Staff profile

Research Interests

My primary research interest is the coupling between conscious experience and brain activity (neurophenomenology). The techniques I use include Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Magnetoencephalography, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, Psychophysics, and Micro-Pheomenology. I’m currently working on projects involving the integration of sensory information, the link between temporality and brain oscillations and the development of open-science practices.

Journal Article

• Towards Human Sensory Augmentation: A Cognitive Neuroscience Framework for Evaluating Integration of New Signals within Perception, Brain Representations, and Subjective Experience
  Nardini, M., Scheller, M., Ramsay, M., Kristiansen, O., & Allen, C. (2025). Towards Human Sensory Augmentation: A Cognitive Neuroscience Framework for Evaluating Integration of New Signals within Perception, Brain Representations, and Subjective Experience. Augmented Human Research, 10(1), Article 1. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41133-024-00075-7
• Pre-frontal stimulation does not reliably increase reward responsiveness
  Hadden, L., Penny, H., Jones, A., Partridge, A., Lancaster, T., & Allen, C. (2023). Pre-frontal stimulation does not reliably increase reward responsiveness. Cortex, 159, 268-285. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2022.11.011
• The lived experience of remembering a ‘good’ interview: Micro-phenomenology applied to itself
  Heimann, K., Boelsbjerg, H. B., Allen, C., van Beek, M., Suhr, C., Lübbert, A., & Petitmengin, C. (2023). The lived experience of remembering a ‘good’ interview: Micro-phenomenology applied to itself. Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences, 22(1), https://doi.org/10.1007/s11097-022-09844-4
• Not all pre-registrations are equal
  Waldron, S., & Allen, C. (2022). Not all pre-registrations are equal. Neuropsychopharmacology, 47(13), 2181-2183. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41386-022-01418-x
• Causal manipulation of feed-forward and recurrent processing differentially affects measures of consciousness
  Allen, C., Viola, T., Irvine, E., Sedgmond, J., Castle, H., Gray, R., & Chambers, C. D. (2020). Causal manipulation of feed-forward and recurrent processing differentially affects measures of consciousness. Neuroscience of Consciousness, 2020(1), https://doi.org/10.1093/nc/niaa015
• Cortical and subcortical functional specificity associated with response inhibition
  Maizey, L., Evans, C. J., Muhlert, N., Verbruggen, F., Chambers, C. D., & Allen, C. P. (2020). Cortical and subcortical functional specificity associated with response inhibition. NeuroImage, 220, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.117110
• Effective Self-Management for Early Career Researchers in the Natural and Life Sciences
  Bielczyk, N. Z., Ando, A., Badhwar, A., Caldinelli, C., Gao, M., Haugg, A., Hernandez, L. M., Ito, K. L., Kessler, D., Lurie, D., Makary, M. M., Nikolaidis, A., Veldsman, M., Allen, C., Bankston, A., Bottenhorn, K. L., Braukmann, R., Calhoun, V., Cheplygina, V., Boffino, C. C., …Zhou, X. (2020). Effective Self-Management for Early Career Researchers in the Natural and Life Sciences. Neuron, 106(2), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2020.03.015
• Open science challenges, benefits and tips in early career and beyond
  Allen, C., & Mehler, D. M. (2019). Open science challenges, benefits and tips in early career and beyond. PLoS Biology, 17(5), https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000246
• The relationship between the temporal structure of magnetoencephalography recorded brain activity and capacity to form discrete auditory representations
  Allen, C. (2019). The relationship between the temporal structure of magnetoencephalography recorded brain activity and capacity to form discrete auditory representations. European Journal of Neuroscience, 49(12), https://doi.org/10.1111/ejn.14289
• Evidence for parallel activation of the pre-supplementary motor area and inferior frontal cortex during response inhibition: a combined MEG and TMS study
  Allen, C., Singh, K. D., Verbruggen, F., & Chambers, C. D. (2018). Evidence for parallel activation of the pre-supplementary motor area and inferior frontal cortex during response inhibition: a combined MEG and TMS study. Royal Society Open Science, 5(2), https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.171369
• A genetic variant withinSTSpreviously associated with inattention in boys with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is associated with enhanced cognition in healthy adult males
  Humby, T., Fisher, A., Allen, C., Reynolds, M., Hartman, A., Giegling, I., Rujescu, D., & Davies, W. (2017). A genetic variant withinSTSpreviously associated with inattention in boys with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is associated with enhanced cognition in healthy adult males. Brain and Behavior, 7(3), https://doi.org/10.1002/brb3.646
• Impairment of manual but not saccadic response inhibition following acute alcohol intoxication
  Campbell, A. E., Chambers, C. D., Allen, C. P., Hedge, C., & Sumner, P. (2017). Impairment of manual but not saccadic response inhibition following acute alcohol intoxication. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 181, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2017.08.022
• Enhanced Awareness Followed Reversible Inhibition of Human Visual Cortex: A Combined TMS, MRS and MEG Study
  Allen, C. P., Dunkley, B. T., Muthukumaraswamy, S. D., Edden, R., Evans, C. J., Sumner, P., Singh, K. D., & Chambers, C. D. (2014). Enhanced Awareness Followed Reversible Inhibition of Human Visual Cortex: A Combined TMS, MRS and MEG Study. PLoS ONE, 9(6), https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0100350
• The Timing and Neuroanatomy of Conscious Vision as Revealed by TMS-induced Blindsight
  Allen, C. P., Sumner, P., & Chambers, C. D. (2014). The Timing and Neuroanatomy of Conscious Vision as Revealed by TMS-induced Blindsight. The Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 26(7), https://doi.org/10.1162/jocn_a_00557
• Comparative incidence rates of mild adverse effects to transcranial magnetic stimulation
  Maizey, L., Allen, C. P., Dervinis, M., Verbruggen, F., Varnava, A., Kozlov, M., Adams, R. C., Stokes, M., Klemen, J., Bungert, A., Hounsell, C. A., & Chambers, C. D. (2013). Comparative incidence rates of mild adverse effects to transcranial magnetic stimulation. Clinical Neurophysiology, 124(3), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinph.2012.07.024
• Is delayed foveal feedback critical for extra-foveal perception?
  Chambers, C. D., Allen, C. P., Maizey, L., & Williams, M. A. (2013). Is delayed foveal feedback critical for extra-foveal perception?. Cortex, 49(1), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2012.03.007