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Overview

Rodney J. Croft is affiliated with the University of Wollongong in Australia. Their research outputs predominantly focus on the intersection of medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Within these broad fields, Croft's work addresses specialized areas including biophysics, sociology and political science, cellular and molecular neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience, and biomedical engineering.

The main topics explored in Croft's research include electromagnetic fields and their biological effects, risk perception and management, microbial inactivation methods, climate change communication and perception, neuroscience and neural engineering, photoreceptor and optogenetics research, as well as thermoregulation and physiological responses.

Recent scientific contributions comprise papers such as:

  • Assessing the safety of new germicidal far-UVC technologies, 2023, Photochemistry and Photobiology
  • Framing effects in risk communication messages - Hazard identification vs. risk assessment, 2020, Environmental Research
  • Retinal and Cortical Contributions to Phosphenes During Transcranial Electrical Current Stimulation, 2021, Bioelectromagnetics
  • Hyperthermia and dehydration: their independent and combined influences on physiological function during rest and exercise, 2020, European Journal of Applied Physiology
  • Influence of 18 GHz microwave radiation on the enzymatic activity of escherichia coli lactate dehydrogenase and cytochrome c oxidase, 2024, Swinburne Research Bank (Swinburne University of Technology)

Croft frequently publishes in venues such as Bioelectromagnetics, Environmental Research, Journal of Synchrotron Radiation, European Journal of Applied Physiology, and Swinburne Research Bank (Swinburne University of Technology).

Collaboration is an integral part of Croft's research, reflected in repeated coauthorship with researchers including Elena P. Ivanova, Palalle G. Tharushi Perera, Sarah Loughran, Denver P. Linklater, and Zoltan Vilagosh. These partnerships indicate interdisciplinary and cross-institutional engagements contributing to diverse research outputs.

Best Publications

  • Removal of ocular artifact from the EEG: a review.

    R.J. Croft;R.J. Barry

  • Paradox lost? Exploring the role of alpha oscillations during externally vs. internally directed attention and the implications for idling and inhibition hypotheses.

    Nicholas R Cooper;Rodney J Croft;Samuel J.J Dominey;Adrian P Burgess

  • Gamma and beta frequency oscillations in response to novel auditory stimuli: A comparison of human electroencephalogram (EEG) data with in vitro models

    Corinna Haenschel;Torsten Baldeweg;Rodney J. Croft;Miles Whittington

  • Response inhibition deficits in obsessive-compulsive disorder.

    Shelley Bannon;Shelley Bannon;Craig J. Gonsalvez;Rodney J. Croft;Philip M. Boyce

  • Acute mobile phone operation affects neural function in humans.

    Rodney J Croft;Rodney J Croft;Jody S Chandler;Adrian P Burgess;Robert J Barry

  • The relative contributions of ecstasy and cannabis to cognitive impairment

    Rodney J. Croft;Alex J. Mackay;Alex T.D. Mills;John G.H. Gruzelier

  • Is the P300 wave an endophenotype for schizophrenia? A meta-analysis and a family study.

    Elvira Bramon;Colm McDonald;Rodney J. Croft;Sabine Landau

  • The effect of electromagnetic fields emitted by mobile phones on human sleep.

    Sarah Patricia Loughran;Andrew W Wood;Julie M Barton;Rodney J Croft

  • Chronic MDMA (ecstasy) use, cognition and mood

    Kylie McCardle;Stefan Luebbers;James D. Carter;Rodney J. Croft

  • Executive functions in obsessive–compulsive disorder: state or trait deficits?

    Shelley Bannon;Craig J. Gonsalvez;Rodney J. Croft;Philip M. Boyce

  • Mobile telephone use is associated with changes in cognitive function in young adolescents.

    Michael John Abramson;Geza Paul Benke;Christina Dimitriadis;Imo Okon Inyang

  • Investigating evoked and induced electroencephalogram activity in task-related alpha power increases during an internally directed attention task

    Nicholas R. Cooper;Adrian P. Burgess;Rodney J. Croft;John H. Gruzelier

  • EOG correction of blinks with saccade coefficients: a test and revision of the aligned-artefact average solution.

    Rodney J. Croft;Robert J. Barry

  • The acute effects of d-amphetamine and methamphetamine on attention and psychomotor performance

    Beata Y. Silber;Rodney J. Croft;Katherine Papafotiou;Con Stough

  • Examining the effects of electromagnetic fields emitted by GSM mobile phones on human event-related potentials and performance during an auditory task

    Denise L Hamblin;Andrew W Wood;Rodney J Croft;Con Stough

  • Cognitive components of simulated driving performance: Sleep loss effects and predictors

    Melinda L Jackson;Rodney J Croft;Gerard Kennedy;Gerard Kennedy;Katherine Owens

  • A randomised controlled trial of vaporised Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol and cannabidiol alone and in combination in frequent and infrequent cannabis users: acute intoxication effects

    Nadia Solowij;Samantha J Broyd;Lisa-Marie Greenwood;Hendrika H van Hell

  • EOG correction: a comparison of four methods.

    Rodney J. Croft;Jody S. Chandler;Robert J. Barry;Nicholas R. Cooper

  • Muscarinic and nicotinic receptor modulation of object and spatial n-back working memory in humans.

    Amity Green;Kathryn A Ellis;Julia Ellis;Cali F Bartholomeusz

  • Electrophysiological evidence of serotonergic impairment in long-term MDMA ("Ecstasy") users

    Rodney J. Croft;Anthony Klugman;Torsten Baldeweg;John H. Gruzelier

  • Is the P300 wave an endophenotype for schizophrenia

    Elvira Bramon-Bosch;C McDonald;R Croft;P Sham

Frequent Co-Authors

Pradeep J. Nathan
Pradeep J. Nathan University of Cambridge
Robert J. Barry
Robert J. Barry University of Wollongong
Con Stough
Con Stough Swinburne University of Technology
K. Luan Phan
K. Luan Phan The Ohio State University
Adam R. Clarke
Adam R. Clarke University of Wollongong
Paul B. Fitzgerald
Paul B. Fitzgerald Australian National University
Stuart J. Johnstone
Stuart J. Johnstone University of Wollongong
Nadia Solowij
Nadia Solowij University of Wollongong
Patricia T. Michie
Patricia T. Michie University of Newcastle Australia
Elena P. Ivanova
Elena P. Ivanova RMIT University

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