College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Jan Wessel

Associate Professor (Psychological & Brain Sciences, Neurology)
Office:
376 PBSB
Office Phone:
319-335-2482
Fax Number:
319-335-0191
Curriculum Vitae:
Lab:
355 PBSB
Lab Website
Research Interests
- How do suprising events affect thoughts and actions?
- How can humans cancel impending movements when necessary?
- How can humans identify and correct action errors?
Training Areas
Research Group
Representative Publications
Wessel, J. R. (2020). β-bursts reveal the trial-to-trial dynamics of movement initiation and cancellation. Journal of Neuroscience, 40(2), 411-423.
Wessel, J. R., Waller, D. A., & Greenlee, J. D. (2019). Non-selective inhibition of inappropriate motor-tendencies during response-conflict by a fronto-subthalamic mechanism. Elife, 8, e42959.
Dutra, I. C., Waller, D. A., & Wessel, J. R. (2018). Perceptual surprise improves action stopping by nonselectively suppressing motor activity via a neural mechanism for motor inhibition. Journal of Neuroscience, 38(6), 1482-1492.