Dr Myles Jones
BSc, MSc, PhD, SFHEA
School of Psychology
Senior Lecturer
+44 114 222 6551
Full contact details
School of Psychology
Interdisciplinary Centre of the Social Sciences (ICOSS)
219 Portobello
Sheffield
S1 4DP
- Profile
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I am a Senior Lecturer in Neuroscience and Psychology at the University of Sheffield. I hold a BSc in Psychology from the University of Sheffield, an MSc in Neuroscience from the Institute of Psychiatry (King’s College London), and a PhD focused on characterizing the cerebral hemodynamic responses underlying functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI). Following post-doctoral research funded by the Wellcome Trust and the MRC, I was appointed to a lectureship in Psychology, where I dedicated two decades to advancing our understanding of cerebral hemodynamics. My current research bridges cognitive neuroscience and clinical psychology. Using EEG and psychophysical tasks, I investigate excitation-inhibition (E/I) balance and neural signal complexity in Autistic Spectrum Conditions. A major focus of my recent work centres on open science and data reproducibility in electrophysiology; to this end, I participate in several international consortia working to standardize EEG data collection, analysis, and reliability. Additionally, my research explores how neuromodulation techniques can manipulate working memory capacity and perceptual performance, as well as collaborative efforts to identify at-risk states for serious mental illness.
- Qualifications
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BSc (Hons) Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Sheffield.
MSc Neuroscience, Department of Neuroscience, Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College, University of London.
PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Sheffield.
Certificate in Learning and Teaching (CILT), University of Sheffield
- Research interests
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My primary research interests centre on four interconnected themes in clinical and cognitive neuroscience:
• Neuromodulation Efficacy: Identifying the neurophysiological and individual factors that govern the efficacy of non-invasive brain stimulation techniques, such as transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS).
• Neural Complexity in Autism: Investigating neural signal complexity and excitation-inhibition dynamics in Autistic Spectrum Conditions using EEG and psychophysical paradigms.
• Clinical Risk Markers: Developing robust methods to identify and quantify cognitive and behavioural risk states for serious mental illness.
• Open Science & Reproducibility: Improving the rigor, standardization, and reproducibility of EEG data collection and analytical pipelines across multi-site studies.
- Publications
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Featured publications
Journal articles
- Developing trace: a transdiagnostic screening tool for early detection of a pluripotent at‐risk mental state. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 34(4). View this article in WRRO
- TDCS over PPC or DLPFC does not improve visual working memory capacity. Communications Psychology, 2(1). View this article in WRRO
- No effects of transcranial direct current stimulation on visual evoked potential and peak gamma frequency. Cognitive Processing, 23(2), 235-254.
- Atypical neural variability in carriers of 16p11.2 copy number variants. Autism Research, 12(9), 1322-1333.
- Atypical EEG in autism spectrum disorder: Comparing a dimensional and a categorical approach. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 128(5), 442-452. View this article in WRRO
- Long-latency reductions in gamma power predict hemodynamic changes that underlie the negative BOLD signal . Journal of Neuroscience, 35(11), 4641-4656. View this article in WRRO
- The resting-state neurovascular coupling relationship: rapid changes in spontaneous neural activity in the somatosensory cortex are associated with haemodynamic fluctuations that resemble stimulus-evoked haemodynamics.. Eur J Neurosci, 38(6), 2902-2916.
- Concurrent optical imaging spectroscopy and laser-Doppler flowmetry: the relationship between blood flow, oxygenation, and volume in rodent barrel cortex.. Neuroimage, 13(6 Pt 1), 1002-1015.
All publications
Journal articles
- Contralateral delay activity as a marker of visual working memory capacity: a multi-site registered replication. Cortex. View this article in WRRO
- Developing trace: a transdiagnostic screening tool for early detection of a pluripotent at‐risk mental state. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 34(4). View this article in WRRO
- TDCS over PPC or DLPFC does not improve visual working memory capacity. Communications Psychology, 2(1). View this article in WRRO
- The three‐dimensional community structure of attention‐deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) traits captured by the Adult ADHD Self‐Report Scale: an exploratory graph analysis. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 33(1). View this article in WRRO
- Mechanisms of cognitive change: training improves the quality but not the quantity of visual working memory representations. Journal of Cognition, 6(1). View this article in WRRO
- No effects of transcranial direct current stimulation on visual evoked potential and peak gamma frequency. Cognitive Processing, 23(2), 235-254.
- Investigating neural dynamics in autism spectrum conditions outside of the laboratory using mobile electroencephalography. Psychophysiology, 59(4). View this article in WRRO
- Mapping the campus learning landscape. Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 30(2), 149-167. View this article in WRRO
- The efficacy of interactive group psychoeducation for children with leukaemia : a randomised controlled trial. Patient Education and Counseling, 104(12), 3008-3015. View this article in WRRO
- Spontaneous neural activity relates to psychiatric traits in 16p11.2 CNV carriers: An analysis of EEG spectral power and multiscale entropy. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 136, 610-618.
- Transcranial direct current stimulation for auditory verbal hallucinations: a systematic review of clinical trials. Neural Regeneration Research, 16(4), 666-666.
- Investigating the effects of tDCS on visual orientation discrimination task performance: “the possible influence of placebo”. Journal of Cognitive Enhancement, 4, 235-249. View this article in WRRO
- Binocular rivalry dynamics associated with high levels of self-reported autistic traits suggest an imbalance of cortical excitation and inhibition. Behavioural Brain Research, 388.
- Atypical neural variability in carriers of 16p11.2 copy number variants. Autism Research, 12(9), 1322-1333.
- Atypical EEG in autism spectrum disorder: Comparing a dimensional and a categorical approach. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 128(5), 442-452. View this article in WRRO
- Altered neural dynamics in people who report spontaneous out of body experiences. Cortex, 111, 87-99. View this article in WRRO
- Lateral inhibition in the autism spectrum: an SSVEP study of visual cortical lateral interactions. Neuropsychologia, 111, 369-376. View this article in WRRO
- The neurogenesis of P1 and N1: a concurrent EEG/LFP study. NeuroImage, 146(1), 575-588. View this article in WRRO
- Decreased Haemodynamic Response and Decoupling of Cortical Gamma Band Activity and Tissue Oxygen Perfusion after Striatal Interleukin-1 Injection.. Journal of Neuroinflammation, 13. View this article in WRRO
- Measuring neural excitation and inhibition in autism: different approaches, different findings and different interpretations.. Brain Research.
- Superior orientation discrimination and increased peak gamma frequency in autism spectrum conditions.. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 125(3), 412-422. View this article in WRRO
- Contingent negative variation (CNV) associated with sensorimotor timing error correction.. NeuroImage. View this article in WRRO
- Increased peak gamma frequency in individuals with higher levels of autistic traits. European Journal of Neuroscience, 41(8), 1095-1101. View this article in WRRO
- Long-latency reductions in gamma power predict hemodynamic changes that underlie the negative BOLD signal . Journal of Neuroscience, 35(11), 4641-4656. View this article in WRRO
- Oblique orientation discrimination thresholds are superior in those with a high level of autistic traits.. J Autism Dev Disord, 44(11), 2844-2850.
- The resting-state neurovascular coupling relationship: rapid changes in spontaneous neural activity in the somatosensory cortex are associated with haemodynamic fluctuations that resemble stimulus-evoked haemodynamics.. Eur J Neurosci, 38(6), 2902-2916.
- Inter-trial variability in sensory-evoked cortical hemodynamic responses: the role of the magnitude of pre-stimulus fluctuations. Frontiers in Neuroenergetics, 4.
- Early and late stimulus-evoked cortical hemodynamic responses provide insight into the neurogenic nature of neurovascular coupling. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism, 32(3), 468-480.
- Information literacy through inquiry: A Level One psychology module at the University of Sheffield. Aslib Proceedings New Information Perspectives, 63(2-3), 221-240.
- Linear superposition of sensory-evoked and ongoing cortical hemodynamics.. Front Neuroenergetics, 2.
- Does neural input or processing play a greater role in the magnitude of neuroimaging signals?. Front Neuroenergetics, 2.
- Optical imaging spectroscopy and laser doppler flowmetry in rodent barrel cortex : the hemodynamic response to whisker stimulation and hypercapnia..
- Temporal coupling between stimulus-evoked neural activity and hemodynamic responses from individual cortical columns.. Phys Med Biol, 55(8), 2203-2219.
- Negative blood oxygen level dependence in the rat: a model for investigating the role of suppression in neurovascular coupling.. J Neurosci, 30(12), 4285-4294.
- A dynamic model of neurovascular coupling: implications for blood vessel dilation and constriction.. Neuroimage, 52(3), 1135-1147.
- Polarographic Electrode Measures of Cerebral Tissue Oxygenation: Implications for Functional Brain Imaging. SENSORS-BASEL, 8(12), 7649-7670.
- Altered neurovascular coupling during information-processing states.. Eur J Neurosci, 27(10), 2758-2772.
- Fine detail of neurovascular coupling revealed by spatiotemporal analysis of the hemodynamic response to single whisker stimulation in rat barrel cortex.. J Neurophysiol, 99(2), 787-798.
- Preservation of visual cortical function following retinal pigment epithelium transplantation in the RCS rat using optical imaging techniques. EUR J NEUROSCI, 25(7), 1940-1948.
- Haemodynamic and neural responses to hypercapnia in the awake rat.. Eur J Neurosci, 24(9), 2601-2610.
- Neurovascular coupling investigated with two-dimensional optical imaging spectroscopy in rat whisker barrel cortex.. Eur J Neurosci, 22(7), 1655-1666.
- The effect of hypercapnia on the neural and hemodynamic responses to somatosensory stimulation.. Neuroimage, 27(3), 609-623.
- Further nonlinearities in neurovascular coupling in rodent barrel cortex.. Neuroimage, 24(2), 565-574.
- Retinotopy within rat primary visual cortex using optical imaging.. Neuroimage, 24(1), 200-206.
- Integration of neural responses originating from different regions of the cortical somatosensory map.. Brain Res, 1030(2), 284-293.
- A model of the dynamic relationship between blood flow and volume changes during brain activation. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism(24), 1382-1392.
- A model of the dynamic relationship between blood flow and volume changes during brain activation.. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab, 24(12), 1382-1392.
- Haemodynamic responses to sensory stimulation are enhanced following acute cocaine administration.. Neuroimage, 22(4), 1744-1753.
- Nonlinear coupling of neural activity and CBF in rodent barrel cortex.. Neuroimage, 22(2), 956-965.
- The hemodynamic impulse response to a single neural event.. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab, 23(5), 546-555.
- Hemodynamic response in the unanesthetized rat: intrinsic optical imaging and spectroscopy of the barrel cortex.. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab, 22(6), 670-679.
- A model of the hemodynamic response and oxygen delivery to brain.. Neuroimage, 16(3 Pt 1), 617-637.
- Changes in blood flow, oxygenation, and volume following extended stimulation of rodent barrel cortex.. Neuroimage, 15(3), 474-487.
- Spectroscopic analysis of neural activity in brain: Increased oxygen consumption following activation of barrel cortex (vol 12, pg 664, 2000). NEUROIMAGE, 13(3), 540-543.
- Increased oxygen consumption following activation of brain: theoretical footnotes using spectroscopic data from barrel cortex.. Neuroimage, 13(6 Pt 1), 975-987.
- Concurrent optical imaging spectroscopy and laser-Doppler flowmetry: the relationship between blood flow, oxygenation, and volume in rodent barrel cortex.. Neuroimage, 13(6 Pt 1), 1002-1015.
- Design and initial evaluation of a low-cost 3-Tesla research system for combined optical and functional MR imaging with interventional capability.. J Magn Reson Imaging, 13(1), 87-92.
- Pseudo-random procedures for rapid presentation rates using optical imaging and spectroscopy.. Neuroreport, 11(10), 2247-2252.
- Spectroscopic analysis of neural activity in brain: increased oxygen consumption following activation of barrel cortex.. Neuroimage, 12(6), 664-675.
- Investigation of the Relationship Between Orientation Discrimination Thresholds, Autistic, and Schizotypal Personality Traits. International Journal of Cognitive Research in Science, Engineering and Education (IJCRSEE), 11(3), 375-387.
- A novel method for classifying cortical state to identify the accompanying changes in cerebral haemodynamics. Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 267, 21-34. View this article in WRRO
Book chapters
- Social and Informal Learning Spaces and Inclusion (pp. 157-174). Facet
- "Electroencephalogram:Getting the big picture with EEGs”; “Positron Emission Tomography: Measuring Activity Indirectly with PET”; “Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging: The state of the Art”; “Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation: Turn On and Off Bits of the Brain” In Stafford T & Webb M (Ed.), Mind hacks (pp. 5-9). O'Reilly Media, Inc.
Conference proceedings
- COULD VASOMOTION BE AN EMERGENT EARLY BIOMARKER OF CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE?. JOURNAL OF CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW AND METABOLISM, Vol. 36 (pp 241-242)
- Ongoing neural activity and hemodynamics. PERCEPTION, Vol. 38 (pp 114-114)
- Optical imaging of visual cortex in unanaesthetised rat. INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE, Vol. 43 (pp U1339-U1339)
- Optical imagine demonstrates amelioration of cortical visual function in dystrophic rats following transplantation of human immortalised RPE cells. INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE, Vol. 43 (pp U201-U201)
Preprints
- Multiscale Entropy of Resting-State fMRI Signals Reveals Differences in Brain Complexity in Autism, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
- Eyes-closed resting state EEG reveals clearer and more stable group differences between autistic and neurotypical individuals than eyes-open resting state EEG, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
- Contralateral delay activity as a marker of visual working memory capacity: a multi-site registered replication, Center for Open Science.
- Does transcranial direct current stimulation enhance visual working memory? A replication study, Springer Science and Business Media LLC.
- The three-dimensional community structure of ADHD traits captured by the ASRS scale: An Exploratory Graph Analysis, Center for Open Science.
- Mechanisms of cognitive change: Training improves the quality but not the quantity of visual working memory representations, Center for Open Science.
- Beyond the interpersonal core of Schizotypal Personality and Autism: Associations between autism and schizotypal traits are not merely due to Social Anxiety., Center for Open Science.
- Unravelling the phenotypic tangle of autistic, schizotypal and social anxiety traits: A Network Analysis, Center for Open Science.
- Developing trace: a transdiagnostic screening tool for early detection of a pluripotent at‐risk mental state. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 34(4). View this article in WRRO
- Research group
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Cognitive and neural processes across the lifespan
- Grants
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Ongoing
I am co-director of the Young and Healthy Minds project funded by a legacy donation (~800k)
Completed Projects
Does an Interactive Child-Centred Workshop Reduce Treatment-Related Distress and Improve QOL in Children with Leukaemia
2011-10-1 to 2016-03-30 | Grant
National Institute for Health and Care Research
GRANT_NUMBER: PB-PG-0808-16241
Understanding neural excitation and inhibition: implications for the interpretation of extracellular field potentials and neurovascular coupling
2013-04-09 to 2014-03-30 | Grant
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (Swindon, GB)
GRANT_NUMBER: BB/K010123/1
Engineering Virus-like Nanoparticles for Targeting the Central Nervous System
2009-04-30 to 2012-08-30 | Grant
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (Swindon, GB)
GRANT_NUMBER: EP/G062137/1
Neurovascular coupling during different information processing states
2006-08-31 to 2009-08-30 | Grant
Medical Research Council (London, GB)
GRANT_NUMBER: G0501127
The neurophysiological basis of prolonged negative BOLD signals
2011-06-30 to 2014-10-31 | Grant
Medical Research Council (London, GB)
GRANT_NUMBER: G1002194
- Teaching activities
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Examinations Officer
- PSY 1003 Neuroscience and Clinical Psychology I (Module Organiser)
- PSY 2003 Neuroscience and Clinical Psychology II (Module Organiser)
- PSY 6305 Fundamentals of Cognition (Module Organiser)
- PSY 6306 Fundamentals of Neuroscience
I am also involved in the scholarship of teaching and have published on the efficacy of inquiry based learning and students’ use of teaching spaces. I am a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA) and a University of Sheffield, Senate Fellow of Learning and Teaching Excellence.
- Professional activities and memberships
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Cognitive Neuroscience and Mental Health Theme Co-Lead, Neuroscience Research Institute
- PhD Opportunities
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