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Overview

John J.B. Allen is affiliated with the University of Arizona in the United States, with a research focus spanning neuroscience and psychology. Their scholarly contributions include 40 publications in each of these main fields, reflecting a substantial engagement with cognitive and clinical domains.

The scientist's work is distributed across several subfields, notably:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Neurology
  • Social Psychology

Their research topics frequently address:

  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies
  • Ultrasound and Hyperthermia Applications
  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Vagus Nerve Stimulation Research
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control

John J.B. Allen has contributed to multiple peer-reviewed publications. Some recent papers include:

  • Transcranial Focused Ultrasound to the Right Prefrontal Cortex Improves Mood and Alters Functional Connectivity in Humans, 2020, published in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
  • A double-blind pilot study of transcranial ultrasound (TUS) as a five-day intervention: TUS mitigates worry among depressed participants, 2020, Neurology Psychiatry and Brain Research
  • EPOS: EEG Processing Open-Source Scripts, 2021, Frontiers in Neuroscience
  • EXISTENTIAL ISOLATION, LONELINESS, DEPRESSION, AND SUICIDE IDEATION IN YOUNG ADULTS, 2020, Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology
  • Improvements in well-being and cardiac metrics of stress following a yogic breathing workshop: Randomized controlled trial with active comparison, 2020, Journal of American College Health

The frequent co-authors collaborating with this researcher include:

  • Joseph L. Sanguinetti
  • Karen L. Weihs
  • Richard D. Lane
  • Johannes Rodrigues
  • Johannes Hewig

Key publication venues where this scientist's work appears multiple times include:

  • Psychophysiology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
  • Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • Journal of Visualized Experiments

Best Publications

  • Frontal EEG asymmetry as a moderator and mediator of emotion.

    James A Coan;John J.B Allen

  • Anger and frontal brain activity: EEG asymmetry consistent with approach motivation despite negative affective valence

    Eddie Harmon-Jones;John J. B. Allen

  • Behavioral activation sensitivity and resting frontal EEG asymmetry: covariation of putative indicators related to risk for mood disorders.

    Eddie Harmon-Jones;John J. B. Allen

  • The handbook of emotion elicitation and assessment

    James A. Coan;John J. B. Allen

  • Frontal EEG asymmetry and the behavioral activation and inhibition systems.

    James A. Coan;John J. B. Allen

  • Prelude to and resolution of an error: EEG phase synchrony reveals cognitive control dynamics during action monitoring

    James F. Cavanagh;Michael X Cohen;Michael X Cohen;John J. B. Allen

  • Theta lingua franca: A common mid-frontal substrate for action monitoring processes

    James F. Cavanagh;James F. Cavanagh;Laura Zambrano-Vazquez;John J.B. Allen

  • Issues and assumptions on the road from raw signals to metrics of frontal EEG asymmetry in emotion

    John J.B. Allen;James A. Coan;Maria Nazarian

  • The many metrics of cardiac chronotropy: a pragmatic primer and a brief comparison of metrics.

    John J.B. Allen;Andrea S. Chambers;David N. Towers

  • Frontal theta links prediction errors to behavioral adaptation in reinforcement learning.

    James F. Cavanagh;Michael Joshua Frank;Theresa J. Klein;John J. B. Allen

  • Consensus Statements for Management of Barrett's Dysplasia and Early-Stage Esophageal Adenocarcinoma, Based on a Delphi Process

    Cathy Bennett;Nimish Vakil;Jacques Bergman;Rebecca Harrison

  • The stability of resting frontal electroencephalographic asymmetry in depression.

    John J. B. Allen;Heather L. Urry;Sabrina K. Hitt;James A. Coan

  • Resting frontal electroencephalographic asymmetry in depression: Inconsistencies suggest the need to identify mediating factors

    Stephanie A. Reid;Lisa M. Duke;John J.B. Allen

  • A capability model of individual differences in frontal EEG asymmetry

    James A. Coan;John J.B. Allen;Patrick E. McKnight

  • The measurement of foot preference

    Jean P. Chapman;Loren J. Chapman;John J. Allen

  • The Role of Affect in the Mere Exposure Effect: Evidence from Psychophysiological and Individual Differences Approaches

    Eddie Harmon-Jones;John J. B. Allen

  • Voluntary facial expression and hemispheric asymmetry over the frontal cortex.

    James A. Coan;John J.B. Allen;Eddie Harmon-Jones

  • Theta EEG dynamics of the error-related negativity.

    Logan T. Trujillo;John J.B. Allen

  • Regional electroencephalographic asymmetries in bipolar seasonal affective disorder before and after exposure to bright light

    John J. Allen;William G. Iacono;Richard A. Depue;Paul Arbisi

  • Error monitoring during reward and avoidance learning in high- and low-socialized individuals.

    Ziya V. Dikman;John J.B. Allen

Frequent Co-Authors

James F. Cavanagh
James F. Cavanagh University of New Mexico
James A. Coan
James A. Coan University of Virginia
Rachel Manber
Rachel Manber Stanford University
Richard D. Lane
Richard D. Lane University of Arizona
David M. Schnyer
David M. Schnyer The University of Texas at Austin
Alfred W. Kaszniak
Alfred W. Kaszniak University of Arizona
Mary A. Peterson
Mary A. Peterson University of Arizona
Michael J. Frank
Michael J. Frank Brown University
William G. Iacono
William G. Iacono University of Minnesota

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