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Douglas Cheyne

Douglas Cheyne

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Neuroscience

D-Index
51
Citations
8817
World Ranking
5557
National Ranking
323

Overview

Douglas Cheyne is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada and has contributed extensively to the fields of neuroscience and psychology, with a strong focus on cognitive neuroscience. Their research intersects multiple subfields including cognitive neuroscience, neurology, experimental and cognitive psychology, developmental and educational psychology, and social psychology.

The main topics of Douglas Cheyne's work cover a range of areas related to brain function and language. These include:

  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
  • Phonetics and Phonology Research
  • Motor Control and Adaptation
  • Language Development and Disorders
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Action Observation and Synchronization

Among recent publications, Douglas Cheyne has contributed to a number of papers across several scientific journals, including:

  • "Theta oscillations support the interface between language and memory," 2020, NeuroImage
  • "White matter microstructural differences underlying beta oscillations during speech in adults who stutter," 2021, Brain and Language
  • "Somatosensory Plasticity in Hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy Following Constraint Induced Movement Therapy," 2021, Pediatric Neurology
  • "Gender differences in navigation performance are associated with differential theta and high-gamma activities in the hippocampus and parahippocampus," 2020, Behavioural Brain Research
  • "Speech Kinematics and Coordination Measured With an MEG-Compatible Speech Tracking System," 2022, Frontiers in Neurology

Douglas Cheyne's collaborative work includes frequent co-authors, reflecting interdisciplinary and multi-institutional research efforts. These collaborators include:

  • Blake W. Johnson
  • Ioanna Anastasopoulou
  • Cecilia Jobst
  • Pascal van Lieshout
  • Silvia L. Isabella

The researcher has published multiple times in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, Journal of Neurophysiology, Human Brain Mapping, and NeuroImage.

Douglas Cheyne's scientific output emphasizes the study of neural oscillations, brain plasticity, and the neural underpinnings of speech and language. Their work contributes data and insights into how brain activity patterns support language processing, motor control, and cognitive functions relevant to both typical and atypical populations.

Best Publications

  • Post-movement beta rebound is generated in motor cortex: evidence from neuromagnetic recordings.

    Michael T. Jurkiewicz;William C. Gaetz;Andreea C. Bostan;Douglas Cheyne

  • Neuromagnetic fields accompanying unilateral and bilateral voluntary movements: topography and analysis of cortical sources.

    Rumyana Kristeva;Douglas Cheyne;Lüder Deecke

  • Self-paced movements induce high-frequency gamma oscillations in primary motor cortex.

    Douglas O. Cheyne;Sonya Bells;Paul Ferrari;Paul Ferrari;William Gaetz

  • MEG studies of sensorimotor rhythms: A review

    Douglas Owen Cheyne

  • Spatiotemporal mapping of cortical activity accompanying voluntary movements using an event-related beamforming approach.

    Douglas Cheyne;Leyla Bakhtazad;William Gaetz

  • Neuromagnetic imaging of cortical oscillations accompanying tactile stimulation.

    Douglas Cheyne;William Gaetz;Line Garnero;Jean-Philippe Lachaux

  • Localization of sensorimotor cortical rhythms induced by tactile stimulation using spatially filtered MEG

    William Gaetz;Douglas O. Cheyne

  • Movement-related desynchronization of the cerebral cortex studied with spatially filtered magnetoencephalography.

    Masaaki Taniguchi;Amami Kato;Norihiko Fujita;Masayuki Hirata

  • Event-related beamforming: a robust method for presurgical functional mapping using MEG.

    Douglas Cheyne;Andreea C. Bostan;William Gaetz;Elizabeth W. Pang

  • Neuromagnetic imaging of movement-related cortical oscillations in children and adults: age predicts post-movement beta rebound.

    William Gaetz;Matt J. MacDonald;Douglas O. Cheyne;O. C. Snead

  • Supplementary motor area activation while tapping bimanually different rhythms in musicians.

    W. Lang;H. Obrig;G. Lindinger;D. Cheyne

  • Dynamic cortical activity in the human brain reveals motor equivalence

    J. A. S. Kelso;A. Fuchs;R. Lancaster;T. Holroyd

  • Enhanced Synchrony in Epileptiform Activity? Local versus Distant Phase Synchronization in Generalized Seizures

    Luis Garcia Dominguez;Richard A. Wennberg;William Gaetz;Douglas Cheyne

  • Neuromagnetic fields accompanying unilateral finger movements: pre-movement and movement-evoked fields

    D. Cheyne;H. Weinberg

  • Three-dimensional localization of SMA activity preceding voluntary movement. A study of electric and magnetic fields in a patient with infarction of the right supplementary motor area.

    W. Lang;D. Cheyne;R. Kristeva;R. Beisteiner

  • Cortical Reorganization After Modified Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy in Pediatric Hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy

    Trenna L. Sutcliffe;William C. Gaetz;William J. Logan;Douglas O. Cheyne

  • Homuncular organization of human motor cortex as indicated by neuromagnetic recordings.

    Douglas Cheyne;Rumyana Kristeva;Lüder Deecke

  • Movement-related potentials accompanying unilateral and bilateral finger movements with different inertial loads.

    R. Kristeva;D. Cheyne;W. Lang;G. Lindinger

  • Inversion and contrast-reversal effects on face processing assessed by MEG.

    Roxane J. Itier;Anthony T. Herdman;Nathalie George;Douglas Cheyne

  • MEG studies of motor cortex gamma oscillations: evidence for a gamma "fingerprint" in the brain?

    Douglas Owen Cheyne;Paul Ferrari

  • Electric and magnetic fields of the brain accompanying internal simulation of movement

    Wilfried Lang;Douglas Cheyne;Peter Höllinger;Willi Gerschlager

Frequent Co-Authors

William Gaetz
William Gaetz Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Blake W. Johnson
Blake W. Johnson Macquarie University
Lüder Deecke
Lüder Deecke Medical University of Vienna
Hiroshi Otsubo
Hiroshi Otsubo University of Toronto
Elizabeth W. Pang
Elizabeth W. Pang Hospital for Sick Children
Pierre Jolicoeur
Pierre Jolicoeur University of Montreal
Amami Kato
Amami Kato Kindai University
Julio C. Martinez-Trujillo
Julio C. Martinez-Trujillo University of Western Ontario
Rosemary Tannock
Rosemary Tannock University of Toronto
Margot J. Taylor
Margot J. Taylor University of Toronto

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