Postdoctoral Research Fellow : Dr Julia Hocking

Address:
Centre for Magnetic Resonance
Ritchie Building
The University of Queensland
Brisbane Qld 4072
E-mail address: Julia Hocking
Telephone: +61-7-3365 4240
Fax: +61-7-3365 3833
Home Page: Julia Hocking

Career Profile:
B.Sc. Psychology (1st class hons), University of Surrey, Roehampton, 1998-2001
M.Sc. Cognitive Neuropsychology, Distinction. Birkbeck College, University of Lond, 2001-2003.
Ph.D., Functional Imaging Laboratory, Wellcome Department of Imaging Neuroscience, University College London, 2003-2006.

Research Interests :

My primary research interest is in the use of MRI to investigate the functional and neuroanatomical components of semantic memory, with particular focus on the integration of cross-modal audiovisual object information. In addition, my work with Greig de Zubicaray uses fMRI to test theoretical cognitive models of language and memory processing.

Selected Publications:

Journal papers

Holdstock, J.S., Hocking, J., Devlin, J.T., Notley, P. & Price, C.J. (2009). Integrating visual and tactile information in the perirhinal cortex. Cerebral Cortex, accepted March 19th.

Hocking, J. & Price, C.J. (2009). Dissociating verbal and nonverbal audiovisual object processing. Brain and Language, 108, 89-96

Hocking, J., McMahon, K.L. & de Zubicaray, G.I. (2008). Semantic context and visual feature effects in object naming: An fMRI study using arterial spin labelling. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. Sep 29, Epub ahead of print.

Hocking, J. & Price, C.J. (2008). The influence of color and sound on neuronal activation during visual object naming. Brain Research. Aug 26, Epub ahead of print.

Hocking, J. & Price, C.J. (2008). The role of the posterior superior temporal sulcus in audiovisual processing. Cerebral Cortex, 18(10), 2439-49.

Noppeney, U., Josephs, O., Hocking, J., Price, C.J. & Friston, K.J. (2007) The Effect of Prior Visual Information on Recognition of Speech and Sounds. Cerebral Cortex. Epub ahead of print.

Rogers, T.T., Hocking, J., Noppeney, U., Mechelli, A., Gorno-Tempini, M.L., Patterson, K. & Price, C.J. (2006). Anterior temporal cortex and semantic memory: Reconciling findings from neuropsychology and functional imaging. Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience, 6(3), 201-213.

Rogers, T.T., Hocking, J., Mechelli, A., Patterson, K. & Price, C.J. (2005). Fusiform activation to animals is driven by the process, not the stimulus. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 17 (3), 434-445.
                         
Conference Abstracts
Hocking, J. & McMahon, K. (2009). Environmental sound processing: Distinct cortical regions for knowledge about furry, noisy, Australian animals. 15th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping, San Francisco.

Hocking, J., McMahon, K. & de Zubicaray, G.I. (2009). Semantic interference in the postcue naming paradigm is a postlexical effect: Evidence from fMRI. 16th Annual Cognitive Neuroscience Society Meeting, San Francisco.

Hocking, J., McMahon, K., Merdith, M. and de Zubicaray, G.I. (2008). Semantic context and visual feature effects on verbal self-monitoring measured with arterial spin labelling. Neuroimage 41(Supp. 1).

Hocking, J. & Price, C.J. (2007) Crossmodal object processing in three different anterior temporal regions. Neuroimage, 36, supp.1.

Hocking, J. & Price, C.J. (2006) Bimodal or unimodal: The network doesn’t care. Neuroimage, 31, supp.1.

Holdstock, J., Hocking, J., Notley, P.R. & Price, C.J. (2006) An fMRI study of integration of visual and tactile information from novel objects. Neuroimage, 31, supp.1.

Noppeney, U., Josephs, O., Hocking, J., Price, C.J. & Friston, K.J. (2006) The hierarchical level of crossmodal congruency effects.  Neuroimage, 31, supp.1.
Hocking, J. & Price, C.J. (2005). Stimulus-specific audio-visual integration. Neuroimage, 26, supp.1.

Holdstock, J., Hocking, J. & Price, C.J. (2005). Integrating visual and tactile information from novel objects activates language areas. Neuroimage, 26, supp.1.

Noppeney, U., Hocking, J., Josephs, O. & Price, C.J. (2005). Crossmodal priming dissociates semantic retrieval and phonological processing. Neuroimage, 26, supp.1.

Hocking, J., Price, C.J. (2004). The effect of form and colour integration on the object naming system. Neuroimage, 22, supp.1.

Hocking, J., Rogers, T., Mechelli, A., Patterson, K. & Price, C.J. (2003). Is fusiform activation to animals driven by the stimulus or process? Neuroimage, 19, supp.1.

Hocking, J. & McCarthy, M. (2002). Identifying planar-rotated objects: Effects of category and presentation order. Proceedings of the British Psychological Society, 10.