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Overview

Derek Evan Nee is affiliated with Florida State University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on neuroscience, with a significant emphasis on cognitive neuroscience. The subfields they contribute to include cognitive neuroscience, neurology, experimental and cognitive psychology, social psychology, and clinical psychology.

The main topics of Derek Evan Nee's work encompass various aspects of brain function and cognition. These topics include neural dynamics and brain function, functional brain connectivity studies, neural and behavioral psychology studies, EEG and brain-computer interfaces, memory and neural mechanisms, cognitive functions and memory, as well as vestibular and auditory disorders.

Notable recent publications by Derek Evan Nee and close collaborators include:

  • Evidence for Hierarchical Cognitive Control in the Human Cerebellum, 2020, Current Biology
  • Integrative frontal-parietal dynamics supporting cognitive control, 2021, eLife
  • Dissociable neural mechanisms underlie currently-relevant, future-relevant, and discarded working memory representations, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Brain Differences Associated with Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behaviors: A Meta-Analysis of Neuroimaging Studies, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Manipulating Reward Sensitivity Using Reward Circuit-Targeted Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, 2022, Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging

Frequent coauthors in Derek Evan Nee's research include:

  • Derek M. Smith
  • Ally Dworetsky
  • Megan Dorn
  • Caterina Gratton
  • Steven E. Petersen

Their work has been published repeatedly in several venues, highlighting the primary forums for dissemination in their field. These venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Scientific Reports
  • Current Biology
  • eLife
  • Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging

Derek Evan Nee's scholarly output consists largely of neuroscience-focused studies, with 37 publications categorized under this main field. The scientist's work in cognitive neuroscience is particularly prominent with 33 related publications. Other subfields such as neurology and experimental and cognitive psychology also feature in their research profile.

Best Publications

  • The Mind and Brain of Short-Term Memory

    John Jonides;Richard L. Lewis;Derek Evan Nee;Cindy A. Lustig

  • Interference resolution: Insights from a meta-analysis of neuroimaging tasks

    Derek Evan Nee;Tor D. Wager;John Jonides

  • Frontal Cortex and the Hierarchical Control of Behavior.

    David Badre;Derek Evan Nee

  • Depression, rumination and the default network

    Marc G. Berman;Scott Peltier;Derek Evan Nee;Ethan Kross

  • A Meta-analysis of Executive Components of Working Memory

    Derek Evan Nee;Joshua W. Brown;Mary K. Askren;Mary K. Askren;Marc G. Berman

  • Brain mechanisms of proactive interference in working memory.

    J. Jonides;D.E. Nee

  • Common and unique components of response inhibition revealed by fMRI.

    Tor D. Wager;Ching-Yune C. Sylvester;Steven C. Lacey;Derek Evan Nee

  • Benchmarks for models of short-term and working memory.

    Klaus Oberauer;Stephan Lewandowsky;Edward Awh;Gordon D.A. Brown

  • Processes of Working Memory in Mind and Brain

    John Jonides;Steven C. Lacey;Derek Evan Nee

  • The hierarchical organization of the lateral prefrontal cortex

    Derek Evan Nee;Derek Evan Nee;Mark D'Esposito;Mark D'Esposito

  • Causal evidence for frontal cortex organization for perceptual decision making

    Dobromir Rahnev;Derek Evan Nee;Justin Riddle;Alina Sue Larson

  • Neural correlates of access to short-term memory

    Derek Evan Nee;John Jonides

  • Neural mechanisms of proactive interference-resolution.

    Derek Evan Nee;John Jonides;Marc G. Berman

  • Functional heterogeneity of conflict, error, task-switching, and unexpectedness effects within medial prefrontal cortex

    Derek Evan Nee;Sabine Kastner;Joshua W. Brown

  • Flexible Coding of Visual Working Memory Representations during Distraction

    Elizabeth S. Lorenc;Kartik K. Sreenivasan;Derek E. Nee;Derek E. Nee;Annelinde R.E. Vandenbroucke;Annelinde R.E. Vandenbroucke

  • Neural and behavioral effects of interference resolution in depression and rumination

    Marc G. Berman;Derek Evan Nee;Melynda Casement;Hyang Sook Kim

  • Hippocampal-targeted Theta-burst Stimulation Enhances Associative Memory Formation.

    Arielle Tambini;Derek Evan Nee;Derek Evan Nee;Mark D'Esposito

  • Common and distinct neural correlates of perceptual and memorial selection

    Derek Evan Nee;John Jonides

  • CNTRICS Final Task Selection: Working Memory

    M Deanna;Marc G. Berman;Randy Engle;Jessica Hurdelbrink Jones

  • Dissociable contributions of prefrontal cortex and the hippocampus to short-term memory: evidence for a 3-state model of memory.

    Derek Evan Nee;Derek Evan Nee;John Jonides

Frequent Co-Authors

John Jonides
John Jonides University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Mark D'Esposito
Mark D'Esposito University of California, Berkeley
Marc G. Berman
Marc G. Berman University of Chicago
Joshua W. Brown
Joshua W. Brown Indiana University
Thomas E. Nichols
Thomas E. Nichols University of Oxford
Gordon D. A. Brown
Gordon D. A. Brown University of Warwick
Nelson Cowan
Nelson Cowan University of Missouri
Stephan Lewandowsky
Stephan Lewandowsky University of Bristol
Andrew R. A. Conway
Andrew R. A. Conway Claremont Graduate University
Ethan Kross
Ethan Kross University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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