Research Professor Richard D. Jones, Our people, University of Otago, Christchurch, University of Otago, New Zealand

Honorary Research Professor

BE(Hons)ME(Cant) PhD(Otago) FACPSEM FIPENZ FAIMBE FInstP FIEEE

Email richard.jones@otago.ac.nz
Tel +64 3 378 6077

New Zealand Brain Research Institute
66 Stewart St
Christchurch 8011
New Zealand

Current roles

Director, Christchurch Neurotechnology Research Programme
Biomedical Engineer & Neuroscientist, Department Medical Physics & Bioengineering, Christchurch Hospital
Research Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Otago, Christchurch
Professor, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Canterbury, elec.canterbury.ac.nz/people/jones.shtml
Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Canterbury
Member, Scientific Advisory Committee, Canterbury Medical Research Foundation

Background

Richard received his BE(Hons) and ME degrees in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Canterbury in 1974 and 1975 respectively and a PhD in Medicine from the Christchurch School of Medicine, University of Otago, Christchurch, in 1987.

He is Director of the Christchurch Neurotechnology Research Programme, a biomedical engineer & neuroscientist in the Department of Medical Physics & Bioengineering of Canterbury District Health Board, a Professor in the Departments of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Psychology at the University of Canterbury, and a Research Professor in the Department of Medicine at the Christchurch School of Medicine & Health Sciences of the University of Otago.

Richard is a Fellow of the Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand, a Fellow and a Past President of the Australasian College of Physical Scientists and Engineers in Medicine, a Fellow of American Institution for Medical and Biological Engineering, a Fellow of the Institute of Physics (UK), and a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers (IEEE). He is Editor of the Neural & Rehabilitation Engineering Theme at Annual International Conferences of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society, has been on most of the EMBS’s International Conference Committees since 1988. He is an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, a past member of the Editorial Board of Journal of Neural Engineering, a past Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, and a past member of the EMBS’s Administrative Committee (representing the Asia-Pacific region).

In 2013 and 2015, he was voted Supervisor of the Year by the students of University of Canterbury.

Research interests

Biomedical and neural engineering
Lapses (microsleeps & lapses of attention) and drowsiness – Detection from behavioural measures (tracking and video metrics); Advanced signal processing and machine learning approaches to the detection and prediction of microsleeps from electrophysiological signals (EEG, EOG); Underlying brain mechanisms via simultaneous-fMRI+EEG+Tracking+Video and beamforming approaches to deep electrical activity.
Human performance engineering - Development and application of computerized tests for quantification of upper-limb sensory-motor and cognitive function, particularly in brain disorders (stroke, Parkinson's disease, traumatic brain injury) and driving assessment.
Obstructive sleep apnea and adverse effects on brain.
Neural control of swallowing and rehabilitation of swallowing disorders.
Forensic brainwave analysis

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Publications

Afzali, M. U., Jones, R. D., Seren-Grace, A. P., Palmer, R. W., Makarious, D., Rodrigues, M. N. B., & Neumann, E. (2023). Classification accuracy of the ERP-based Brain Fingerprinting and its robustness to direct-suppression and thought-substitution countermeasures. Applied Cognitive Psychology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1002/acp.4050

Shoorangiz, R., Slater, N., Hall-McMaster, G., Peterson, E., Livingston, L., Grenfell, S., … Jones, R., Anderson, T., Melzer, T., & Dalrymple-Alford, J. (2022). EEG power-spectra parametrization and cognitive ability in Parkinson's disease. Movement Disorders, 37(Suppl. 2), (pp. S94-S95). doi: 10.1002/mds.29223

Afzali, M. U., Seren-Grace, A. P., Palmer, R. W., Neumann, E., Makarious, S., Wilson, D., & Jones, R. D. (2022). Detection of concealed knowledge via the ERP-based technique Brain Fingerprinting: Real-life and real-crime incidents. Psychophysiology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/psyp.14110

Kennedy, R., McKellow, M., Matthews, R., Shoorangiz, R., & Jones, R. (2022). EEG power and frailty: A preliminary investigation. Anaesthesia & Intensive Care, 50(1, Suppl.), (pp. 9-10). doi: 10.1177/0310057X211070785

Poudel, G. R., & Jones, R. D. (2022). Multimodal neuroimaging with simultaneous fMRI and EEG. In N. V. Thakor (Ed.), Handbook of neuroengineering. (Online ed.) Singapore: Springer Nature. doi: 10.1007/978-981-15-2848-4_81-1

Chapter in Book - Research

Shoorangiz, R., Weddell, S. J., & Jones, R. D. (2021). EEG-based machine learning: Theory and applications. In N. V. Thakor (Ed.), Handbook of Neuroengineering. (Online ed.) Singapore: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-981-15-2848-4_70-1

Chapter in Book - Research

Jones, R. D. (2015). Measurement and analysis of sensory-motor performance: Tracking tasks. In J. D. Bronzino & D. R. Peterson (Eds.), The biomedical engineering handbook: Medical devices and systems. (4th ed.) (pp. 31-1-31-37). Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.

Chapter in Book - Research

Jones, R. D. (2006). Measurement of sensory-motor control performance capacities: Tracking tasks. In J. D. Bronzino (Ed.), The biomedical engineering handbook. (3rd ed.) (pp. 77-1-77-25). Boca Raton, USA: Taylor & Francis.

Chapter in Book - Research

Jones, R. D. (2000). Measurement of sensory-motor control performance capacities: Tracking tasks. In J. D. Bronzino (Ed.), The Biomedical Engineering Handbook (2nd edition). (pp. 1-25). Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press.

Chapter in Book - Research

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Ng, K. B., Guiu Hernandez, E., Erfmann, K. L. C., Jones, R. D., Macrae, P., & Huckabee, M.-L. (2022). Effect of volitional effort on submental surface electromyographic activity during healthy swallowing. Dysphagia, 37, 297-306. doi: 10.1007/s00455-021-10278-4

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Buriro, A. B., Ahmed, B., Baloch, G., Ahmed, J., Shoorangiz, R., Weddell, S. J., & Jones, R. D. (2021). Classification of alcoholic EEG signals using wavelet scattering transform-based features. Computers in Biology & Medicine, 139, 104969. doi: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2021.104969

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Ng, K. B., Jones, R. D., Guiu Hernandez, E., Macrae, P., & Huckabee, M.-L. (2021). Classification of stroke patients with dysphagia into subgroups based on patterns of submental muscle strength and skill impairment. Archives of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, 102, 895-904. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2020.11.014

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Poudel, G. R., Hawes, S., Innes, C. R. H., Parsons, N., Drummond, S. P. A., Caeyensberghs, K., & Jones, R. D. (2021). RoWDI: Rolling window detection of sleep intrusions in the awake brain using fMRI. Journal of Neural Engineering, 18, 056063. doi: 10.1088/1741-2552/ac2bb9

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Guiu Hernandez, E., Gozdzikowska, K., Jones, R. D., & Huckabee, M.-L. (2019). Pharyngeal swallowing during wake and sleep. Dysphagia, 34, 916-921. doi: 10.1007/s00455-019-09989-6

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Guiu Hernandez, E., Gozdzikowska, K., Jones, R., & Huckabee, M.-L. (2018). Comparison of unidirectional and circumferential manometric measures within the pharyngoesophageal segment: An exploratory study. European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, 275, 2303-2310. doi: 10.1007/s00405-018-5019-z

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Poudel, G. R., Innes, C. R. H., & Jones, R. D. (2018). Temporal evolution of neural activity and connectivity during microsleeps when rested and following sleep restriction. NeuroImage, 174, 263-273. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2018.03.031

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Kaipa, R., Robb, M., & Jones, R. (2017). The effectiveness of constant, variable, random, and blocked practice in speech-motor learning. Journal of Motor Learning & Development, 5(1), 103-125. doi: 10.1123/jmld.2015-0044

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Knopp, S. J., Bones, P. J., Weddell, S. J., & Jones, R. D. (2017). A software framework for real-time multi-modal detection of microsleeps. Australasian Physical & Engineering Sciences in Medicine, 40(3), 739-749. doi: 10.1007/s13246-017-0559-x

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Kornisch, M., Robb, M. P., & Jones, R. D. (2017). Estimates of functional cerebral hemispheric differences in monolingual and bilingual people who stutter: Visual hemifield paradigm. Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 31(4), 251-265. doi: 10.1080/02699206.2016.1240236

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Kornisch, M., Robb, M. P., & Jones, R. D. (2017). Estimates of functional cerebral hemispheric differences in monolingual and bilingual people who stutter: Dual-task paradigm. Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 31(6), 409-423. doi: 10.1080/02699206.2017.1305448

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Buckley, R. J., Helton, W. S., Innes, C. R. H., Dalrymple-Alford, J. C., & Jones, R. D. (2016). Attention lapses and behavioural microsleeps during tracking, psychomotor vigilance, and dual tasks. Consciousness & Cognition, 45, 174-183. doi: 10.1016/j.concog.2016.09.002

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Jonmohamadi, Y., & Jones, R. D. (2016). Source-space ICA for MEG source imaging. Journal of Neural Engineering, 13, 016005. doi: 10.1088/1741-2560/13/1/016005

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Jonmohamadi, Y., Poudel, G. R., Innes, C. R. H., & Jones, R. D. (2016). Microsleeps are associated with stage-2 sleep spindles from hippocampal-temporal network. International Journal of Neural Systems, 26(4), 1650015. doi: 10.1142/s0129065716500155

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Lamvik, K., Guiu Hernandez, E., Jones, R., & Huckabee, M.-L. (2016). Characterization and correction of pressure drift in the ManoScan™ high-resolution manometry system: In vitro and in vivo. Neurogastroenterology & Motility, 28(5), 732-742. doi: 10.1111/nmo.12770

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Toppi, J., Astolfi, L., Poudel, G. R., Innes, C. R. H., Babiloni, F., & Jones, R. D. (2016). Time-varying effective connectivity of the cortical neuroelectric activity associated with behavioural microsleeps. NeuroImage, 124(Pt. A), 421-432. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2015.08.059

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Hoggarth, P. A., Innes, C. R. H., Dalrymple-Alford, J. C., & Jones, R. D. (2015). Prediction of driving ability: Are we building valid models? Accident Analysis & Prevention, 77, 29-34. doi: 10.1016/j.aap.2015.01.013

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Innes, C. R. H., Kelly, P. T., Hlavac, M., Melzer, T. R., & Jones, R. D. (2015). Decreased regional cerebral perfusion in moderate-severe obstructive sleep apnoea during wakefulness. Sleep, 38(5), 699-706. doi: 10.5665/sleep.4658

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Lamvik, K., Jones, R., Sauer, S., Erfmann, K., & Huckabee, M.-L. (2015). The capacity for volitional control of pharyngeal swallowing in healthy adults. Physiology & Behavior, 152, 257-263. doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2015.09.026

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Athukorala, R. P., Jones, R. D., Sella, O., & Huckabee, M.-L. (2014). Skill training for swallowing rehabilitation in patients with Parkinson’s disease. Archives of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, 95, 1374-1382. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2014.03.001

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Chester, C. J., Gaynor, P. T., Jones, R. D., & Huckabee, M.-L. (2014). Electrical bioimpedance measurement as a tool for dysphagia visualisation. Healthcare Technology Letters, 1(3), 115-118. doi: 10.1049/htl.2014.0067

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Huckabee, M.-L., Lamvik, K., & Jones, R. (2014). Pharyngeal mis-sequencing in dysphagia: Characteristics, rehabilitative response, and etiological speculation. Journal of the Neurological Sciences, 343(1-2), 153-158. doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2014.05.064

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Jonmohamadi, Y., Poudel, G., Innes, C., & Jones, R. (2014). Source-space ICA for EEG source separation, localization, and time-course reconstruction. NeuroImage, 101, 720-737. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2014.07.052

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Jonmohamadi, Y., Poudel, G., Innes, C., & Jones, R. (2014). Voxel-ICA for reconstruction of source signal time-series and orientation in EEG and MEG. Australasian Physical & Engineering Sciences in Medicine, 37, 457-464. doi: 10.1007/s13246-014-0265-x

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JonMohamadi, Y., Poudel, G., Innes, C., Weiss, D., Krueger, R., & Jones, R. (2014). Comparison of beamformers for EEG source signal reconstruction. Biomedical Signal Processing & Control, 14, 175-188. doi: 10.1016/j.bspc.2014.07.014

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Macrae, P. R., Jones, R. D., & Huckabee, M.-L. (2014). The effect of swallowing treatments on corticobulbar excitability: A review of transcranial magnetic stimulation induced motor evoked potentials. Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 233, 89-98. doi: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2014.06.010

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Poudel, G. R., Innes, C. R. H., Bones, P. J., Watts, R., & Jones, R. D. (2014). Losing the struggle to stay awake: Divergent thalamic and cortical activity during microsleeps. Human Brain Mapping, 35(1), 257-269. doi: 10.1002/hbm.22178

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Sella, O., Jones, R. D., & Huckabee, M.-L. (2014). Age and gender effects on submental motor-evoked potentials. Age, 36, 9735. doi: 10.1007/s11357-014-9735-z

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Hoggarth, P. A., Innes, C. R. H., Dalrymple-Alford, J. C., & Jones, R. D. (2013). Predicting on-road assessment pass and fail outcomes in older drivers with cognitive impairment using a battery of computerized sensory-motor and cognitive tests. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 61(12), 2192-2198. doi: 10.1111/jgs.12540

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Hoggarth, P. A., Innes, C. R. H., Dalrymple-Alford, J. C., & Jones, R. D. (2013). Prospective study of healthy older drivers: No increase in crash involvement or traffic citations at 24 months following a failed on-road assessment. Transportation Research Part F, 16, 73-80. doi: 10.1016/j.trf.2012.08.012

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Innes, C. R. H., Poudel, G. R., & Jones, R. D. (2013). Efficient and regular patterns of nighttime sleep are related to increased vulnerability to microsleeps following a single night of sleep restriction. Chronobiology International, 30(9), 1187-1196. doi: 10.3109/07420528.2013.810222

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Macrae, P. R., Jones, R. D., Myall, D. J., Melzer, T. R., & Huckabee, M.-L. (2013). Cross-sectional area of the anterior belly of the digastric muscle: Comparison of MRI and ultrasound measures. Dysphagia, 28(3), 375-380. doi: 10.1007/s00455-012-9443-8

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Poudel, G. R., Innes, C. R. H., & Jones, R. D. (2013). Distinct neural correlates of time-on-task and transient errors during a visuomotor tracking task after sleep restriction. NeuroImage, 77, 105-113. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.03.054

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Macrae, P. R., Doeltgen, S. H., Jones, R. D., & Huckabee, M.-L. (2012). Intra- and inter-rater reliability for analysis of hyoid displacement measured with sonography. Journal of Clinical Ultrasound, 40(2), 74-78. doi: 10.1002/jcu.20874

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Poudel, G. R., Innes, C. R. H., & Jones, R. D. (2012). Cerebral perfusion differences between drowsy and nondrowsy individuals after acute sleep restriction. Sleep, 35(8), 1085-1096. doi: 10.5665/sleep.1994

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Hoggarth, P., Innes, C., Dalrymple-Alford, J., Croucher, M., Severinsen, J., Gray, J., … Jones, R. (2011). Assessment of older drivers in New Zealand: The current system, research and recommendations. Australasian Journal on Ageing, 30(3), 148-155. doi: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2010.00478.x

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Innes, C. R. H., Lee, D., Chen, C., Ponder-Sutton, A. M., Melzer, T. R., & Jones, R. D. (2011). Do complex models increase prediction of complex behaviours? Predicting driving ability in people with brain disorders. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 64(9), 1714-1725. doi: 10.1080/17470218.2011.555821

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Macrae, P. R., Myall, D. J., Jones, R. D., & Huckabee, M.-L. (2011). Pharyngeal pressures during swallowing within and across three sessions: Within-subject variance and order effects. Dysphagia, 26(4), 385-391. doi: 10.1007/s00455-010-9324-y

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Peiris, M. T. R., Davidson, P. R., Bones, P. J., & Jones, R. D. (2011). Detection of lapses in responsiveness from the EEG. Journal of Neural Engineering, 8(1), 016003. doi: 10.1088/1741-2560/8/1/016003

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Hoggarth, P. A., Innes, C. R. H., Dalrymple-Alford, J. C., Severinsen, J. E., & Jones, R. D. (2010). Comparison of a linear and a non-linear model for using sensory-motor, cognitive, personality, and demographic data to predict driving ability in healthy older adults. Accident Analysis & Prevention, 42(6), 1759-1768. doi: 10.1016/j.aap.2010.04.017

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Norrie, J., Heitger, M., Leathem, J., Anderson, T., Jones, R., & Flett, R. (2010). Mild traumatic brain injury and fatigue: A prospective longitudinal study. Brain Injury, 24(13-14), 1528-1538. doi: 10.3109/02699052.2010.531687

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Poudel, G. R., Jones, R. D., Innes, C. R. H., Watts, R., Davidson, P. J., & Bones, P. J. (2010). Measurement of BOLD changes due to cued eye-closure and stopping during a continuous visuomotor task via model-based and model-free approaches. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems & Rehabilitation Engineering, 18(5), 479-488. doi: 10.1109/TNSRE.2010.2050782

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Wahab, N. A., Jones, R. D., & Huckabee, M.-L. (2010). Effects of olfactory and gustatory stimuli on neural excitability for swallowing. Physiology & Behavior, 101(5), 568-575. doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2010.09.008

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