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Na, E. & Dyson, B. J. <\/strong>(2026). Differential sensitivity to outcome valence reveals two classes of shift behaviour related to exploitation and exploration<\/a>. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dyson, B. J. <\/strong>(2025, Dec 11). Do not touch the artwork beyond this point<\/a>. https:\/\/permanentcollection.eskerfoundation.com\/ <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Dyson, B. J.<\/strong> (2025). Evaluating commercial game design decisions via the scientification of games: Asymmetrical task switching errors predict self-reported fun in Ghost Blitz<\/a>. Cognition, 264: 106218. PsyArXiv<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Titone, D., Dyson, B. J., <\/strong>Fernandes, M. & Joanisse, M. (2024). Encouraging registered reports at the Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology \u2013 an invited primer by Oshiro et al (2024)<\/a>. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology, 78, 203-204.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dyson, B. J.<\/strong>, Na, E & Zhang, Y. (2024). How simple games help us to understand decision-making<\/a>. Frontiers for Young Minds, 12: 1212103. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Dyson, B. J. <\/strong> (2024). Post-loss speeding or post-win slowing? An empirical note on the interpretation of decision-making time as a function of previous outcome<\/a>. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 31, 2249\u20132256. PsyArXiv<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dyson, B. J. <\/strong>& Baik, L. (2024). The scientification of games: Analysing the card game Ghost Blitz through the lens of Cognitive Psychology<\/a>. Analog Game Studies, 11: 1. PsyArXiv<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Zhang, Y., Huynh, T. & Dyson, B. J. <\/strong>(2023). Deliberately making miskates: Behavioural consistency under win maximization and loss maximization conditions<\/a>. Science of Learning, 8: 55. PsyArXiv<\/a>. Behind The Paper Blog Post<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Dyson, B. J. <\/strong>(2023). Assessing the replicability of Cognitive Psychology during remote experiential learning via mobile phone technology<\/a>. Collabra: Psychology, 9: 88320. PsyArXiv<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sullivan, M. D., Kudus, F., Dyson, B. J.<\/strong> & Spaniol, J. (2023). Adult age differences in the temporal dynamics of motivated attention<\/a>. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 35, 421-438. bioRxiv<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Dahal, R., MacLellan, K., Vavrek, D. & Dyson, B. J.<\/strong> (2022). Assessing behavioural profiles following neutral, positive and negative feedback<\/a>. PLoS One, 17: 17: e0270475.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sundvall, J. & Dyson, B. J. <\/strong>(2022). Breaking the bonds of reinforcement: Effects of trial outcome, rule consistency and rule complexity against exploitable and unexploitable opponents<\/a>. PLoS One, 17: e0262249.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dyson, B. J.<\/strong> & Asad, A. (2021). Testing a micro-genesis account of longer-form reinforcement learning (win-calmness<\/em> and loss-restlessness<\/em>)<\/a>. Science of Learning, 6: 19. PsyArXiv<\/a>. Behind The Paper Blog Post<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Ward, J., Baykova, R., Dyson, B. J., <\/strong>Chew, J., Schreiter, M-L, Sherman, M. (2021). A distinct electrophysiological signature for synaesthesia that is independent of individual differences in sensory sensitivity<\/a>. Cortex, 139, 249-266. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Dyson, B. J.<\/strong> (2021). Variability in decision-making speed and quality against exploiting and exploitable opponents <\/a>. Scientific Reports, 11: 2859. PsyArXiv<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Yang, L., Gallant, S. N., Wilkins, L. K., & Dyson, B.<\/strong> (2020). Cognitive and psychosocial outcomes of self-guided executive function training and low-intensity aerobic exercise in healthy older adults<\/a>. <\/strong>Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. 12: 576744. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Srihaput, V., Craplewe, K. & Dyson, B. J.<\/strong>, (2020). Switching competitors reduces win-stay but not lose-shift behaviour: The role of outcome-action association strength on reinforcement learning<\/a>. Games, 11: 25. PsyArXiv<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Dyson, B. J.,<\/strong> Musgrave, C. Rowe, C. & Sandhur, R. (2020). Behavioural and neural interactions between objective and subjective performance in a Matching Pennies game<\/a>. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 147, 128-136. biorxiv<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dyson, B. J.<\/strong>, Steward, B. A., Meneghetti, T. & Forder, L. (2020). Behavioural and neural limits in competitive decision making: The roles of outcome, opponency and observation<\/a>. Biological Psychology, 149: 107778. biorxiv<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Dyson, B. J.<\/strong> (2019). Behavioural isomorphism, cognitive economy and recursive thought in non-transitive game strategy<\/a>. Games, 10: 32.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dyson, B. J.<\/strong> (2018). Turning play into research: The accidental study of competitive decision-making. The Cognitive Psychology Bulletin, 3, 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dyson, B. J.<\/strong>, Sundvall, J., Forder, L. & Douglas, S. (2018). Failure generates impulsivity only when outcomes cannot be controlled<\/a>. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 44, 1483-1487.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dyson, B. J.<\/strong>, Forder, L. & Sundvall, J. (2018). Does the brain\u2019s reward response occur even without actual reward? A response to Fielding, Fu & Franz (2017)<\/a>. Journal of Gambling Studies, 34, 953-861.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Williams, R. S., Kudus, F., Dyson, B. J<\/strong>. & Spaniol, J. (2018). Transient and sustained incentive effects on electrophysiological indices of cognitive control in younger and older adults<\/a>. Cognitive and Affective Behavioral Neuroscience, 18, 313-330.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Wilbiks, J. M. P. & Dyson, B. J.<\/strong> (2018). The contribution of perceptual factors and training on varying audio-visual integration capacity<\/a>. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 44, 871-884. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Dyson, B. J.<\/strong> (2017). Serial dependence in audition: Fast, free and featureless?<\/a> Trends in Cognitive Science, 21, 819-820.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gallant, S., Dyson, B. J.<\/strong> & Yang, L. (2017). Local context effects during emotional item directed forgetting in younger and older adults<\/a>. Memory, 25, 1129-1138.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Williams, R. S., Biel, A. L., Dyson, B. J.<\/strong> & Spaniol, J. (2017). Age differences in gain- and loss-motivated attention<\/a>. Brain and Cognition, 111, 171-181.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Wilbiks, J. M. P. & Dyson, B. J. (2016). The dynamics and neural correlates of audio-visual integration capacity as determined by temporal unpredictability, proactive interference, and SOA<\/a>. PLoS One, 11: e0168304.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Forder, L. & Dyson, B. J.<\/strong> (2016). Behavioural and neural modulation of win-stay but not lose-shift strategies as a function of outcome value in Rock, Paper, Scissors<\/a>. Scientific Reports, 6: 33809.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dyson, B. J.<\/strong>, Wilbiks, J. M. P., Sandhu, R., Papanicolaou, G. & Lintag, J. (2016). Negative outcomes evoke cyclic irrational decisions in Rock, Paper, Scissors<\/a>. Scientific Reports, 6: 20479.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gallant, S. & Dyson, B. J.<\/strong> (2016). Neural modulation of item directed forgetting by valence and arousal: An event-related potential study<\/a>. Brain Research, 1648, 306-316.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sandhu, R & Dyson, B. J.<\/strong> (2016). Cross-modal perceptual load: the impact of modality and individual differences<\/a>. Experimental Brain Research, 234, 1279-1291.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Williams, R. S., Biel, A. L., Wegier, P., Lapp, L. K., Dyson, B. J.<\/strong> & Spaniol, J. (2016). Age differences in the Attention Network Test: Evidence from behavior and event-related potentials<\/a>. Brain and Cognition, 102, 65-79.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Chan, Z. & Dyson, B. J.<\/strong> (2015). The effects of association strength and cross-modal correspondence on the development of multimodal stimuli<\/a>. Attention, Perception and Psychophysics, 77, 560-570.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dyson, B. J.<\/strong> (2015). Using published trial schematics to assess a brief (spatial) history of time: Questioning the graphical depiction of experimental procedures<\/a>. Timing and Time Perception, 3, 317-322.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dyson, B. J.<\/strong> Vickers, K. Cowan, S., Tassone, A. & Turtle, J. (2015). Evaluating the use of Facebook to increase student engagement and understanding in lecture-based classes<\/a>. Higher Education, 69, 303-313.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Edell, M. & Dyson, B. J.<\/strong> (2014). The influence of personality factors on short-term mood repair with drawing production. Canadian Art Therapy Association Journal, 27, 1-8. <\/p>\n\n\n\n McLean, C., Want, S. & Dyson, B. J. <\/strong>(2015). The role of similarity, sound and awareness in the appreciation of visual artwork via motor simulation<\/a>. Cognition, 137, 174-181.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sandhu, R., & Dyson, B. J. (2013). Modality and task switching interactions using bi-modal and bivalent stimuli<\/a>. Brain and Cognition, 82, 90-99.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ugland, C., Dyson, B. J.<\/strong> & Field, A. (2013). An ERP study of the interaction between verbal information and conditioning pathways to fear<\/a>. Biological Psychology, 92, 69-81.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Wilbiks, J. M. & Dyson, B. J.<\/strong> (2013b). The influence of previous environmental history on audio-visual binding occurs during visual-weighted but not auditory-weighted environments<\/a>. Multisensory Processes, 26, 561-568.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Wilbiks, J. M. & Dyson, B. J.<\/strong> (2013a). Effects of temporal asynchrony and stimulus magnitude on competitive audio\u2013visual binding<\/a>. Attention, Perception and Psychophysics, 75, 1883-1891.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Wilkinson, A. J., Yang, L. & Dyson, B. J.<\/strong> (2013). Modulating younger and older adults\u2019 performance in ignoring pictorial information during a word matching task<\/a>. Brain and Cognition, 83, 351-359.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dyson, B. J.<\/strong> & Alain, C. (2012). Task, time and context as potential mediators of repetition priming effects<\/a>. Cognitive Neuroscience, 3, 248-249.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sandhu, R. & Dyson, B. J.<\/strong> (2012). Reevaluating visual and auditory dominance through task switching costs and congruency analyses<\/a>. Acta Psychologica, 140, 111-118.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dyson, B. J.<\/strong> (2011). The advantage of ambiguity? Early neural responses to multi-stable percepts correlate with the degree of perceived instability<\/a>. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 5, 73, 1-12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dyson, B. J.<\/strong> (2010a). Trial after trial: Processing consequences as a function of repetition and change in multi-dimensional sound<\/a>. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 63, 1770-1788.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dyson, B. J.<\/strong> (2010b). \u201cShe\u2019s a waterfall\u201d: Motion after-effect and perceptual design in video games involving virtual musicianship<\/a>. Perception, 39, 131-132.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dyson, B. J.<\/strong> & Cohen, R. (2010). Translations: Effects of viewpoint, feature, naming and context on identifying repeatedly copied drawing<\/a>s. Perception, 39, 157-172.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dyson, B. J.<\/strong>, Dunn, A. & Alain, C. (2010). Ventral and dorsal streams as modality-independent phenomena<\/a>. Cognitive Neuroscience, 1, 64-65.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dyson, B. J.<\/strong> & Quinlan, P. T. (2010). Decomposing the Garner interference paradigm: Evidence for dissociations between macro- and micro-level performance<\/a>. Attention, Perception & Psychophysics,72, 1676-1691.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Parkinson, J. M., Dyson, B. J.<\/strong> & Khurana, B. (2010). One line at a time: The neural correlates of temporal stroke order<\/a>. Experimental Brain Research, 201, 575-586.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ross, B., Snyder, J., Aalto, M., McDonald, K. L., Dyson, B. J.<\/strong>, Schneider, B. & Alain, C. (2009). Effects of tonal duration on neuromagnetic brain activity revisited<\/a>. NeuroImage, 47, 678-687.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dyson, B. J.<\/strong> (2008). Assessing small-scale interventions in large-scale teaching: A general methodology and preliminary data<\/a>. Active Learning in Higher Education, 9, 265-282.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dyson, B. J.<\/strong> & Alain, C. (2008a). Is a change as good as a rest? Effects of inter-trial contingency and task on concurrent sound segregation<\/a>. Brain Research, 1189, 135-144.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dyson, B. J.<\/strong> & Alain, C. (2008b). It all sounds the same to me: Behavioural and ERP correlates of repeating and changing complex acoustic stimuli<\/a>. Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience, 8, 329-343.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dyson, B. J.<\/strong> & Ishfaq, F. (2008). Auditory memory can be object-based<\/a>. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 15, 409-412.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dyson, B. J.<\/strong>, Alain, C. & He. Y. (2005a). Effect of visual attentional load on auditory scene analysis<\/a>. Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience, 5, 319-338.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dyson, B. J.<\/strong>, Alain, C. & He, Y. (2005b). I\u2019ve heard it all before: Perceptual invariance represented by early cortical auditory evoked responses<\/a>. Cognitive Brain Research, 23, 457-460.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dyson, B. J.<\/strong> & Quinlan, P. T. (2004). Stimulus processing constraints in audition<\/a>. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 30, 1117-1131.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dyson, B. J.<\/strong> & Alain, C. (2004). Representation of concurrent auditory objects in human auditory cortex<\/a>. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 115, 280-289.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dyson, B. J.<\/strong> & Quinlan, P. T. (2003). Feature and conjunction processing in the auditory modality<\/a>. Perception and Psychophysics, 65, 254-272.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dyson, B. J.<\/strong> & Quinlan, P. T. (2002). Within- and between-dimensional processing in the auditory modality<\/a>. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 28, 1483-1498.<\/p>\n\n\n\nBOOKS<\/h4>\n\n\n\n