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Employment
Leverhulme Early Career Fellow (April 2022 - present). Centre for Human Brain Health, University of Birmingham, UK.
Postdoctoral Researcher (January 2020 - March 2022). Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany.
Research Associate (September 2014 - December 2015). University of Birmingham, UK.
Education
PhD in Psychology (January 2016 - April 2020). University of Birmingham, UK. Thesis focused upon the role of neural oscillations in the formation and retrieval of human episodic memories.
MSc in Psychology (September 2013 - August 2014). University of Birmingham, UK.
BSc in Psychology (September 2010 - August 2013). University of Leeds, UK
Grants / Awards
Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship (£168,000). Awarded by Leverhulme Trust, UK. 2021.
Travel Grant ($600). Awarded by eLife Sciences. 2020.
Travel Grant (€700). Awarded by the Institute of Neurosciences, University of Barcelona, Spain. 2018.
A. E. Hills Scholarship (£4,195). Awarded by the University of Birmingham, UK. 2017
Travel Grant (£500). Awarded by Guarantors of Brain, UK. 2017.
Poster Prize (£50). Cutting EEG, Glasgow, UK. 2017.
Publications
Griffiths, B. J., Schreiner, T., Schaefer, J., Vollmar, C., Kaufmann, E., Quach, S., Remi, J., Noachtar, S., & Staudigl, T. (2024). Electrophysiological signatures of veridical head direction in humans. Nature Human Behaviour, doi: 10.1101/2023.01.26.525724
Kerrén, C., Zhao, Y., & Griffiths, B. J. (*) (2024). Metacognitive awareness of memory distortion during recall. Communications Psychology, 2(58). doi: 10.1038/s44271-024-00108-2.
Lifanov-Carr, J., Griffiths, B., J., Linde-Domingo, J., Ferreira, C. S., Wilson, M., Mayhew, S. D., Charest, I., & Wimber, M. (2022). Reconstructing spatio-temporal trajectories of visual object memories in the human brain. eNeuro, doi: 10.1523/ENEURO.0091-24.2024.
Griffiths, B. J. (*), & Jensen, O. (2023). Gamma oscillations and episodic memory. Trends in Neurosciences, 46(10), 832-846.
Griffiths, B. J. (*), Weinert, D., Jensen, O., & Staudigl, T. (2023). Imperceptible gamma-band sensory stimulation enhances episodic memory retrieval. bioRxiv, doi: 10.1101/2023.07.21.550057
Griffiths, B. J., & Staudigl, T. (2023). Why and how should I track eye-movements during iEEG recordings?. In Axmacher, N. (Ed.). Intracranial EEG: A Guide for Cognitive Neuroscientists.
Schreiner, T., Griffiths, B. J., Kutlu, M., Vollmar, C., Kaufmann, E., Quach, S., Remi, J., Noachtar, S., & Staudigl, T. (2023). Memory reactivation of real-world spatial orientation revealed by human electrophysiology. bioRxiv, doi: 10.1101/2023.01.27.525854
Kerrén, C., van Bree, S., Griffiths, B. J., & Wimber, M. (2022). Phase separation of competing memories along the human hippocampal theta rhythm. eLife, 11, e80633.
Griffiths, B. J., Zaehle, T., Repplinger, S., Schmitt, F. C., Voges, J., Hanslmayr, S., & Staudigl, T. (2022). Rhythmic interactions between the mediodorsal thalamus and prefrontal cortex precede human visual perception. Nature Communications.
Michelmann, S., Griffiths, B. J., & Hanslmayr, S. (2022). The role of alpha and beta oscillations in the human EEG during perception and memory processes. In Gable, P. A., Miller, M. W., & Bernat, E. (Ed.). The Oxford Handbook of EEG Frequency.
Griffiths, B. J., Martin-Buro, M.C., Staresina, B.P., & Hanslmayr, S. (2021). Disentangling the roles of neocortical alpha/beta and hippocampal theta/gamma activity in human episodic memory. NeuroImage, 242, 118454.
Griffiths, B. J. (*), Martin-Buro, M.C., Staresina, B.P., Hanslmayr, S., & Staudigl, T. (2021). Alpha/beta power decreases during episodic memory formation predict the magnitude of alpha/beta power decreases during subsequent retrieval. Neuropsychologia, 153, 107755.
Griffiths, B. J. (*), Fuentemilla, L. (2020). Event conjunction: How the hippocampus integrates episodic memories across event boundaries. Hippocampus, 30(2), 162-171. doi: 10.1002/hipo.23161.
Griffiths, B. J., Mayhew, S. D., Mullinger, K. M., Jorge, J., Charest, I., Wimber, M., & Hanslmayr, S. (2019). Alpha/beta power decreases track the fidelity of stimulus-specific information. eLife, 8, e49562. doi: 10.7554/eLife.49562.
Griffiths, B. J., Parish, G., Roux, F., Michelmann, S., van der Plas, M., Kolibius, L. D., Rollings, D., Sawlani, D., Chelvarajah, R., Gollwitzer, S., Kreiselmeyer, G., Hamer, H., Staresina, B., Wimber, M., & Hanslmayr, S. (2019). Directional coupling of slow and fast hippocampal gamma with neocortical alpha/beta oscillations in human episodic memory. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1914180116.
Salvidegoitia M. P., Jacobsen, N., Bauer, A.R., Griffiths, B. J., Hanslmayr, S., & Debener, S. (2018). Out and about: subsequent memory effect captured in a natural environment with smartphone EEG. Psychophysiology, 1-15.
Michelmann, S., Treder, M. S., Griffiths, B., Kerren, C., Roux, F., Wimber, M., Rollings, D., Sawlani, D., Chelvarajah, R., Gollwitzer, S., Kreiselmeyer, G., Hamer, H., Bowman, H., Staresina, B., & Hanslmayr, S. (2018). Data-driven re-referencing of intracranial EEG based on independent component analysis (ICA). Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 307, 125-137.
Griffiths, B., & Beierholm, U. (2017). Opposing effects of reward and punishment on human vigor. Scientific Reports, 7, 1-7.
Griffiths, B., Mazaheri, A., Debener, S., & Hanslmayr, S. (2016). Brain oscillations track the formation of episodic memories in the real world. NeuroImage, 143, 256-266.
McKeown, D., Holt, J., Delvenne, J-F., Smith, A., & Griffiths, B. (2014). Active versus passive maintenance of visual non-verbal memory. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 21(4), 1041.
(*) denotes lead author