selected publications academic article Kim, T., Buchanan, J. J., Bernard, J. A., & Wright, D. L (2021). Improving online and offline gain from repetitive practice using anodal tDCS at dorsal premotor cortex. npj Science of Learning. 6(1), 31. Bernard, J. A., Ballard, H. K., & Jackson, T. B (2021). Cerebellar Dentate Connectivity across Adulthood: A Large-Scale Resting State Functional Connectivity Investigation. Cerebral Cortex Communications. 2(3), tgab050. Mittal, V. A., Bernard, J. A., Strauss, G. P., & Walther, S (2021). New Insights Into Sedentary Behavior Highlight the Need to Revisit the Way We See Motor Symptoms in Psychosis. Schizophrenia Bulletin. 47(4), 877-879. Bernard, J., & Jackson, T. B (2021). Cerebellar-Basal Ganglia Network Connectivity as a Foundation for Cortical Network Coherence: Implications for Psychopathology. BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY. 89(9), S59-S60. Imburgio, M. J., Ballard, H. K., Cornwall, A. C., Worthy, D. A., Bernard, J. A., & Orr, J. M (2021). Preliminary effects of prefrontal tDCS on dopamine-mediated behavior and psychophysiology. Behavioural Brain Research. 402, 113091-113091. Ballard, H. K., Eakin, S. M., Maldonado, T., & Bernard, J. A (2021). Using high-definition transcranial direct current stimulation to investigate the role of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in explicit sequence learning. PLoS One. 16(3), e0246849-e0246849. Maldonado, T., & Bernard, J. A (2021). The Polarity-Specific Nature of Single-Session High-definition Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation to the Cerebellum and Prefrontal Cortex on Motor and Non-motor Task Performance. Cerebellum. 20(4), 569-583. Dean, D. J., Bernard, J. A., Damme, K., O'Reilly, R., Orr, J. M., & Mittal, V. A (2020). Longitudinal Assessment and Functional Neuroimaging of Movement Variability Reveal Novel Insights Into Motor Dysfunction in Clinical High Risk for Psychosis. Schizophrenia Bulletin. 46(6), 1567-1576. Bernard, J. A., Nguyen, A. D., Hausman, H. K., Maldonado, T., Ballard, H. K., Jackson, T. B., ... Goen, J (2020). Shaky scaffolding: Age differences in cerebellar activation revealed through activation likelihood estimation meta-analysis. Hum Brain Mapp. 41(18), 5255-5281. Pelletier-Baldelli, A., Orr, J. M., Bernard, J. A., & Mittal, V. A (2020). Social reward processing: A biomarker for predicting psychosis risk?. Schizophr Res. 226, 129-137. Jackson, T. B., Maldonado, T., Eakin, S. M., Orr, J. M., & Bernard, J. A (2020). Cerebellar and prefrontal-cortical engagement during higher-order rule learning in older adulthood. Neuropsychologia. 148, 107620-107620. Mittal, V. A., Bernard, J. A., & Walther, S (2020). Cerebellar-thalamic circuits play a critical role in psychomotor function. Mol Psychiatry. 26(8), 3666-3668. Clark, S. V., Tannahill, A., Calhoun, V. D., Bernard, J. A., Bustillo, J., & Turner, J. A (2020). Weaker Cerebellocortical Connectivity Within Sensorimotor and Executive Networks in Schizophrenia Compared to Healthy Controls: Relationships with Processing Speed. Brain Connect. 10(9), 490-503. Maldonado, T., Orr, J. M., Goen, J., & Bernard, J. A (2020). Age Differences in the Subcomponents of Executive Functioning. Journal of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences. 75(6), e31-e55. Orr, J. M., Lopez, J., Imburgio, M. J., Pelletier-Baldelli, A., Bernard, J. A., & Mittal, V. A (2020). Adolescents at clinical high risk for psychosis show qualitatively altered patterns of activation during rule learning. NeuroImage Clinical. 27, 102286-102286. Hausman, H. K., Jackson, T. B., Goen, J., & Bernard, J. A (2020). From Synchrony to Asynchrony: Cerebellar-Basal Ganglia Functional Circuits in Young and Older Adults. Cereb Cortex. 30(2), 718-729. Osborne, K. J., Damme, K., Gupta, T., Dean, D. J., Bernard, J. A., & Mittal, V. A (2020). Timing dysfunction and cerebellar resting state functional connectivity abnormalities in youth at clinical high-risk for psychosis. Psychol Med. 51(8), 1-10. Jackson, T. B., Maldonado, T., Eakin, S. M., Orr, J. M., & Bernard, J. A (2020). Cerebellar and Prefrontal-Cortical Engagement During Higher-Order Rule Learning in Older Adulthood. 2020.01.22.914739. Orr, J. M., Lopez, J., Imburgio, M. J., Pelletier-Baldeli, A., Bernard, J. A., & Mittal, V. A (2020). Rule learning in adolescents at clinical high risk for psychosis shows altered patterns of activation. 2020.01.20.20018069. Orr, J. M., Imburgio, M. J., Bernard, J. A., & Banich, M. T (2019). Correction to: Striatal-frontal network activation during voluntary task selection under conditions of monetary reward. Cogn Affect Behav Neurosci. 19(5), 1318-1318. Maldonado, T., Goen, J., Imburgio, M. J., Eakin, S. M., & Bernard, J. A (2019). Single session high definition transcranial direct current stimulation to the cerebellum does not impact higher cognitive function. PLoS One. 14(10), e0222995-e0222995. Ballard, H. K., Goen, J., Maldonado, T., & Bernard, J. A (2019). Effects of cerebellar transcranial direct current stimulation on the cognitive stage of sequence learning. J Neurophysiol. 122(2), 490-499. Imburgio, M. J., Ballard, H. K., Cornwall, A. C., Worthy, D. A., Bernard, J. A., & Orr, J. M (2019). Effects of prefrontal tDCS on dopamine-mediated behavior and psychophysiology. 697466. Orr, J. M., Imburgio, M. J., Bernard, J. A., & Banich, M. T (2019). Striatal-frontal network activation during voluntary task selection under conditions of monetary reward. Cogn Affect Behav Neurosci. 19(3), 568-585. Bernard, J., Hausman, H., & Jackson, T. B (2019). 246. Synchrony and Asynchrony in Cerebellar-Basal Ganglia Functional Circuits: Implications for Behavior and Psychopathology. BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY. 85(10), S102-S102. Damme, K., Gupta, T., Nusslock, R., Bernard, J. A., Orr, J. M., & Mittal, V. A (2019). Cortical Morphometry in the Psychosis Risk Period: A Comprehensive Perspective of Surface Features. Biol Psychiatry Cogn Neurosci Neuroimaging. 4(5), 434-443. Walther, S., Bernard, J. A., Mittal, V. A., & Shankman, S. A (2019). The utility of an RDoC motor domain to understand psychomotor symptoms in depression. Psychol Med. 49(2), 212-216. Gupta, T., Dean, D. J., Kelley, N. J., Bernard, J. A., Ristanovic, I., & Mittal, V. A (2018). Cerebellar Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Improves Procedural Learning in Nonclinical Psychosis: A Double-Blind Crossover Study. Schizophrenia Bulletin. 44(6), 1373-1380. Orr, J. M., Jackson, T. B., Imburgio, M. J., & Bernard, J. A (2018). Dissociable Cerebellar-Prefrontal Networks Underlying Executive Function: Evidence from the Human Connectome Project. 431593. Orr, J. M., Imburgio, M. J., Bernard, J. A., & Banich, M. T (2018). Striatal-frontal network activation during voluntary task selection under conditions of monetary reward. 434399. Dean, D. J., Walther, S., Bernard, J. A., & Mittal, V. A (2018). Motor clusters reveal differences in risk for psychosis, cognitive functioning, and thalamocortical connectivity: evidence for vulnerability subtypes. Clin Psychol Sci. 6(5), 721-734. Mittal, V., Gupta, T., Dean, D., Bernard, J., Kelley, N., Ristanovic, I., Osborn, J., & Vargas, T (2018). S206. Cerebellar Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) Improves Procedural Learning in Non-Clinical Psychosis. BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY. 83(9), S427-S428. Clark, S. V., Mittal, V. A., Bernard, J. A., Ahmadi, A., King, T. Z., & Turner, J. A (2018). Stronger default mode network connectivity is associated with poorer clinical insight in youth at ultra high-risk for psychotic disorders. Schizophr Res. 193, 244-250. Bernard, J. A., Orr, J. M., Dean, D. J., & Mittal, V. A (2018). The cerebellum and learning of non-motor associations in individuals at clinical-high risk for psychosis. NeuroImage Clinical. 19, 137-146. Bernard, J. A., Goen, J., & Maldonado, T (2017). A case for motor network contributions to schizophrenia symptoms: Evidence from resting-state connectivity. Hum Brain Mapp. 38(9), 4535-4545. Mittal, V. A., Bernard, J. A., & Northoff, G (2017). What Can Different Motor Circuits Tell Us About Psychosis? An RDoC Perspective. Schizophrenia Bulletin. 43(5), 949-955. Osborne, K. J., Bernard, J. A., Gupta, T., Dean, D. J., Millman, Z., Vargas, T., ... Mittal, V. A (2017). Beat gestures and postural control in youth at ultrahigh risk for psychosis. Schizophr Res. 185, 197-199. Bernard, J. A., Orr, J. M., & Mittal, V. A (2017). Cerebello-thalamo-cortical networks predict positive symptom progression in individuals at ultra-high risk for psychosis. NeuroImage Clinical. 14, 622-628. Bernard, J. A., Russell, C. E., Newberry, R. E., Goen, J., & Mittal, V. A (2017). Patients with schizophrenia show aberrant patterns of basal ganglia activation: Evidence from ALE meta-analysis. NeuroImage Clinical. 14, 450-463. Gupta, T., Silverstein, S. M., Bernard, J. A., Keane, B. P., Papathomas, T. V., Pelletier-Baldelli, A., ... Mittal, V. A (2016). Disruptions in neural connectivity associated with reduced susceptibility to a depth inversion illusion in youth at ultra high risk for psychosis. NeuroImage Clinical. 12, 681-690. Bernard, J. A., Orr, J. M., & Mittal, V. A (2016). Differential motor and prefrontal cerebello-cortical network development: Evidence from multimodal neuroimaging. NEUROIMAGE. 124(Pt A), 591-601. Dean, D. J., Orr, J. M., Bernard, J. A., Gupta, T., Pelletier-Baldelli, A., Carol, E. E., & Mittal, V. A (2016). Hippocampal Shape Abnormalities Predict Symptom Progression in Neuroleptic-Free Youth at Ultrahigh Risk for Psychosis. Schizophrenia Bulletin. 42(1), 161-169. Bernard, J. A., Orr, J. M., & Mittal, V. A (2015). Abnormal hippocampal-thalamic white matter tract development and positive symptom course in individuals at ultra-high risk for psychosis. NPJ Schizophr. 1(1), 15009. Bernard, J. A., B Millman, Z., & Mittal, V. A (2015). Beat and metaphoric gestures are differentially associated with regional cerebellar and cortical volumes. Hum Brain Mapp. 36(10), 4016-4030. Bernard, J. A., & Mittal, V. A (2015). Updating the research domain criteria: the utility of a motor dimension. Psychol Med. 45(13), 2685-2689. Pelletier-Baldelli, A., Bernard, J. A., & Mittal, V. A (2015). Intrinsic Functional Connectivity in Salience and Default Mode Networks and Aberrant Social Processes in Youth at Ultra-High Risk for Psychosis. PLoS One. 10(8), e0134936-e0134936. Bernard, J. A., & Mittal, V. A (2015). Dysfunctional Activation of the Cerebellum in Schizophrenia: A Functional Neuroimaging Meta-Analysis. Clin Psychol Sci. 3(4), 545-566. Festini, S. B., Bernard, J. A., Kwak, Y., Peltier, S., Bohnen, N. I., Müller, M., Dayalu, P., & Seidler, R. D (2015). Altered cerebellar connectivity in Parkinson's patients ON and OFF L-DOPA medication. FRONTIERS IN HUMAN NEUROSCIENCE. 9(APR), 214-13. Dean, D. J., Kent, J. S., Bernard, J. A., Orr, J. M., Gupta, T., Pelletier-Baldelli, A., Carol, E. E., & Mittal, V. A (2015). Increased postural sway predicts negative symptom progression in youth at ultrahigh risk for psychosis. Schizophr Res. 162(1-3), 86-89. Bernard, J. A., Leopold, D. R., Calhoun, V. D., & Mittal, V. A (2015). Regional cerebellar volume and cognitive function from adolescence to late middle age. Hum Brain Mapp. 36(3), 1102-1120. Bernard, J. A., & Mittal, V. A (2014). Cerebellar-motor dysfunction in schizophrenia and psychosis-risk: the importance of regional cerebellar analysis approaches. Front Psychiatry. 5(OCT), 160. Mittal, V. A., Dean, D. J., Bernard, J. A., Orr, J. M., Pelletier-Baldelli, A., Carol, E. E., ... Millman, Z. B (2014). Neurological soft signs predict abnormal cerebellar-thalamic tract development and negative symptoms in adolescents at high risk for psychosis: a longitudinal perspective. Schizophrenia Bulletin. 40(6), 1204-1215. Bernard, J. A., Dean, D. J., Kent, J. S., Orr, J. M., Pelletier-Baldelli, A., Lunsford-Avery, J. R., Gupta, T., & Mittal, V. A (2014). Cerebellar networks in individuals at ultra high-risk of psychosis: impact on postural sway and symptom severity. Hum Brain Mapp. 35(8), 4064-4078. Bernard, J. A., Peltier, S. J., Benson, B. L., Wiggins, J. L., Jaeggi, S. M., Buschkuehl, M., ... Seidler, R. D (2014). Dissociable functional networks of the human dentate nucleus. Cereb Cortex. 24(8), 2151-2159. Bernard, J. A., & Seidler, R. D (2014). Moving forward: age effects on the cerebellum underlie cognitive and motor declines. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. 42, 193-207. Bo, J., Lee, C., Kwak, Y., Peltier, S. J., Bernard, J. A., Buschkuehl, M., ... Seidler, R. D (2014). Lifespan differences in cortico-striatal resting state connectivity. Brain Connect. 4(3), 166-180. Dean, D. J., Bernard, J. A., Orr, J. M., Pelletier-Baldelli, A., Gupta, T., Carol, E. E., & Mittal, V. A (2014). Cerebellar Morphology and Procedural Learning Impairment in Neuroleptic-Naive Youth at Ultrahigh Risk of Psychosis. Clin Psychol Sci. 2(2), 152-164. Buschkuehl, M., Hernandez-Garcia, L., Jaeggi, S. M., Bernard, J. A., & Jonides, J (2014). Neural effects of short-term training on working memory. Cogn Affect Behav Neurosci. 14(1), 147-160. Bernard, J. A., Peltier, S. J., Wiggins, J. L., Jaeggi, S. M., Buschkuehl, M., Fling, B. W., ... Seidler, R. D (2013). Disrupted cortico-cerebellar connectivity in older adults. NEUROIMAGE. 83, 103-119. Lunsford-Avery, J. R., Orr, J. M., Gupta, T., Pelletier-Baldelli, A., Dean, D. J., Smith Watts, A. K., ... Mittal, V. A (2013). Sleep dysfunction and thalamic abnormalities in adolescents at ultra high-risk for psychosis. Schizophr Res. 151(1-3), 148-153. Bernard, J. A., & Seidler, R. D (2013). Relationships between regional cerebellar volume and sensorimotor and cognitive function in young and older adults. Cerebellum. 12(5), 721-737. Bernard, J. A., & Seidler, R. D (2013). Cerebellar contributions to visuomotor adaptation and motor sequence learning: an ALE meta-analysis. FRONTIERS IN HUMAN NEUROSCIENCE. 7(FEB), 27. Seidler, R. D., Kwak, Y., Fling, B. W., & Bernard, J. A (2013). Neurocognitive mechanisms of error-based motor learning. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY. 782, 39-60. Bernard, J. A., & Seidler, R. D (2012). Evidence for motor cortex dedifferentiation in older adults. Neurobiol Aging. 33(9), 1890-1899. Bernard, J. A., & Seidler, R. D (2012). Hand dominance and age have interactive effects on motor cortical representations. PLoS One. 7(9), e45443-e45443. Anguera, J. A., Bernard, J. A., Jaeggi, S. M., Buschkuehl, M., Benson, B. L., Jennett, S., ... Seidler, R. D (2012). The effects of working memory resource depletion and training on sensorimotor adaptation. Behavioural Brain Research. 228(1), 107-115. Bernard, J. A., Seidler, R. D., Hassevoort, K. M., Benson, B. L., Welsh, R. C., Wiggins, J. L., ... Peltier, S. J (2012). Resting state cortico-cerebellar functional connectivity networks: a comparison of anatomical and self-organizing map approaches. Front Neuroanat. 6(AUG 2012), 31. Bernard, J. A., Taylor, S. F., & Seidler, R. D (2011). Handedness, dexterity, and motor cortical representations. J Neurophysiol. 105(1), 88-99. Seidler, R. D., Bernard, J. A., Burutolu, T. B., Fling, B. W., Gordon, M. T., Gwin, J. T., Kwak, Y., & Lipps, D. B (2010). Motor control and aging: links to age-related brain structural, functional, and biochemical effects. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. 34(5), 721-733. Fling, B. W., Bernard, J. A., Bo, J., & Langan, J (2008). Corpus callosum and bimanual coordination in multiple sclerosis. JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE. 28(29), 7248-7249. Keene, A. C., Krashes, M. J., Leung, B., Bernard, J. A., & Waddell, S (2006). Drosophila dorsal paired medial neurons provide a general mechanism for memory consolidation. Curr Biol. 16(15), 1524-1530. webpage Bernard, J (2022). Even mild cases of COVID-19 can leave a mark on the brain, such as reductions in gray matter – a neuroscientist explains emerging research Bernard, J (2021). Preliminary research finds that even mild cases of COVID-19 leave a mark on the brain – but it’s not yet clear how long it lasts
principal investigator on A longitudinal investigation of the cerebellum in adulthood: anatomical and network changes, motor function, and cognition awarded by National Institutes of Health - (Bethesda, Maryland, United States) 2019 - 2024
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education and training Ph.D. in Psychology, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor - (Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States) 2012 M.S. in Psychology, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor - (Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States) 2009 B.S. in Biological Psychology, Tufts University - (Medford, Massachusetts, United States) 2007