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Jason P. Gallivan

Jason P. Gallivan

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Neuroscience

D-Index
37
Citations
4662
World Ranking
8850
National Ranking
523

Overview

Jason P. Gallivan is affiliated with Queen's University in Canada and has established a research profile primarily within the field of Neuroscience. Their work spans several related subfields including Cognitive Neuroscience, Social Psychology, Neurology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, and Biomedical Engineering.

Their research focuses notably on various topics such as Motor Control and Adaptation, Neural dynamics and brain function, Functional Brain Connectivity Studies, Action Observation and Synchronization, EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces, Visual perception and processing mechanisms, and Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies.

Gallivan's recent publications demonstrate a broad engagement with understanding brain function and behavior. Notable papers include:

  • "Human Somatosensory Cortex Is Modulated during Motor Planning," 2021, Journal of Neuroscience
  • "Whole-brain dynamics of human sensorimotor adaptation," 2022, Cerebral Cortex
  • "Muting, not fragmentation, of functional brain networks under general anesthesia," 2021, NeuroImage
  • "Human decision making anticipates future performance in motor learning," 2020, PLoS Computational Biology
  • "Neural excursions from manifold structure explain patterns of learning during human sensorimotor adaptation," 2022, eLife

The scientist frequently publishes in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Journal of Neuroscience, Cerebral Cortex, eLife, and PLoS Computational Biology, reflecting a consistent contribution to neuroscience journals and preprint platforms.

Gallivan collaborates extensively with colleagues, with frequent co-authors including:

  • J. Randall Flanagan
  • Joseph Y. Nashed
  • Daniel J. Gale
  • Corson N. Areshenkoff
  • Anouk J. de Brouwer

Throughout their career, Gallivan's research intersects numerous dimensions of brain function, behavior, and neural mechanisms underlying motor learning and sensorimotor adaptation. This work integrates multiple techniques and conceptual approaches within cognitive neuroscience and related disciplines.

Best Publications

  • Decision-making in sensorimotor control.

    Jason P. Gallivan;Craig S. Chapman;Daniel M. Wolpert;Daniel M. Wolpert;J. Randall Flanagan

  • Decoding Action Intentions from Preparatory Brain Activity in Human Parieto-frontal Networks

    Jason P Gallivan;D Adam McLean;Kenneth F Valyear;Charles E Pettypiece

  • Neural coding within human brain areas involved in actions

    Jason P Gallivan;Jody C Culham

  • Is That within Reach? fMRI Reveals That the Human Superior Parieto-Occipital Cortex Encodes Objects Reachable by the Hand

    Jason P. Gallivan;Cristiana Cavina-Pratesi;Jody C. Culham

  • Decoding the neural mechanisms of human tool use

    Jason P Gallivan;D Adam McLean;Kenneth F Valyear;Jody C Culham

  • Reaching for the unknown: multiple target encoding and real-time decision-making in a rapid reach task

    Craig S. Chapman;Jason P. Gallivan;Daniel K. Wood;Jennifer L. Milne

  • Decoding Effector-Dependent and Effector-Independent Movement Intentions from Human Parieto-Frontal Brain Activity

    Jason P. Gallivan;D. Adam McLean;Fraser W. Smith;Jody C. Culham

  • Where One Hand Meets the Other: Limb-Specific and Action-Dependent Movement Plans Decoded from Preparatory Signals in Single Human Frontoparietal Brain Areas

    Jason P. Gallivan;Jason P. Gallivan;D. Adam McLean;J. Randall Flanagan;Jody C. Culham;Jody C. Culham

  • Representation of object weight in human ventral visual cortex.

    Jason P. Gallivan;Jonathan S. Cant;Melvyn A. Goodale;J. Randall Flanagan

  • Parallel specification of competing sensorimotor control policies for alternative action options.

    Jason P Gallivan;Lindsey Logan;Daniel M Wolpert;J Randall Flanagan

  • Functional connectivity of the frontal eye fields in humans and macaque monkeys investigated with resting-state fMRI.

    R. Matthew Hutchison;Jason P. Gallivan;Jody C. Culham;Joseph S. Gati

  • Distinct and distributed functional connectivity patterns across cortex reflect the domain-specific constraints of object, face, scene, body, and tool category-selective modules in the ventral visual pathway

    R. Matthew Hutchison;Jody C. Culham;Stefan Everling;J. Randall Flanagan

  • Three-dimensional reach trajectories as a probe of real-time decision-making between multiple competing targets.

    Jason P. Gallivan;Craig S. Chapman

  • Action plan co-optimization reveals the parallel encoding of competing reach movements

    Jason P. Gallivan;Kathryn S. Barton;Craig S. Chapman;Daniel M. Wolpert

  • Models, movements, and minds: bridging the gap between decision making and action

    Nathan J. Wispinski;Jason P. Gallivan;Craig S. Chapman

  • fMRI Repetition Suppression for Familiar But Not Arbitrary Actions with Tools

    Kenneth F Valyear;Jason P Gallivan;D Adam McLean;Jody C Culham

  • Neuroimaging reveals enhanced activation in a reach-selective brain area for objects located within participants' typical hand workspaces.

    Jason P. Gallivan;Adam McLean;Jody C. Culham

  • Activity patterns in the category-selective occipitotemporal cortex predict upcoming motor actions.

    Jason P. Gallivan;Craig S. Chapman;D. Adam McLean;J. Randall Flanagan

  • Planning Ahead: Object-Directed Sequential Actions Decoded from Human Frontoparietal and Occipitotemporal Networks

    Jason P. Gallivan;Ingrid S. Johnsrude;Ingrid S. Johnsrude;J. Randall Flanagan

  • One to Four, and Nothing More Nonconscious Parallel Individuation of Objects During Action Planning

    Jason P. Gallivan;Craig S. Chapman;Daniel K. Wood;Jennifer L. Milne

Frequent Co-Authors

J. Randall Flanagan
J. Randall Flanagan Queen's University
Jody C. Culham
Jody C. Culham University of Western Ontario
Daniel M. Wolpert
Daniel M. Wolpert Columbia University
Melvyn A. Goodale
Melvyn A. Goodale University of Western Ontario
Ingrid S. Johnsrude
Ingrid S. Johnsrude University of Western Ontario
Ravi S. Menon
Ravi S. Menon University of Western Ontario
Stefan Everling
Stefan Everling University of Western Ontario
Susanne Ferber
Susanne Ferber University of Toronto
James T. Enns
James T. Enns University of British Columbia
Tingrui Pan
Tingrui Pan University of California, Davis

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