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Ian H. Robertson

3 papers in the library · 206 citations · publishing 2018-2023

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Distinct Electrophysiological Signatures of Intentional and Unintentional Mind-Wandering Revealed by Low-Frequency EEG Markers

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) March 21, 2023 Adrien Martel, Nicolás Bruno, Ian H. Robertson et al. preprint

Abstract Mind-wandering is typically characterized by the common experience wherein attention veers off into thoughts unrelated to the task at hand. Recent research highlights the intentionality dimension of mind-wandering as a key predictor of adverse functional outcomes with intentional and unintentional task-unrelated thought (TUT) differentially linked to neural, behavioral, clinical, and...

Coupling of respiration and attention via the locus coeruleus: Effects of meditation and pranayama

Psychophysiology April 22, 2018 Michael Christopher Melnychuk, Paul M Dockree, Redmond G. O'Connell et al. 117 citations

Abstract The locus coeruleus (LC) has established functions in both attention and respiration. Good attentional performance requires optimal levels of tonic LC activity, and must be matched to task consistently. LC neurons are chemosensitive, causing respiratory phrenic nerve firing to increase frequency with higher CO 2 levels, and as CO 2 level varies with the phase of respiration, tonic LC...

A New, Better BET: Rescuing and Revising Basic Emotion Theory.

Frontiers in Psychology 2018 Daniel D. Hutto, Ian H. Robertson, Michael D Kirchhoff 89 citations

Basic Emotion Theory, or BET, has dominated the affective sciences for decades (Ekman, 1972, 1992, 1999; Ekman and Davidson, 1994; Griffiths, 2013; Scarantino and Griffiths, 2011). It has been highly influential, driving a number of empirical lines of research (e.g., in the context of facial expression detection, neuroimaging studies and evolutionary psychology). Nevertheless, BET has been...