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Overview

William J. Gehring is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research spans the fields of Psychology and Neuroscience, with specific emphasis on Cognitive Neuroscience, Clinical Psychology, and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, among other related subfields.

Their work has contributed to various topics including:

  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies

Gehring has published extensively with frequent appearances in these venues:

  • Child Psychiatry & Human Development
  • Biological Psychiatry
  • Brain Sciences
  • NeuroImage
  • Journal of Numerical Cognition

Some of their recent published papers include:

  • "A commentary on establishing norms for error-related brain activity during the arrow flanker task among young adults" (2021, NeuroImage)
  • "A Diagnostic Biomarker for Pediatric Generalized Anxiety Disorder Using the Error-Related Negativity" (2020, Child Psychiatry & Human Development)
  • "Reciprocal associations between executive function and academic achievement: A conceptual replication of Schmitt et al. (2017)" (2021, Journal of Numerical Cognition)
  • "Behavioral and Electrophysiological Correlates of Performance Monitoring and Development in Children and Adolescents with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder" (2020, Brain Sciences)
  • "Screening for Pediatric Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Using the Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory-Child Version" (2020, Child Psychiatry & Human Development)

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Gregory L. Hanna
  • Paul Arnold
  • Yanni Liu
  • Barbara Hanna
  • Jennie K. Grammer

Best Publications

  • A Neural System for Error Detection and Compensation

    William J. Gehring;Brian Goss;Michael G. H. Coles;David E. Meyer

  • The medial frontal cortex and the rapid processing of monetary gains and losses

    William J. Gehring;Adrian R. Willoughby

  • Prefrontal-cingulate interactions in action monitoring.

    William J. Gehring;Robert T. Knight

  • Action-Monitoring Dysfunction in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

    William J. Gehring;Joseph Himle;Laura G. Nisenson

  • More attention must be paid: the neurobiology of attentional effort.

    Martin Sarter;William J. Gehring;Rouba Kozak

  • Functions of the medial frontal cortex in the processing of conflict and errors.

    William J. Gehring;David E. Fencsik

  • The Error-Related Negativity (ERN/Ne)

    William J. Gehring;Yanni Liu;Joseph M. Orr;Joshua Carp

  • Error-related hyperactivity of the anterior cingulate cortex in obsessive-compulsive disorder.

    Kate Dimond Fitzgerald;Robert C. Welsh;William J. Gehring;James L. Abelson

  • Neural Systems for Error Monitoring: Recent Findings and Theoretical Perspectives

    Stephan F. Taylor;Emily R. Stern;William J. Gehring

  • Event-related brain potentials and error-related processing: An analysis of incorrect responses to go and no-go stimuli

    Marten K. Scheffers;Michael G. H. Coles;Peter Bernstein;William J. Gehring

  • A functional neuroimaging study of motivation and executive function.

    Stephan F. Taylor;Robert C. Welsh;Tor D. Wager;K. Luan Phan

  • Probability effects on stimulus evaluation and response processes

    William J. Gehring;Gabriele Gratton;Michael G. H. Coles;Emanuel Donchin

  • A brain potential manifestation of error-related processing

    Gehring Wj;Coles Mg;Meyer De;Donchin E

  • Externalizing psychopathology and gain-loss feedback in a simulated gambling task: dissociable components of brain response revealed by time-frequency analysis.

    Edward M. Bernat;Lindsay D. Nelson;Vaughn R. Steele;William J. Gehring

  • Medial Frontal Cortex Activity and Loss-Related Responses to Errors

    Stephan F. Taylor;Brian Martis;Brian Martis;Kate D. Fitzgerald;Robert C. Welsh

  • Decomposing ERP time–frequency energy using PCA

    Edward M. Bernat;William J. Williams;William J. Gehring

  • The Processing of Unexpected Positive Response Outcomes in the Mediofrontal Cortex

    Nicola K. Ferdinand;Axel Mecklinger;Jutta Kray;William J. Gehring

  • Neural Correlates of Children’s Theory of Mind Development

    David Liu;Mark A. Sabbagh;William J. Gehring;Henry M. Wellman

  • INCREASED ERROR‐RELATED BRAIN ACTIVITY IN YOUTH WITH OBSESSIVE‐COMPULSIVE DISORDER AND UNAFFECTED SIBLINGS

    Melisa Carrasco;Shannon M. Harbin;Jenna K. Nienhuis;Kate D. Fitzgerald

  • The anterior cingulate cortex lends a hand in response selection.

    Edward Awh;William J. Gehring

  • Neuroeconomics: The Consilience of Brain and Decision

    W. J. Gehring;B. Goss;M. G. H. Coles;D. E. Meyer

Frequent Co-Authors

Kate D. Fitzgerald
Kate D. Fitzgerald Columbia University
Michael G. H. Coles
Michael G. H. Coles University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Emanuel Donchin
Emanuel Donchin University of South Florida
Stephan F. Taylor
Stephan F. Taylor University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Joseph A. Himle
Joseph A. Himle University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Edward M. Bernat
Edward M. Bernat University of Maryland, College Park
Gabriele Gratton
Gabriele Gratton University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
David E. Meyer
David E. Meyer University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
James L. Abelson
James L. Abelson University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Frederick J. Morrison
Frederick J. Morrison University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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