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John A. Parkinson

John A. Parkinson

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Psychology

D-Index
33
Citations
13538
World Ranking
10328
National Ranking
1015

Overview

John A. Parkinson is affiliated with Bangor University in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily resides within the field of Psychology, with a notable focus on subfields such as Clinical Psychology, General Health Professions, Applied Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, and Social Psychology.

The scientist's work spans several main topics, including:

  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Health Policy Implementation Science
  • Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes

John A. Parkinson has contributed to various publications, often collaborating with frequent co-authors such as Ashley Gould, Paul Rauwolf, Nicky Knowles, Jonathan West, and Javad Salehi Fadardi.

Their recent published papers include:

  • Integrating Systems Thinking and Behavioural Science, 2025, Behavioral Sciences
  • COVID-19 Personal Protective Behaviors during Large Social Events: The Value of Behavioral Observations, 2024, Behavioral Sciences
  • A scoping review of community-based mental health intervention for children and adolescents in South Asia, 2022, Cambridge Prisms Global Mental Health
  • Theory and practical guidance for effective de-implementation of practices across health and care services: a realist synthesis, 2021, Health Services and Delivery Research
  • "Just not knowing" can make life sweeter (and saltier): Reward uncertainty alters the sensory experience and consumption of palatable food and drinks., 2021, Journal of Experimental Psychology General

Most of Parkinson's articles appeared in journals such as Behavioral Sciences, Preprints.org, Health Services and Delivery Research, Cambridge Prisms Global Mental Health, and the Journal of Experimental Psychology General.

Best Publications

  • Emotion and motivation: the role of the amygdala, ventral striatum, and prefrontal cortex

    Rudolf N. Cardinal;John A. Parkinson;Jeremy Hall;Barry J. Everitt

  • Chemical Analysis of Ecological Materials.

    J. B. Kenworthy;S. E. Allen;H. M. Grimshaw;J. A. Parkinson

  • The cognitive functions of the caudate nucleus

    Jessica A. Grahn;John A. Parkinson;Adrian M. Owen

  • Associative processes in addiction and reward. The role of amygdala-ventral striatal subsystems

    Barry J. Everitt;John A. Parkinson;Mary C. Olmstead;Mercedes Arroyo

  • Dissociation in effects of lesions of the nucleus accumbens core and shell on appetitive pavlovian approach behavior and the potentiation of conditioned reinforcement and locomotor activity by D-amphetamine.

    John A. Parkinson;Mary C. Olmstead;Lindsay H. Burns;Trevor W. Robbins

  • Appetitive behavior: impact of amygdala-dependent mechanisms of emotional learning.

    Barry J Everitt;Rudolf N Cardinal;John A Parkinson;Trevor W Robbins

  • Dissociable contributions of the human amygdala and orbitofrontal cortex to incentive motivation and goal selection.

    F. Sergio Arana;John A. Parkinson;Elanor Clare Hinton;Anthony J. Holland

  • Involvement of the central nucleus of the amygdala and nucleus accumbens core in mediating Pavlovian influences on instrumental behaviour.

    Jeremy Hall;John A. Parkinson;Thomas M. Connor;Anthony Dickinson

  • Dissociable roles of the central and basolateral amygdala in appetitive emotional learning.

    John A. Parkinson;Trevor W. Robbins;Barry J. Everitt

  • Disconnection of the anterior cingulate cortex and nucleus accumbens core impairs Pavlovian approach behavior: further evidence for limbic cortical-ventral striatopallidal systems.

    John A. Parkinson;Pamela J. Willoughby;Trevor W. Robbins;Barry J. Everitt

  • Nucleus accumbens dopamine depletion impairs both acquisition and performance of appetitive Pavlovian approach behaviour: implications for mesoaccumbens dopamine function.

    J.A Parkinson;J.W Dalley;R.N Cardinal;A Bamford

  • The role of the basal ganglia in learning and memory: Neuropsychological studies.

    Jessica A. Grahn;John A. Parkinson;Adrian M. Owen

  • Nucleus accumbens response to food cues predicts subsequent snack consumption in women and increased body mass index in those with reduced self-control

    Natalia Sophie Lawrence;Elanor Clare Hinton;Elanor Clare Hinton;John A. Parkinson;Andrew David Lawrence

  • Effects of selective excitotoxic lesions of the nucleus accumbens core, anterior cingulate cortex, and central nucleus of the amygdala on autoshaping performance in rats.

    Rudolf N. Cardinal;John A. Parkinson;Guillaume Lachenal;Katherine M. Halkerston

  • Limbic cortical-ventral striatal systems underlying appetitive conditioning.

    John A. Parkinson;Rudolf N. Cardinal;Barry J. Everitt

  • Differential involvement of amygdala subsystems in appetitive conditioning and drug addiction.

    B.J. Everitt;R.N. Cardinal;J. Hall;J.A. Parkinson

  • Neural contributions to the motivational control of appetite in humans

    Elanor C. Hinton;John A. Parkinson;Anthony J. Holland;F. Sergio Arana

  • Lesions of the orbitofrontal but not medial prefrontal cortex disrupt conditioned reinforcement in primates.

    Andrew Pears;John A. Parkinson;Lucy Hopewell;Barry J. Everitt

  • The Role of the Primate Amygdala in Conditioned Reinforcement

    John A. Parkinson;Harriet S. Crofts;Mike McGuigan;Davorka L. Tomic

  • Role of the anterior cingulate cortex in the control over behavior by Pavlovian conditioned stimuli in rats.

    Rudolf N. Cardinal;John A. Parkinson;Hosnieh Djafari Marbini;Andrew J. Toner

Frequent Co-Authors

Trevor W. Robbins
Trevor W. Robbins University of Cambridge
Rudolf N. Cardinal
Rudolf N. Cardinal University of Cambridge
Paul E. Downing
Paul E. Downing Bangor University
Anthony Dickinson
Anthony Dickinson University of Cambridge
Oliver H. Turnbull
Oliver H. Turnbull Bangor University
Anthony J. Holland
Anthony J. Holland University of Cambridge
Robert D. Rogers
Robert D. Rogers Bangor University
Gregory J. Madden
Gregory J. Madden Utah State University
Leonard Barolli
Leonard Barolli Fukuoka Institute of Technology
Nigel Williams
Nigel Williams Cardiff University

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