Tobias Egner

Summary

Affiliation: Columbia University
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi The neural correlates and functional integration of cognitive control in a Stroop task
    Tobias Egner
    Functional MRI Research Center, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Neuroimage 24:539-47. 2005
  2. ncbi The effects of neurofeedback training on the spectral topography of the electroencephalogram
    Tobias Egner
    Division of Neuroscience and Psychological Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, UK
    Clin Neurophysiol 115:2452-60. 2004
  3. ncbi Predictive codes for forthcoming perception in the frontal cortex
    Christopher Summerfield
    Department of Psychology, Columbia University, 1190 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10027, USA
    Science 314:1311-4. 2006
  4. ncbi Cognitive control mechanisms resolve conflict through cortical amplification of task-relevant information
    Tobias Egner
    Functional MRI Research Center, Columbia University, Neurological Institute, Box 108, 710 West 168th Street, New York, New York 10032, USA
    Nat Neurosci 8:1784-90. 2005
  5. ncbi Preparatory neural activity predicts performance on a conflict task
    Emily R Stern
    Department of Psychology, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
    Brain Res 1176:92-102. 2007
  6. ncbi Where memory meets attention: neural substrates of negative priming
    Tobias Egner
    Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
    J Cogn Neurosci 17:1774-84. 2005
  7. ncbi Resolving emotional conflict: a role for the rostral anterior cingulate cortex in modulating activity in the amygdala
    Amit Etkin
    Center for Neurobiology and Behavior, Columbia University Medical Center, Neurological Institute Box 108, 710 West 168th Street, New York, New York 10032, USA
    Neuron 51:871-82. 2006
  8. ncbi Dissociable neural systems resolve conflict from emotional versus nonemotional distracters
    Tobias Egner
    Functional MRI Research Center, Columbia University, Neurological Institute, Box 108, 710 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Cereb Cortex 18:1475-84. 2008
  9. ncbi Hypnosis decouples cognitive control from conflict monitoring processes of the frontal lobe
    Tobias Egner
    Functional MRI Research Center, Columbia University, Neurological Institute Box 108, 710 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Neuroimage 27:969-78. 2005
  10. ncbi Neocortical connectivity during episodic memory formation
    Christopher Summerfield
    Department of Psychology, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
    PLoS Biol 4:e128. 2006

Detail Information

Publications25

  1. ncbi The neural correlates and functional integration of cognitive control in a Stroop task
    Tobias Egner
    Functional MRI Research Center, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Neuroimage 24:539-47. 2005
    ..These data suggest that cognitive control is implemented by medial and lateral prefrontal cortices that bias processes in regions that have been implicated in high-level perceptual and motor processes...
  2. ncbi The effects of neurofeedback training on the spectral topography of the electroencephalogram
    Tobias Egner
    Division of Neuroscience and Psychological Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, UK
    Clin Neurophysiol 115:2452-60. 2004
    ..In order to assess the effect of commonly applied neurofeedback protocols on spectral EEG composition, two studies involving healthy participants were carried out...
  3. ncbi Predictive codes for forthcoming perception in the frontal cortex
    Christopher Summerfield
    Department of Psychology, Columbia University, 1190 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10027, USA
    Science 314:1311-4. 2006
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  4. ncbi Cognitive control mechanisms resolve conflict through cortical amplification of task-relevant information
    Tobias Egner
    Functional MRI Research Center, Columbia University, Neurological Institute, Box 108, 710 West 168th Street, New York, New York 10032, USA
    Nat Neurosci 8:1784-90. 2005
    ..These results implicate attentional target-feature amplification as the primary mechanism for conflict resolution through cognitive control...
  5. ncbi Preparatory neural activity predicts performance on a conflict task
    Emily R Stern
    Department of Psychology, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
    Brain Res 1176:92-102. 2007
    ....
  6. ncbi Where memory meets attention: neural substrates of negative priming
    Tobias Egner
    Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
    J Cogn Neurosci 17:1774-84. 2005
    ..Our results support the proposal that ignored stimulus information is fully encoded in memory, and that episodic retrieval, not selective inhibition, of such information affects selective attention performance on subsequent trials...
  7. ncbi Resolving emotional conflict: a role for the rostral anterior cingulate cortex in modulating activity in the amygdala
    Amit Etkin
    Center for Neurobiology and Behavior, Columbia University Medical Center, Neurological Institute Box 108, 710 West 168th Street, New York, New York 10032, USA
    Neuron 51:871-82. 2006
    ..These data suggest that emotional conflict is resolved through top-down inhibition of amygdalar activity by the rostral cingulate cortex...
  8. ncbi Dissociable neural systems resolve conflict from emotional versus nonemotional distracters
    Tobias Egner
    Functional MRI Research Center, Columbia University, Neurological Institute, Box 108, 710 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Cereb Cortex 18:1475-84. 2008
    ..These data suggest that the neuroanatomical networks recruited to overcome conflict vary systematically with the nature of the conflict, but that they may share a common conflict-detection mechanism...
  9. ncbi Hypnosis decouples cognitive control from conflict monitoring processes of the frontal lobe
    Tobias Egner
    Functional MRI Research Center, Columbia University, Neurological Institute Box 108, 710 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Neuroimage 27:969-78. 2005
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  10. ncbi Neocortical connectivity during episodic memory formation
    Christopher Summerfield
    Department of Psychology, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
    PLoS Biol 4:e128. 2006
    ..These data support the view that during episodic encoding, "top-down" control signals originating in the prefrontal cortex help determine which perceptual information is fated to be bound into the new episodic memory trace...
  11. ncbi Neural dynamics of rejection sensitivity
    Ethan Kross
    Psychology Department, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
    J Cogn Neurosci 19:945-56. 2007
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  12. ncbi Critical validation studies of neurofeedback
    John Gruzelier
    Division of Neuroscience and Psychological Medicine, Imperial College London, St Dunstan s Road, London W6 8RF, United Kingdom
    Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am 14:83-104, vi. 2005
    ..These are initial steps in providing a much needed scientific basis to neurofeedback...
  13. ncbi Ecological validity of neurofeedback: modulation of slow wave EEG enhances musical performance
    Tobias Egner
    Department of Cognitive Neuroscience and Behaviour, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, UK
    Neuroreport 14:1221-4. 2003
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  14. ncbi The effect of training distinct neurofeedback protocols on aspects of cognitive performance
    David Vernon
    Department of Cognitive Neuroscience and Behaviour, Imperial College London, Charing Cross Hospital, St Dunstans Road, London W6 8RF, UK
    Int J Psychophysiol 47:75-85. 2003
    ..We discuss possible mechanisms that could mediate such effects and indicate a number of directions for future research...
  15. ncbi A translational bridge between mouse and human models of learned safety
    Daniela D Pollak
    Department of Neuroscience, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
    Ann Med 42:115-22. 2010
    ..While the neurophysiological and molecular mechanisms have been characterized in mice, it is currently not known how the neural substrates involved compare between mice and people...
  16. ncbi Mistaking a house for a face: neural correlates of misperception in healthy humans
    Christopher Summerfield
    Department of Psychology, Columbia University, 406 Schermerhorn Hall, 1190 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY 10027, USA
    Cereb Cortex 16:500-8. 2006
    ..We suggest that FFA responses during misperception may be driven by a predictive top-down signal from these regions...
  17. ncbi Neurofeedback treatment of epilepsy: from basic rationale to practical application
    Tobias Egner
    Functional MRI Research Center, Columbia University, Neurological Institute, Box 108, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Expert Rev Neurother 6:247-57. 2006
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  18. ncbi Intentional false responding shares neural substrates with response conflict and cognitive control
    Jennifer Maria Nuñez
    Department of Neurology and Neuroscience, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY 10021, USA
    Neuroimage 25:267-77. 2005
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  19. ncbi Separate conflict-specific cognitive control mechanisms in the human brain
    Tobias Egner
    Functional MRI Research Center, Neurological Institute Box 108, Columbia University, 710 W 168th St, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Neuroimage 35:940-8. 2007
    ..We propose a non-centralized, modular architecture of cognitive control, where separate control resources operate in parallel, and are recruited in a context-sensitive manner...
  20. ncbi Validating the efficacy of neurofeedback for optimising performance
    John Gruzelier
    Department of Psychology, Goldsmiths College, University of London, Lewisham Way, New Cross, London SE14 6NW, UK
    Prog Brain Res 159:421-31. 2006
    ..These are initial steps in providing a much needed scientific basis to neurofeedback, but much remains to be done...
  21. ncbi Memory structures for encoding and retrieving a piece of music: an ERP investigation
    Aaron Williamon
    Royal College of Music, Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2BS, United Kingdom
    Brain Res Cogn Brain Res 22:36-44. 2004
    ..The data support existing theories of expert memory and music cognition...
  22. ncbi Congruency sequence effects and cognitive control
    Tobias Egner
    Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Ilinois 60611, USA
    Cogn Affect Behav Neurosci 7:380-90. 2007
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  23. ncbi Neural integration of top-down spatial and feature-based information in visual search
    Tobias Egner
    Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer s Disease Center, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA
    J Neurosci 28:6141-51. 2008
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  24. ncbi Foundation and practice of neurofeedback for the treatment of epilepsy
    M Barry Sterman
    Department of Neurobiology, School of Medicine, UCLA, USA
    Appl Psychophysiol Biofeedback 31:21-35. 2006
    ..We conclude that the research literature reviewed in this article justifies the assertion that neurofeedback treatment of epilepsy/seizure disorders constitutes a well-founded and viable alternative to anticonvulsant pharmacotherapy...
  25. ncbi EEG signature and phenomenology of alpha/theta neurofeedback training versus mock feedback
    Tobias Egner
    Department of Cognitive Neuroscience and Behaviour, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, St Dunstan s Road, London W6 8RF, United Kingdom
    Appl Psychophysiol Biofeedback 27:261-70. 2002
    ..The data demonstrate that irrespective of considerations of clinical relevance, accurate a/t neurofeedback effectively facilitates production of higher within-session t/a ratios than do noncontingent feedback relaxation...