychological evaluation

    Diane B. Howieson;L. A. Holm;L. A. Holm;J. A. Kaye;B. S. Oken

  • Neurologic evaluation of the optimally healthy oldest old

    Jeffrey A. Kaye;Barry S. Oken;Diane B. Howieson;John Howieson

  • Verbal fluency task affects gait in Parkinson's disease with motor freezing.

    Richard Camicioli;Richard Camicioli;Barry S. Oken;Gary Sexton;Jeffrey A. Kaye;Jeffrey A. Kaye

  • Acupuncture for the Treatment of Peripheral Neuropathy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    Alexandra Dimitrova;Charles Murchison;Barry Oken

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeffrey Kaye
Jeffrey Kaye Oregon Health & Science University
Martin C. Salinsky
Martin C. Salinsky Oregon Health & Science University
Diane B. Howieson
Diane B. Howieson Oregon Health & Science University
Keith H. Chiappa
Keith H. Chiappa Harvard University
Daniel Storzbach
Daniel Storzbach Oregon Health & Science University
Mary M. Heinricher
Mary M. Heinricher Oregon Health & Science University
Suzanne H. Mitchell
Suzanne H. Mitchell Oregon Health & Science University
Joel T. Nigg
Joel T. Nigg Oregon Health & Science University
Haydeh Payami
Haydeh Payami University of Alabama at Birmingham
Thomas D. Bird
Thomas D. Bird University of Washington

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