Publications

 

• Christoff, K., (2012). Undirect thought: Neural determinants and correlats. Brain Research, 1428, 51-59.
• Ellamil, M., Dobson, C., Beeman, M., & Christoff, K., (2011). Evaluative and generative modes of thought during the creative process. Neuroimage.
• Schooler, J.W., Smallwood, J., Christoff, K., Handy, T.C., Reichle, E.D., & Sayette, M.A., (2011). Meta-awareness, perceptual decoupling and the wandering mind. Trends in Cognitive Science, 15(7). 319-326.
• Christoff, K., Cosmelli, D., Legrand, D., & Thompson, E., (2011). Specifying the self for cognitive neuroscience. Trends in Cognitive Science, 15(3). 104-112.
• McCaig, R.G., Dixon, M.L., Keramatian, K., Liu, I., & Christoff, K., (2011). Improved modulation of rostrolateral prefrontal cortex using real-time fMRI training and meta-cognitive awareness. Neuroimage, 55. 1298-1305.
• Dumontheil, I., Houlton, R., Christoff, K., & Blakemore, S.J. (2010). Non-linear development of relational reasoning during adolescence. Developmental Science, 13(6). 15-24.
• Christoff, K., Gordon, A. M., Smallwood, J., Smith, R., & Schooler, J. W. (2009). Experience sampling during fMRI reveals default network and executive system contributions to mind wandering. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 106 (21), 8719-8724.
• Christoff, K., Keramatian, K., Alan, G.M., Smith, R., Maedler, B. (2009). Representational topography in lateral prefrontal cortex according to levels of abstraction. Brain Research, 1286, 94-105.
• Christoff, K., Gordon, A., & Smith, R. (in press). The role of spontaneous thought in human cognition. In: Neuroscience of Decision Making. (Eds: O. Vartanian and D. R. Mandel) Psychology Press.
• Crone, E.A., Wendelken, C., van Leijenhorst, L., Honomichl, R., Christoff, K. & Bunge, S.A. (2009). Neurocognitive development of relational reasoning . Developmental Science, 12(1), 55-66.
• Winters, J., Christoff, K., & Gorzalka, B.B. (2009). Conscious regulation of sexual arousal in men. Journal of Sex Research, 46(4), 330-343.
• Christoff, K. (2008). Applying neuroscientific findings to education: The good, the tough, and the hopeful. Mind, Brain, and Education, 2 (2), 55-58.
• Smith, R., Keramatian, K. and Christoff, K. (2007) Functionally localizing the rostrolateral prefrontal cortex. Neuroimage, 36, 1387-96.
• Christoff, K. and Keramatian, K. (2007) Abstraction of mental representations: Theoretical considerations and neuroscientific evidence. In: Perspectives on Rule-Guided Behavior (Eds: S.A.Bunge and J.D.Wallis) Oxford University Press.
• Christoff, K. and Owen, A.M., (2006) Improving reverse neuroimaging inference: Cognitive domain versus cognitive complexity. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 10(8): 352-3.
• Smith, R., Keramatian, K., Smallwood, J., Schooler, J., Luus, B. and Christoff, K. (2006) Mind-wandering with and without awareness: An fMRI study of spontaneous thought processes. Proceedings of the 28th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (Ed. R. Sun): 804-809. Vancouver: Erlbaum.
• Narayanan , N.S., Prabhakaran, V., Bunge, S.A., Christoff., K., Fine, E.M. and Gabrieli, J.D.E. (2005) The role of the prefrontal cortex in the maintenance of verbal working memory: An event-related fMRI analysis. Neuropsychology, 19(2): 223-232.
• Christoff, K., Ream, J.M. and Gabrieli, J.D.E. (2004) Cognitive and neural basis of spontaneous thought processes. Cortex, 40: 623-630.
• DeCharms, R.C., Christoff, K., Glover, G.H., Pauly, J.M., Whitfield, S. and Gabrieli, J.D.E. (2004) Learned regulation of spatially localized brain activation using real-time fMRI. NeuroImage. 21: 436-43.
• Christoff, K., Ream, J.M., Geddes, L.P.T. and Gabrieli, J.D.E. (2003) Evaluating self-generated information: Anterior prefrontal contributions to human cognition. Behavioral Neuroscience, 117(6): 1161-1168.
• Anderson , A.K., Christoff, K., Panitz, D., De Rosa, E. and Gabrieli, J.D.E. (2003) Neural correlates of the automatic processing of threat facial signals. Journal of Neuroscience 23(13), 5627-5633.
• Anderson , A.K., Christoff, K., Stappen, I., Panitz, D., Gharamani, D.G., Glover, G., Gabrieli, J.D.E. and Sobel, N. (2003) Dissociated neural representations of intensity and valence in human olfaction. Nature Neuroscience 6(2), 192-202.
• Christoff, K., Prabhakaran, V., Dorfman, J., Zhao, Z., Kroger, J.K., Holyoak, K.J. and Gabrieli, J.D.E. (2001). Rostrolateral prefrontal cortex involvement in relational integration during reasoning. NeuroImage 14(5), 1136-1149.
• Christoff, K. and Gabrieli, J.D.E. (2000) The frontopolar cortex and human cognition: Evidence for a rostrocaudal hierarchical organization within the human prefrontal cortex. Psychobiology, 28(2), 168-186.
• Christoff, K. (1999) Complexity and working memory resources: Task characteristics necessitating the executive control of attention. In: Ed. B. Kokinov, Perspectives on Cognitive Science: Volume 5. New Bulgarian University, Sofia.