Published in PsyArXiv Preprint, 2025
Working memory performance declines across the lifespan, partly due to greater vulnerability to environmental distraction.
Recommended citation: Carrasco, C. D., Jones, K. T. & Berryhill, M. (2025). "Older Adults are Impaired by Distractors Presented During Working Memory Encoding." PsyArXiv Preprint. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/yjxen
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Published in Scientific Data, 2025
An open-access EMG dataset from 91 diverse adults, supports research on fairness and variability in gesture decoding.
Recommended citation: Gowda, H. T., Kaul, N., Carrasco, C., et al. (2025). "A database of upper limb surface electromyogram signals from demographically diverse individuals." Scientific Data, 12, 517. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-04825-z
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Published in Psychophysiology, 2025
This study shows that rare, task-relevant stimuli elicit stronger working memory representations, indexed by behavioral accuracy, reduced bias, and enhanced EEG decoding.
Recommended citation: Carrasco, C. D., Simmons, A. M., Kiat, J. E., & Luck, S. J. (2025). "Enhanced Working Memory Representations for Rare Events." Psychophysiology, 62:e70038. https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.70038
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Published in Psychophysiology, 2024
This study demonstrates that multivariate pattern analysis (MVPA) can enhance effect sizes in ERP research, offering greater statistical power than traditional univariate methods.
Recommended citation: Carrasco, C. D., Bahle, B., Simmons, A. M., & Luck, S. J. (2024). "Using multivariate pattern analysis to increase effect sizes for event-related potential analyses." Psychophysiology, 61(7), e14570. https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.14570
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Published in NeuroImage, 2024
This study evaluates the impact of different spatial PCA strategies on SVM-based EEG decoding accuracy across various ERP paradigms, finding limited benefit over raw channel data.
Recommended citation: Zhang, G., Carrasco, C. D., Winsler, K., Bahle, B., Cong, F., & Luck, S. J. (2024). "Assessing the effectiveness of spatial PCA on SVM-based decoding of EEG data." NeuroImage, 293, 120625. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2024.120625
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Published in Brain Stimulation, 2020
This study tested whether frontal or parietal tDCS enhances working memory training gains in undergraduates, but found no significant improvement across any montage.
Recommended citation: Shires, J., Carrasco, C., & Berryhill, M. E. (2020). "No tDCS Augmented Working Memory Training Benefit in Undergraduates Rewarded with Course Credit." Brain Stimulation, 13(6), 1524–1526. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brs.2020.08.015
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Published in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2017
This study investigates how aging affects the temporal coupling between voluntary actions and sensory outcomes, revealing declines in both temporal sensitivity and sensorimotor recalibration.
Recommended citation: Vercillo, T., Carrasco, C., & Jiang, F. (2017). "Age-Related Changes in Sensorimotor Temporal Binding." Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 11, Article 500. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2017.00500
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