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Overview

Michael W. Eysenck is affiliated with Royal Holloway University of London in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple fields including Psychology, Neuroscience, and Computer Science, with a notable focus on Cognitive Neuroscience and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics in behavioral and neural studies. Key research areas include:

  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Speech and dialogue systems
  • Cognitive Functions and Memory
  • Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
  • Sport Psychology and Performance

Among recent papers contributed by or closely associated with their research domain are:

  • "A neurocognitive account of attentional control theory: how does trait anxiety affect the brain's attentional networks?" (2022), published in Cognition & Emotion
  • "Using connectivity-based real-time fMRI neurofeedback to modulate attentional and resting state networks in people with high trait anxiety" (2020), published in NeuroImage Clinical
  • "Psychological pressure and compounded errors during elite-level tennis" (2021), published in Psychology of sport and exercise

Eysenck has collaborated extensively with various co-authors. Frequent co-authors include Mark T. Keane, Paul Allen, Jason S. Moser, and Nazanin Derakshan.

Publications have appeared in several venues, notably:

  • Cognition & Emotion
  • NeuroImage Clinical
  • Psychology of sport and exercise

In addition to journal articles, Eysenck has authored books published by Psychology Press eBooks, including the title Cognitive Psychology (2020).

The scientific contributions of Michael W. Eysenck encompass investigations into attentional control, brain connectivity, and the interplay between psychological states and cognitive performance. Their research integrates techniques from neuroimaging and psychological assessment, contributing to fields such as clinical psychology and artificial intelligence.

Best Publications

  • Anxiety and cognitive performance: Attentional control theory.

    Michael W. Eysenck;Nazanin Derakshan;Rita Santos;Manuel G. Calvo

  • Cognitive Psychology: A Student's Handbook

    Michael W. Eysenck;Marc Peter Keane

  • Anxiety and Performance: The Processing Efficiency Theory

    Michael W. Eysenck;Manuel G. Calvo

  • Personality and Individual Differences: A Natural Science Approach

    Hans Eysenck;Michael W. Eysenck

  • Anxiety: The Cognitive Perspective

    Michael W. Eysenck

  • Attention and arousal, cognition and performance

    Michael W. Eysenck

  • Anxiety, Processing Efficiency, and Cognitive Performance New Developments from Attentional Control Theory

    Nazanin Derakshan;Michael W. Eysenck

  • New perspectives in attentional control theory

    Michael W. Eysenck;Nazanin Derakshan

  • Attention and Arousal

    Mary Jean Lynch;M. W. Eysenck

  • Anxiety, learning, and memory: A reconceptualization

    Michael W. Eysenck

  • Bias in interpretation of ambiguous sentences related to threat in anxiety.

    Michael W. Eysenck;Karin Mogg;Jon May;Anne Richards

  • Anxiety and Cognition: A Unified Theory

    Michael W. Eysenck

  • Cognitive functioning and anxiety

    Michael W. Eysenck;Colin MacLeod;Andrew Mathews

  • Implicit and explicit memory bias in anxiety.

    Andrew Mathews;Karin Mogg;Jon May;Michael Eysenck

  • A questionnaire for the measurement of nonpathological worry

    Frank Tallis;Michael W. Eysenck;Andrew Mathews

  • Interpretation of Homophones Related to Threat in Anxiety States

    Andrew Mathews;Anne Richards;Michael Eysenck

  • Psychology: An International Perspective

    Michael W. Eysenck

  • Anxiety, inhibition, efficiency, and effectiveness. An investigation using antisaccade task.

    Nazanin Derakshan;Tahereh L. Ansari;Miles Hansard;Leor Shoker

  • Effect of psychological treatment on cognitive bias in generalized anxiety disorder

    Andrew Mathews;Karin Mogg;John Kentish;Michael Eysenck

  • Cognitive Psychology: A Student's Handbook, 6th Edition

    Michael W. Eysenck;Mark T. Keane

  • Attention and performance

    Michael W. Eysenck;Mark T. Keane

Frequent Co-Authors

Nazanin Derakshan
Nazanin Derakshan Birkbeck, University of London
Andrew Mathews
Andrew Mathews King's College London
Hans J. Eysenck
Hans J. Eysenck King's College London
Manuel G. Calvo
Manuel G. Calvo University of La Laguna
Karin Mogg
Karin Mogg University of Southampton
Paul Allen
Paul Allen Royal Holloway University of London
Marc Brysbaert
Marc Brysbaert Ghent University
Jon May
Jon May Plymouth University
Michael C. Anderson
Michael C. Anderson University of Cambridge
Alan D. Baddeley
Alan D. Baddeley University of York

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