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2026

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Neuroscience

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64
Citations
15714
World Ranking
3245
National Ranking
10

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Neuroscience in New Zealand Leader Award

Overview

Neil McNaughton is affiliated with the University of Otago in New Zealand. Their research primarily lies at the intersection of neuroscience and psychology, with a significant focus on cognitive and clinical branches.

Their recent published papers include:

  • Right frontal anxiolytic-sensitive EEG 'theta' rhythm in the stop-signal task is a theory-based anxiety disorder biomarker, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Construction of complex memories via parallel distributed cortical-subcortical iterative integration, 2022, Trends in Neurosciences
  • Anterior thalamic nuclei neurons sustain memory, 2021, Current Research in Neurobiology
  • Ketamine and neuroticism: a double-hit hypothesis of internalizing disorders, 2020, Personality Neuroscience
  • Personality neuroscience and psychopathology: should we start with biology and look for neural-level factors?, 2020, Personality Neuroscience

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Neil McNaughton include:

  • Shabah M. Shadli (10 papers)
  • Paul Glue (9 papers)
  • Calvin K. Young (9 papers)
  • Phoebe S.-H. Neo (6 papers)
  • Martin Sellbom (4 papers)

Their work has been published most often in the following venues:

  • Oil IT Journal (14 publications)
  • Personality Neuroscience (7 publications)
  • Hippocampus (4 publications)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (4 publications)
  • Journal of Psychopharmacology (4 publications)

The main fields of study for Neil McNaughton are:

  • Neuroscience (63 publications)
  • Psychology (28 publications)

Their research covers subfields including:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience (34 publications)
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (21 publications)
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (12 publications)
  • Clinical Psychology (12 publications)
  • Pharmacology (7 publications)

Key research topics addressed by Neil McNaughton encompass:

  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms (24 publications)
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (20 publications)
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (14 publications)
  • Treatment of Major Depression (14 publications)
  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes (12 publications)
  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (12 publications)
  • Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (10 publications)

Best Publications

  • A two-dimensional neuropsychology of defense: fear/anxiety and defensive distance

    Neil McNaughton;Philip J Corr

  • Comparison between the behavioural effects of septal and hippocampal lesions: A review

    J.A. Gray;N. McNaughton

  • Anxiolytic action on the behavioural inhibition system implies multiple types of arousal contribute to anxiety

    Neil McNaughton;Jeffrey A. Gray

  • Frontal-midline theta from the perspective of hippocampal "theta".

    Damon J. Mitchell;Neil McNaughton;Danny Flanagan;Ian J. Kirk

  • The neuropsychology of anxiety: reprise.

    Jeffrey A. Gray;Neil McNaughton

  • Motivation and Personality: A Neuropsychological Perspective

    Philip J. Corr;Colin G. DeYoung;Neil McNaughton

  • Neuroscience and approach/avoidance personality traits: a two stage (valuation-motivation) approach

    Philip J. Corr;Neil McNaughton

  • Restoring theta-like rhythmicity in rats restores initial learning in the Morris water maze.

    Neil McNaughton;Ming Ruan;Mary-Anne Woodnorth

  • Supramammillary cell firing and hippocampal rhythmical slow activity.

    Ian J. Kirk;Neil McNaughton

  • Chlordiazepoxide, an anxiolytic benzodiazepine, impairs place navigation in rats.

    N. McNaughton;R.G.M. Morris

  • The supramammillary area: its organization, functions and relationship to the hippocampus

    Wei-Xing Pan;Neil McNaughton

  • Effect of minor tranquillisers on hippocampal theta rhythm mimicked by depletion of forebrain noradrenaline.

    J. A. Gray;N. Mcnaughton;D. T. D. James;P. H. Kelly

  • Cognitive dysfunction resulting from hippocampal hyperactivity--a possible cause of anxiety disorder?

    Neil McNaughton

  • Elicited hippocampal theta rhythm: a screen for anxiolytic and procognitive drugs through changes in hippocampal function?

    Neil McNaughton;Bernat Kocsis;Mihaly Hajós

  • Mapping the differential effects of procaine on frequency and amplitude of reticularly elicited hippocampal rhythmical slow activity

    I. J. Kirk;N. McNaughton

  • The neuropsychology and neuropharmacology of the dorsal ascending noradrenergic bundle--a review.

    N McNaughton;S T Mason

  • Coupling of Theta Oscillations between Anterior and Posterior Midline Cortex and with the Hippocampus in Freely Behaving Rats

    Calvin K. Young;Neil McNaughton

  • Biology and emotion

    Neil McNaughton

  • The neuropsychology of fear and anxiety: A foundation for Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory

    Neil McNaughton;Philip J. Corr

  • Gray's Neuropsychology of anxiety: An enquiry into the functions of septohippocampal theories

    Neil McNaughton

Frequent Co-Authors

Philip J. Corr
Philip J. Corr City, University of London
Jeffrey A. Gray
Jeffrey A. Gray King's College London
John C. Dalrymple-Alford
John C. Dalrymple-Alford University of Canterbury
Wickliffe C. Abraham
Wickliffe C. Abraham University of Otago
Ian J. Kirk
Ian J. Kirk University of Auckland
Jeffery R. Wickens
Jeffery R. Wickens Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology
Luke D. Smillie
Luke D. Smillie University of Melbourne
Tian P. S. Oei
Tian P. S. Oei University of Queensland
Colin G. DeYoung
Colin G. DeYoung University of Minnesota
Brian I. Hyland
Brian I. Hyland University of Otago

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