Dr Daniel Bor
Senior Lecturer (& Wellcome Trust Fellow)
School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London
Queen Mary University of London
Research
dementia, ageing, neuroimaging, consciousness, information theory, Alzheimer's Disease
Interests
The two main current research areas of my lab are dementia, where in particular we study the neural basis of resilience to dementia symptoms, as well as using novel brain-scanning methods to boost early dementia diagnosis. In addition we explore information based neural markers to explore the brain-basis of consciousness and cognition. We tend to use information theory tools in order to explore both of these questions.Previously I’ve researched a wide range of cognitive topics (working memory, attention, IQ, etc.) on normal and patient populations.
Publications
Publications of specific relevance to the Centre for Brain and Behaviour2024
A synergistic workspace for human consciousness revealed by Integrated Information DecompositionLuppi AI, Mediano PA, Rosas FE, Allanson J, Pickard J, Carhart-Harris RL, Williams GB, Craig MM, Finoia P, Owen AM, Naci L, Menon DK, Bor D and Stamatakis EA
Elife, Elife vol. 12
18-07-2024
Synergistic information supports modality integration and flexible learning in neural networks solving multiple tasksProca AM, Rosas FE, Luppi AI, Bor D, Crosby M and Mediano PAM
Plos Computational Biology, Public Library of Science (Plos) vol. 20 (6)
03-06-2024
Neural markers of reduced arousal and consciousness in mild cognitive impairmentEstarellas M, Huntley J and Bor D
International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, Wiley vol. 39 (6)
01-06-2024
Effects of External Stimulation on Psychedelic State NeurodynamicsMediano PAM, Rosas FE, Timmermann C, Roseman L, Nutt DJ, Feilding A, Kaelen M, Kringelbach ML, Barrett AB, Seth AK, Muthukumaraswamy S, Bor D and Carhart-Harris RL
Acs Chemical Neuroscience, American Chemical Society (Acs) vol. 15 (3), 462-471.
12-01-2024
2023
Editorial: Dissociations between neural activity and conscious state: a key to understanding consciousnessFrohlich J, Crone JS, Mediano PAM, Toker D and Bor D
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, Frontiers vol. 17
02-08-2023
Assessing awareness in severe Alzheimer’s diseaseHuntley JD, Bor D, Owen AM and Howard RJ
Alzheimer's & Dementia, Wiley vol. 19 (S3)
01-06-2023
Extensive Phenomenological Overlap Between Training-Induced and Naturally-Occurring Synaesthetic ExperiencesSchwartzman DJ, Oblak A, Rothen N, Bor D and Seth AK
Collabra Psychology, University of California Press vol. 9 (1)
24-04-2023
Reduced emergent character of neural dynamics in patients with a disrupted connectomeLuppi AI, Mediano PAM, Rosas FE, Allanson J, Pickard JD, Williams GB, Craig MM, Finoia P, Peattie ARD, Coppola P, Menon DK, Bor D and Stamatakis EA
Neuroimage, Elsevier vol. 269
03-02-2023
Assessing awareness in severe Alzheimer’s diseaseHuntley J, Bor D, Deng F, Mancuso M, Mediano PAM, Naci L, Owen AM, Rocchi L, Sternin A and Howard R
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, Frontiers vol. 16
01-02-2023
Synergistic information supports modality integration and flexible learning in neural networks solving multiple tasksProca A, Rosas F, Luppi A, Bor D, Crosby M and Mediano P
2023 Conference on Cognitive Computational Neuroscience.
01-01-2023
2022
Psychedelics and schizophrenia: Distinct alterations to Bayesian inferenceRajpal H, Mediano PAM, Rosas FE, Timmermann CB, Brugger S, Muthukumaraswamy S, Seth AK, Bor D, Carhart-Harris RL and Jensen HJ
Neuroimage, Elsevier vol. 263
22-09-2022
The strength of weak integrated information theoryMediano PAM, Rosas FE, Bor D, Seth AK and Barrett AB
Trends in Cognitive Sciences, Cell Press vol. 26 (8), 646-655.
01-08-2022
A synergistic core for human brain evolution and cognitionLuppi AI, Mediano PAM, Rosas FE, Holland N, Fryer TD, O’Brien JT, Rowe JB, Menon DK, Bor D and Stamatakis EA
Nature Neuroscience, Nature Research vol. 25 (6), 771-782.
26-05-2022
Greater than the parts: A review of the information decomposition approach to causal emergenceMediano PAM, Rosas FE, Luppi AI, Jensen HJ, Seth AK, Barrett AB, Carhart-Harris RL and Bor D
Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society a: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, The Royal Society vol. 380 (2227)
23-05-2022
Whole-brain modelling identifies distinct but convergent paths to unconsciousness in anaesthesia and disorders of consciousnessLuppi AI, Mediano PAM, Rosas FE, Allanson J, Pickard JD, Williams GB, Craig MM, Finoia P, Peattie ARD, Coppola P, Owen AM, Naci L, Menon DK, Bor D and Stamatakis EA
Communications Biology, Nature Research vol. 5 (1)
20-04-2022
Ketamine and sleep modulate neural complexity dynamics in catsPascovich C, Castro‐Zaballa S, Mediano PAM, Bor D, Canales‐Johnson A, Torterolo P and Bekinschtein TA
European Journal of Neuroscience, Wiley vol. 55 (6), 1584-1600.
01-03-2022
Integrated information as a common signature of dynamical and information-processing complexityMediano PAM, Rosas FE, Farah JC, Shanahan M, Bor D and Barrett AB
Chaos An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science, Aip Publishing vol. 32 (1)
01-01-2022
2021
What it is like to be a bit: an integrated information decomposition account of emergent mental phenomenaLuppi AI, Mediano PAM, Rosas FE, Harrison DJ, Carhart-Harris RL, Bor D and Stamatakis EA
Neuroscience of Consciousness, Oxford University Press (Oup) vol. 2021 (2)
16-11-2021
Decomposing Spectral and Phasic Differences in Nonlinear Features between DatasetsMediano PAM, Rosas FE, Barrett AB and Bor D
Physical Review Letters, American Physical Society (Aps) vol. 127 (12)
17-09-2021
Understanding Alzheimer's disease as a disorder of consciousnessHuntley JD, Fleming SM, Mograbi DC, Bor D, Naci L, Owen AM and Howard R
Alzheimer's & Dementia: Translational Research & Clinical Interventions, Wiley vol. 7 (1)
01-01-2021
2020
Reconciling emergences: An information-theoretic approach to identify causal emergence in multivariate dataRosas FE, Mediano PAM, Jensen HJ, Seth AK, Barrett AB, Carhart-Harris RL and Bor D
Plos Computational Biology, Public Library of Science (Plos) vol. 16 (12)
21-12-2020
2019
Neurophenomenology of induced and natural synaesthesiaSchwartzman DJ, Bor D, Rothen N and Seth AK
Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society B Biological Sciences, The Royal Society vol. 374 (1787)
21-10-2019
2018
Response to Ruby et al: On a ‘failed’ attempt to manipulate conscious perception with transcranial magnetic stimulation to prefrontal cortexBor D, Barrett AB, Schwartzman DJ and Seth AK
Consciousness and Cognition, Elsevier vol. 65, 334-341.
31-07-2018
Coordinated neural, behavioral, and phenomenological changes in perceptual plasticity through overtraining of synesthetic associationsRothen N, Schwartzman DJ, Bor D and Seth AK
Neuropsychologia, Elsevier vol. 111, 151-162.
31-01-2018
2017
Spatial structure normalises working memory performance in Parkinson's diseaseFallon SJ, Bor D, Hampshire A, Barker RA and Owen AM
Cortex, Elsevier vol. 96, 73-82.
01-09-2017
Theta-burst transcranial magnetic stimulation to the prefrontal or parietal cortex does not impair metacognitive visual awarenessBor D, Schwartzman DJ, Barrett AB and Seth AK
Plos One, Public Library of Science (Plos) vol. 12 (2)
13-02-2017
Adaptive working memory strategy training in early Alzheimer's disease: Randomised controlled trialHuntley JD, Hampshire A, Bor D, Owen A and Howard RJ
The British Journal of Psychiatry, Royal College of Psychiatrists vol. 210 (1), 61-66.
01-01-2017
2016
The importance of sustained attention in early Alzheimer's diseaseHuntley JD, Hampshire A, Bor D, Owen AM and Howard RJ
International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, Wiley vol. 32 (8), 860-867.
18-07-2016
Automaticity and localisation of concurrents predicts colour area activity in grapheme-colour synaesthesiavan Praag CDG, Garfinkel S, Ward J, Bor D and Seth AK
Neuropsychologia, Elsevier vol. 88, 5-14.
19-04-2016
The role of executive processes in working memory deficits in Parkinson’s DiseaseGruszka A, Bor D, Barker RR, Necka E and Owen AM
Polish Psychological Bulletin, De Gruyter vol. 47 (1), 123-130.
01-04-2016
Advances in the Scientific Investigation of ConsciousnessBor D
In Brain Function and Responsiveness in Disorders of Consciousness, Springer Nature 13-24.
01-01-2016
2015
2014
Adults Can Be Trained to Acquire Synesthetic ExperiencesBor D, Rothen N, Schwartzman DJ, Clayton S and Seth AK
Scientific Reports, Springer Nature vol. 4 (1)
18-11-2014
Blind Insight: Metacognitive Discrimination Despite Chance Task PerformanceScott RB, Dienes Z, Barrett AB, Bor D and Seth AK
Psychological Science, Sage Publications vol. 25 (12), 2199-2208.
10-11-2014
2013
Global Increase in Task-related Fronto-parietal Activity after Focal Frontal Lobe LesionWoolgar A, Bor D and Duncan J
Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, Mit Press vol. 25 (9), 1542-1552.
01-09-2013
Consciousness: what does it look like?Bor D
The New Scientist, Elsevier vol. 218 (2917), 30-34.
01-05-2013
2012
A Potential Spatial Working Memory Training Task to Improve Both Episodic Memory and Fluid IntelligenceRudebeck SR, Bor D, Ormond A, O’Reilly JX and Lee ACH
Plos One, Public Library of Science (Plos) vol. 7 (11)
01-01-2012
Consciousness and the Prefrontal Parietal Network: Insights from Attention, Working Memory, and ChunkingBor D and Seth AK
Frontiers in Psychology, Frontiers vol. 3
01-01-2012
2011
Working memory task performance and chunking in early Alzheimer's diseaseHuntley J, Bor D, Hampshire A, Owen A and Howard R
The British Journal of Psychiatry, Royal College of Psychiatrists vol. 198 (5), 398-403.
01-05-2011
2010
Multi-voxel coding of stimuli, rules, and responses in human frontoparietal cortexWoolgar A, Thompson R, Bor D and Duncan J
Neuroimage, Elsevier vol. 56 (2), 744-752.
18-04-2010
2008
Savant Memory for Digits in a Case of Synaesthesia and Asperger Syndrome is Related to Hyperactivity in the Lateral Prefrontal CortexBor D, Billington J and Baron-Cohen S
Neurocase, Taylor & Francis vol. 13 (5-6), 311-319.
15-05-2008
2007
Systemizing influences attentional processes during the Navon task: An fMRI studyBillington J, Baron-Cohen S and Bor D
Neuropsychologia, Elsevier vol. 46 (2), 511-520.
12-09-2007
Savant memory in a man with colour form-number synaesthesia and asperger syndromeBaron-Cohen S, Bor D, Billington J, Asher J, Wheelwright S and Ashwin C
Journal of Consciousness Studies vol. 14 (9-10), 237-251.
01-09-2007
When thoughts become action: An fMRI paradigm to study volitional brain activity in non-communicative brain injured patientsBoly M, Coleman MR, Davis MH, Hampshire A, Bor D, Moonen G, Maquet PA, Pickard JD, Laureys S and Owen AM
Neuroimage, Elsevier vol. 36 (3), 979-992.
13-03-2007
Cognitive Training: Neural Correlates of Expert SkillsBor D and Owen AM
Current Biology, Elsevier vol. 17 (3), r95-r97.
01-02-2007
2006
A Common Prefrontal–Parietal Network for Mnemonic and Mathematical Recoding Strategies within Working MemoryBor D and Owen AM
Cerebral Cortex, Oxford University Press (Oup) vol. 17 (4), 778-786.
17-05-2006
Working Memory: Linking Capacity with SelectivityBor D and Owen AM
Current Biology, Elsevier vol. 16 (4), r136-r138.
01-02-2006
2005
Frontal lobe involvement in spatial span: Converging studies of normal and impaired functionBor D, Duncan J, Lee ACH, Parr A and Owen AM
Neuropsychologia, Elsevier vol. 44 (2), 229-237.
23-06-2005
Automated post‐hoc noise cancellation tool for audio recordings acquired in an MRI scannerCusack R, Cumming N, Bor D, Norris D and Lyzenga J
Human Brain Mapping, Wiley vol. 24 (4), 299-304.
27-01-2005
2004
Prefrontal cortical involvement in verbal encoding strategiesBor D, Cumming N, Scott CEL and Owen AM
European Journal of Neuroscience, Wiley vol. 19 (12), 3365-3370.
01-06-2004
2003
Encoding Strategies Dissociate Prefrontal Activity from Working Memory DemandBor D, Duncan J, Wiseman RJ and Owen AM
Neuron, Elsevier vol. 37 (2), 361-367.
01-01-2003
2002
Detecting Residual Cognitive Function in Persistent Vegetative StateOwen AM, Menon DK, Johnsrude IS, Bor D, Scott SK, Manly T, Williams EJ, Mummery C and Pickard JD
Neurocase, Taylor & Francis vol. 8 (5), 394-403.
01-10-2002
2001
The role of spatial configuration in tests of working memory explored with functional neuroimagingBor D, Duncan J and Owen A
Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, Wiley vol. 42 (3), 217-224.
01-07-2001
Prefrontal cortex activation increases in association with an easier variant of the spatial span taskBor D, Owen AM and Duncan J
Neuroimage, Elsevier vol. 13 (6)
01-06-2001
2000
A neural basis for general intelligenceDuncan J, Seltz RJ, Kolodny J, Bor D, Herzog H, Ahmed A, Newell FN and Emslie H
American Journal of Ophthalmology, Elsevier vol. 130 (5)
01-11-2000
A Neural Basis for General IntelligenceDuncan J, Seitz RJ, Kolodny J, Bor D, Herzog H, Ahmed A, Newell FN and Emslie H
Science, American Association For The Advancement of Science (Aaas) vol. 289 (5478), 457-460.
21-07-2000
Grants
Grants of specific relevance to the Centre for Brain and BehaviourResearch career re-entry fellowship: The neural markers of cognitive reserve-GRANT TRANSFERDaniel Bor
£220,316 Wellcome Trust
01-10-2021 - 22-06-2024