Jess Rowland’s main research field is perceptual cognitive neuroscience, with a focus on neuroimaging methodologies, fMRI and source-localized EEG. Most recently, she has been working on fMRI decoding algorithms for music. She has worked and published with Dr. Alex Wade of York University, UK, and Dr. Morwaread Farbood of New York University, as well as others

Publications & Presentations

Rowland J (2012) Performing Decoded fMRI Data. (in submission to Music, Mind, and Invention workshop 2012)

Rowland J & Wade AR (2011, paper in submission to Cerebral Cortex) Decoding chromatically-tuned suppressive fields in early visual cortex.

Farbood M, Rowland J, Ghitza O, Poeppel D (2011) An Exploration of the Temporal Dynamics of Music Processing Using Gap Insertion. Northeast Music Cognition Group Meeting 2011 Presentation

Song JH, Rowland J, McPeek RM, Wade AR. (2011) Attentional modulation of fMRI responses in human V1 is consistent with distinct spatial maps for chromatically defined orientation and contrast. Journal of Neuroscience, 31:12900-5

Wade AR & Rowland J (2010) Early suppressive mechanisms and the negative BOLD response in human visual cortex. Journal of Neuroscience, 30: 5008-19.

Rowland J & Wade AR (2010) Decoding foveal stimulus chromaticity using the peripheral V1 BOLD response. Vision Science Society 2010 Conference Presentation.

Heinen SJ, Rowland J, Lee BT, Wade AR. (2007) An Oculomotor Decision Process Revealed by Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Journal of Neuroscience, 26: 13515-22.

Heinen SJ, Rowland R, Velisar A, Wade AR. (2005) Cortical evaluation of a rule-based trajectory revealed by fMRI. Journal of Vision. http://journalofvision.org/5/8/845/

Heinen SJ, Rowland J, Velisar A, Wade AR. (2005) fMRI reveals neural correlates of trajectory evaluation in ocular baseball. Society for Neuroscience presentation: 509.8.

Research Skills

Eye movement data acquisition and analysis (Eyelink)
fMRI data acquisition (current certified CBI Level 3 operator status)
fMRI analysis (particularly the Vista genus)
Functional mapping (with a specialty in retinotopic mapping)
High-density EEG and Source Localization
Psychophysics, psychoacoustics and behavioral studies
Matlab coding, analysis, and statistics
Administrative (CHR, IRB, etc.)
Grant and Paper preparation and submission
Graphic design