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Neuroscience

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38
Citations
12473
World Ranking
8423
National Ranking
3595

Psychology

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36
Citations
12158
World Ranking
9321
National Ranking
4926

Overview

John Kounios is affiliated with Drexel University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of neuroscience and psychology, with a particular focus on cognitive neuroscience and experimental and cognitive psychology. Their work often intersects with music, developmental and educational psychology, and aspects of health, toxicology, and mutagenesis.

The scientist's publication record shows a concentration in key topic areas, including:

  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Creativity in Education and Neuroscience
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Neuroscience and Music Perception
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Diverse Music Education Insights

Kounios has contributed frequently to several publication venues that reflect their interdisciplinary focus. These include:

  • NeuroImage
  • Creativity Research Journal
  • Neuropsychologia
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Clinical Psychological Science

Their recent papers illustrate diverse interests ranging from neural mechanisms of insight to creativity in musical improvisation and reinforcement learning. Some notable publications are:

  • "An insight-related neural reward signal" (2020) in NeuroImage
  • "Dual-process contributions to creativity in jazz improvisations: An SPM-EEG study" (2020) in NeuroImage
  • "Conceptual Change Induced by Analogical Reasoning Sparks Aha Moments" (2023) in Creativity Research Journal
  • "Rumination Derails Reinforcement Learning With Possible Implications for Ineffective Behavior" (2021) in Clinical Psychological Science
  • "Creative flow as optimized processing: Evidence from brain oscillations during jazz improvisations by expert and non-expert musicians" (2024) in Neuropsychologia

Kounios collaborates regularly with a core group of co-authors, which includes Yongtaek Oh, Fengqing Zhang, Christine Chesebrough, Mark Beeman, and David S. Rosen. These partnerships contribute to a body of work that integrates cognitive neuroscience techniques and psychological theory.

Best Publications

  • Oscillations in the Alpha Band (9–12 Hz) Increase with Memory Load during Retention in a Short-term Memory Task

    Ole Jensen;Jack Gelfand;John Kounios;John E. Lisman

  • Neural Activity When People Solve Verbal Problems with Insight

    Mark Jung-Beeman;Edward M Bowden;Jason Haberman;Jennifer L Frymiare

  • New approaches to demystifying insight.

    Edward M. Bowden;Mark Jung-Beeman;Jessica Fleck;John Kounios

  • The Cognitive Neuroscience of Insight

    John Kounios;Mark Beeman

  • The Aha! Moment The Cognitive Neuroscience of Insight

    John Kounios;Mark Beeman

  • Concreteness effects in semantic processing: ERP evidence supporting dual-coding theory.

    John Kounios;Phillip J. Holcomb

  • The Prepared Mind Neural Activity Prior to Problem Presentation Predicts Subsequent Solution by Sudden Insight

    John Kounios;Jennifer L. Frymiare;Edward M. Bowden;Jessica I. Fleck

  • A brain mechanism for facilitation of insight by positive affect

    Karuna Subramaniam;John Kounios;Todd B. Parrish;Mark Jung-Beeman

  • The origins of insight in resting-state brain activity.

    John Kounios;Jessica I. Fleck;Deborah L. Green;Lisa Payne

  • EEG neurofeedback: a brief overview and an example of peak alpha frequency training for cognitive enhancement in the elderly.

    Efthymios Angelakis;Stamatina Stathopoulou;Jennifer L Frymiare;Deborah L Green

  • Dual-coding, context-availability, and concreteness effects in sentence comprehension: an electrophysiological investigation.

    Holcomb Pj;Kounios J;Anderson Je;West Wc

  • The dynamics of cognition and action: mental processes inferred from speed-accuracy decomposition.

    David E. Meyer;David E. Irwin;Allen M. Osman;John Kounios

  • Peak alpha frequency: an electroencephalographic measure of cognitive preparedness.

    Efthymios Angelakis;Joel F Lubar;Stamatina Stathopoulou;John Kounios

  • Structure and process in semantic memory: evidence from event-related brain potentials and reaction times.

    John Kounios;Phillip J. Holcomb

  • Insight solutions are correct more often than analytic solutions

    Carola Salvi;Emanuela Bricolo;John Kounios;Edward Bowden

  • Electrophysiological brain activity and memory source monitoring.

    Marcia K. Johnson;CA John Kounios;Scott F. Nolde

  • Time-course studies of reality monitoring and recognition.

    Marcia K. Johnson;John Kounios;John A. Reeder

  • The Similarity of Brain Activity Associated with True and False Recognition Memory Depends On Test Format

    Marcia K. Johnson;Scott F. Nolde;Mara Mather;John Kounios

  • Sudden insight is associated with shutting out visual inputs

    Carola Salvi;Carola Salvi;Emanuela Bricolo;Steven L. Franconeri;John Kounios

  • Sudden insight: all-or-none processing revealed by speed-accuracy decomposition.

    Roderick W. Smith;John Kounios

  • The Cognitive Neuroscience of Insight

    John Kounios

  • Science Current Directions in Psychological

    John Kounios;Mark Beeman

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael R. Lowe
Michael R. Lowe Drexel University
Phillip J. Holcomb
Phillip J. Holcomb San Diego State University
Marcia K. Johnson
Marcia K. Johnson Yale University
Daniel Mirman
Daniel Mirman University of Edinburgh
Daniel Casasanto
Daniel Casasanto Cornell University
Murray Grossman
Murray Grossman University of Pennsylvania
Joel F. Lubar
Joel F. Lubar University of Tennessee at Knoxville
David E. Meyer
David E. Meyer University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Evan M. Forman
Evan M. Forman Drexel University
Peachie Moore
Peachie Moore University of Pennsylvania

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