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Biography

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Research Interests

My research focuses on the connections between brain and behaviour.  By using seemingly simple behavioural tasks and the latest neuroimaging techniques we can gain critical knowledge into human behaviours and disorders.  My research focus is multisensory integration (MSI).  Multisensory perception is an important field of research because it gives us insight into how we truly perceive the world around us.  MSI can be an important biomarker for the functional connectivity underlying many neurological diseases (e.g., healthy older adults, older adults with mild cognitive impairment, and people with autism spectrum disorder).  I have used perceptual training techniques, coupled with magnetoencephalography (MEG) to explore how perceptual and cognitive training affect cortical connectivity. 

Research Grants

	Project	Funding Body	Start Date	End Date	Award
	Fear of Falling Detection System	Enterprise Irl	30-MAY-22	30-SEP-22	€18,708.00
	HEA COVID Support Call 4	HEACOVID19	01-APR-22	30-JUN-22	€850.00
	Can a chaotic home environment modulate the way we perceive emotions across the senses? The case of Autism Spectrum Disorder.	Health Research Board	14-JUN-21	07-AUG-21	€2,400.00

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Publications

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Peer Reviewed Journals

	Year	Publication
	(2023)	'Can We Train Multisensory Integration in Adults? A Systematic Review' O'Brien J;Mason A;Chan J;Setti A; (2023) 'Can We Train Multisensory Integration in Adults? A Systematic Review'. Multisensory Research, 36 (2) [DOI] [Details]
	(2023)	'Eye gaze During Semi-naturalistic Face-to-Face Interactions in Autism' Ross A.I.;Chan J.;Ryan C. (2023) 'Eye gaze During Semi-naturalistic Face-to-Face Interactions in Autism'. Advances In Neurodevelopmental Disorders, [DOI] [Details]
	(2021)	'Predictive coding over the lifespan: Increased reliance on perceptual priors in older adults-a magnetoencephalography and dynamic causal modelling study' Chan, Jason S.; Wibral, Michael; Stawowsky, Cerisa; Brandl, Mareike; Helbling, Saskia; Naumer, Marcus; Kaiser, Jochen; Wollstadt, Patricia (2021) 'Predictive coding over the lifespan: Increased reliance on perceptual priors in older adults-a magnetoencephalography and dynamic causal modelling study'. Frontiers in aging neuroscience,   [DOI] [Full Text] [Details]
	(2021)	'Older Women's Experiences of a Community-Led Walking Programme Using Activity Trackers' O'Brien, J;Mason, A;Cassarino, M;Chan, JS;Setti, A (2021) 'Older Women's Experiences of a Community-Led Walking Programme Using Activity Trackers'. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18 [DOI] [Details]
	(2020)	'Improving audio-visual temporal perception through training enhances beta-band activity' Theves, Stephanie; Chan, Jason S.; Naumer, Marcus J.; Kaiser, Jochen (2020) 'Improving audio-visual temporal perception through training enhances beta-band activity'. Neuroimage,   [DOI] [Full Text] [Details]
	(2020)	'Significance of Beta-Band Oscillations in Autism Spectrum Disorders During Motor Response Inhibition Tasks: A MEG Study' Moliadze, Vera; Brodski-Guerniero, Alla; Schuetz, Magdalena; Siemann, Julia; Lyzhko, Ekaterina; Schlitt, Sabine; Kitzerow, Janina; Langer, Anne; Kaiser, Jochen; Naumer, Marcus J.; Wibral, Michael; Chan, Jason S.; Freitag, Christine M.; Siniatchkin, Michael (2020) 'Significance of Beta-Band Oscillations in Autism Spectrum Disorders During Motor Response Inhibition Tasks: A MEG Study'. Brain Topography, [DOI] [Full Text] [Details]
	(2019)	'Testing Attention Restoration in a Virtual Reality Driving Simulator' Cassarino, Marica; Maisto, Marta; Esposito, Ylenia; Guerrero, Davide; Chan, Jason S.; Setti, Annalisa (2019) 'Testing Attention Restoration in a Virtual Reality Driving Simulator'. Frontiers in psychology, 10 (250):1-7   [DOI] [Full Text] [Details]
	(2018)	'Predictable information in neural signals during resting state is reduced in autism spectrum disorder' Brodski-Guerniero A;Naumer MJ;Moliadze V;Chan J;Althen H;Ferreira-Santos F;Lizier JT;Schlitt S;Kitzerow J;Schütz M;Langer A;Kaiser J;Freitag CM;Wibral M; (2018) 'Predictable information in neural signals during resting state is reduced in autism spectrum disorder'. Human brain mapping, [DOI] [Details]
	(2018)	'The number of stimulus-onset asynchronies affects the perception of the sound-induced flash illusion in young and older adults' Chan, Jason S.; Connolly, Shannon K.; Setti, Annalisa (2018) 'The number of stimulus-onset asynchronies affects the perception of the sound-induced flash illusion in young and older adults'. Multisensory Research, 31 (3-4):175-190 [DOI] [Full Text] [Details]
	(2017)	'249Rehabilitating Perceptual Deficits in Fall-prone Older Adults: Improved Multisensory Processing Following 3 Day Perceptual Training' O’Brien, Jessica,Chan, Jason,Cronin, Finola,O’Connor, Kieran,Setti, Annalisa (2017) '249Rehabilitating Perceptual Deficits in Fall-prone Older Adults: Improved Multisensory Processing Following 3 Day Perceptual Training'. Age and Ageing, 46 (Suppl_3)   [Details]
	(2017)	'Predictive coding over the lifespan: Increased reliance on perceptual priors in older adults — a magnetoencephalography and dynamic causal modelling study' Chan, Jason S.,Wibral, Michael,Wollstadt, Patricia,Stawowsky, Cerisa,Brandl, Mareike,Helbling, Saskia,Naumer, Marcus,Kaiser, Jochen (2017) 'Predictive coding over the lifespan: Increased reliance on perceptual priors in older adults — a magnetoencephalography and dynamic causal modelling study'. bioRxiv,   [Details]
	(2016)	'Dissociating the temporal binding window from the sound-induced flash illusion in people with autism spectrum disorder: A predictive coding perspective' Chan, Jason S.,Langer, Anne,Kaiser, Jochen,Recently, a growing number of studies have examined the role of multisensory temporal integration in people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Some studies have used temporal order judgments or simultaneity judgments to examine the temporal binding window, while others have employed multisensory illusions, such as the sound-induced flash illusion (SiFi). The SiFi is an illusion created by presenting two beeps along with one flash. Participants perceive two flashes if the stimulus-onset asynchrony (SOA) between the two flashes is brief. The temporal binding window can be measured by modulating the SOA between the beeps. Each of these tasks has been used to compare the temporal binding window in people with ASD and typically developing individuals; however, the results have been mixed. While temporal order and simultaneity judgment tasks have shown little temporal binding window differences between groups, studies using the SiFi have found a wider temporal binding window in ASD compared to controls. In this paper, we discuss these seemingly contradictory findings and suggest that predictive coding (2016) 'Dissociating the temporal binding window from the sound-induced flash illusion in people with autism spectrum disorder: A predictive coding perspective'. Journal of Neural Transmission, 123 (8) [Details]
	(2016)	'Dissociating the temporal binding window from the sound-induced flash illusion in people with autism spectrum disorder: A predictive coding perspective' Chan, Jason S.,Langer, Anne,Kaiser, Jochen,Recently, a growing number of studies have examined the role of multisensory temporal integration in people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Some studies have used temporal order judgments or simultaneity judgments to examine the temporal binding window, while others have employed multisensory illusions, such as the sound-induced flash illusion (SiFi). The SiFi is an illusion created by presenting two beeps along with one flash. Participants perceive two flashes if the stimulus-onset asynchrony (SOA) between the two flashes is brief. The temporal binding window can be measured by modulating the SOA between the beeps. Each of these tasks has been used to compare the temporal binding window in people with ASD and typically developing individuals; however, the results have been mixed. While temporal order and simultaneity judgment tasks have shown little temporal binding window differences between groups, studies using the SiFi have found a wider temporal binding window in ASD compared to controls. In this paper, we discuss these seemingly contradictory findings and suggest that predictive coding (2016) 'Dissociating the temporal binding window from the sound-induced flash illusion in people with autism spectrum disorder: A predictive coding perspective'. Journal of Neural Transmission, 123 (8):917-923 [Details]
	(2015)	'Expanded temporal binding windows in people with mild cognitive impairment' Chan, Jason S.,Kaiser, Jochen,Brandl, Mareike,Matura, Silke,Prvulovic, David,Hogan, Michael J.,Naumer, Marcus J. (2015) 'Expanded temporal binding windows in people with mild cognitive impairment'. Current Alzheimer Research, 12 [Details]
	(2014)	'Cross-Cultural Color-Odor Associations' Levitan, Carmel A.; Ren, Jiana; Woods, Andy T.; Boesveldt, Sanne; Chan, Jason S.; McKenzie, Kirsten J.; Dodson, Michael; Levin, Jai; Leong, Christine X. R.; Van den Bosch, Jasper J. F. (2014) 'Cross-Cultural Color-Odor Associations'. Plos One, 9   [DOI] [Full Text] [Details]
	(2014)	'Explaining autism spectrum disorders: central coherence versus predictive coding theories' Chan, Jason S.,Naumer, Marcus J. (2014) 'Explaining autism spectrum disorders: central coherence versus predictive coding theories'. Journal of Neurophysiology, 112 (11):2669-2671 [Details]
	(2014)	'Synaesthesia or vivid imagery? A single case study of visuo-olfactory synaesthesia using fMRI' Chan, Jason S.,Kaiser, Jochen,van den Bosch, Jasper J. F.,Theves, Stephanie,Hardt, Stefanie,Pflanz, Patrick,Lötsch, Jörn,Naumer, Marcus J. (2014) 'Synaesthesia or vivid imagery? A single case study of visuo-olfactory synaesthesia using fMRI'. Multisensory Research, 27 [Details]
	(2013)	'The effect of non-informative spatial sounds on haptic scene recognition' Chan, Jason S.; Newell, Fiona N. (2013) 'The effect of non-informative spatial sounds on haptic scene recognition'. International Journal of Autonomous and Adaptive Communications Systems, 6 (4):342-365   [DOI] [Details]
	(2012)	'Evidence for crossmodal interactions across depth on target localisation performance in a spatial array' Chan JS, Maguinness C, Lisiecka D, Setti A, Newell FN (2012) 'Evidence for crossmodal interactions across depth on target localisation performance in a spatial array'. Perception, 41 (7):757-773 [Details]
	(2011)	'Familiarity of objects affects susceptibility to the sound-induced flash' Setti, Annalisa; Chan, Jason S. (2011) 'Familiarity of objects affects susceptibility to the sound-induced flash'. Neuroscience Letters, 492 (1):19-22   [DOI] [Full Text] [Details]
	(2010)	'The effects of characteristic and spatially congruent sounds on visual search in natural visual scenes' Rogers, Daniel K.,Chan, Jason S.,Newell, Fiona N. (2010) 'The effects of characteristic and spatially congruent sounds on visual search in natural visual scenes'. Journal of Vision, 10 [Details]
	(2010)	'Static images of novel, moveable objects learned through touch activate visual area hMT+' Chan, Jason S.,Simões-Franklin, Cristina,Garavan, Hugh,Newell, Fiona N. (2010) 'Static images of novel, moveable objects learned through touch activate visual area hMT+'. NeuroImage, 49 [Details]
	(2008)	'Investigating Visuo-tactile Recognition of Unfamiliar Moving Objects' Chan, Jason S.,Whitaker, T. Aisling,Newell, Fiona N. (2008) 'Investigating Visuo-tactile Recognition of Unfamiliar Moving Objects'. 5024/2008 [Details]
	(2008)	'Behavioural evidence for task-dependent, ‘what’ versus ‘where’ processing within and across modalities' Chan, Jason S.,Newell, Fiona N. (2008) 'Behavioural evidence for task-dependent, ‘what’ versus ‘where’ processing within and across modalities'. Perception & Psychophysics, 70 [Details]
	(2007)	'The Virtual Haptic Display: A device for exploring 2-D virtual shapes in the tactile modality' Chan, Jason S.,Maucher, Thorsten,Schemmel, Johannes,Kilroy, Dana,Newell, Fiona N.,Meier, Kalheinz (2007) 'The Virtual Haptic Display: A device for exploring 2-D virtual shapes in the tactile modality'. Behavior Research Methods, 39 [Details]
	(2006)	'A combined pyschophysical-modelling investigation of the mechanisms of tactile picture perception' Davison, Andrew,Yger, Pierre,Chan, Jason S.,Newell, Fiona N.,Frégnac, Yves (2006) 'A combined pyschophysical-modelling investigation of the mechanisms of tactile picture perception'. Journal of Computational Neuroscience, [Details]
	(2005)	'Intramodal perceptual grouping modulates multisensory integration: Evidence from the crossmodal dynamic capture task' Sanabria, Daniel,Soto-Faraco, Salvador,Chan, Jason,Spence, Charles (2005) 'Intramodal perceptual grouping modulates multisensory integration: Evidence from the crossmodal dynamic capture task'. Neuroscience Letters, 377 [Details]
	(2005)	'Auditory spatial attention assessed in a flanker interference task' Chan, Jason,Merrifield, Katherine,Spence, Charles (2005) 'Auditory spatial attention assessed in a flanker interference task'. Acta Acustica, 91 [Details]
	(2004)	'Behavioural evidence for visual, tactile and visuo-tactile 'what' and 'where; dissociations' Chan, Jason S.,Newell, Fiona N. (2004) 'Behavioural evidence for visual, tactile and visuo-tactile 'what' and 'where; dissociations'. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 16 (suppl) [Details]
	(2004)	'When does visual perceptual grouping affect multisensory integration?' Sanabria, D.,Soto-Faraco, S.,Chan, J. S.,Spence, C. (2004) 'When does visual perceptual grouping affect multisensory integration?'. Cogn Affect Behav Neurosci, 4   [Details]
	(2003)	'Presenting multiple auditory signals using multiple sound cards in Visual Basic 6.0' Chan, Jason S.,Spence, Charles (2003) 'Presenting multiple auditory signals using multiple sound cards in Visual Basic 6.0'. Behavior research methods, 35 :125-128 [Details]
	(2002)	'Change deafness, an auditory analog of 'change blindness'' Chan, Jason,Spence, Charles (2002) 'Change deafness, an auditory analog of 'change blindness''. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 14 (suppl) [Details]
	(2002)	'Change deafness, an auditory analog of 'change blindness'' Chan, Jason,Spence, Charles,‘Change blindness’ is the name given to the inability to detect changes within a visual scene when interleaved with a visual mask (Simons & Levin, 1996, 1997). An adapted version of the flicker paradigm developed by Rensink, O’Regan, and Clark (1997) was used in the following experiments. Experiment 1 demonstrates that ‘change deafness’ does exist, in the change of identity condition, when multiple voices are saying the same passage concurrently. Experiments 2 and 3 show that change deafness occurs in changes of location, when multiple voices were reciting different passages, concurrently. These experiments demonstrate for the first time that change blindness can be generalized to the auditory modality to cause change deafness. (2002) 'Change deafness, an auditory analog of 'change blindness''. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 14 (suppl) [Details]

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Professional Activities

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Professional Associations

	Association	Function	From / To
	Federation of European Neuroscience Societies	The mission is to advance European neuroscience education and research.	01-JAN-18 /
	American Association for the Advancement of Science	Advancing scientific progress and communication	/
	Society for Neuroscience	Advancing neuroscience	/
	Neuroscience Ireland	The aim of the Society is to advance research and education in the neurosciences in Ireland, and to represent Irish neuroscience researchers both nationally and internationally.	01-JAN-18 /
	Association for Psychological Science	Dedicated to advancing scientific psychology across disciplinary and geographic borders	/

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Committees

	Committee	Function	From / To
	Applied Psychology - Ethics Committee	member	/
	Applied Psychology - Research Committee	member	/
	Applied Psychology - Teaching Committee	member	/