Post Doctoral Fellow - Cognitive Neuroscience  
 
 

Papers

Balsters, J.H., Henson, R.N., & Ramnani., N. Insufficiency of the informed basis set for fMRI analysis. In Prep.

Balsters, J.H. and Ramnani, N. Automatic Cognition: Cerebellar plasticity during the automatisation of rule-based information. In Prep.

Pierno, A.C., Castiello, U., Balsters, J.H., & Ramnani, N. Reward omissions become negative reinforcers in the human nucleus accumbens. In Prep.

Balsters, J.H., Cussans, E., Diedrichsen, J., Phillips, K., Preuss, T.M., Rilling, J.K., & Ramnani, N. Evolution of the Cerebellar Cortex: Selective expansion of prefrontal-projecting lobules. Under Review

Diedrichsen, J., Balsters, J.H., Flavell, J., Cussans, E., & Ramnani, N. (2009). A probabilistic MR atlas of the human cerebellum. Neuroimage, 46(1), 39-46.

Balsters, J.H. and Ramnani, N. (2008). Symbolic representations of action in the human cerebellum. Neuroimage, 43(2), 388-98.

Smith, A.T., Singh, K.D. & Balsters, J.H. (2007). A comment on the severity of the effects of non-white noise in fMRI time-series. Neuroimage, 36(2), 282-8.

 

Conference Proceedings
(* Selected for oral presentation)

Balsters, J.H., and Ramnani, N. (2009). Cerebellar and Prefrontal Contributions to Rule Learning: Parametric Modulation of Associative Strength. Organization for Human Brain Mapping Abstracts

Diedrichsen, J., Balsters, J.H., Flavell, J., Cussans, E., & Ramnani, N. (2009). A probabilistic MR atlas of the human cerebellum. Organization for Human Brain Mapping Abstracts

* Apps, M.A., Balsters, J.H., & Ramnani, N. (2009). Anterior Cingulate Cortex: Monitoring the uncertain outcomes of other's decisions. Organization for Human Brain Mapping Abstracts

Saalmann, Y., Balsters, J.H., Wright, M.J., & Ramnani, N. (2009). Rules, Prefrontal-Cerebellar Connectivity and Granger Causality. Organization for Human Brain Mapping Abstracts

Apps, M.A., Balsters, J.H., & Ramnani, N. (2009). Anterior Cingulate Cortex: Monitoring the uncertain outcomes of other's decisions. British Neuroscience Association

Balsters, J.H., and Ramnani, N. (2009). Cerebellar and Prefrontal Contributions to Rule Learning: Parametric Modulation of Associative Strength. British Neuroscience Association

Balsters, J.H., Cussans, E., Diedrichsen, J., Phillips, K., Preuss, T.M., Rilling, J.K., & Ramnani, N. (2009). Evolution of the Cerebellar Cortex: Selective expansion of prefrontal-projecting lobules. British Neuroscience Association

Balsters, J.H, and Ramnani, N. (2008). Cerebellum and Cognition: Plasticity during the automatisation of rule-based information processing. Organization for Human Brain Mapping Abstracts

Balsters, J.H., Cussans, E., Diedrichsen, J., Phillips, K., Preuss, T.M., Rilling, J.K., & Ramnani, N. (2008). Evolution of the Cerebellar Cortex: Selective expansion of prefrontal-projecting lobules. Organization for Human Brain Mapping Abstracts

Saalmann, Y., Balsters, J.H., Wright, M.J., & Ramnani, N. (2008). Learning rule changes between the prefrontal cortex and cerebellum. Organization for Human Brain Mapping Abstracts

Diedrichsen, J., Balsters, J.H., Cussans, E., & Ramnani, N. (2008). A probabilistic atlas of the lobular organisation of the human cerebellum. Neural Control of Movement

* Balsters, J.H., and Ramnani, N. (2007). Symbolic information activates prefrontal-projecting areas of the cerebellum. Organization for Human Brain Mapping Abstracts

* Balsters, J.H., and Ramnani, N. (2006). Preparatory activity in the human premotor cortex: comparing arbitrary and direct instructions. Society for Neuroscience

* Ramnani N., Pierno A.C., Balsters J.H. & Castiello, U. (2006). Monetary reward error activates the human nucleus accumbens when contingent on behaviour. Society for Neuroscience

* Balsters, J.H., and Ramnani, N. (2006). Cerebellar Activity and Motor Preparation: Preparatory activity evoked by arbitrary instructions. Young Physiologists Symposium

Smith A.T., Balsters J.H., & Singh, K.D. (2005). Spurious BOLD activation from low-frequency noise. Organization for Human Brain Mapping Abstracts

 

Invited Talks

Cerebellum (huh!) What is it good for? (2009). Neurosoc seminar series, Trinity College Dublin

Field maps: What are they good for? (2008). CUBIC Neuroimaging Methods Meetings

Automatic Cognition: An event-related fMRI study. (2007). CUBIC Neuroimaging Methods Meetings

Abstract information processing in ‘prefrontal zones’ of the cerebellum. (2007). CUBIC Away Day

Activity in the human cerebellum time-locked to the execution of skilled cognitive operations. (2006). 2nd St George’s Research Day

The human cerebellum and cognition? Evidence from fMRI. (2006). Postgraduate Convention, Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway University of London.