Dr Daniel Bor
Senior Lecturer in Psychology
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 Behaviour2025
Null models for comparing information decomposition across complex systemsLiardi A Rosas FE Carhart-Harris RL Blackburne G Bor D Mediano PAM
Plos Computational Biology, Public Library of Science (Plos) vol. 21 (11)
05-11-2025
Toward a unified taxonomy of information dynamics via Integrated Information DecompositionMediano PAM Rosas FE Luppi AI Carhart-Harris RL Bor D Seth AK Barrett AB
Proceedings of The National Academy of Sciences of The United States of America, Proceedings of The National Academy of Sciences vol. 122 (39)
22-09-2025
A Taxonomy of Neuroscientific Strategies Based on Interaction OrdersNeri M Brovelli A Castro S Fraisopi F Gatica M Herzog R Petri G
European Journal of Neuroscience, Wiley vol. 61 (3)
01-02-2025
2024
Null models for comparing information decomposition across complex systemsLiardi A Rosas FE Carhart-Harris RL Blackburne G Bor D Mediano PAM
In Arxiv
15-10-2024
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 Finoia P et al.
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 Crosby M
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
International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, Wiley vol. 39 (6), e6112-e6112.
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 et al.
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
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, Frontiers vol. 17
02-08-2023
Assessing awareness in severe Alzheimer’s diseaseHuntley JD Bor D Owen AM
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
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 Williams GB Craig MM Finoia P Peattie ARD
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
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 Crosby M
2023 Conference on Cognitive Computational Neuroscience.
01-01-2023
2022
Synergistic information supports modality integration and flexible learning in neural networks solving multiple tasksProca AM Rosas FE Luppi AI Bor D Crosby M Mediano PAM
In Arxiv
06-10-2022
Psychedelics and schizophrenia: Distinct alterations to Bayesian inferenceRajpal H Mediano PAM Rosas FE Brugger S Muthukumaraswamy S Seth AK Jensen HJ
Neuroimage, Elsevier vol. 263
22-09-2022
The strength of weak integrated information theoryMediano PAM Rosas FE Seth AK
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 O’Brien JT Bor D
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 Seth AK Carhart-Harris RL
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 Craig MM Finoia P Peattie ARD et al.
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
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
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 Carhart-Harris RL Bor D
Neuroscience of Consciousness, Oxford University Press (OUP) vol. 2021 (2)
16-11-2021
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 Bor D
In Arxiv
11-11-2021
Towards an extended taxonomy of information dynamics via Integrated Information DecompositionMediano PAM Rosas FE Luppi AI Carhart-Harris RL Bor D Seth AK Barrett AB
In Arxiv
27-09-2021
Decomposing Spectral and Phasic Differences in Nonlinear Features between DatasetsMediano PAM Rosas FE Barrett AB
Physical Review Letters, American Physical Society (Aps) vol. 127 (12)
17-09-2021
Integrated information as a common signature of dynamical and information-processing complexityMediano PAM Rosas FE Farah JC Shanahan M Bor D Barrett AB
In Arxiv
18-06-2021
Understanding Alzheimer's disease as a disorder of consciousnessHuntley JD Fleming SM Mograbi DC Bor D 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 Carhart-Harris RL Bor D
Plos Computational Biology, Public Library of Science (Plos) vol. 16 (12)
21-12-2020
Decomposing spectral and phasic differences in non-linear features between datasetsMediano PAM Rosas FE Barrett AB Bor D
In Arxiv
21-09-2020
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 Bor D
In Arxiv
17-04-2020
2019
Neurophenomenology of induced and natural synaesthesiaSchwartzman DJ Bor D Rothen N
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 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
Neuropsychologia, Elsevier vol. 111, 151-162.
31-01-2018
2017
Spatial structure normalises working memory performance in Parkinson's diseaseFallon SJ Bor D Barker RA
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
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
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
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 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
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
Neuroscience: The mechanics of mindBor D
Nature, Springer Nature vol. 526 (7571), 41-42.
01-10-2015
2014
Adults Can Be Trained to Acquire Synesthetic ExperiencesBor D Rothen N Schwartzman DJ Clayton S
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 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
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 Ormond A O’Reilly JX
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 Maquet PA Laureys S
Neuroimage, Elsevier vol. 36 (3), 979-992.
13-03-2007
Cognitive Training: Neural Correlates of Expert SkillsBor D 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
Cerebral Cortex, Oxford University Press (OUP) vol. 17 (4), 778-786.
17-05-2006
Working Memory: Linking Capacity with SelectivityBor D
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
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 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
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 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 Williams EJ
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
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
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
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
Science, American Association For The Advancement of Science (Aaas) vol. 289 (5478), 457-460.
21-07-2000
Informational Complexity as a Neural Marker of Cognitive ReserveStolp L Mandke KN Mediano PA Gellersen HM Swartz A Rudzka K Simons J Bekinschtein TA et al.
In Biorxiv
Spectrally and temporally resolved estimation of neural signal diversityMediano PAM Rosas FE Luppi AI Noreika V Seth AK Carhart-Harris RL Barnett L Bor D
In Biorxiv
Fluctuations in Neural Complexity During Wakefulness Relate To Conscious Level and CognitionMediano PAM Ikkala A Kievit RA Jagannathan SR Varley TF Stamatakis EA Bekinschtein TA Bor D
In Biorxiv
Ketamine and sleep modulate neural complexity dynamics in catsPascovich C Castro-Zaballa S Mediano PAM Bor D Canales-Johnson A Torterolo P Bekinschtein TA
In Biorxiv
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 et al.
In Biorxiv
Extensive Phenomenological Overlap between Induced and Naturally-Occurring Synaesthetic ExperiencesSchwartzman DJ Oblak A Rothen N Bor D Seth AK
In Biorxiv
Extensive Phenomenological Overlap between Training-Induced and Naturally-Occurring Synaesthetic ExperiencesSchwartzman DJ Oblak A Rothen N Bor D Seth A
In Psyarxiv
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 et al.
In Biorxiv
Psychedelics and schizophrenia: Distinct alterations to Bayesian inferenceRajpal H Mediano PAM Rosas FE Timmermann CB Brugger S Muthukumaraswamy S Seth AK Bor D et al.
In Biorxiv
Paths to Oblivion: Common Neural Mechanisms of Anaesthesia and Disorders of ConsciousnessLuppi AI Mediano PAM Rosas FE Allanson J Pickard JD Williams GB Craig MM Finoia P et al.
In Biorxiv
What it is like to be a bit: An Integrated Information Decomposition account of emergent mental phenomenaLuppi AI Mediano P Rosas F Harrison DJ Carhart-Harris R Bor D Stamatakis EA
In Psyarxiv
A Synergistic Workspace for Human Consciousness Revealed by Integrated Information DecompositionLuppi AI Mediano PAM Rosas FE Allanson J Pickard JD Carhart-Harris RL Williams GB Craig MM et al.
In Biorxiv
Effects of external stimulation on psychedelic state neurodynamicsMediano PAM Rosas FE Timmermann C Roseman L Nutt DJ Feilding A Kaelen M Kringelbach ML et al.
In Biorxiv
Response to Ruby et al: On a ‘failed’ attempt to manipulate conscious perception with transcranial magnetic stimulation to prefrontal cortexSeth A Barrett A Schwartzman DJ Bor D
In Psyarxiv
Theta-burst Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation to the Prefrontal or Parietal Cortex Does Not Impair Metacognitive Visual AwarenessBor D Schwartzman DJ Barrett AB Seth AK
In Biorxiv
The entropic heart: Tracking the psychedelic state via heart rate dynamicsRosas FE Mediano PAM Timmermann C Luppi AI Candia-Rivera D Abbasi-Asl R Gazzaley A Kringelbach ML et al.
In Biorxiv
Neural markers of reduced arousal and consciousness in Mild Cognitive ImpairmentEstarellas M Huntley J Bor D
In Biorxiv
Synch.Live: Collective problem-solving through flocking motion induces higher connectedness to othersSas MI Mediano PAM Rosas F Leone H Sas A Lockwood C Jensen HJ Bor D
In Psyarxiv
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
Research Group
PhD Students
- Keenan Down
Using Information Theory to Diagnose Alzheimer's Disease and Predict Disease Progression - Maxime Janbon
Information and Criticality in Neural Activity During Sensing and Learning
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