Jeffrey D. Wammes

Brain-thought states during movie-watching reflect shared sensory anchors and film- and person- specific processes in association cortex

This study examines brain-thought relationships during movie-watching, finding that sensory-related neural signatures are consistent across films, while memory-related processes vary with context and modeling approaches.

Thoughts and cortical responses are shaped by the type of change at event boundaries

The paper examines how different types of event boundaries during movie-watching relate to visual, auditory, semantic features, thought patterns, and cortical states.

A shared functional architecture for error-based and reinforcement-based motor learning in the human brain

This study shows that error-based and reinforcement-based motor learning share common neural network reconfigurations in higher-order brain regions, with task-specific differences in posterior medial cortex.

Synthesizing images to map neural networks to the human brain

The paper develops a method to synthesize images for mapping neural network layers to brain regions using fMRI, finding more selective mappings than natural images.

Patterns of Ongoing Thought in the Real World and Their Link to Mental Health and Well-Being

This study uses experience sampling to measure daily thought patterns and links them to mental health, finding an 'Intrusive Distraction' pattern associated with anxiety and linked to social connectedness.

Visual statistical learning alters low-dimensional cortical architecture

The paper shows that visual statistical learning alters low-dimensional cortical architecture by reorganizing neural activity patterns across specific brain regions.

Inducing representational change in the hippocampus through real-time neurofeedback

The paper uses real-time fMRI neurofeedback to induce coactivation of competing memories in visual cortex, leading to behavioral and neural integration in the hippocampus.

Mapping patterns of thought onto brain activity during movie-watching

The paper develops a method to map thought patterns onto brain activity during movie-watching and finds sensory and association cortex play key roles in engagement and distraction.

Experience sampling reveals the role that covert goal states play in task-relevant behavior.

This study uses experience sampling to examine covert goal-relevant states during task performance, finding that fronto-parietal network activity is linked to better task performance.

Reconfigurations of cortical manifold structure during reward-based motor learning

This study examines how cortical manifold structure changes during reward-based motor learning using fMRI, finding shifts in functional connectivity between sensorimotor and transmodal networks.

Patterns of Ongoing Thought in the Real-World

This study uses real-world experience sampling to analyze how daily activities influence thought patterns, finding that socializing and environmental factors shape ongoing thought.

Increasing stimulus similarity drives nonmonotonic representational change in hippocampus

The paper shows that hippocampal representational change follows a U-shaped function of stimulus similarity during learning.

Relating visual production and recognition of objects in human visual cortex

This study investigates how visual production and recognition of objects share neural representations in visual cortex and how drawing practice enhances perceptual discriminability.