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Jonathan Banks, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience at NSU's College of Psychology. His research focuses on working memory, mind wandering, and attentional control. Specifically, he is interesting in the role of working memory to control mind wandering and the impact of mind wandering on current task performance. 

Dr. Banks’ research also examines the impact of acute and chronic stress on cognitive function and is examining mechanisms responsible for stress related working memory and executive functioning impairments. In this line of research Dr. Banks is interested in interventions that may alter the impact of stress and impact cognitive functioning, including expressive writing and mindfulness meditation.

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Jonathan Banks, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience at NSU's College of Psychology. His research focuses on working memory, mind wandering, and attentional control. Specifically, he is interesting in the role of working memory to control mind wandering and the impact of mind wandering on current task performance. 

Dr. Banks’ research also examines the impact of acute and chronic stress on cognitive function and is examining mechanisms responsible for stress related working memory and executive functioning impairments. In this line of research Dr. Banks is interested in interventions that may alter the impact of stress and impact cognitive functioning, including expressive writing and mindfulness meditation.

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Journal articles written or co-written by Dr. Jonathan Banks

Examining the Impact of a Brief Human-Canine Interaction on Stress and Attention (Jonathan B. Banks, Caitlin McCoy and Courtney Trzcinski) Human-Animal Interaction Bulletin (2018)

The interaction between humans and canines has been linked to a variety of benefits including reductions in ADHD symptoms in children, depression symptoms in nursing home patients, and PTSD symptoms in veterans returning from war. ...

The Impact of a Brief Canine Interaction on College Students (Jonathan B Banks, C. McCoy and C. Trzcinski) Human Animal Interaction Bulletin (2018)

The Impact of a Brief Canine Interaction on College Students (Jonathan B Banks, C. McCoy and C. Trzcinski) Human Animal Interaction Bulletin (2018)

Many Labs 3: Evaluating Participant Pool Quality across the Academic Semester via Replication (Charles R. Ebersole, Olivia E. Atherton, Aimee L. Belanger, et al.) Journal of Experimental Social Psychology (2016)

The university participant pool is a key resource for behavioral research, and data quality is believed to vary over the course of the academic semester. This crowdsourced project examined time of semester variation in 10 ...

Many Labs 3: Evaluating Participant Pool Quality across the Academic Semester via Replication (Charles R. Ebersole, Olivia E. Atherton, Aimee L. Belanger, et al.) Journal of Experimental Social Psychology (2016)

The university participant pool is a key resource for behavioral research, and data quality is believed to vary over the course of the academic semester. This crowdsourced project examined time of semester variation in 10 ...

Many Labs 3: Evaluating Participant Pool Quality across the Academic Semester via Replication (Charles R. Ebersole, Olivia E. Atherton, Aimee L. Belanger, et al.) Journal of Experimental Social Psychology (2016)

The university participant pool is a key resource for behavioral research, and data quality is believed to vary over the course of the academic semester. This crowdsourced project examined time of semester variation in 10 ...

Don’t think about it: Understanding the Role of Mind Wandering in Stress Related Working Memory Impairments (Jonathan Banks and A. Boals) Cognition and Emotion (2016)

Mind wandering has been identified as a possible cause for stress-related working memory (WM) task impairments following laboratory stressors. The current study attempted to induce mind wandering regarding negative, positive, or neutral events using an ...

Examining the Role of Emotional Valence of Mind Wandering: All Mind Wandering is not equal (Jonathan Banks, M.S. Welhaf, A.V.B. Hood, et al.) Consciousness and Cognition (2016)

To evaluate the role of emotional valence on the impact of mind wandering on working memory (WM) and sustained attention, we reanalyzed data from three independently conducted studies that examined the impact of stress on ...

Acute Stress Dysregulates the LPP ERP Response to Emotional Pictures and Impairs Sustained Attention: Time-Sensitive Effects (Rima A. Alomari, Mercedez Fernandez, Jonathan Banks, et al.) Brain Sciences (2015)

Stress can increase emotional vigilance at the cost of a decrease in attention towards non-emotional stimuli. However, the time-dependent effects of acute stress on emotion processing are uncertain. We tested the effects of acute stress ...

Examining Factors Involved in Stress Related Working Memory Impairments: Independent or Conditional Effects? (Jaime L. Tartar, B A Tamayo and Jonathan B Banks) Emotion (2015)

A large and growing body of research demonstrates the impact of psychological stress on working memory. However, the typical study approach tests the effects of a single biological or psychological factor on changes in working ...

Poor Sleep Quality is Associated with Increased Negativity Bias and Decreased Sustained Attention (C M. Gobin, Jonathan B Banks, Ana I. Fins, et al.) Journal of Sleep Research (2015)

Poor sleep quality has been demonstrated to diminish cognitive performance, impair psychosocial functioning and alter the perception of stress. At present, however, there is little understanding of how sleep quality affects emotion processing. The aim ...

The Protective Effects of Brief Mindfulness Meditation Training (Jonathan B. Banks, M S Welhaf and A Srour) Consciousness and Cognition (2015)

Mindfulness meditation has gained a great deal of attention in recent years due to the variety of physical and psychological benefits, including improved working memory, decreased mind wandering and reduced impact of stress on working ...

Under Pressure: An Examination of the Predictors of Choking (Benita Benny and Jonathan B Banks) Journal of Individual Differences (2015)

Choking under pressure refers to situations in which an individual fails to perform at the level that would be expected given their skills. Individuals with higher working memory are more susceptible to choking under pressure ...

Age differences in autobiographical memories of negative events (A. Boals, B. Hayslip and Jonathan Banks) International Journal of Aging and Human Development (2014)

This study examined whether older adults recollect autobiographical memories of negative events so as to minimize unpleasant emotions to a greater extent than do younger adults. A sample of healthy older adults (N = 126) ...

Where’s the Impairment: An Examination of Factors that Impact Sustained Attention Following a Stresso (Jonathan Banks, Jaime Tartar and M. Welhaf) Cognition and Emotion (2014)

The impact of stress on cognitive functioning has been examined across multiple domains. However, few studies investigate both physical and psychological factors that impact cognitive performance. The current study examined the impact of a physical ...

Does Risk for Bipolar Disorder Heighten the Disconnect between Objective and Subjective Appraisals of Cognition? (C. Rodriguez, C.J. Ruggero, J.L. Callahan, et al.) Journal of Affective Disorders (2013)

Deficits in cognitive functioning have been associated with bipolar disorder during episodes of depression and mania, as well as during periods of symptomatic remission. Separate evidence suggests that patients may lack awareness of these deficits ...

A self-administered, mild form of exposure therapy of older adults. (A. Boals, Jonathan B. Banks and B.A. Hayslip) Aging and Mental Health (2012)

Despite the effectiveness of exposure therapy to alleviate trauma-related distress, many older adults are unable or unwilling to enter therapy. Mild forms of exposure therapy, such as completing memory questionnaires about a stressful event, have ...

Differential effects of mild chronic stress on cortisol and SIgA response to an acute stressor (T.D. Viena, Jonathan Banks, I.M. Barbu, et al.) Biological Psychology (2012)

While acute stress is adaptive in the short term, chronic stress may interfere with HPA axis functioning and self-regulation that can, in turn, alter the body's immune response. Several studies suggest that acute and chronic ...

Effects of traumatic stress and perceived stress on everyday cognitive functioning (A. Boals and Jonathan Banks) Cognition and Emotion (2012)

Stressful or traumatic events have been shown to impair cognitive functioning on laboratory-based tasks due to stress-related intrusive thoughts and avoidance. However, research on the effects of stress on everyday cognitive functioning has been lacking. ...

Perceiving a negative event as central to one's identity partially mediates age differences in PTSD symptoms (A. Boals, B. Hayslip, L. Knowles, et al.) Journal of Aging and Health (2012)

OBJECTIVE: Older adults report fewer posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms than younger adults, but the reasons for this age difference are unclear. In the current study, the authors explored the extent to which they may ...

Coping with Stressful Events: Use of Cognitive Words in Stressful Narratives and the Meaning-Making Process (A. Boals, Jonathan Banks, D. Schuttler, et al.) Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology (2011)

the use of cognitive words in narratives of negative events and the association with the meaning-making process were examined. Cognitive word use, a past predictor of beneficial outcomes from the expressive writing intervention, was related ...

Social anxiety and word use: How environments can influence words (H. Morgan, Jonathan Banks and A. Boals) Journal of Young Investigators (2011)

Language provides insight into individuals' perceptions, needs, and desires; in addition, stress has been shown to influence how others perceive an individual. In the current study, we investigated the impact of stress on language. The ...

The relationship between selfcontrol and mental and physical health: The mediating effects of avoidant coping (A. Boals, M.R. vanDellen and Jonathan Banks) Psychology and Health (2011)

Trait self-control is related to a number of positive outcomes, including mental health, interpersonal success, academic success and health-related behaviours. This study sought to explore the relationships between self-control, reports of mental and physical health ...

PTSD symptoms and dominant emotional response to a stressful event: An examination of DSM-IV criterion A2 (Lisa M Hathaway, Adriel Boals and Jonathan B. Banks) Anxiety, Stress, and Coping (2010)

To qualify for a diagnosis of posttraumatic stress disorder the DSM-IV requires that individuals report dominant emotions of fear, helplessness, and horror during the trauma. Despite this stipulation, traumatic events can elicit a myriad of ...

Distance education use in rural schools (W.H. Hannum, M.J. Irvin, Jonathan Banks, et al.) Journal of Research in Rural Education (2009)

A national survey of rural school systems in the United States was conducted to determine the extent to which distance education is being utilized by rural schools, the technologies used, the curriculum areas impacted, the ...