John McDonald
Professor
Canada Research Chair (Cognitive Neuroscience)
- Area of Study: Cognitive & Neural Sciences
- Email: jmcd@sfu.ca
- Tel: 778-782-9802
- Office: RCB 6314
- Personal site: https://mcdonaldcogneuro.weebly.com/
Research Interests
Human electrophysiology, attention, multisensory perception, executive function, error processing.
Selected Publications
Smit, A. N., Michalik, M., Livingstone, A. C., Mistlberger, R. E., & McDonald, J. J. (2020). Circadian misalignment impairs ability to suppress visual distractions. Psychophysiology, 57(2), e13485.
Tay, D., Harms, V., Hillyard, S. A., & McDonald, J. J. (2019). Electrophysiological correlates of visual singleton detection. Psychophysiology, 56(8), e13375.
Gaspar, J. M., Christie, G. J., Prime, D. J., Jolicœur, P., & McDonald, J. J. (2016). Inability to suppress salient distractors predicts low visual working memory capacity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 113(13), 3693-3698.
Gaspar, J. M. & McDonald, J. J. (2014). Suppression of salient objects prevents distraction in visual search. Journal of Neuroscience, 34, 5658-5666.
Hickey, C., Di Lollo, V., & McDonald, J. J. (2009). Electrophysiological indices of target and distractor processing in visual search. Journal of cognitive neuroscience, 21(4), 760-775.
Courses
Fall 2022
Future courses may be subject to change.