Selected Publications
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Kounios, J., & Osman, A. (2002). Multiple versus unitary semantics in human cognition: An event-related brain potential study of image and function processing. In S. P. Shohov (Ed.), Advances in Psychology Research (Vol. 8, pp. 87-102). Huntington, NY: Nova Science Publishers, Inc. full-text
Jensen, O., Gelfand, J., Kounios, J., & Lisman, J. E. (2002). Oscillations in the alpha band (9-12 Hz) increase with memory load during retention in a short-term memory task. Cerebral Cortex, 12, 877-882. abstract full-text
Kounios, J. (2002). A neural mechanism for non-verbal discourse comprehension. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 6, 272-275. abstract full-text
Kounios, J., Smith, R.W., Yang, W., Bachman, P.,& D’Esposito, M. (2001). Cognitive association formation in human memory revealed by spatiotemporal imaging. Neuron, 29, 297-306. abstract full-text
Kounios, J., Kotz, S., & Holcomb, P.J. (2000). On the locus of the semantic satiation effect: Evidence from event-related brain potentials. Memory & Cognition, 28, 1366-1377. abstract full-text
Holcomb, P.J., Kounios, J., Anderson, J.E., &West, W.C. (1999). Dual coding, context availability, and concreteness effects in sentence comprehension: An electrophysiological investigation. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition , 20, 804-823. abstract full-text
Johnson, M. K., Nolde, S. F., Mather, M., Kounios,J., Schacter, D. L., & Curran, T. (1997). The similarity of brain activity associated with true and false recognition memory depends on test format. Psychological Science, 8, 250-257. abstract full-text
Smith, R. W., Kounios, J., & Osterhout, L. (1997). On the applicability and robustness of speed-accuracy decomposition, a technique for investigating partial information. Psychological Methods, 2, 95-120. abstract full-text
Kounios, J., Litz, B., Kaloupek, D., Riggs, D., Knight,J., Weathers, F., Anderson, J.E., & Keane, T. (1997). The electrophysiology of combat-related PTSD. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 821, 504-507. full-text
Johnson, M.K., Kounios, J., & Nolde, S.F. (1997). Electrophysiological brain activity and memory source monitoring. Neuro Report, 8, 1317-1320. abstract full-text
Thomsen, C.J., Lavine, H., & Kounios, J. (1996). Social value and attitude concepts in semantic memory: Relational structure, concept strength, and the fan effect. Social Cognition, 14, 191-225. abstract
Kounios, J. (1996). On the continuity of thought and the representation of knowledge: Electrophysiological and behavioral time-course measures reveal levels of structure in semantic memory. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 3, 265-286. abstract full-text
Smith, R.W., & Kounios, J. (1996). Sudden insight: All-or-none processing revealed by speed-accuracy decomposition. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 22, 1443-1462. abstract full-text
Kounios, J., & Smith, R. W. (1995). Speed-accuracy decomposition yields a sudden insight into all-or-none information processing. Acta Psychologica, 90, 229-241. abstract full-text
Johnson, M.K., Kounios, J., & Reeder, J. (1994). Time-course studies of reality monitoring and recognition. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 20 , 1409-1419. abstract full-text
Kounios, J., Montgomery, E.C., & Smith, R.W.(1994). Semantic memory and the granularity of semantic relations: Evidence from speed-accuracy decomposition. Memory & Cognition, 22, 729-741. abstract
Kounios, J., & Holcomb, P.J. (1994). Concreteness effects in semantic processing: ERP evidence supporting dual-coding theory. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 20 , 804-823. abstract full-text
Kounios, J. (1993). Process complexity in semantic memory. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 19, 338-351. abstract full-text
Kounios, J., & Holcomb, P.J., (1992). Structure and process in semantic memory: Evidence from event-related brain potentials and reaction times. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General,121, 459-479. abstract full-text
Meyer, D.E., Irwin, D.E., Osman, A.M., & Kounios,J. (1988). The dynamics of cognition and action: Mental processes inferred from speed-accuracy decomposition. Psychological Review, 95, 183-237. abstract full-text
Kounios, J., Osman, A.M., & Meyer, D.E. (1987). Structure and process in semantic memory: New evidence based on speed-accuracy decomposition. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General,116, 3-25. abstract full-text