Professor John Duncan University positionProfessor Professor John Duncan is pleased to consider applications from prospective PhD students. InstitutesMRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit Home pagehttp://www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/people/... Research ThemeInterestsBrain basis for attention, intelligence and cognitive control; including studies of normal cognition and behaviour, impairments following brain damage, functional brain imaging, and single cell electrophysiology. For John Duncan's popular science book How Intelligence Happens see http://www.howintelligencehappens.com/ Research Focus
EquipmentBehavioural analysis Electrophysiological recording techniques Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) CollaboratorsNo collaborators listed Associated News ItemsKey publicationsDuncan J, Seitz RJ, Kolodny J, Bor D, Herzog H, Ahmed A, Newell FN, Emslie H (2000), “A neural basis for general intelligence” Science 289:457-460 Publications2014Bhandari A, Duncan J (2014), “Goal neglect and knowledge chunking in the construction of novel behaviour.” Cognition 130(1):11-30 Details Roca M, Manes F, Cetkovich M, Bruno D, Ibáñez A, Torralva T, Duncan J (2014), “The relationship between executive functions and fluid intelligence in schizophrenia.” Front Behav Neurosci 8:46 Details 2013Duncan J (2013), “The structure of cognition: attentional episodes in mind and brain.” Neuron 80(1):35-50 Details Fedorenko E, Duncan J, Kanwisher N (2013), “Broad domain generality in focal regions of frontal and parietal cortex.” Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 110(41):16616-21 Details Kadohisa M, Petrov P, Stokes M, Sigala N, Buckley M, Gaffan D, Kusunoki M, Duncan J (2013), “Dynamic construction of a coherent attentional state in a prefrontal cell population.” Neuron 80(1):235-46 Details Roca M, Manes F, Gleichgerrcht E, Watson P, Ibáñez A, Thompson R, Torralva T, Duncan J (2013), “Intelligence and executive functions in frontotemporal dementia.” Neuropsychologia Details Stokes MG, Kusunoki M, Sigala N, Nili H, Gaffan D, Duncan J (2013), “Dynamic coding for cognitive control in prefrontal cortex.” Neuron 78(2):364-75 Details 2012Crittenden BM, Duncan J (2012), “Task Difficulty Manipulation Reveals Multiple Demand Activity but no Frontal Lobe Hierarchy.” Cereb Cortex Details Duncan J, Schramm M, Thompson R, Dumontheil I (2012), “Task rules, working memory, and fluid intelligence.” Psychon Bull Rev 19(5):864-70 Details Farooqui AA, Mitchell D, Thompson R, Duncan J (2012), “Hierarchical organization of cognition reflected in distributed frontoparietal activity.” J Neurosci 32(48):17373-81 Details Fedorenko E, Duncan J, Kanwisher N (2012), “Language-selective and domain-general regions lie side by side within Broca's area.” Curr Biol 22(21):2059-62 Details Rodríguez V, Thompson R, Stokes M, Brett M, Alvarez I, Valdes-Sosa M, Duncan J (2012), “Absence of face-specific cortical activity in the complete absence of awareness: converging evidence from functional magnetic resonance imaging and event-related potentials.” J Cogn Neurosci 24(2):396-415 Details Stoewer S, Goense J, Keliris GA, Bartels A, Logothetis NK, Duncan J, Sigala N (2012), “An analysis approach for high-field fMRI data from awake non-human primates.” PLoS One 7(1):e29697 Details 2011Dumontheil I, Thompson R, Duncan J (2011), “Assembly and use of new task rules in fronto-parietal cortex.” J Cogn Neurosci 23(1):168-82 Details Hampshire A, Thompson R, Duncan J, Owen AM (2011), “Lateral prefrontal cortex subregions make dissociable contributions during fluid reasoning.” Cereb Cortex 21(1):1-10 Details Roca M, Torralva T, Gleichgerrcht E, Woolgar A, Thompson R, Duncan J, Manes F (2011), “The role of Area 10 (BA10) in human multitasking and in social cognition: a lesion study.” Neuropsychologia 49(13):3525-31 Details Stoewer S, Goense J, Keliris GA, Bartels A, Logothetis NK, Duncan J, Sigala N (2011), “Realignment strategies for awake-monkey fMRI data.” Magn Reson Imaging 29(10):1390-400 Details Woolgar A, Hampshire A, Thompson R, Duncan J (2011), “Adaptive coding of task-relevant information in human frontoparietal cortex.” J Neurosci 31(41):14592-9 Details 2010Duncan J (2010), “The multiple-demand (MD) system of the primate brain: mental programs for intelligent behaviour.” Trends Cogn Sci 14(4):172-9 Details Hampshire A, Chamberlain SR, Monti MM, Duncan J, Owen AM (2010), “The role of the right inferior frontal gyrus: inhibition and attentional control.” Neuroimage 50(3):1313-9 Details Roca M, Parr A, Thompson R, Woolgar A, Torralva T, Antoun N, Manes F, Duncan J (2010), “Executive function and fluid intelligence after frontal lobe lesions.” Brain 133(Pt 1):234-47 Details Stoewer S, Ku SP, Goense J, Steudel T, Logothetis NK, Duncan J, Sigala N (2010), “Frontoparietal activity with minimal decision and control in the awake macaque at 7 T.” Magn Reson Imaging 28(8):1120-8 Details Woolgar A, Parr A, Cusack R, Thompson R, Nimmo-Smith I, Torralva T, Roca M, Antoun N, Manes F, Duncan J (2010), “Fluid intelligence loss linked to restricted regions of damage within frontal and parietal cortex.” Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 107(33):14899-902 Details Woolgar A, Thompson R, Bor D, Duncan J (2010), “Multi-voxel coding of stimuli, rules, and responses in human frontoparietal cortex.” Neuroimage Details 2009Cusack R, Mitchell DJ, Duncan J (2009), “Discrete Object Representation, Attention Switching, and Task Difficulty in the Parietal Lobe.” J Cogn Neurosci Details Hampshire A, Thompson R, Duncan J, Owen AM (2009), “Selective tuning of the right inferior frontal gyrus during target detection.” Cogn Affect Behav Neurosci 9(1):103-12 Details Hon N, Thompson R, Sigala N, Duncan J (2009), “Evidence for long-range feedback in target detection: Detection of semantic targets modulates activity in early visual areas.” Neuropsychologia 47(7):1721-7 Details Kusunoki M, Sigala N, Gaffan D, Duncan J (2009), “Detection of Fixed and Variable Targets in the Monkey Prefrontal Cortex.” Cereb Cortex Details Kusunoki M, Sigala N, Nili H, Gaffan D, Duncan J (2009), “Target Detection by Opponent Coding in Monkey Prefrontal Cortex.” J Cogn Neurosci Details Stokes M, Thompson R, Cusack R, Duncan J (2009), “Top-down activation of shape-specific population codes in visual cortex during mental imagery.” J Neurosci 29(5):1565-72 Details Stokes M, Thompson R, Nobre AC, Duncan J (2009), “Shape-specific preparatory activity mediates attention to targets in human visual cortex.” Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 106(46):19569-74 Details Thompson R, Duncan J (2009), “Attentional modulation of stimulus representation in human fronto-parietal cortex.” Neuroimage 48(2):436-48 Details 2008Bishop SJ, Fossella J, Croucher CJ, Duncan J (2008), “COMT val158met Genotype Affects Recruitment of Neural Mechanisms Supporting Fluid Intelligence.” Cereb Cortex Details Dodds CM, van Belle J, Peers PV, Dove A, Cusack R, Duncan J, Manly T (2008), “The effects of time-on-task and concurrent cognitive load on normal visuospatial bias.” Neuropsychology 22(4):545-52 Details Duncan J, Parr A, Woolgar A, Thompson R, Bright P, Cox S, Bishop S, Nimmo-Smith I (2008), “Goal neglect and Spearman's g: competing parts of a complex task.” J Exp Psychol Gen 137(1):131-48 Details Hampshire A, Thompson R, Duncan J, Owen AM (2008), “The target selective neural response--similarity, ambiguity, and learning effects.” PLoS ONE 3(6):e2520 Details Sigala N, Kusunoki M, Nimmo-Smith I, Gaffan D, Duncan J (2008), “Hierarchical coding for sequential task events in the monkey prefrontal cortex.” Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 105(33):11969-74 Details 2007Hampshire A, Duncan J, Owen AM (2007), “Selective tuning of the blood oxygenation level-dependent response during simple target detection dissociates human frontoparietal subregions.” J Neurosci 27(23):6219-23 Details 2006Bor D, Duncan J, Lee AC, Parr A, Owen AM (2006), “Frontal lobe involvement in spatial span: converging studies of normal and impaired function.” Neuropsychologia 44(2):229-37 Details Duncan J (2006), “EPS Mid-Career Award 2004: brain mechanisms of attention.” Q J Exp Psychol (Colchester) 59(1):2-27 Details Everling S, Tinsley CJ, Gaffan D, Duncan J (2006), “Selective representation of task-relevant objects and locations in the monkey prefrontal cortex.” Eur J Neurosci 23(8):2197-214 Details Hein G, Parr A, Duncan J (2006), “Within-modality and cross-modality attentional blinks in a simple discrimination task.” Percept Psychophys 68(1):54-61 Details Hon N, Epstein RA, Owen AM, Duncan J (2006), “Frontoparietal activity with minimal decision and control.” J Neurosci 26(38):9805-9 Details Peers PV, Cusack R, Duncan J (2006), “Modulation of spatial bias in the dual task paradigm: evidence from patients with unilateral parietal lesions and controls.” Neuropsychologia 44(8):1325-35 Details 2005Bourke PA, Duncan J (2005), “Effect of template complexity on visual search and dual-task performance.” Psychol Sci 16(3):208-13 Details Duncan J (2005), “Frontal lobe function and general intelligence: why it matters.” Cortex 41(2):215-7 Details Peers PV, Ludwig CJ, Rorden C, Cusack R, Bonfiglioli C, Bundesen C, Driver J, Antoun N, Duncan J (2005), “Attentional functions of parietal and frontal cortex.” Cereb Cortex 15(10):1469-84 Details 2004Bishop S, Duncan J, Brett M, Lawrence AD (2004), “Prefrontal cortical function and anxiety: controlling attention to threat-related stimuli.” Nat Neurosci 7(2):184-8 Details Bishop SJ, Duncan J, Lawrence AD (2004), “State anxiety modulation of the amygdala response to unattended threat-related stimuli.” J Neurosci 24(46):10364-8 Details 2003Bor D, Duncan J, Wiseman RJ, Owen AM (2003), “Encoding strategies dissociate prefrontal activity from working memory demand.” Neuron 37(2):361-7 Details 2002Arnell KM, Duncan J (2002), “Separate and shared sources of dual-task cost in stimulus identification and response selection.” Cognit Psychol 44(2):105-47 Details Everling S, Tinsley CJ, Gaffan D, Duncan J (2002), “Filtering of neural signals by focused attention in the monkey prefrontal cortex.” Nat Neurosci 5(7):671-6 Details Hornak J, Duncan J, Gaffan D (2002), “The role of the vertical meridian in visual memory for objects.” Neuropsychologia 40(12):1873-80 Details Sheppard DM, Duncan J, Shapiro KL, Hillstrom AP (2002), “Objects and events in the attentional blink.” Psychol Sci 13(5):410-5 Details 2001Bor D, Duncan J, Owen AM (2001), “The role of spatial configuration in tests of working memory explored with functional neuroimaging.” Scand J Psychol 42(3):217-24 Details Chelazzi L, Miller EK, Duncan J, Desimone R (2001), “Responses of neurons in macaque area V4 during memory-guided visual search.” Cereb Cortex 11(8):761-72 Details Duncan J (2001), “An adaptive coding model of neural function in prefrontal cortex.” Nat Rev Neurosci 2(11):820-9 Details 2000Duncan J, Owen AM (2000), “Common regions of the human frontal lobe recruited by diverse cognitive demands.” Trends Neurosci 23(10):475-83 Details Elvevåg B, Duncan J, McKenna PJ (2000), “The use of cognitive context in schizophrenia: an investigation.” Psychol Med 30(4):885-97 Details Vandenberghe R, Duncan J, Arnell KM, Bishop SJ, Herrod NJ, Owen AM, Minhas PS, Dupont P, Pickard JD, Orban GA (2000), “Maintaining and shifting attention within left or right hemifield.” Cereb Cortex 10(7):706-13 Details 1999Duncan J, Bundesen C, Olson A, Humphreys G, Chavda S, Shibuya H (1999), “Systematic analysis of deficits in visual attention.” J Exp Psychol Gen 128(4):450-78 Details 1998Chelazzi L, Duncan J, Miller EK, Desimone R (1998), “Responses of neurons in inferior temporal cortex during memory-guided visual search.” J Neurophysiol 80(6):2918-40 Details Duncan J (1998), “Converging levels of analysis in the cognitive neuroscience of visual attention.” Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 353(1373):1307-17 Details 1997Duncan J, Humphreys G, Ward R (1997), “Competitive brain activity in visual attention.” Curr Opin Neurobiol 7(2):255-61 Details Duncan J, Martens S, Ward R (1997), “Restricted attentional capacity within but not between sensory modalities.” Nature 387(6635):808-10 Details 1996Duncan J, Emslie H, Williams P, Johnson R, Freer C (1996), “Intelligence and the frontal lobe: the organization of goal-directed behavior.” Cognit Psychol 30(3):257-303 Details Ward R, Duncan J, Shapiro K (1996), “The Slow Time-Course of Visual Attention” Cognit Psychol 30(1):79-109 Details 1995Desimone R, Duncan J (1995), “Neural mechanisms of selective visual attention.” Annu Rev Neurosci 18:193-222 Details Duncan J, Burgess P, Emslie H (1995), “Fluid intelligence after frontal lobe lesions.” Neuropsychologia 33(3):261-8 Details 1994Duncan J, Ward R, Shapiro K (1994), “Direct measurement of attentional dwell time in human vision.” Nature 369(6478):313-5 Details Humphreys GW, Romani C, Olson A, Riddoch MJ, Duncan J (1994), “Non-spatial extinction following lesions of the parietal lobe in humans.” Nature 372(6504):357-9 Details 1993Chelazzi L, Miller EK, Duncan J, Desimone R (1993), “A neural basis for visual search in inferior temporal cortex.” Nature 363(6427):345-7 Details Duncan J (1993), “Coordination of what and where in visual attention.” Perception 22(11):1261-70 Details 1992Duncan J, Humphreys G (1992), “Beyond the search surface: visual search and attentional engagement.” J Exp Psychol Hum Percept Perform 18(2):578-88; discussion 589-93 Details 1989Duncan J (1989), “Boundary conditions on parallel processing in human vision.” Perception 18(4):457-69 Details Duncan J, Humphreys GW (1989), “Visual search and stimulus similarity.” Psychol Rev 96(3):433-58 Details 1984Duncan J (1984), “Selective attention and the organization of visual information.” J Exp Psychol Gen 113(4):501-17 Details 1980Duncan J (1980), “The locus of interference in the perception of simultaneous stimuli.” Psychol Rev 87(3):272-300 Details |