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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2013 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Scott T. Grafton is affiliated with the University of California, Santa Barbara in the United States. Their work focuses primarily on the fields of Neuroscience and Medicine, with significant contributions in subfields such as Cognitive Neuroscience, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Neurology, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, and Social Psychology.

Their research spans several main topics, including:

  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Motor Control and Adaptation
  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces

Scott T. Grafton's recent publications illustrate their focus on brain imaging and functional studies. Key papers include:

  • "QSIPrep: an integrative platform for preprocessing and reconstructing diffusion MRI data," 2021, published in Nature Methods
  • "Functional reorganization of brain networks across the human menstrual cycle," 2020, published in NeuroImage
  • "Progesterone shapes medial temporal lobe volume across the human menstrual cycle," 2020, published in NeuroImage
  • "Dynamic community detection reveals transient reorganization of functional brain networks across a female menstrual cycle," 2020, published in Network Neuroscience
  • "Subjective value then confidence in human ventromedial prefrontal cortex," 2020, published in PLoS ONE

The scientist has collaborated frequently with a number of coauthors, including:

  • Barry Giesbrecht
  • Matthew Cieslak
  • Neil M. Dundon
  • Gereon R. Fink
  • Lukas J. Volz

Their work has appeared repeatedly in specific publication venues, reflecting ongoing research relationships, with the top outlets being:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Clinical Neurophysiology
  • Scientific Reports
  • Human Brain Mapping
  • arXiv (Cornell University)

They were recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2013.

Best Publications

  • Wandering Minds: The Default Network and Stimulus-Independent Thought

    Malia F. Mason;Michael I. Norton;John D. Van Horn;Daniel M. Wegner

  • Dynamic reconfiguration of human brain networks during learning.

    Danielle S. Bassett;Nicholas F. Wymbs;Mason A. Porter;Peter J. Mucha

  • Forward modeling allows feedback control for fast reaching movements

    Michel Desmurget;Scott Grafton

  • Localization of grasp representations in humans by positron emission tomography. 2. Observation compared with imagination.

    Scott T. Grafton;Michael A. Arbib;Luciano Fadiga;Giacomo Rizzolatti

  • Amygdala activity related to enhanced memory for pleasant and aversive stimuli.

    Stephan B. Hamann;Timothy D. Ely;Scott T. Grafton;Clinton D. Kilts

  • Role of the posterior parietal cortex in updating reaching movements to a visual target.

    M. Desmurget;M. Desmurget;C. M. Epstein;R. S. Turner;C. Prablanc

  • Building a motor simulation de novo: observation of dance by dancers.

    Emily S. Cross;Antonia F. de C. Hamilton;Scott T. Grafton

  • Controllability of structural brain networks.

    Shi Gu;Fabio Pasqualetti;Matthew Cieslak;Qawi K. Telesford

  • Functional mapping of sequence learning in normal humans

    Scott T. Grafton;Eliot Hazeltine;Richard Ivry

  • Premotor Cortex Activation during Observation and Naming of Familiar Tools

    Scott T. Grafton;Luciano Fadiga;Michael A. Arbib;Giacomo Rizzolatti

  • Survival of implanted fetal dopamine cells and neurologic improvement 12 to 46 months after transplantation for Parkinson's disease.

    Freed Cr;Breeze Re;Rosenberg Nl;Schneck Sa

  • Functional anatomy of human procedural learning determined with regional cerebral blood flow and PET

    Scott T. Grafton;John C. Mazziotta;Sharon Presty;Karl J. Friston

  • Functional imaging of face and hand imitation: towards a motor theory of empathy.

    Kenneth R Leslie;Scott H Johnson-Frey;Scott T Grafton

  • Involvement of visual cortex in tactile discrimination of orientation.

    Andro Zangaladze;Charles M. Epstein;Scott T. Grafton;Krishnankutty Sathian

  • Learning-induced autonomy of sensorimotor systems

    Danielle S Bassett;Muzhi Yang;Nicholas F Wymbs;Scott T Grafton

  • A Distributed Left Hemisphere Network Active During Planning of Everyday Tool Use Skills

    Scott H. Johnson-Frey;Roger Newman-Norlund;Scott T. Grafton

  • Structural foundations of resting-state and task-based functional connectivity in the human brain

    Ann M. Hermundstad;Danielle S. Bassett;Kevin S. Brown;Kevin S. Brown;Elissa M. Aminoff

  • Goal representation in human anterior intraparietal sulcus.

    Antonia F. de C. Hamilton;Scott T. Grafton

  • Evidence for a distributed hierarchy of action representation in the brain.

    Scott T. Grafton;Antonia F. de C. Hamilton

  • Sensitivity of the Action Observation Network to Physical and Observational Learning

    Emily S. Cross;Emily S. Cross;David J. M. Kraemer;David J. M. Kraemer;Antonia F. de C. Hamilton;William M. Kelley

  • Attention and stimulus characteristics determine the locus of motor–sequence encoding a PET study.

    Eliot Hazeltine;Scott T. Grafton;Richard Ivry

Frequent Co-Authors

Danielle S. Bassett
Danielle S. Bassett University of Pennsylvania
Jean M. Vettel
Jean M. Vettel United States Army Research Laboratory
Michael B. Miller
Michael B. Miller University of California, Santa Barbara
John C. Mazziotta
John C. Mazziotta University of California, Los Angeles
Michel Desmurget
Michel Desmurget Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Michael S. Gazzaniga
Michael S. Gazzaniga University of California, Santa Barbara
Emily S. Cross
Emily S. Cross University of Glasgow
Antonia F. de C. Hamilton
Antonia F. de C. Hamilton University College London
John D. Van Horn
John D. Van Horn University of Virginia
Richard B. Ivry
Richard B. Ivry University of California, Berkeley

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