Dr Benjamin Dunkley
Associate Professor, School of Psychology
My research program focuses on the impact of traumatic brain and psychological stress injuries on brain function and cognitive abilities, using novel brain imaging techniques. Paired with AI-ML modelling, I am interested in developing automated analysis platforms and diagnostic tools for detecting ‘invisible injuries’ that are not readily identifiable using other methods. I am also interested in the application of novel neurotechnologies to recover and optimise brain function after injury, in an effort to improve patient outcomes.
N3Centre Research Interests
- Understanding neural mechanisms
- Clinical translation/application of neurotechnology
Current projects
Project title: Translational applications of advanced brain, cognitive, and mental health analytics and monitoring in PTSD, mTBI and subconcussive neurotrauma.
Funding: $450k, Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security (IDEaS) Program, Department of National Defence
Role: Nominated Principal Investigator
Project title: Brain circuits underlying attention problems after adolescent concussion.
Funding: $731k, CIHR Project Scheme: Spring Rounds 2022, Canada
Role: Principal Investigator
Key Publications
- Roberts, G., Hardy, Samuel., Chen, R., Dunkley, B, T., and PREVENT-AD Research Group & Quebec Parkinson Network. Individual cases of Parkinson's disease can be robustly classified by cortical oscillatory activity from magnetoencephalography. medRxivMed, (2024). doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.08.27.24312669
- Zhang, J., Solar, K., Safar, K., Zamyadi, R., Vandewouw, M, M., et al. The structural, functional, and neurophysiological connectome of mild traumatic brain injury: a DTI, fMRI and MEG multimodal clustering and data fusion study. medRxivMed, (2024).
- Solar, K, G., Ventresca, M., Zamyadi, R., Zhang, J., et al. Repetitive subconcussion results in disrupted neural activity independent of concussion history. Brain Communications, Volume 6, Issue 5, (2024).
- Hardy, S., Roberts, G., Ventresca, M., & Dunkley, B,T. Predicting brain age across the adult lifespan with spontaneous oscillations and functional coupling in resting brain networks captured with magnetoencephalograph. Imaging Neuroscience, (2024).
Access the paper
- Zhang, J., Emami, Z., Safar, K., McCunn, P., Richardson, J. D. Teasing apart trauma: neural oscillations differentiate individual cases of mild traumatic brain injury from post-traumatic stress disorder even when symptoms overlap. Transl Psychiatry, 4;11(1):34510(2):95-104. (2021)