Jeffrey Wammes, Queen's University

Research

convolutional neural network drawing fMRI learning memory multivariate pattern analysis representation

Latest papers

Patterns of ongoing thought in the real world and their links to mental health and well-being.
PLOS mental health · 2025
Mapping cognition across lab and daily life using Experience-Sampling.
Consciousness and cognition · 2025
Self-reports map the landscape of task states derived from brain imaging.
Communications psychology · 2025

All 7 publications

Latest funding

A neuro-computational model of motor learning: Dissociating memory expression, updating, and creation in the human brain
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
$696,150
Examining the social, emotional, academic and economic benefits of a curriculum integrated post-secondary wellness course
SSHRC · 2026 · Co-investigator
$72,420
Sampling patterns of ongoing thought in the real world and describing their links to mental health
SSHRC · 2021 · Co-investigator
$223,097

All 6 grants and awards

7 publications.

01

Patterns of ongoing thought in the real world and their links to mental health and well-being.

Mulholland B, Chitiz L, Wallace R, Mckeown B, Milham M, Klein A, Leech R, Jefferies E, Poerio G, Wammes J, Stewart J, Hardikar S, Smallwood J

PLOS mental health2025

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmen.0000309 PMID: 41662000

02

Mapping cognition across lab and daily life using Experience-Sampling.

Chitiz L, Mckeown B, Mulholland B, Wallace R, Goodall-Halliwell I, Ping-Ho NS, Konu D, Poerio GL, Wammes J, Milham M, Klein A, Jefferies E, Leech R, Smallwood J

Consciousness and cognition2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2025.103853 PMID: 40209288

03

Self-reports map the landscape of task states derived from brain imaging.

Mckeown B, Goodall-Halliwell I, Wallace R, Chitiz L, Mulholland B, Karapanagiotidis T, Hardikar S, Strawson W, Turnbull A, Vanderwal T, Ho N, Wang HT, Xu T, Milham M, Wang X, Zhang M, Gonzalez Alam TR, Vos de Wael R, Bernhardt B, Margulies D, Wammes J, Jefferies E, Leech R, Smallwood J

Communications psychology2025

DOI: 10.1038/s44271-025-00184-y PMID: 39843761

04

Drawing as a means to characterize memory and cognition.

Bainbridge WA, Chamberlain R, Wammes J, Fan JE

Memory & cognition2025

DOI: 10.3758/s13421-024-01618-4 PMID: 39192141

05

Reconfigurations of cortical manifold structure during reward-based motor learning.

Nick Q, Gale DJ, Areshenkoff C, De Brouwer A, Nashed J, Wammes J, Zhu T, Flanagan R, Smallwood J, Gallivan J

eLife2024

DOI: 10.7554/elife.91928 PMID: 38916598

06

Experience sampling reveals the role that covert goal states play in task-relevant behavior.

Mckeown B, Strawson WH, Zhang M, Turnbull A, Konu D, Karapanagiotidis T, Wang HT, Leech R, Xu T, Hardikar S, Bernhardt B, Margulies D, Jefferies E, Wammes J, Smallwood J

Scientific reports2023

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-48857-0 PMID: 38066069

07

Increasing stimulus similarity drives nonmonotonic representational change in hippocampus.

Wammes J, Norman KA, Turk-Browne N

eLife2022First author

DOI: 10.7554/elife.68344 PMID: 34989336

A neuro-computational model of motor learning: Dissociating memory expression, updating, and creation in the human brain

Co-investigatorCIHR2026Project Grant

Principal investigators: Gallivan, Jason P

Keywords: Brain Connectivity; Computational Modelling; Functional Mri; Motor Learning; Reaching; Sensorimotor

$696,150

Examining the social, emotional, academic and economic benefits of a curriculum integrated post-secondary wellness course

Co-investigatorSSHRC2026Insight Development Grants

Principal investigators: Salomons, Tim

$72,420

Sampling patterns of ongoing thought in the real world and describing their links to mental health

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021New Frontiers in Research Fund - Special Call

Principal investigators: Smallwood, Jonathan

Keywords: ongoing thought mental health smart phone experience sampling pandemic

$223,097

Human functional neuroimaging stimulus presentation and data collection system for studies of action, perception and decision-making

Co-investigatorNSERC2020Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Gallivan, Jason

$148,729

Mechanisms underlying learning-related representational reorganization

Principal investigatorNSERC2020Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Wammes, Jeffrey

Keywords: learning; memory; representation; multivariate pattern analysis; fmri; convolutional neural network; drawing

$140,000

Mechanisms underlying learning-related representational reorganization

Principal investigatorNSERC2020Discovery Launch Supplement

Principal investigators: Wammes, Jeffrey

$12,500

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Psychology
Neurology and Neurosurgery
Psychology and Biomedical and Molecular Sciences
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Co-authors at Queen's University, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.

Jonathan Smallwood

Psychology

4 shared papers, latest 2025

Boris Bernhardt

Neurology and Neurosurgery

2 shared papers, latest 2025

Jeremy Stewart

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2025

Randy Flanagan

Psychology

1 shared papers, latest 2024

Jason Gallivan

Psychology and Biomedical and Molecular Sciences

1 shared papers, latest 2024

Tamara Vanderwal

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2025

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: convolutional neural network Dear Professor Wammes, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Patterns of ongoing thought in the real world and their links to mental health and well-being." (2025), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "Mechanisms underlying learning-related representational reorganization" (2020), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]