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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2011 - William James Fellow Award, Association for Psychological Science (APA)
  • 1995 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

John Jonides is a researcher affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their work primarily falls within the field of neuroscience, with a significant focus on cognitive neuroscience, experimental and cognitive psychology, psychiatry and mental health, neurology, and sociology and political science.

The research topics covered by Jonides encompass a range of subjects, including:

  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Mind wandering and attention
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
  • Cognitive Abilities and Testing
  • Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies
  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes

Jonides has published in several academic venues. The most frequent include:

  • Visual Cognition
  • NeuroImage
  • PLoS ONE
  • Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Perception & Performance
  • Journal of Vision

Recent publications by Jonides or closely associated research include:

  • "Social Media and Well-Being: Pitfalls, Progress, and Next Steps," 2020, Trends in Cognitive Sciences
  • "Neighborhood poverty predicts altered neural and behavioral response inhibition," 2020, NeuroImage
  • "Does Distanced Self-Talk Facilitate Emotion Regulation Across a Range of Emotionally Intense Experiences?", 2020, Clinical Psychological Science
  • "Neural correlates of working memory training: Evidence for plasticity in older adults," 2020, NeuroImage
  • "Effects of Multisession Prefrontal Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Long-term Memory and Working Memory in Older Adults," 2022, Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Jonides include:

  • Han Zhang
  • Susanne M. Jaeggi
  • Priti Shah
  • Martin Buschkuehl
  • Madison Carlson

Jonides has been recognized with awards such as the William James Fellow Award from the Association for Psychological Science in 2011 and was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1995.

Best Publications

  • Storage and executive processes in the frontal lobes.

    Edward E. Smith;John Jonides

  • The Cognitive Benefits of Interacting With Nature

    Marc G. Berman;John Jonides;Stephen Kaplan

  • Improving fluid intelligence with training on working memory

    Susanne M. Jaeggi;Martin Buschkuehl;John Jonides;Walter J. Perrig

  • Temporal dynamics of brain activation during a working memory task

    Jonathan D. Cohen;Jonathan D. Cohen;William M. Perlstein;Todd S. Braver;Leigh E. Nystrom

  • Voluntary versus automatic control over the mind's eye's movement

    J. Jonides

  • A Parametric Study of Prefrontal Cortex Involvement in Human Working Memory

    Todd S. Braver;Jonathan D. Cohen;Jonathan D. Cohen;Leigh E. Nystrom;John Jonides

  • Facebook use predicts declines in subjective well-being in young adults.

    Ethan Kross;Philippe Verduyn;Emre Demiralp;Jiyoung Park

  • Abrupt visual onsets and selective attention: Evidence from visual search.

    Steven Yantis;John Jonides

  • Abrupt visual onsets and selective attention: voluntary versus automatic allocation.

    Steven Yantis;John Jonides

  • Spatial working memory in humans as revealed by PET

    John Jonides;Edward E. Smith;Robert A. Koeppe;Edward Awh

  • Overlapping mechanisms of attention and spatial working memory.

    Edward Awh;John Jonides

  • Working Memory: A View from Neuroimaging

    Edward E. Smith;John Jonides

  • Age Differences in the Frontal Lateralization of Verbal and Spatial Working Memory Revealed by PET

    Patricia A. Reuter-lorenz;John Jonides;Edward E. Smith;Alan Hartley

  • Dissociating Verbal and Spatial Working Memory Using PET

    Edward E. Smith;John Jonides;Robert A. Koeppe

  • Uniqueness of abrupt visual onset in capturing attention

    John Jonides;Steven Yantis

  • Undergraduate Student-Faculty Research Partnerships Affect Student Retention

    Biren A. Nagda;Sandra R. Gregerman;John Jonides;William von Hippel

  • The Mind and Brain of Short-Term Memory

    John Jonides;Richard L. Lewis;Derek Evan Nee;Cindy A. Lustig

  • Do Social Network Sites Enhance or Undermine Subjective Well‐Being? A Critical Review

    Philippe Verduyn;Philippe Verduyn;Oscar Ybarra;Maxime Résibois;John Jonides

  • Neuroimaging analyses of human working memory

    Edward E. Smith;John Jonides

  • Passive Facebook usage undermines affective well-being: Experimental and longitudinal evidence

    Philippe Verduyn;David Seungjae Lee;Jiyoung Park;Holly Shablack

  • Dissociation of Storage and Rehearsal in Verbal Working Memory: Evidence From Positron Emission Tomography

    Edward Awh;John Jonides;Edward E. Smith;Eric H. Schumacher

  • Short- and long-term benefits of cognitive training

    Susanne M. Jaeggi;Martin Buschkuehl;John Jonides;Priti Shah

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin Buschkuehl
Martin Buschkuehl University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Susanne M. Jaeggi
Susanne M. Jaeggi University of California, Irvine
Edward E. Smith
Edward E. Smith Columbia University
Marc G. Berman
Marc G. Berman University of Chicago
Derek Evan Nee
Derek Evan Nee Florida State University
Patricia A. Reuter-Lorenz
Patricia A. Reuter-Lorenz University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Ethan Kross
Ethan Kross University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Ian H. Gotlib
Ian H. Gotlib Stanford University
Robert A. Koeppe
Robert A. Koeppe University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Edward Awh
Edward Awh University of Chicago

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