Niall Duncan
Email: niall.duncan@rohcg.on.ca
Office phone: (613) 722 6521 ext. 6626
Research background and interests:
With a background in both neuroscience and philosophy, my main interest is in the neurobiology of the self and the conceptual background of this construct. At present I am focussing on the brain's resting state activity and its relevance to self and consciousness.
Publications:
Yan Fan, Niall W. Duncan, Moritz de Greck, Georg Northoff
Is there a core neural network in empathy? An fMRI based quantitative meta-analysis
Neuroscience and Biobehavioural Review, in press
Pengmin Qin, Yijun Liu, Jinfu Shi, Yuzhi Wang, Niall W. Duncan, Qiyong Gong, Xuchu Weng, Georg Northoff
Dissociation between anterior and posterior cortical regions during self-specificity and familiarity: A combined fMRI–meta-analytic study
Human Brain Mapping, in press
Georg Northoff, Niall W. Duncan, Dave J. Hayes
The brain and its resting state activity - Experimental and methodological implications
Progress in Neurobiology, 2010
Niall W. Duncan, Bjorn Enzi, Christine Wiebking, Georg Northoff
Involvement of glutamate in rest-stimulus interaction between perigenual and supragenual anterior cingulate cortex: A combined fMRI-MRS study
Human Brain Mapping, 2010
Anterior cingulate activity and the self in disorders of consciousness
Human Brain Mapping, 2010
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.20989
Christine Wiebking, Andre Bauer, Moritz de Greck, Niall W. Duncan, Claus Tempelmann, Georg Northoff
Abnormal body perception and neural activity in the insula in depression: An fMRI study of the depressed “material me”
The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry; Early Online Feb 2010, 1–12
DOI: 10.3109/15622970903563794
Lucas ML, Duncan NW, O'Reilly NF, McIlvenny TJ, Nelson YB.
Lack of evidence in vivo for a remote effect of Escherichia coli heat stable enterotoxin on jejunal fluid absorption
Neurogastroenterol Motil. 2008 May;20(5):532-8. Epub 2008 Jan 7.
Conference posters:
N.W. Duncan, B. Enzi, C.Wiebking, G. Northoff, “Resting state glutamate modulates connectivity between anterior cingulate and insula during the anticipation of punishment. A combined fMRI-MRS study of rest-stimulus interaction” University of Ottawa Academic & Research Day 4/12/09
C. Wiebking, B. Enzi, N. Duncan, G. Northoff, "Increased body perception and abnormal neural activity in the insula in depression – An fMRI study during interoceptive awareness" University of Ottawa Academic & Research Day 4/12/09
Awards:
University of Ottawa IMHR Young Investigator Award, Dec 09
Invited presentations:
“Neurophilosophy – what is it, and does it matter?” Institute of Mental Health Research Young Researchers’ Forum, 27/11/09
Review activities:
I serve as a reviewer for the eSharp journal for the Arts and Humanities (2005-present).
