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Selected Work (please see Google Scholar for full list)

• Wooten, T., Esterman, M., Brunyé, T. T., Taylor, H. A., & Ward, N. (2024). The relationship between sustained attention and parasympathetic functioning. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 197, 112298, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2024.112298
• Sansevere, K. S., MacVicar, J. A., Samuels, D. R., Yang, A. K., Johnson, S. K., Brunyé, T. T., & Ward, N. (2024). Balancing Act: Acute and Contextual Vestibular Sensations of Cranial Electrotherapy Stimulation Using Survey and Sensor Outcomes in a Non-Clinical Sample. Brain Sciences, 14(1), 87, https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci14010087
• Baker, N., Polhemus, A., Kenney, M., Bloch, R., Ward, N., Intriligator, J., & Edwards, R. (2023). Examining the difference between 10-and 20-minutes of immersive virtual reality on symptoms, affect, and central sensitization in people with chronic back pain. Frontiers in Virtual Reality, 4, 1260313, https://doi.org/10.3389/frvir.2023.1260313
• Alzahabi, R., Hussey, E., & Ward, N. (2022). The influence of context representations on cognitive control states. Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, doi.org/10.1186/s41235-022-00443-0
• Sansevere, K. S., Wooten, T., McWilliams, T., Peach, S., Hussey, E. K., Brunyé, T. T., & Ward, N. (2022). Self-reported Outcome Expectations of Non-invasive Brain Stimulation Are Malleable: a Registered Report that Replicates and Extends Rabipour et al.(2017). Journal of Cognitive Enhancement, doi.org/10.1007/s41465-022-00250-x
• da Silva, W. Q. A., Cabral, D. A. R., Bigliassi, M., Bortolotti, H., Hussey, E., Ward, N., & Fontes, E. B. (2022). The mediating role of inhibitory control in the relationship between prefrontal cortex hemodynamics and exercise performance in adults with overweight or obesity. Physiology & Behavior, doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2022.113966
• Ward, N., Hussey, E., Wooten, T., Marfeo, E., & Brunyé, T. (2022) Modulating Cognitive-Motor Multitasking with Commercial-off-the-Shelf Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation. Brain Sciences, doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12020180
• Ward, N., Menta, A., Ulichney, V., Raileanu, C., Wooten, T., Hussey, E., & Marfeo, E. (2022) The Specificity of Cognitive-Motor Dual-Task Interference on Balance in Young and Older Adults. Frontiers in Aging and Neuroscience, doi:10.3389/fnagi.2021.804936
• Gately, M., Tickle-Degnen, L., McLaren J. E., Ward, N., Ladin, K., & Moo, L. (2021). Factors Influencing Barriers and Facilitators to In-home Video Telehealth for Dementia Management. Clinical Gerontologist, doi:10.1080/07317115.2021.1930316
• Gately, M., Tickle-Degnen, L., Voydetich, D., Ward, N., Ladin, K., & Moo, L. (2021) Video Telehealth Occupational Therapy Services for Older Veterans: National Survey Study. JMIR Rehabilitation Assistive Technologies, 8(2):e24299. doi: 10.2196/24299
• Ward, N., Menta, A., Peach, S., White, S. A., Jaffe, S., Kowaleski, C., Grandjean da Costa, K., Verghese, J., & Reid, K. F. (2021). Cognitive Motor Dual Task Costs in Older Adults with Motoric Cognitive Risk Syndrome. The Journal of Frailty & Aging, doi.org/10.14283/jfa.2021.27
• Sansevere, K. S., & Ward, N. (2021). Linking Phubbing Behavior to Self-Reported Attentional Failures and Media Multitasking. Future Internet, 13(4), 100. doi:10.3390/fi13040100.
• McWilliams, T. & Ward, N. (2021). Underload on the Road: Measuring Vigilance Decrements During Partially Automated Driving. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.631364.
• Ward, N., Hussey, E., Alzahabi, R., Gaspar, J. G., & Kramer, A. F. (2021). Age-related effects on a novel dual-task Stroop paradigm. PloS One, 16(3), e0247923.
• Marfeo, E., Grinnell, M., Coffey, A., & Ward, N. (2021). Driver Rehabilitation Utilization and Need Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults. The American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 75(2), 7502205040p1–7502205040p7.
• Gately, M. E., Tickle-Degen, L., Trudeau, S. A., Ward, N., Ladin, K., & Moo, L. R. (2020). Caregiver Satisfaction with a Video Telehealth Home Safety Evaluation for Dementia. International Journal of Telerehabilitation, 12(2), 35-42.
• Costa, K., Hussey, E. K., Fontes, E. B., Menta, A., Ramsay, J. W., Hancock, C. L., Loverro, K. L., Marfeo, E., & Ward, N. (2020). Effects of Cognitive Over Postural Demands on Upright Standing Among Young Adults. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 31512520972879.
• Gately, M., Tickle-Degnen, L., Ladin, K., Ward, N., & Moo, L. (2020). Use of Video Telehealth to Serve Geriatric Veterans: A National Survey of Veterans Health Administration OT Practitioners. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 74(4), 7411510303p1.
• da Costa, K. G., Fontes, E., Menta, A., White, S., Fielding, R., Kowaleski, C., Ward, N., & Reid, K. (2020). Prefrontal Cortex Hemodynamics During Exercise in Older Adults With Motoric Cognitive Risk Syndrome. Innovation in Aging, 4(Suppl 1), 189.
• Marfeo, E., Coffey, A., & Ward, N. (2020) Exploring Utilization and Need of Driving Rehabilitation Among a National Sample of Community-Dwelling Older Adults. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 74(4), 7411510240.
• Hussey, E., Fontes, E., Ward, N., Westfall, D., Kao, S., Kramer, A., & Hillman, C. (2020) Combined and Isolated Effects of Acute Exercise and Brain Stimulation on Executive Function in Healthy Young Adults. Journal of Clinical Medicine 9 (5), 1410.
• Ward, N., Hussey, E., Cunningham, E., Paul, E, McWilliams, T., & Kramer, A. (2019) Building the multitasking brain: An integrated perspective on functional activation during task-switching and dual-tasking. Neuropsychologia, 107149.
• Brunyé, T., Hussey, E., Fontes, E., & Ward, N. (2019) Modulating applied task performance via transcranial electrical stimulation. Frontiers in human neuroscience, 13.
• McWilliams, T., Ward, N., Mehler, B., & Reimer, B. (2018) Assessing driving simulator validity: A comparison of multi-modal smartphone interactions across simulated and field environments. Transportation Research Record, 18-06135.
• Ward, N., Gaspar, J. G., Neider, M. B., Crowell, J., Carbonari, R., Kaczmarski, H., … & Kramer, A. F. (2017). Older adult multitasking performance using a gaze-contingent useful field of view. Human factors, 0018720817745894.
• Ward, N., Paul, E., Watson, P., Cooke, G. E., Hillman, C. H., Cohen, N. J., … & Barbey, A. K. (2017). Enhanced learning through multimodal training: Evidence from a comprehensive cognitive, physical fitness, and neuroscience intervention. Scientific reports, 7(1), 5808.
• Ward, N., Hussey, E., Gaspar, J., & Kramer, A. (2017). Distracted driving and high-definition tDCS. Brain Stimulation: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation, 10(4), e27.
• Gaspar, J., Ward, N., Neider, M., Crowell, J., Carbonari, R., Kaczmarski, H., Ringer, R., Loschky, L., Johnson, A., & Kramer, A. (2016). Measuring the useful field of view during simulated driving with gaze- contingent displays. Human Factors, 58(4), 630-641.
• Paul, E., Larsen, R., Nikolaidis, A., Ward, N., Hillman, C., Cohen, N., Kramer, A., & Barbey, A. (2016). Dissociable brain biomarkers of fluid intelligence. NeuroImage, 137, 201-211.
• Banducci, S., Ward, N., Gaspar, J., Schab, K., Crowell, J., Kaczmarski, H., & Kramer, A. (2016). The effects of cell phone and text message conversations on simulated street crossing. Human Factors, 58(1), 150-162.
• Lambert, A., Watson, J., Stefanucci, J., Ward, N., Bakdash, J., & Strayer, D. (2016). Stereotype threat impairs older adult driving. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 30, 22-28.
• Sanbonmatsu, D., Strayer, D., Behrends, A., Ward, N., & Watson, J. (2016). Why drivers use cell phones and support legislation to restrict this practice. Accident Analysis & Prevention, 92, 22-33.
• Watson, P., Paul, E., Cooke, G., Ward, N., Monti, J., Horecka, K., Allen, C., Hillman, C., Cohen, N., Kramer, A., & Barbey, A. (2016). Underlying sources of cognitive-anatomical variation in multi-modal neuroimaging. NeuroImage, 129, 439-449.
• Hussey, E., Ward, N., Christianson, K., & Kramer, A. (2015). Language and memory improvements following tDCS of left prefrontal cortex. PLOS ONE, 10(11): e0141417.
• Baniqued, P., Allen, C., Kranz, M., Johnson, K., Sipolins, A., Dickens, C., Ward, N., Geyer, A., & Kramer, A. (2015). Working memory, reasoning, and task switching training- Transfer effects, limitations, and great expectations? PLOS ONE, 10(11): e0142169.
• Strayer, D., Turrill, J., Cooper, J., Coleman, J., Ward, N., & Biondi, F. (2015). Assessing cognitive distraction in the automobile. Human Factors, 57(8), 1300-1324.
• Ward, N., Watson, J., & Strayer, D. (2014). On supertaskers and the neural basis of efficient multitasking. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 22(3), 876-883.
• Ward, N., Cooper, J., & Strayer, D. (2014). Hierarchical control and driving. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 143(3), 953-958.
• Sanbonmatsu, D., Strayer, D., Ward, N., & Watson, J. (2013). Who multi-tasks and why? Multi-tasking ability, perceived multi-tasking ability, impulsivity, and sensation seeking. PLOS ONE, 8(1): e54402.
• Strayer, D., Ward, N., & Watson, J. (2013). Gender invariance in multitasking- A comment on Mantyla (2013). Psychological Science, 24(5), 809-810.
• Bergen, B., Ward, N., Wheeler, K., Drews, F., & Strayer, D. (2013). The crosstalk hypothesis- Why language interferes with driving. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 142(1), 119-130.
• Cooper, J., Ward, N., & Strayer, D. (2013). The impact of eye movements and cognitive workload on lateral position variability in driving. Human Factors, 55(5), 1001-1014.
• Cooper, J., Vladisavljevic, I., Ward, N., Martin, P., Strayer, D. (2009). An investigation of driver distraction near the tipping point of traffic flow stability. Human Factors, 51(2), 261-268.