Steven L. Bressler
Professor

Center for Complex Systems and Brain Sciences
Department of Psychology

Charles E. Schmidt College of Science

 

Charles E. Schmidt College of Biomedical Science

 

B.A.:	Johns Hopkins University, 1972
Ph.D.:	Berkeley, 1982

Research:

 

Cognitive Neurodynamics Laboratory

 

     Positions:

 

 PhD Position Available

 

     Recent Articles:

 

Top-Down Control of Human Visual Cortex by Frontal and Parietal Cortex in Anticipatory Visual Spatial Attention

                  Research highlighted in ScienceDaily (Oct. 10, 2008)

 

Neurocognitive Networks

 

Teaching:

 

Neurobiological Signal Processing

 

Cognitive Neuroscience

 

Seminar in Attention

 

Computational Cognitive Neuroscience

 

Biological Bases of Behavior 2

 

General Psychology

 

Collaborators:

 

Mingzhou Ding (University of Florida)

 

Charles Gray (Montana State University)

 

Rolf Kotter (Heinrich-Heine-Universitat Duesseldorf)

 

Richard Leahy (University of Southern California)

 

Anders Ledberg (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)

 

Hualou Liang (University of Texas)

 

Charles Schroeder (Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiactric Research)

 

Gregory Simpson (University of California, San Francisco)

 

Selected Publications: (Complete List)

• Bressler SL, Tang W, Sylvester CM, Shulman GL, Corbetta M. Top-down control of human visual cortex by frontal and parietal cortex in anticipatory visual spatial attention. The Journal of Neuroscience 28:10056-10061 (2008).
• Bressler SL. Neurocognitive networks. Scholarpedia 3(2):1567 (2008).
• Bressler SL, Richter CG, Chen YH, Ding M. Cortical functional network organization from autoregressive modeling of local field potential oscillations. Statistics in Medicine 26:3875-3885 (2007).
• Wang X, Chen Y, Bressler SL, Ding M. Granger causality between multiple interdependent neurobiological time series: blockwise versus pairwise methods. International Journal of Neural Systems 17:71-78 (2007).
• Ledberg A, Bressler SL, Ding M, Coppola R, Nakamura R. Large-scale visuomotor integration in the cerebral cortex. Cerebral Cortex  17:44-62(2007).
• Bressler SL. The formation of global neurocognitive state. In: LI Perlovsky, R Kozma (Eds.) Neurodynamics of Higher-Level Cognition and Consciousness, Springer, New York, 2007, pp. 61-72.
• Bressler SL, McIntosh AR. The role of neural context in large-scale neurocognitive network operations. In: VK Jirsa, AR McIntosh (Eds.) Springer Handbook on Brain Connectivity, Springer, New York, 2007, pp. 403-419.
• Bressler SL, Tognoli, E. Operational principles of neurocognitive networks. International Journal of Psychophysiology 60:139-148  (2006).
• Bressler SL, Ding M. Event-related potentials. In: M Akay (Ed.) Wiley Encyclopedia of Biomedical Engineering, Wiley, Hoboken NJ, dx.doi.org/ 10.1002/9780471740360.ebs0455 (2006).
• Chen Y, Bressler SL, Ding M. Frequency decomposition of conditional Granger causality and application to multivariate neural field potential data. Journal of Neuroscience Methods 150:228-237 (2006).
• Bressler SL. Inferential constraint sets in the organization of visual expectation. Neuroinformatics 2(2):227-238 (2004).
• Brovelli A, Ding M, Ledberg A, Chen Y, Nakamura R, Bressler SL. Beta oscillations in a large-scale sensorimotor cortical network: Directional influences revealed by Granger causality. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 101(26):9849-9854 (2004).
• Shah AS, Bressler SL, Knuth KH, Ding M, Mehta AD, Ulbert I, Schroeder CE. Neural dynamics and the fundamental mechanisms of event-related brain potentials. Cerebral Cortex 14:476-483 (2004).
• Truccolo WA, Knuth KH, Shah A, Bressler SL, Schroeder CE, Ding M. Estimation of single-trial multi-component ERPs: Bayesian foundation and applications. Biological Cybernetics 89:426-438 (2003).
• Bressler SL. Cortical coordination dynamics and the disorganization syndrome in schizophrenia. Neuropsychopharmacology 28:S35-S39 (2003).
• Bressler SL. Context rules. Commentary on W.A. Phillips & S.M. Silverstein, 'Convergence of biological and psychological perspectives on cognitive coordination in schizophrenia'. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, , 26(1):85 (2003).
• Liang H, Bressler SL, Ding M, Desimone R, Fries P. Temporal dynamics of attention-modulated neuronal synchronization in macaque V4. Neurocomputing 52-54:481-487 (2003).
• Bressler SL. Event-related potentials. In: MA Arbib (Ed.) The Handbook of Brain Theory and Neural Networks, MIT Press, Cambridge MA, pp. 412-415 (2002).
• Liang H, Bressler SL, Ding M, Truccolo WA, Nakamura R. Synchronized activity in prefrontal cortex during anticipation of visuomotor processing. NeuroReport 13:2011-2016 (2002).
• Bressler SL. Understanding cognition through large-scale cortical networks. Current Directions in Psychological Science 11:58-61 (2002).
• Truccolo WA, Ding M, Knuth KH, Nakamura R, Bressler SL. Trial-to-trial variability of cortical evoked responses: implications for the analysis of functional connectivity. Clinical Neurophysiology 113:206-226 (2002).
• Bressler SL, Kelso JAS. Cortical coordination dynamics and cognition. Trends in Cognitive Sciences 5:26-36 (2001).
• Liang H, Ding M, Bressler SL. Temporal dynamics of information flow in the cerebral cortex. Neurocomputing 38-40:1429-1435 (2001).

• Kaminski M, Ding M, Truccolo-Filho W, Bressler SL. Evaluating causal relations in neural systems: Granger causality, directed transfer function and statistical assessment of significance. Biological Cybernetics 85:145-157 (2001).

• Liang H, Ding M, Bressler SL. The detection of cognitive state transitions by stability changes in event-related cortical field potentials. Neurocomputing 38-40:1423-1428 (2001).
• Truccolo WA, Ding M, Bressler SL. Variability and interdependence of local field potentials: effects of gain modulation and nonstationarity. Neurocomputing 38-40:983-992 (2001).
• Liang H, Ding M, Nakamura R, Bressler SL. Causal influences in primate cerebral cortex during visual pattern discrimination. NeuroReport 11:2875-2880 (2000).
• Liang H, Ding M, Bressler SL. On the tracking of dynamic functional relations in monkey cerebral cortex. Neurocomputing 32-33:891-896 (2000).
• Truccolo WA, Ding M, Bressler SL. Stability constraints for oscillatory neural networks. Neurocomputing 32-33:585-589 (2000).
• Ding M, Bressler SL, Yang W, Liang H. Short-time spectral analysis of cortical event-related potentials by adaptive multivariate autoregressive (AMVAR) modeling: Data preprocessing, model validation, and variability assessment. Biological Cybernetics 83:35-45 (2000).
• Bressler SL, Ding M, Yang W. Investigation of cooperative cortical dynamics by multivariate autoregressive modeling of event-related local field potentials. Neurocomputing 26-27:625-631 (1999).
• Mayville JM, Bressler SL, Fuchs A, Kelso JAS. Spatiotemporal reorganization of electrical activity in the human brain associated with a phase transition in rhythmic auditory-motor coordination. Experimental Brain Research 127:371-381 (1999).
• Bressler SL. The dynamic manifestation of cognitive structures in the cerebral cortex. In: Understanding Representation in the Cognitive Sciences, A Riegler, M Peschl & A von Stein (Eds.), Plenum Academic, New York, 121-126 (1999).
• Bressler SL. Interareal synchronization in the visual cortex. Behavioural Brain Research 76:37-49 (1996).
• Bressler SL. Large-scale integration of cortical information processing. In: MA Pastor, J Artieda (Eds.) Time, Internal Clocks, and Movement, Elsevier, Amsterdam, 53-68 (1996).
• Bressler SL. Large-scale cortical networks and cognition. Brain Research Reviews 20:288-304 (1995).
• Wallenstein GV, Kelso JAS, Bressler SL. Phase transitions in spatiotemporal patterns of brain activity and behavior. Physica D 84:626-634 (1995).
• Bressler SL, Coppola R, Nakamura R. Episodic multiregional cortical coherence at multiple frequencies during visual task performance. Nature 366:153-156 (1993).
• Bressler SL. The gamma wave: a cortical information carrier? Trends in Neurosciences 13:161‑162 (1990).
• Bressler SL. Changes in electrical activity of rabbit olfactory bulb and cortex to conditioned odor stimulation. Behavioral Neuroscience 102:740-747 (1988).
• Gevins AS, Bressler SL. Functional topography of the human brain. In: G Pfurtscheller, FH Lopes da Silva (Eds.) Functional Brain Imaging, Hans Huber Publishers, Bern, 99-116 (1988).
• Gevins AS, Morgan NH, Bressler SL, et al. Human neuroelectric patterns predict performance accuracy. Science 235:580-585 (1987).
• Bressler SL. Relation of olfactory bulb and cortex. I. Spatial variation of bulbocortical interdependence. Brain Research 409:285-293 (1987).
• Bressler SL. Relation of olfactory bulb and cortex. II. Model for driving of cortex by bulb. Brain Research 409:285-293 (1987).
• Bressler SL. Spatial organization of EEGs from olfactory bulb and cortex. Electroencephalography and clinical Neurophysiology 57:270-276 (1984).

• Bressler SL, Freeman WJ. Frequency analysis of olfactory system EEG in cat, rabbit, and rat. Electroencephalography and clinical Neurophysiology 50:19-24 (1980).

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