Publications | Academichttps://www.thomasdferguson.com/publication/PublicationsWowchemy (https://wowchemy.com)en-ushttps://www.thomasdferguson.com/media/icon_hu2f137105ffffa546e5de6af5c12f91bf_387050_512x512_fill_lanczos_center_3.pngPublicationshttps://www.thomasdferguson.com/publication/Electrophysiological signatures of the effect of context on exploration: Greater attentional and learning signals when exploration is costlyhttps://www.thomasdferguson.com/publication/electrophysiological-signatures-of-the-effect-of-context-on-exploration/Sat, 25 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.thomasdferguson.com/publication/electrophysiological-signatures-of-the-effect-of-context-on-exploration/Using neural signals to investigate athlete burnouthttps://www.thomasdferguson.com/publication/using-neural-signals-to-investigate-athlete-burnout/Fri, 01 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://www.thomasdferguson.com/publication/using-neural-signals-to-investigate-athlete-burnout/Decision making under chronic stress and anxiety: State and trait anxiety impact contextual updating but not feedback learninghttps://www.thomasdferguson.com/publication/humans-adopt-different-exploration-strategies-depending-on-the-environment/Tue, 15 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://www.thomasdferguson.com/publication/humans-adopt-different-exploration-strategies-depending-on-the-environment/The effect of stress on the explore-exploit dilemmahttps://www.thomasdferguson.com/publication/stress-explore-exploit/Mon, 02 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://www.thomasdferguson.com/publication/stress-explore-exploit/Finger tapping to different styles of music and changes in cortical oscillationshttps://www.thomasdferguson.com/publication/finger-tapping-to-different-styles-of-music-and-changes-in-cortical-oscillations/Tue, 02 Nov 2021 00:24:16 +0000https://www.thomasdferguson.com/publication/finger-tapping-to-different-styles-of-music-and-changes-in-cortical-oscillations/The role of cognitive control and top-down processes in object affordanceshttps://www.thomasdferguson.com/publication/the-role-of-cognitive-control-and-top-down-processes-in-object-affordances/Sat, 30 Oct 2021 00:33:43 +0000https://www.thomasdferguson.com/publication/the-role-of-cognitive-control-and-top-down-processes-in-object-affordances/Decision making under chronic stress and anxiety: State and trait anxiety impact contextual updating but not feedback learninghttps://www.thomasdferguson.com/publication/decision-making-under-chronic-stress-and-anxiety-state-and-trait-anxiety-impact-contextual-updating-but-not-feedback-learning/Fri, 08 Oct 2021 19:50:29 +0000https://www.thomasdferguson.com/publication/decision-making-under-chronic-stress-and-anxiety-state-and-trait-anxiety-impact-contextual-updating-but-not-feedback-learning/What happens when right means wrong? The impact of conflict arising from competing feedback responseshttps://www.thomasdferguson.com/publication/what-happens-when-right-means-wrong-the-impact-of-conflict-arising-from-competing-feedback-responses/Tue, 07 Sep 2021 00:18:35 +0000https://www.thomasdferguson.com/publication/what-happens-when-right-means-wrong-the-impact-of-conflict-arising-from-competing-feedback-responses/Distribution of practice combined with observational learning has time dependent effects on motor skill acquisitionhttps://www.thomasdferguson.com/publication/distribution-of-practice-combined-with-observational-learning-has-time-dependent-effects-on-motor-skill-acquisition/Mon, 02 Aug 2021 00:12:12 +0000https://www.thomasdferguson.com/publication/distribution-of-practice-combined-with-observational-learning-has-time-dependent-effects-on-motor-skill-acquisition/Dissociated neural signals of conflict and surprise in effortful decision making: Theta activity reflects surprise while alpha and beta activity reflect conflicthttps://www.thomasdferguson.com/publication/dissociated-neural-signals-of-conflict-and-surprise-in-effortful-decision-making-theta-activity-reflects-surprise-while-alpha-and-beta-activity-reflect-conflict/Sat, 01 May 2021 00:13:23 +0000https://www.thomasdferguson.com/publication/dissociated-neural-signals-of-conflict-and-surprise-in-effortful-decision-making-theta-activity-reflects-surprise-while-alpha-and-beta-activity-reflect-conflict/The ERP, frequency, and time–frequency correlates of feedback processing: Insights from a large sample studyhttps://www.thomasdferguson.com/publication/the-erp-frequency-and-timefrequency-correlates-of-feedback-processing-insights-from-a-large-sample-study/Mon, 01 Feb 2021 01:05:58 +0000https://www.thomasdferguson.com/publication/the-erp-frequency-and-timefrequency-correlates-of-feedback-processing-insights-from-a-large-sample-study/The effects of acute stress on the neural correlates of decision-makinghttps://www.thomasdferguson.com/publication/the-effects-of-acute-stress-on-the-neural-correlates-of-decision-making/Thu, 01 Oct 2020 19:24:56 +0000https://www.thomasdferguson.com/publication/the-effects-of-acute-stress-on-the-neural-correlates-of-decision-making/Passively learned spatial navigation cues evoke reinforcement learning reward signalshttps://www.thomasdferguson.com/publication/passively-learned-spatial-navigation-cues-evoke-reinforcement-learning-reward-signals/Mon, 01 Apr 2019 18:38:46 +0000https://www.thomasdferguson.com/publication/passively-learned-spatial-navigation-cues-evoke-reinforcement-learning-reward-signals/Incidental learning of allocentric and egocentric strategies by both men and women in a dual-strategy virtual Morris Water Mazehttps://www.thomasdferguson.com/publication/incidental-learning-of-allocentric-and-egocentric-strategies-by-both-men-and-women-in-a-dual-strategy-virtual-morris-water-maze/Fri, 29 Mar 2019 19:20:48 +0000https://www.thomasdferguson.com/publication/incidental-learning-of-allocentric-and-egocentric-strategies-by-both-men-and-women-in-a-dual-strategy-virtual-morris-water-maze/Navigational cognition: What you do and what you show isn't always all you knowhttps://www.thomasdferguson.com/publication/navigational-cognition/Mon, 02 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://www.thomasdferguson.com/publication/navigational-cognition/Acute stress switches spatial navigation strategy from egocentric to allocentric in a virtual Morris water mazehttps://www.thomasdferguson.com/publication/example/Sat, 31 Dec 2016 19:19:18 +0000https://www.thomasdferguson.com/publication/example/