Publications

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • rTMS for cognitive function in ageing, depression, stroke and neurodegenerative disease
  • Neuromodulation (TMS, tDCS)
  • Neurophysiology (EMG, EEG)
  • NeuroImaging (fMRI) for individualized targeting with TMS
  • Implicit Cuing of Attention
  • Visual Statistical Learning
  • Synaptic plasticity 

JOURNAL ARTICLES
Bradley, C., McCann, E., Nydam, A. S., Dux, P., & Mattingley, J. B. (2025). Causal evidence for increased theta and gamma phase consistency in a parieto-frontal network during the maintenance of visual attention. Neuropsychologia, 109079.
Bradley, C., Nydam, A.S., Dux, P.E., Mattingley, J.B. (2022). State-dependent effects of neural stimulation on brain function and behavior. Nature Reviews Neuroscience. pdf
Nydam, A.S., Kahn, A. & Pratt, J. (Preregistered Project). Does Attentional Capture by Statistical Learning accelerate perception?
Nydam, A.S., Afsharnia, S. & Pratt, J. (Preregistered Project). Examining Covert Distraction by Items with Statistical Structure. 
Nydam, A.S., Lor, V. & Pratt, J. (Preregistered Project). Grouping Cues on Object Substitution Masking: An Effect of Extrinsic Cues.
Garner, K. Nolan, C., Nydam, A., Nott, Z., Bowman, H., Dux., P. (2024). Quantifying Error in Effect Size Estimates in Attention, Executive Function and Implicit Learning. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory, Cognition, pdf
Nydam, A.S., Sewell, D.K., & Dux, P.E. (Submitted). On the speed of learning spatial regularity in contextual cueing. Psychological Science.
Nydam, A.S., Sewell, D.K., & Dux, P.E. (2020). Effects of tDCS on Visual Statistical Learning, Neuropsychologia, 148, 107652. pdf
Nydam, A.S., Sewell., D.K., & Dux, P.E. (2018). Cathodal Electrical Stimulation of Frontoparietal Cortex Disrupts Statistical Learning of Visual Configural Information. Cortex, 99. pdf
Sale, M.V., Nydam, A.S. & Mattingley, J.B. (2017). Stimulus uncertainty enhances long-term potentiation-like plasticity in human motor cortex.  Cortex, 88 32-41. pdf
Kamke, M.R., Nydam, A.S., Sale, M.V., & Mattingley, J.B. (2016). Associative plasticity in the human motor cortex is enhanced by concurrently targeting separate muscle representations with excitatory and inhibitory protocols.  Journal of neurophysiology, 115(4), 2191–2198. pdf

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Nydam, A.S., Pratt, J. (2022). Do Statistical Properties Affect Object Substitution Masking? Vision Science Society Conference. Florida. U.S.A.
Nydam, A.S., Sewell, D.S., & Dux, P.E. (2020). On the relationship between working memory and memory-guided search. Centre for Perception, Cognition and Psychophysics Conference, Brisbane, Australia.
Nydam, A.S., Sewell, D.S., & Dux, P.E. (2019). The Speed of Processing Contextual Regularities for Learning, Australasian Cognitive Neuroscience Society Conference, Hobart,
Nydam, A.S., Sewell, D.S., & Dux, P.E. (2018). Cortical Involvement in Visual Statistical Learning Effects on Behaviour. Australasian Cognitive Neuroscience Society Conference, Melbourne.
Nydam, A.S. (2018). Replication and Reproducibility Workshop. Inaugural UQ Open Science Conference, Brisbane.
Nydam, A.S., Sewell, D.S., & Dux, P.E. (2017). Cathodal electrical stimulation disrupts incidental learning of visual configural information, International Conference on Cognitive Neuroscience (ICON-XIII), Amsterdam.
Nydam, A.S. Sewell, D.S., & Dux, P.E. (2017). Cathodal electrical stimulation disrupts incidental learning of visual configural information, Model-based Neuroscience Summer School, Amsterdam.
Nydam, A.S. Sewell, D.S., & Dux, P.E. (2017). Using electrical stimulation to affect incidental learning, Science of Learning Research Centre Conference, Brisbane.
Nydam, A.S., Sewell, D.S., & Dux, P.E. (2016). Statistical Learning of Irrelevant Visual Information is Disrupted by Electrical Stimulation of Frontoparietal Cortex, Australian Cognitive Neuroscience Society Conference, Newcastle.
Sale M.V., Nydam A.S, Kamke M.R. & Mattingley J.B. (2015). Stimulus uncertainty enhances motor cortical plasticity induced with a paired associative stimulation paradigm. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. Conference Abstract: XII International Conference on Cognitive Neuroscience (ICON-XII).