Dr Myles Jones

BSc, MSc, PhD, SFHEA

School of Psychology

Senior Lecturer

M.Jones@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 6551
Interdisciplinary Centre of the Social Sciences (ICOSS)

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Dr Myles Jones
School of Psychology
Interdisciplinary Centre of the Social Sciences (ICOSS)
219 Portobello
Sheffield
S1 4DP
Research interests

Signal Processing and EEG

I spent two decades investigating the neurovascular coupling relationships that underpin blood oxygen level dependent (BOLD) functional magnetic imaging (fMRI). I now use the signal processing techniques inherent in neurovascular research to analyse EEG and fMRI signals from cognitive neuroscience studies investigating differences in neurodevelopmental conditions (e.g. ASC with Professor Liz Milne) and underlying genetic syndromes (e.g. Copy Number Variants such as 16p11.2 & 22q11.2 with Dr Alisdair McNeil). Analyses include time frequency (e.g. Wavelets) and Entropy (e.g. MSE).

Individual Differences

Both EEG signals and psychophysical task performance differ in neurodevelopmental conditions and correlate with the corresponding traits in the general population. However, such traits are often correlated with one another and with general personality dimensions. As such, I am examining the interrelations between these personality variables and whether their relationships with EEG metrics and psychophysical task performance are unique

EEG and fMRI

Data is collected here in Sheffield (EEG) or obtained from ‘big data’ sets (EEG, FMRI). I am also using EEG to investigate the role of anticipation in Sports (with Professor Richard Rowe).

Neuromodulation (tDCS)

Using neuromodulation techniques (e.g. tDCS) to attempt to alter psychophysical task performance and EEG signals in neurotypical subjects can aid the interpretation of differences observed in neurodevelopmental conditions. I am also using tDCS to attempt to enhance working memory training and analysing clinical trial data that use tDCS to ameliorate tinnitus symptoms.



 

Publications

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Journal articles

  • Bin Dawood A, Dickinson A, Aytemur A, Howarth C, Milne E & Jones M (2020) . Journal of Cognitive Enhancement, 4, 235-249.
  • Al-Jawahiri R, Jones M & Milne E (2019) . Autism Research, 12(9), 1322-1333.
  • Dickinson A, Bruyns-Haylett M, Smith R, Jones M & Milne E (2016) . Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 125(3), 412-422.
  • Boorman L, Harris S, Bruyns-Haylett M, Kennerley A, Zheng Y, Martin CJ, Jones M, Redgrave P & Berwick J (2015) . Journal of Neuroscience, 35(11), 4641-4656.
  • Bruyns-Haylett M, Harris S, Boorman L, Zheng Y, Berwick J & Jones M (2013) . Eur J Neurosci, 38(6), 2902-2916.
  • Jones M, Berwick J, Johnston D & Mayhew J (2001) . Neuroimage, 13(6 Pt 1), 1002-1015.

All publications

Journal articles

  • Jiang S, Jones M & von Bastian CC (2024) . Communications Psychology, 2(1).
  • Panagiotidi M, Zavlis O, Jones M & Stafford T (2024) . International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 33(1).
  • Jiang S, Jones M & von Bastian CC (2023) . Journal of Cognition, 6(1).
  • Dawood AB, Dickinson A, Aytemur A, Milne E & Jones M (2022) . Cognitive Processing, 23(2), 235-254.
  • Giannadou A, Jones M, Freeth M, Samson AC & Milne E (2022) . Psychophysiology, 59(4).
  • Cox A, Benson-Marshall M, Burnham JAJ, Care L, Herrick T & Jones M (2022) . Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 30(2), 149-167.
  • Day M, Harris S, Hussein D, Yassin Saka M, Stride C, Jones M, Makin G & Rowe R (2021) . Patient Education and Counseling, 104(12), 3008-3015.
  • Al-Jawahiri R, Jones M & Milne E (2021) . Journal of Psychiatric Research, 136, 610-618.
  • Hao Y, Yadollahpour A, Rashidi S, Jones M, Murillo-Rodriguez E & Machado S (2021) . Neural Regeneration Research, 16(4), 666-666.
  • Bin Dawood A, Dickinson A, Aytemur A, Howarth C, Milne E & Jones M (2020) . Journal of Cognitive Enhancement, 4, 235-249.
  • Dunn S & Jones M (2020) . Behavioural Brain Research, 388.
  • Al-Jawahiri R, Jones M & Milne E (2019) . Autism Research, 12(9), 1322-1333.
  • Milne E, Gomez R, Giannadou A & Jones M (2019) . Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 128(5), 442-452.
  • Milne E, Dunn S, Zhao C & Jones M (2019) . Cortex, 111, 87-99.
  • Dickinson A, Gomez R, Jones M, Zemon V & Milne E (2018) . Neuropsychologia, 111, 369-376.
  • Bruyns-Haylett M, Luo J, Kennerley AJ, Harris S, Boorman L, Milne E, Vautrelle N, Hayashi Y, Whalley BJ, Jones M , Berwick J et al (2017) . NeuroImage, 146(1), 575-588.
  • Bray N, Burrows FE, Jones M, Berwick J, Allan SM & Schiessl I (2016) . Journal of Neuroinflammation, 13.
  • Dickinson A, Jones M & Milne E (2016) . Brain Research.
  • Dickinson A, Bruyns-Haylett M, Smith R, Jones M & Milne E (2016) . Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 125(3), 412-422.
  • Jang J, Jones M, Milne E, Wilson D & Lee KH (2016) . NeuroImage.
  • Dickinson A, Bruyns-Haylett M, Jones M & Milne E (2015) . European Journal of Neuroscience, 41(8), 1095-1101.
  • Boorman L, Harris S, Bruyns-Haylett M, Kennerley A, Zheng Y, Martin CJ, Jones M, Redgrave P & Berwick J (2015) . Journal of Neuroscience, 35(11), 4641-4656.
  • Dickinson A, Jones M & Milne E (2014) . J Autism Dev Disord, 44(11), 2844-2850.
  • Bruyns-Haylett M, Harris S, Boorman L, Zheng Y, Berwick J & Jones M (2013) . Eur J Neurosci, 38(6), 2902-2916.
  • Saka M, Berwick J & Jones M (2012) Inter-trial variability in sensory-evoked cortical hemodynamic responses: the role of the magnitude of pre-stimulus fluctuations. Frontiers in Neuroenergetics, 4.
  • Kennerley AJ, Harris S, Bruyns-Haylett M, Boorman L, Zheng Y, Jones M & Berwick J (2012) . Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism, 32(3), 468-480.
  • McKinney P, Jones M & Turkington S (2011) . Aslib Proceedings New Information Perspectives, 63(2-3), 221-240.
  • Saka M, Berwick J & Jones M (2010) . Front Neuroenergetics, 2.
  • Harris S, Jones M, Zheng Y & Berwick J (2010) . Front Neuroenergetics, 2.
  • Jones M (2010) Optical imaging spectroscopy and laser doppler flowmetry in rodent barrel cortex : the hemodynamic response to whisker stimulation and hypercapnia..
  • Bruyns-Haylett M, Zheng Y, Berwick J & Jones M (2010) . Phys Med Biol, 55(8), 2203-2219.
  • Boorman L, Kennerley AJ, Johnston D, Jones M, Zheng Y, Redgrave P & Berwick J (2010) . J Neurosci, 30(12), 4285-4294.
  • Zheng Y, Pan Y, Harris S, Billings S, Coca D, Berwick J, Jones M, Kennerley A, Johnston D, Martin C , Devonshire IM et al (2010) . Neuroimage, 52(3), 1135-1147.
  • Bartlett K, Saka M & Jones M (2008) . SENSORS-BASEL, 8(12), 7649-7670.
  • Jones M, Devonshire IM, Berwick J, Martin C, Redgrave P & Mayhew J (2008) . Eur J Neurosci, 27(10), 2758-2772.
  • Berwick J, Johnston D, Jones M, Martindale J, Martin C, Kennerley AJ, Redgrave P & Mayhew JEW (2008) . J Neurophysiol, 99(2), 787-798.
  • Gias C, Jones M, Keegan D, Adamson P, Greenwood J, Lund R, Martindale J, Johnston D, Berwick J, Mayhew J & Coffey P (2007) . EUR J NEUROSCI, 25(7), 1940-1948.
  • Martin C, Jones M, Martindale J & Mayhew J (2006) . Eur J Neurosci, 24(9), 2601-2610.
  • Berwick J, Johnston D, Jones M, Martindale J, Redgrave P, McLoughlin N, Schiessl I & Mayhew JEW (2005) . Eur J Neurosci, 22(7), 1655-1666.
  • Jones M, Berwick J, Hewson-Stoate N, Gias C & Mayhew J (2005) . Neuroimage, 27(3), 609-623.
  • Hewson-Stoate N, Jones M, Martindale J, Berwick J & Mayhew J (2005) . Neuroimage, 24(2), 565-574.
  • Gias C, Hewson-Stoate N, Jones M, Johnston D, Mayhew JE & Coffey PJ (2005) . Neuroimage, 24(1), 200-206.
  • Berwick J, Redgrave P, Jones M, Hewson-Stoate N, Martindale J, Johnston D & Mayhew JEW (2004) . Brain Res, 1030(2), 284-293.
  • Billings SA, Kong Y, Zheng Y, Johnston D, Martindale J, Myles J & Mayhew JEW (2004) A model of the dynamic relationship between blood flow and volume changes during brain activation. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism(24), 1382-1392.
  • Kong Y, Zheng Y, Johnston D, Martindale J, Jones M, Billings S & Mayhew J (2004) . J Cereb Blood Flow Metab, 24(12), 1382-1392.
  • Devonshire IM, Berwick J, Jones M, Martindale J, Johnston D, Overton PG & Mayhew JEW (2004) . Neuroimage, 22(4), 1744-1753.
  • Jones M, Hewson-Stoate N, Martindale J, Redgrave P & Mayhew J (2004) . Neuroimage, 22(2), 956-965.
  • Martindale J, Mayhew J, Berwick J, Jones M, Martin C, Johnston D, Redgrave P & Zheng Y (2003) . J Cereb Blood Flow Metab, 23(5), 546-555.
  • Berwick J, Martin C, Martindale J, Jones M, Johnston D, Zheng Y, Redgrave P & Mayhew J (2002) . J Cereb Blood Flow Metab, 22(6), 670-679.
  • Zheng Y, Martindale J, Johnston D, Jones M, Berwick J & Mayhew J (2002) . Neuroimage, 16(3 Pt 1), 617-637.
  • Jones M, Berwick J & Mayhew J (2002) . Neuroimage, 15(3), 474-487.
  • Mayhew J, Johnston D, Berwick J, Jones M, Coffey P & Zheng Y (2001) Spectroscopic analysis of neural activity in brain: Increased oxygen consumption following activation of barrel cortex (vol 12, pg 664, 2000). NEUROIMAGE, 13(3), 540-543.
  • Mayhew J, Johnston D, Martindale J, Jones M, Berwick J & Zheng Y (2001) . Neuroimage, 13(6 Pt 1), 975-987.
  • Jones M, Berwick J, Johnston D & Mayhew J (2001) . Neuroimage, 13(6 Pt 1), 1002-1015.
  • Paley M, Mayhew JE, Martindale AJ, McGinley J, Berwick J, Coffey P, Redgrave P, Furness P, Port M, Ham A , Zheng Y et al (2001) Design and initial evaluation of a low-cost 3-Tesla research system for combined optical and functional MR imaging with interventional capability.. J Magn Reson Imaging, 13(1), 87-92.
  • Martindale J, Berwick J, Johnston D, Jones M, Zheng Y, Coffey P, Paley M & Mayhew J (2000) . Neuroreport, 11(10), 2247-2252.
  • Mayhew J, Johnston D, Berwick J, Jones M, Coffey P & Zheng Y (2000) . Neuroimage, 12(6), 664-675.
  • Bin Dawood A, Dickinson A & Jones M () . International Journal of Cognitive Research in Science, Engineering and Education (IJCRSEE), 11(3), 375-387.
  • Slack R, Boorman L, Patel P, Harris S, Bruyns-Haylett M, Kennerley A, Jones M & Berwick J () . Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 267, 21-34.

Book chapters

  • Cox A, Marshall MB, Burnham JA, Care L, Clow C, Hanson S, Herrick T, Jones M & Little A (2024) (pp. 157-174). Facet
  • Jones M & Webb M (2004) "Electroencephalogram:Getting the big picture with EEGs”; “Positron Emission Tomography: Measuring Activity Indirectly with PET”; “Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging: The state of the Art”; “Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation: Turn On and Off Bits of the Brain” In Stafford T & Webb M (Ed.), Mind hacks (pp. 5-9). O'Reilly Media, Inc.

Conference proceedings

  • Berwick J, Patel P, Jones M, Boorman L, Sharp P, Harris S, Martin C & Bruyns-Haylett M (2016) COULD VASOMOTION BE AN EMERGENT EARLY BIOMARKER OF CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE?. JOURNAL OF CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW AND METABOLISM, Vol. 36 (pp 241-242)
  • Jones M (2009) Ongoing neural activity and hemodynamics. PERCEPTION, Vol. 38 (pp 114-114)
  • Jones M, Gias C, Martin C, Berwick J, Martindale J, Johnston D, Mayhew J & Coffey P (2002) Optical imaging of visual cortex in unanaesthetised rat. INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE, Vol. 43 (pp U1339-U1339)
  • Gias C, Jones M, Keegan D, Adamson P, Greenwood J, Lund RD, Martindale J, Johnston D, Mayhew J & Coffey P (2002) Optical imagine demonstrates amelioration of cortical visual function in dystrophic rats following transplantation of human immortalised RPE cells. INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE, Vol. 43 (pp U201-U201)

Preprints

  • Xiao W & Jones M (2025) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
  • Xiao W, Jones M, Milne E & Dede AJO (2025) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
  • Strzelczyk D, Clayson PE, Sigurdardottir HM, Mushtaq F, Pavlov YG, Devillez H, Lukashevich A, Rocha HA, Chung YH, Ortego KM , Störmer VS et al (2023) , Center for Open Science.
  • Jiang S, Jones M & von Bastian C (2023) , Springer Science and Business Media LLC.
  • Panagiotidi M, Zavlis O, Jones M & Stafford T (2023) , Center for Open Science.
  • Jiang S, Jones M & von Bastian CC (2023) , Center for Open Science.
  • Barry L, Clint L, Haigh M, Milton E, Park A, Zavlis O & Jones M (2021) , Center for Open Science.
  • Zavlis O & Jones M (2020) , Center for Open Science.
Research group

Teaching activities

Examinations Officer

  • PSY 1003 Neuroscience and Clinical Psychology I
  • PSY 2003 Neuroscience and Clinical Psychology II
  • PSY 6305 Fundamentals of Cognition (Module Organiser)
  • PSY 6306 Fundamentals of Neuroscience

I am also involved in the scholarship of teaching and have published on the efficacy of inquiry based learning and students’ use of teaching spaces. I am a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) and a University of Sheffield, Senate Fellow of Learning and Teaching Excellence.

Professional activities and memberships

Cognitive Neuroscience and Mental Health Theme Co-Lead, Neuroscience Research Institute

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