Dr. Jeffrey Johnson

jeffrey.s.johnson@ndsu.edu

Visual Attention
Working Memory

North Dakota State University
Department of Psychology
1210 Albrecht Blvd.

Fargo, ND 58102, United States of America

Dr. Johnson is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology and the Center for Visual and Cognitive Neuroscience at North Dakota State University. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Iowa in 2008, after which he spent four years as an NIH-funded Postdoctoral Fellow in the laboratory of Bradley R. Postle at the University of Wisconsin—Madison. Dr. Johnson’s research interests focus on characterizing the neural and cognitive mechanisms supporting visual attention and working memory, two important processes that allow potentially important or task-relevant information in the environment to be selectively encoded, remembered, and used in the guidance of behavior. He is particularly interested in how such systems and the interactions among them are realized by and grounded in the coordinated, time-dependent activity of neural populations. To study these issues, Dr. Johnson has adopted a multifaceted approach involving a combination of behavioral methods, electrophysiological recording (event-related potentials; spectral analysis of the EEG), neural stimulation (transcranial magnetic stimulation), and neural network/dynamical systems modeling of cognitive processes.

2022

Neural interactions in working memory explain decreased recall precision and similarity-based feature repulsion
Johnson, J. S., van Lamsweerde, A. E., Dineva, E., & Spencer, J. P.
Scientific Reports, 12(1)

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@article{Johnsonvan LamsweerdeDinevaEtAl2022, author = {Johnson, Jeffrey S. and van Lamsweerde, Amanda E. and Dineva, Evelina and Spencer, John P.}, title = {Neural interactions in working memory explain decreased recall precision and similarity-based feature repulsion}, journal = {Scientific Reports}, volume = {12}, number = {1}, month = {October}, year = {2022}, doi = {10.1038/s41598-022-22328-4}, }

Johnson, J. S., van Lamsweerde, A. E., Dineva, E., & Spencer, J. P.. (2022). Neural interactions in working memory explain decreased recall precision and similarity-based feature repulsion. Scientific Reports, 12(1). http://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-22328-4

2016

Testing a dynamic-field account of interactions between spatial attention and spatial working memory
Johnson, J. S., & Spencer, J. P.
Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics, 78(4), 1043–1063

@article{JohnsonSpencer2016, author = {Johnson, Jeffrey S. and Spencer, John P.}, title = {Testing a dynamic-field account of interactions between spatial attention and spatial working memory}, journal = {Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics}, volume = {78}, number = {4}, pages = {1043–1063}, year = {2016}, doi = {10.3758/s13414-015-1058-3}, }

Johnson, J. S., & Spencer, J. P.. (2016). Testing a dynamic-field account of interactions between spatial attention and spatial working memory. Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics, 78(4), 1043–1063. http://doi.org/10.3758/s13414-015-1058-3

2010

The role of experience in location estimation: Target distributions shift location memory biases
Lipinski, J., Simmering, V. R., Johnson, J. S., & Spencer, J. P.
Cognition, 115(1), 147–153

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@article{LipinskiSimmeringJohnsonEtAl2010, author = {Lipinski, John and Simmering, Vanessa R. and Johnson, Jeffrey S. and Spencer, John P.}, title = {The role of experience in location estimation: Target distributions shift location memory biases}, journal = {Cognition}, volume = {115}, number = {1}, pages = {147–153}, year = {2010}, doi = {10.1016/j.cognition.2009.12.008}, }

Lipinski, J., Simmering, V. R., Johnson, J. S., & Spencer, J. P.. (2010). The role of experience in location estimation: Target distributions shift location memory biases. Cognition, 115(1), 147–153. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2009.12.008

2009

A layered neural architecture for the consolidation, maintenance, and updating of representations in visual working memory.
Johnson, J. S., Spencer, J. P., & Schöner, G.
Brain research, 1299, 17–32

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@article{JohnsonSpencerSchöner2009b, author = {Johnson, Jeffrey S and Spencer, John P and Schöner, Gregor}, title = {A layered neural architecture for the consolidation, maintenance, and updating of representations in visual working memory.}, journal = {Brain research}, volume = {1299}, pages = {17–32}, month = {November}, year = {2009}, doi = {10.1016/j.brainres.2009.07.008}, }

Johnson, J. S., Spencer, J. P., & Schöner, G.. (2009). A layered neural architecture for the consolidation, maintenance, and updating of representations in visual working memory. Brain research, 1299, 17–32. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.brainres.2009.07.008
A dynamic neural field model of visual working memory and change detection.
Johnson, J. S. J. S., Spencer, J. P., Luck, S. J., & Schöner, G.
Psychological science, 20(5), 568–577

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@article{JohnsonSpencerLuckEtAl2009, author = {Johnson, J.S. Jeffrey S and Spencer, John P. and Luck, Steven J. and Schöner, Gregor}, title = {A dynamic neural field model of visual working memory and change detection.}, journal = {Psychological science}, volume = {20}, number = {5}, pages = {568–577}, year = {2009}, doi = {10.1111/j.1467-9280.2009.02329.x}, }

Johnson, J. S. J. S., Spencer, J. P., Luck, S. J., & Schöner, G.. (2009). A dynamic neural field model of visual working memory and change detection. Psychological science, 20(5), 568–577. http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9280.2009.02329.x
A layered neural architecture for the consolidation, maintenance, and updating of representations in visual working memory
Johnson, J. S., Spencer, J. P., & Schöner, G.
Brain Research, 1299, 17–32

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@article{JohnsonSpencerSchöner2009, author = {Johnson, Jeffrey S. and Spencer, John P. and Schöner, Gregor}, title = {A layered neural architecture for the consolidation, maintenance, and updating of representations in visual working memory}, journal = {Brain Research}, volume = {1299}, pages = {17–32}, year = {2009}, doi = {10.1016/j.brainres.2009.07.008}, }

Johnson, J. S., Spencer, J. P., & Schöner, G.. (2009). A layered neural architecture for the consolidation, maintenance, and updating of representations in visual working memory. Brain Research, 1299, 17–32. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.brainres.2009.07.008

2008

Moving to a higher ground: the dynamic field theory and the dynamics of visual cognition
Johnson, J. S., Spencer, J. P., & Schöner, G.
New Ideas in Psychology, 26, 227–251

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@article{JohnsonSpencerSchöner2008, author = {Johnson, Jeffrey S. and Spencer, J. P. and Schöner, G.}, title = {Moving to a higher ground: the dynamic field theory and the dynamics of visual cognition}, journal = {New Ideas in Psychology}, volume = {26}, pages = {227–251}, year = {2008}, }

Johnson, J. S., Spencer, J. P., & Schöner, G.. (2008). Moving to a higher ground: the dynamic field theory and the dynamics of visual cognition. New Ideas in Psychology, 26, 227–251.