John Allen
Distinguished Professor, Clinical and Cognition Neural Systems Director, Psychophysiology Laboratory Director, Depression Risk LaboratoryJohn Allen
Distinguished Professor, Clinical and Cognition Neural Systems Director, Psychophysiology Laboratory Director, Depression Risk LaboratoryResearch Interests:
Selected Publications:
- Stewart, J.L., Bismark, A.W., Towers, D.N., Coan, J.A., & Allen, J.J.B. (2010). Resting frontal EEG asymmetry as an endophenotype for depression risk: Sex-specific patterns of frontal brain asymmetry. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 119, 502-512. PMCID: PMC2916182
- Cavanagh, J.F., Zambrano-Vazquez, L., & Allen, J.J.B. (2012). Theta Lingua Franca: A common mediofrontal substrate for action monitoring processes. Psychophysiology, 49, 220-238. PMCID: PMC3262926
- Schafer, S.M., Wager, T.D., Mercado, R.A. Jr., Thayer, J.F., Allen, J.J.B., & Lane, R.D. (2015) Medial visceromotor network dysfunction in Major Depression is partially ameliorated by sertraline. Psychosomatic Medicine.77, 752-761.
- Sanguinetti, J. L., Smith, E., Allen, J. J. B., Hameroff, S. (2014). Human brain stimulation with transcranial ultrasound (TUS); Potential applications for mental health. In Bioelectromagnetic Medicine. (pp. 355-361), New York, NY: Taylor & Francis.
- Smith, E.E., Cavanagh, J.F., & Allen, J.J.B. (2018). Intracranial source activity (eLORETA) related to scalp-level asymmetry scores and depression status. Psychophysiology. 2018;55:e13019. DOI:10.1111/psyp.13019
- Zambrano-Vazquez, L., Szabo, Y.Z., Santerre, C.L., & Allen, J.J.B. (2019). Suppress or Accept? A pilot study to evaluate the effect of coping strategies on ERN amplitude among individuals with obsessive-compulsive traits. Acta Neuropsychologica, 17, 283-301.
- Smith, E.E., Schüller, T., Huys, D., Baldermann, J.C., Ullsperger, M., Allen, J.J.B., Visser-Vandewalle, V., Kuhn, J. & Gruendler, T.O.J. (2020). Prefrontal delta oscillations during deep brain stimulation predict treatment success in patients with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Brain Stimulation, 13, 259-261. DOI:10.1016/j.brs.2019.09.008
- Sanguinetti, J.L., Hameroff, S., Smith, E.E., Sato, T., Daft, C.M.W., Tyler, W.J., & Allen, J.J.B. (2020). Transcranial focused ultrasound of the right prefrontal cortex improves mood and alters functional connectivity in humans. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience – Brain Imaging and Stimulation. DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2020.00052
- Goldstein, M.R., Lewin, R.K., & Allen, J.J.B. (2020). Improvements in well-being and cardiac metrics of stress following a yogic breathing workshop: Randomized controlled trial with active comparison. The Journal of American College Health. DOI: 10.1080/07448481.2020.1781867
- Reznik, S. J., Sanguinetti, J.L., Tyler, W.J., Daft, C., & Allen, J.J.B. (2020). A double-blind pilot study of transcranial ultrasound (TUS) as a five-day intervention: TUS mitigates worry among depressed participants. Neurology, Psychiatry and Brain Research, 37, 60-66. DOI: 10.1016/j.npbr.2020.06.004
Courses Taught:
- PSY 101 - Introduction to Psychology (2014)
- PSY 401A - Principles of Psychophysiology (2021)
- PSY 401B - Psychophysiology Laboratory (2021)
- PSY 621 - Clinical Assessment (2021)
- PSY 694A -Clinical Assessment Practicum (2018)
- PSY 696B - Analyzing Neural Time-series Data (2017)
*Year listed indicates when this individual last taught the specified course.
Updated: 10/18/22
Degrees
- B.A. University of Wisconsin Madison
- Ph.D. University of Minnesota
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