Publications

Research Publications: Peer-Reviewed

Davidson, R., Dunne, J., Eccles, J. S., Engle, A., Greenberg, M., Jennings, P., Jha, A., Jinpa, T., Lantieri, L., Meyer, D., Roeser, R. W., & Vago, D. (in press). Contemplative Practices and Mental Training: Prospects for American Education. Child Development Perspectives.

Baijal, S., Jha, A.P., Kiyonaga, A., Singh, R., & Srinivasan, N. (2011). The Influence of Concentrative Meditation Training on the Development of Attention Networks during Early Adolescence. Frontiers in Developmental Psychology. 2 (153): 1-9.
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Van Vugt, M. & Jha, A.P. (2011). Investigating the Impact of Mindfulness Meditation Training on Working Memory: A Mathematical Modeling Approach. Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience. 11: 344-353.
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Sreenivasan, K.K., Sambhara, D., & Jha, A.P. (2011). Working Memory Templates are Maintained as Feature-specific Perceptual Codes. Journal of Neurophysiology. 106:115-121.
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Stanley, E. A., Schaldach, J. M., Kiyonaga, A., & Jha, A. P. (2011). Mindfulness-based Mind Fitness Training: A Case Study of a High-Stress Predeployment Military Cohort. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice. 18(4):566-576.
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Jha, A.P. & Kiyonaga, A. (2010). Working Memory-Triggered Adjustments in Dynamic Control. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 36(4), 1036-1042.
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Jha, A.P., Stanley, E.A., Kiyonaga, A., Wong, L., & Gelfand., L. (2010). Examining the Protective Effects of Mindfulness Training on Working Memory and Affective Experience. Emotion, 10(1), 54–64.
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Stanley, E. A. & Jha, A. P. (2009). Mind fitness: Improving operational effectiveness and building warrior resilience. Joint Force Quarterly, 55, 144-151.
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Sreenivasan K.K., Goldstein J.M., Lustig A.G., Rivas L.R., & Jha A.P.  (2009).  Attention to faces modulates early face processing during low but not high face discriminability. Attention, Perception and Psychophysics, 71, 837-846.
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Dolcos F., Miller B., Kragel P., Jha A.P, & McCarthy G. (2007).  Regional brain differences in the effect of distraction during the delay interval of a working memory task. Brain Res, 1152, 171-181.
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Sreenivasan K.K., Katz J., & Jha A.P. (2007).  Temporal characteristics of top-down modulations during working memory maintenance: An ERP study of the N170 component. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 19, 1836-1844.
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Jha A.P., Krompinger J., & Baime M.J.  (2007).  Mindfulness training modifies subsystems of attention. Cognitive Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience, 7, 109-119.
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Sreenivasan K.K. & Jha A.P. (2007).  Selective attention supports working memory maintenance by modulating perceptual processing of distractors. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 19, 32-41.
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Jha A.P., Ranucci M.B., & Giuliani N.R.  (2006).  Organization of mnemonic and response operations within prefrontal cortex. Brain Research, 1097, 133-141.
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Botvinik M., Jha A.P., Bylsma L.M., Fabian S.A., Soloman P.E., & Prkachin K.M. (2005). Viewing facial expressions of pain engages cortical areas involved in the direct experience of pain. Neuroimage, 25, 312-319.
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Petrella, J.R., Townsend, B.A., Jha, A.P., Ziajko, L.A., Slavin M.J., Lustig C., Hart S.J., & Doraiswamy, P.M.  (2005).  Increasing memory load modulates regional brain activity in older adults as measured by fMRI. J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci, 17, 75-83.
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Jha A.P., Fabian S.A., & Aguirre, G.K. (2004).  The role of prefrontal cortex in resolving distractor interference. Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience, 4, 61-72.
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Jha A.P. (2002). Tracking the time-course of attentional involvement in spatial working memory: An event-related potential investigation. Cognitive Brain Research, 15, 61-69.
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Petrella J.R., Lustig C., Bucher L.A., Jha A.P., & Doraiswamy P.M. (2002).  Prefrontal activation patterns in subjects at risk for Alzheimer’s Disease. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 10, 112-113.
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Jha, A.P. & McCarthy, G. (2000).  The influence of memory load upon delay interval activity in a working memory task: An event-related functional MRI study. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 12, 90-105.
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Mangun, G.R., Hopfinger, J.B., & Jha, A.P. (2000).  Integrating electrophysiology and neuroimaging in the study of brain function. Advances in Neurology, 84, 35-49.
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Handy, T.C., Jha, A.P., & Mangun, G.R. (1999).  Promoting novelty in vision: Inhibition of return modulates perceptual-level processing. Psychological Science, 10, 157-161.
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Mangun, G.R., Buonocore, M.H., Girelli, M., & Jha, A.P. (1998). ERP and fMRI measures of visual spatial selective attention. Human Brain Mapping, 6, 383-389.
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Jha, A.P., Kroll, N.E.A., Baynes, K., & Gazzaniga, M.S. (1997).  Memory encoding following complete callosotomy. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 9,143-159.
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Reuter-Lorenz, P., Jha, A.P., & Rosenquest, J.N. (1996).  What is inhibited in inhibition of return? Journal of Experimental  Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 22(2), 367-378.
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Book Chapters

Jha, A.P., Stanley, E.A., & Baime, M.J. (2010). What does Mindfulness Training Strengthen? Working Memory Capacity as a Functional Marker of Training Success. In: Baer, R (Ed.) Assessing Mindfulness and Acceptance: Illuminating the Processes of Change. New Harbinger Publications: New York, New York.
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Jha, A.P., Baime, M.J., & Sreenivasan, K.K. (2009).  Attention and mindfulness training. In: RE Ingram (Ed.) The International Encyclopedia of Depression.

Mangun, G.R., Hopfinger, J.B., Jha, A.P., Hopf, J.-M., & Girelli, M. (2000).  Electrophysiological and neuroimaging studies of voluntary and reflexive attention. In: J Driver and S Monsell (Eds.) Attention and Performance XVIII: The Control Over Cognitive Processes, pp. 125-154. MIT Press: Cambridge, MA.

Mangun, G.R., Jha, A.P., Hopfinger, J.B., & Handy, T.C. (2000).  The temporal dynamics and functional architecture of attentional processes in human extrastriate cortex. In: MS Gazzaniga (Ed.) The New Cognitive Neurosciences, pp. 701-710. MIT Press: Cambridge, MA.

Mangun, G.R., Hopfinger, J.B., & Jha, A.P. (2000). Integrating electrophysiology and neuroimaging in the study of human brain function. In: P Williamson, AM Siegel, DW Roberts, VM Thandi, MS Gazzaniga (Eds.) Advances in Neurology (Vol. 84). Neocortical Epilepsies, pp. 35-50. Lippincott, Williams, & Wilkins: Philadelphia, PA

Published Reports

Schoeberlein D, Koeffler T, Jha AP (2005) Contemplation and education: The current status of programs using contemplative techniques in K-12 educational settings: A mapping report. Garrison Institute: Garrison, N.Y.

Conference Abstracts (at UPenn)

Rosen ZB, Baime MJ, Ramsay JR, Rostain A, Sreenivasan KK, Jha AP (2008) Mindfulness Training Improves Working Memory Performance in Adults with ADHD. The Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.

Sreenivasan KK, Jha AP (2008) Positive Emotional “Distraction” Protects Against Cognitive Interference in Working Memory. The Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.

Fincher KM, Jha AP (2008) Examining the attentional costs of self-focused attention. The Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

Sreenivasan KK, Sambhara D, Rosen ZB, Jha AP (2008) The Top-down Influence of Memory Representations on Face Processing. The Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

Wong LM, van Vugt MK, Smallwood J, Carpenter-Cohn J, Baime MJ, Jha AP (2008) Mindfulness training reduces mind wandering during a sustained attention task. The Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

Hsu NS, Anderson AK, Jha AP (2007) Positive mood improves working memory. The Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.

Sreenivasan KK, Lustig A, Jha AP (2007) Attention to Faces Modulates Feedforward Perceptual Processing under Conditions of High Perceptual Load. The Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.

Jayawikreme E, Jha AP, Seligman M (2007) The influence of positive affect on attention. The American Psychological Society Annual Meeting, New York, NY.

Sreenivasan KK, Rosen ZB, Spiegel D, van Vugt MK, Jha AP (2007) EEG Oscillations during Working Memory Maintenance Vary with Eventual Task Performance. The Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting, New York, NY.

Lustig A, Sreenivasan KK, Jha AP (2006) Examination of the N170 to delay-spanning noise masks during face working memory: An ERP study. The Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

Sreenivasan KK, Jha AP (2006) Attentional modulations during working memory predict behavioral task performance. The Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

Jha AP, Bylsma L, Fabian SA, Soloman PE, Prkachin KM, Botvinik M (2005) Viewing facial expressions of pain engages cortical areas involved in the direct experience of pain. The Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting, New York, NY.

Lustig A, Krompinger J, Tsai S, Shah G, Baime M, Jha AP (2005) The role of selective attention in mindfulness. The Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting, New York, NY.

Prabhakaran R, Hirshhorn E, Jha AP, Thompson-Schill SL (2005) An event-related fMRI investigation of proactive interference resolution in a nonverbal working memory task. The Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting, New York, NY.

Sreenivasan KK, Tsai S, Katz J, Krompinger J, Jha AP (2005) Attentional Modulations during Nonspatial Working Memory: An ERP Study of the N170 Component. The Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting, New York, NY.

Brandon M, Hirshorn E, Jha AP, Thompson-Schill SL (2004) Proactive interference resolution during nonverbal working memory: Evidence for domain-general processing in LIFG. The Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

Jha AP, Fabian SA, Wencil E (2004) The role of prefrontal cortex in distractor interference. The Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.

Jha AP, Ranucci M, Giuliani N (2003) Mnemonic and response functions of prefrontal cortex. The Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting, New York, NY.

Wencil E, Jha AP (2003) Faces are not always special! The Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting, New York, NY.

Brandon MN, Jha AP, Trueswell JC, Barde LHF, Thompson-Schill SL (2003) Proactive interference in verbal and non-verbal working memory. The Psychonomic Society 44th Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC.

Jha AP, Rauch S, Scheinker D (2003) Low versus high feature discriminability results in greater attentional facilitation to faces. The Psychonomic Society 44th Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC.