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Overview

Jan R. Wessel is affiliated with the University of Iowa in the United States and conducts research primarily in the field of neuroscience. Their work spans multiple subfields, with a strong emphasis on cognitive neuroscience, as well as contributions to neurology, biomedical engineering, cellular and molecular neuroscience, and social psychology.

The key topics covered in their research include:

  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Neurological disorders and treatments
  • Motor Control and Adaptation
  • Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies

Wessel's recent publications demonstrate active engagement in contemporary cognitive neuroscience research. Notable papers include:

  • "Neural mechanisms of domain-general inhibitory control," 2023, Trends in Cognitive Sciences
  • "#EEGManyLabs: Investigating the replicability of influential EEG experiments," 2021, Cortex
  • "The Pause-then-Cancel model of human action-stopping: Theoretical considerations and empirical evidence," 2021, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • "Common and Unique Inhibitory Control Signatures of Action-Stopping and Attentional Capture Suggest That Actions Are Stopped in Two Stages," 2021, Journal of Neuroscience
  • "Right inferior frontal gyrus damage is associated with impaired initiation of inhibitory control, but not its implementation," 2022, eLife

These works explore topics such as inhibitory control, replicability of EEG experiments, and neurological mechanisms underlying action stopping and attentional processes.

The frequent co-authors associated with Jan R. Wessel's research include Jeremy D.W. Greenlee, Darcy A. Diesburg, Cheol Soh, Joshua R. Tatz, and Benjamin O. Rangel. Collaboration with these researchers suggests a networked approach within cognitive neuroscience and related fields.

Wessel's publications appear predominantly in venues related to neuroscience and cognitive science. The most frequent publication outlets include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Neuroscience
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • eLife
  • Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Overall, Jan R. Wessel's scholarly output reflects a concentrated focus on brain mechanisms related to cognitive control, inhibitory processes, and neural dynamics, contributing to the broader understanding within neuroscience and cognitive neuroscience domains.

Best Publications

  • A consensus guide to capturing the ability to inhibit actions and impulsive behaviors in the stop-signal task

    Frederick Verbruggen;Adam R. Aron;Guido Ph Band;Christian Beste

  • Conscious perception of errors and its relation to the anterior insula

    Markus Ullsperger;Helga A. Harsay;Jan R. Wessel;K. Richard Ridderinkhof

  • On the Globality of Motor Suppression: Unexpected Events and Their Influence on Behavior and Cognition

    Jan R. Wessel;Jan R. Wessel;Adam R. Aron

  • Prepotent motor activity and inhibitory control demands in different variants of the go/no-go paradigm

    Jan R. Wessel

  • Surprise and Error: Common Neuronal Architecture for the Processing of Errors and Novelty

    Jan R. Wessel;Claudia Danielmeier;J. Bruce Morton;Markus Ullsperger

  • Error awareness revisited: Accumulation of multimodal evidence from central and autonomic nervous systems

    Jan R. Wessel;Claudia Danielmeier;Markus Ullsperger

  • Error awareness and the error-related negativity: evaluating the first decade of evidence.

    Jan R. Wessel

  • It's not too late: the onset of the frontocentral P3 indexes successful response inhibition in the stop-signal paradigm.

    Jan R. Wessel;Adam R. Aron

  • Frontal theta is a signature of successful working memory manipulation

    Sirawaj Itthipuripat;Jan R. Wessel;Adam R. Aron

  • An adaptive orienting theory of error processing.

    Jan R. Wessel

  • Unexpected Events Induce Motor Slowing via a Brain Mechanism for Action-Stopping with Global Suppressive Effects

    Jan R. Wessel;Adam R. Aron

  • Modulation of the error-related negativity by response conflict

    Claudia Danielmeier;Jan R. Wessel;Marco Steinhauser;Markus Ullsperger

  • β-Bursts Reveal the Trial-to-Trial Dynamics of Movement Initiation and Cancellation.

    Jan R. Wessel

  • Surprise disrupts cognition via a fronto-basal ganglia suppressive mechanism

    Jan R. Wessel;Jan R. Wessel;Jan R. Wessel;Ned Jenkinson;Ned Jenkinson;John Stuart Brittain;Sarah H E M Voets

  • A human prefrontal-subthalamic circuit for cognitive control

    Ryan Kelley;Oliver Flouty;Eric B Emmons;Youngcho Kim

  • Establishing a Right Frontal Beta Signature for Stopping Action in Scalp EEG: Implications for Testing Inhibitory Control in Other Task Contexts

    Johanna Wagner;Jan R. Wessel;Jan R. Wessel;Ayda Ghahremani;Adam R. Aron

  • Stop-related subthalamic beta activity indexes global motor suppression in Parkinson's disease.

    Jan R. Wessel;Jan R. Wessel;Ayda Ghahremani;Kaviraja Udupa;Utpal Saha

  • Chronometric Electrical Stimulation of Right Inferior Frontal Cortex Increases Motor Braking

    Jan R. Wessel;Christopher R. Conner;Adam R. Aron;Nitin Tandon;Nitin Tandon

  • #EEGManyLabs : investigating the replicability of influential EEG experiments

    Yuri G. Pavlov;Nika Adamian;Stefan Appelhoff;Mahnaz Arvaneh

  • The Pause-then-Cancel model of human action-stopping: Theoretical considerations and empirical evidence.

    Darcy A. Diesburg;Jan R. Wessel;Jan R. Wessel

  • Saccade suppression exerts global effects on the motor system.

    Jan R. Wessel;H. Sequoyah Reynoso;Adam R. Aron

Frequent Co-Authors

Adam R. Aron
Adam R. Aron University of California, San Diego
Markus Ullsperger
Markus Ullsperger Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
Nandakumar S. Narayanan
Nandakumar S. Narayanan University of Iowa
K. Richard Ridderinkhof
K. Richard Ridderinkhof University of Amsterdam
Matthijs Vink
Matthijs Vink Utrecht University
Guido P. H. Band
Guido P. H. Band Leiden University
Maurits W. van der Molen
Maurits W. van der Molen University of Amsterdam
Samuel R. Chamberlain
Samuel R. Chamberlain University of Southampton
Russell Schachar
Russell Schachar University of Toronto

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