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Tom Johnstone is affiliated with Swinburne University of Technology in Australia and works primarily within the fields of neuroscience, psychology, and medicine. Their research spans several subfields including cognitive neuroscience, experimental and cognitive psychology, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, biophysics, and statistics, probability, and uncertainty.

The scientist's work focuses on various topics related to brain function and mental health. Key research themes include:

  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications
  • Cell Image Analysis Techniques
  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms

Notable recent publications by Tom Johnstone include:

  • "Variability in the analysis of a single neuroimaging dataset by many teams," 2020, published in Nature
  • "Neurodesk: an accessible, flexible and portable data analysis environment for reproducible neuroimaging," 2024, published in Nature Methods
  • "Intolerance of uncertainty, and not social anxiety, is associated with compromised extinction of social threat," 2021, published in Behaviour Research and Therapy
  • "Inter-slice leakage and intra-slice aliasing in simultaneous multi-slice echo-planar images," 2020, published in Brain Structure and Function
  • "Intolerance of uncertainty is associated with heightened responding in the prefrontal cortex during cue-signalled uncertainty of threat," 2021, published in Cognitive Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience

Tom Johnstone frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including Matthew Hughes, Oren Civier, Ryan P. Sullivan, David White, and Megan E. J. Campbell. Each of these collaborators has authored multiple papers alongside Johnstone, indicating ongoing research partnerships.

Publication venues for Johnstone's work cover prominent journals such as:

  • Nature
  • Nature Methods
  • Behaviour Research and Therapy
  • Cognitive Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience
  • Brain Structure and Function

Best Publications

  • Appraisal processes in emotion: Theory, methods, research.

    Klaus Rainer Scherer;Angela Schorr;Tom Johnstone

  • Gaze fixation and the neural circuitry of face processing in autism

    Kim M Dalton;Brendon M Nacewicz;Tom Johnstone;Hillary S Schaefer

  • Regulation of the Neural Circuitry of Emotion by Compassion Meditation: Effects of Meditative Expertise

    Antoine Lutz;Julie Brefczynski-Lewis;Tom Johnstone;Richard J. Davidson

  • Amygdala and ventromedial prefrontal cortex are inversely coupled during regulation of negative affect and predict the diurnal pattern of cortisol secretion among older adults

    Heather L. Urry;Carina Marije Van Reekum;Tom Johnstone;Ned H. Kalin

  • Failure to regulate : Counterproductive recruitment of top-down prefrontal-subcortical circuitry in major depression

    Tom Johnstone;Carina Marije Van Reekum;Heather L. Urry;Ned H. Kalin

  • Variability in the analysis of a single neuroimaging dataset by many teams

    Rotem Botvinik-Nezer;Rotem Botvinik-Nezer;Felix Holzmeister;Colin F. Camerer;Anna Dreber;Anna Dreber

  • Human Amygdala Responsivity to Masked Fearful Eye Whites

    Paul J. Whalen;Jerome Kagan;Robert G. Cook;F. Caroline Davis

  • Reduced capacity to sustain positive emotion in major depression reflects diminished maintenance of fronto-striatal brain activation

    Aaron S. Heller;Tom Johnstone;Alexander J. Shackman;Sharee N. Light

  • Vocal expression of emotion.

    Klaus R. Scherer;Tom Johnstone;Gundrun Klasmeyer

  • Contextual Modulation of Amygdala Responsivity to Surprised Faces

    Hackjin Kim;Leah H. Somerville;Tom Johnstone;Sara Polis

  • Inverse amygdala and medial prefrontal cortex responses to surprised faces.

    Hackjin Kim;Leah H. Somerville;Tom Johnstone;Andrew L. Alexander

  • Anticipatory activation in the amygdala and anterior cingulate in generalized anxiety disorder and prediction of treatment response.

    Jack B. Nitschke;Issidoros Sarinopoulos;Desmond J. Oathes;Tom Johnstone

  • Motion correction and the use of motion covariates in multiple-subject fMRI analysis

    Tom Johnstone;Kathleen S. Ores Walsh;Larry L. Greischar;Andrew L. Alexander

  • Amygdala volume and nonverbal social impairment in adolescent and adult males with autism.

    Brendon M. Nacewicz;Kim M. Dalton;Tom Johnstone;Micah T. Long

  • Gaze fixations predict brain activation during the voluntary regulation of picture-induced negative affect

    Carina Marije Van Reekum;Tom Johnstone;Heather L. Urry;Marchell E. Thurow

  • Human amygdala responses during presentation of happy and neutral faces: correlations with state anxiety

    Leah H Somerville;Hackjin Kim;Tom Johnstone;Andrew L Alexander

  • Perceived Controllability Modulates the Neural Response to Pain

    Tim V. Salomons;Tom Johnstone;Misha-Miroslav Backonja;Richard J. Davidson

  • In an Absolute State: Elevated Use of Absolutist Words Is a Marker Specific to Anxiety, Depression, and Suicidal Ideation

    Mohammed Al-Mosaiwi;Tom Johnstone

  • Integrating VBM into the General Linear Model with Voxelwise Anatomical Covariates

    Terrence R. Oakes;Andrew S. Fox;Tom Johnstone;Moo K. Chung

  • Individual Differences in the Effects of Perceived Controllability on Pain Perception: Critical Role of the Prefrontal Cortex

    Tim V. Salomons;Tom Johnstone;Misha-Miroslav Backonja;Alexander J. Shackman

  • Individual Differences in Amygdala and Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortex Activity are Associated with Evaluation Speed and Psychological Well-being

    Carien M. van Reekum;Heather L. Urry;Tom Johnstone;Marchell E. Thurow

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard J. Davidson
Richard J. Davidson University of Wisconsin–Madison
Carien M. van Reekum
Carien M. van Reekum University of Reading
Andrew L. Alexander
Andrew L. Alexander University of Wisconsin–Madison
Klaus R. Scherer
Klaus R. Scherer University of Geneva
Leah H. Somerville
Leah H. Somerville Harvard University
Heather L. Urry
Heather L. Urry Tufts University
Lynne Murray
Lynne Murray University of Reading
Terrence R. Oakes
Terrence R. Oakes University of Wisconsin–Madison
Sarah L. Halligan
Sarah L. Halligan University of Bath
Peter J. Cooper
Peter J. Cooper University of Reading

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