Jon M. Fincham

jf1qandrew.cmu.edu

Publications:

Anderson, J.R., Betts, S., Bothell, D., Dimov, C.M. and Fincham, J.M. (2024), Tracking the Cognitive Band in an Open-Ended Task. Cognitive Science, 48: e13454. https://doi.org/10.1111/cogs.13454

Fincham, J. M., Tenison, C., & Anderson, J. R. (2022, July). Combining EEG and a cognitive model to infer the time course of game play. Paper presented at Virtual MathPsych/ICCM 2022. Via mathpsych.org/presentation/728.

Anderson, J. R., Betts, S., Fincham, J. M., Hope, R., & Walsh, M. W. (2020). Reconstructing fine-grained cognition from brain activity. NeuroImage, 221, 116999.

Fincham, JM, Lee, HS, Anderson, JR. Spatiotemporal analysis of event‐related fMRI to reveal cognitive states. Human Brain Mapping. 2019; 1– 18. https://doi.org/10.1002/hbm.24831

Anderson, J.R., Borst, J.P., Fincham, J.M., Ghuman, A.S., Tenison, C., & Zhang, Q. (2018). The Common Time Course of Memory Processes Revealed. Psychological Science, 29(9), 1463-1474.

Koerner, F. S., Anderson, J. R., Fincham, J. M., & Kass, R. E. (2017). Change-point detection of cognitive states across multiple trials in functional neuroimaging. Statistics in Medicine, 36(4), 618-642.

Pyke, A. A., Fincham, J. M., & Anderson, J. R. (2017). When math operations have visuospatial meanings versus purely symbolic definitions: Which solving stages and brain regions are affected?. NeuroImage.

Anderson, J. R., Pyke, A., & Fincham, J. M. (2016). Hidden Stages of Cognition Revealed in Patterns of Brain Activation. Psychological Science, 27(9), 1215-1226.

Tenison, C., Fincham, J.M., & Anderson, J.R. (2016). Phases of Learning: How Skill Acquisition Impacts Cognitive Processing. Cognitive Psychology, 87, 1-28.

Anderson, J.R., Bothell, D., Fincham, J.M., & Moon, J. (2016). The Sequential Structure of Brain Activation Predicts Skill. Neuropsychologia, 81, 94-106.

Moon,J., Fincham,J.M., Betts,S.A., & Anderson,J.R.,(2015). End effects and cross-dimensional interference in identification of time and length: Evidence for a common memory mechanism. Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience, 15, 680-695.

Lee, H. S., Fincham, J. M., & Anderson, J. R. (2015). Learning from examples versus verbal directions in mathematical problem solving. Mind, Brain, and Education, 9(4), 232-245.

Anderson, J. R., Lee, H. S., & Fincham, J. M. (2014). Discovering the structure of mathematical problem solving. NeuroImage, 97, 163-177.

Tenison, C., Fincham, J. M., & Anderson, J. R. (2014). Detecting math problem solving strategies: An investigation into the use of retrospective self-reports, latency and fMRI data. Neuropsychologia, 54, 41-52.

Anderson, J. R. & Fincham, J. M. (2014). Extending Problem-Solving Procedures. Cognitive Psychology, Nov;74:1-31.

Pyke, A., Betts, S., Fincham, J. M., & Anderson, J. R. (2014). Visuospatial referents facilitate the learning and transfer of mathematical operations: Extending the role of the angular gyrus. Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience, 1-22.

Lee, H. S., Fincham, J. M., Betts, S. & Anderson, J. R. (2014). An fMRI investigation of instructional guidance in mathematical problem solving. Trends in Neuroscience and Education, 3(2), 50–62.

Anderson, J. R. & Fincham, J. M. (2013). Discovering the sequential structure of thought. Cognitive Science, 37(6), 1-31.

Anderson, J. R., Betts, S. A., Ferris, J. L., & Fincham, J. M. (2013). Can neural imaging be used to investigate learning in an educational task? In J. Stazewski (Ed.) Expertise and skill acquisition: The impact of William G. Chase (pp. 299-324). Taylor and Francis: New York.

Wintermute, S., Betts, S. A., Ferris, J. L., Fincham, J. M., & Anderson, J. R. (2012). Brain Networks Supporting Execution of Mathematical Skills versus Acquisition of New Mathematical Competence. Public Library of Science (PLOS) ONE.

Anderson, J. R., Fincham, J. M., Schneider, D. W., & Yang, J. (2012). Using brain imaging to track problem-solving in a complex state space. NeuroImage, 60, 633-643.

Anderson, J. R., Betts, S. A., Ferris, J. L., & Fincham, J. M. (2012). Tracking children's mental states while solving algebra equations. Human Brain Mapping . 33(11), 2650-65.

Anderson, J. R., Betts, S. A., Ferris, J. L., Fincham, & J. M., Yang, J. (2012). Using Brain Imaging to Track Student Problem solving.IEEE Intelligent Systems, 60, 633-643.

Anderson, J. R., Bothell, D., Fincham, J. M., Anderson, A. R., Poole, B. & Qin, Y. (2011). Brain Regions Engaged by Part- and Whole-task Performance in a Video Game: A Model-based Test of the Decomposition Hypothesis. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 23, 3983-3997.

Danker, J. F., Fincham, J. M., & Anderson, J. R. (2011). The neural correlates of competition during memory retrieval are modulated by attention to the cues. Neuropsychologia, 49, 2427-2438.

Anderson, J. R.,Betts, S. A., Ferris, J. L., & Fincham, J. M. (2011). Cognitive and metacognitive activity in mathematical problem solving: Prefrontal and parietal patterns.Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience, 11, 52-67.

Anderson, J. R., Betts, S. A., Ferris, J. L., & Fincham, J. M (2011). Using Brain imaging to interpret student problem solving. In IEEE Intelligent Systems, 26(5), 22-29.

Fincham, J.M., Anderson, J.R., Betts, S.A., & Ferris, J.L. (2010). Using Neural Imaging and Cognitive Modeling to Infer Mental States while Using an Intelligent Tutoring System. In Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Educational Data Mining (EDM2010). Pittsburgh, PA.

Anderson, J. R., Betts, S. A., Ferris, J. L., & Fincham, J. M. (2010). Neural imaging to track mental states while using an intelligent tutoring system. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 107(15), 7018-7023.

Anderson, J. R., Betts, S. A., Ferris, J. L., & Fincham, J. M. (2009). Can neural imaging investigate learning in an educational task? In proceedings of the 36th Annual Carnegie Symposium on Cognition, June 2-3, Carnegie Mellon University.

Anderson, J. R., Anderson, J. F., Ferris, J. L., Fincham, J. M., & Jung, K.-J. (2009). The Lateral Inferior Prefrontal Cortex and Anterior Cingulate Cortex are Engaged at Different Stages in the Solution of Insight Problems. Proceedings of the National Academy Sciences, 106 (26), 10799-10804.

Borst, J. P., Taatgen, N. A., van Rijn , D. H., Stocco, A., & Fincham, J. M. (2009). Testing fMRI predictions of a dual-task interference model. In Proceedings of the 9th International Conference of Cognitive Modeling (paper 236), Manchester, United Kingdom.

Best, B.J., Furjanic, C., Gerhart, N., Fincham, J. M., Gluck, K. A., Gunzelmann, G., Krusmark, M., (2009). Adaptive Mesh Refinement for Efficient Exploration of Cognitive Architectures and Cognitive Models. In Proceedings of the 9th International Conference of Cognitive Modeling (paper 252), Manchester, United Kingdom.

Anderson, J.R., Byrne, D., Fincham, J., & Gunn, P. (2008). Role of Prefrontal and Parietal Cortices in Associative Learning. Cerebral Cortex, 18(4), 904-914.

Fincham, J. M., Qin, Y., & Anderson, J. R. (2008). An fMRI study of cognitive demand and control during skill acquisition. In Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, San Francisco, CA, p. 244.

Anderson, J.R., Fincham, J. M., Qin, Y., & Stocco, A. (2008). A Central circuit of the mind. Trends in Cognitive Science. 12(4), 136-143.

Best, B., Fincham, J., Gluck, K., Gunzelmann, G., & Krusmark, M. (2008). Efficient Use of Large-Scale Computational Resources. In J. Hansberger (Ed.), Proceedings of the Seventeenth Conference on Behavior Representation in Modeling and Simulation (pp. 180-181). Orlando, FL: Simulation Interoperability Standards Organization.

Anderson, J. R., Anderson, J. F., Ferris, J. L., Fincham, J. M., & Jung, K-J. (unpublished, 2008). Word puzzles produce distinct patterns of activation in the ventrolateral prefrontal cortex and anterior cingulate cortex.

Kao, Y. S., Douglass, S. A., Fincham, J. M., & Anderson, J. R. (in revision). Traveling the Second Bridge: Using fMRI to Assess an ACT-R Model of Geometry Proof.

Anderson, J. R., Carter, C. S., Fincham, J. M., Qin,. Y., Ravizza, S. M., & Rosenberg-Lee, M. (2008). Using fMRI to Test Models of Complex Cognition. Cognitive Science, 32, 1323-1348.

Fincham, J. M., & Anderson, J. R. (2007). An fMRI study of the neural correlates of performance and learning in an algebraic isomorph task. In Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society. New York, NY, p. 271

Fincham, J. M. & Anderson, J. R. (2006). Distinct roles of the anterior cingulate and prefrontal cortex in acquisition and performance of a cognitive skill. Proceedings of the National Acedemy of Science, U. S. A., 103, 12941-12946.

Anderson, J. R., Albert, M. V., & Fincham, J.M. (2005) Tracing Problem Solving in Real Time: fMRI Analysis of the Subject-Paced Tower of Hanoi. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 17 1261-1274.

Fincham, J. M., Carter, C. S., van Veen, V., Stenger, V. A., & Anderson, J. R. (2002). Neural mechanisms of planning: A computational analysis using event-related fMRI. In Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 99 (5), 3346-3351, 2002.

Anderson, J. R., Fincham, J. M. & Douglass, S. (1999). Practice and retention: A unifying analysis. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 25, 1120-1136.

Anderson, J. R., Fincham, J. M. & Douglass, S. (1997). The role of examples and rules in the acquisition of a cognitive skill. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 23, 932-945.

Anderson, J. R. & Fincham, J. M. (1996). Categorization and sensitivity to correlation. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 22, 259-277.

Anderson, J. R. & Fincham, J. M. (1994). Acquisition of Procedural skills from examples. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 20, 1322-1340.

Anderson, J. R., Corbett, A., Fincham, J., Hoffman, D., & Pelletier, R. (1992). General principles for an intelligent tutoring architecture. In V. Shute and W. Regian (Eds.), Cognitive Approaches to Automated Instruction, (pp. 81-106). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

Corbett, A. T., Anderson, J. R., & Fincham, J. M. (1991). Menu selection vs. typing: effects on learning in an intelligent programming tutor. In Proceedings of the International Conference of the Learning Sciences, 107-112. Evanston, IL.