MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit
Moataz Assem
Research Fellow (Isaac Newton Trust Research Fellow in Neuroscience)
Moataz.Assem@mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk
01223 769908
Programme Leader: Alexandra Woolgar
CBSU publications
Feredoes, E., ASSEM, M. , Bassil, Y., Bergmann, T.O., Beynel, L., Burke, M., Cash, R.F.H., Comeau, R.M., CORREIA, M., Genc, E., Hartswigsen, G., JACKSON, J., Kienle, M., Kunz, P., Leticevscaia, O., Luber, B., Lueckel, M., Mathiesen, C., Michael, E., Numssen, O., Oathes, D.J., Rosen, A.C., Schuhmann, T., Schuler, A-L., Scrivener, C.L., Thielscher, A., Todorov, Y., Vasileiadi, M., Windischberger, C., Hermiller, M., and Sack, A.T. (In Press) Consensus guidelines for the use of concurrent TMS-fMRI in cognitive and clinical neuroscience, Nature Protocols [Read More]
JAFARIAN, A., KARADAG ASSEM, M. , KOCAGONCU, E., LANSKY, J.H., Fye, H., WILLIAMS, R., Quinn, A.J., Pitt, J., Raymont, V., Lowe, S., Singh, K.D., Woolrich, M., Nobre, A.C., HENSON, R.N., Friston, K.J., ROWE, J.B. (2025) Neurophysiological Progression in Alzheimer’s Disease: Insights From Dynamic Causal Modelling of Longitudinal Magnetoencephalography, Human Brain Mapping, 46(8):e70234, 01 Jun 2025 [Open Access]
WOOLGAR, A., Feredoes, E., ASSEM, M. , Bassil, Y., Bergmann, T.O., Beynel, L., Burke, M., Cash, R.F.H., Comeau, R.M., CORREIA, M.M., Genc, E., Hartwigsen, G., Jackson, J.B., Kienle, M., Kunz, P., Leticevscaia, O., Luber, B., Lueckel, M., Mathiesen, C., Michael, E., Numssen, O., Oathes, D.J., Rosen, A.C., Schuhmann, T., Schuler, A.-L., Scrivener, C.L., Thielscher, A., Tik, M., Todorov, Y., Vasileiadi, M., Windischberger, C., Hermiller, M.S., and Sack, A.T. (2025) Consensus guidelines for the use of concurrent TMS-fMRI in cognitive and clinical neuroscience, Nature Protocols, 24 Jun 2025 [Open Access]
SHASHIDHARA, S., ASSEM, M. , GLASSER, M.F., DUNCAN, J. (2024) Task and stimulus coding in the multiple-demand network., Cerebral Cortex, 01 Jul 2024, 34(7):bhae278 [Open Access]
Jafarian, A., ASSEM, M. K., Kocagoncu, E., Lanskey, J.H., Williams, R., Cheng, Y.J., Quinn ,A.J., Pitt, J., Raymont, V., Lowe, S., Singh, K.D., Woolrich, M., Nobre, A.C,, HENSON, R.N., Friston, K.J., ROWE, J.B. (2024) Reliability of dynamic causal modelling of resting state magnetoencephalography, Human Brain Mapping, 45(10): e26782 [Open Access]
Mandal, A.S.,, Wiener, C., ASSEM, M. , Romero-Garcia, R., Coelho, P., McDonald, A., Woodberry, E., Morris, R.C., Price, S.J., DUNCAN, J., Santarius, T., Suckling, J., Hart, M.G., Erez, Y. (2024) Tumour-infiltrated cortex participates in large-scale cognitive circuits, Cortex, 30 Jan 2024, 173:1-15 [Open Access]
Degutis, J.K., Chaimow, D., Haenelt, D., ASSEM, M. ,, DUNCAN, J., Haynes, J.D., Weiskopf, N., Lorenz, R. (2024) Dynamic layer-specific processing in the prefrontal cortex during working memory., Communications Biology, 14 Sep 2024, 7(1):1140 [Open Access]
ASSEM, M. , SHASHIDHARA, S., Glasser, M.F., DUNCAN, J. (2024) Basis of executive functions in fine-grained architecture of cortical and subcortical human brain networks, Cerebral Cortex, 34(2), bhad537 [Open Access]
Karadacchka, K., ASSEM, M. , MITCHELL, D.J., DUNCAN, J., Medendorp, W.P., Mars, R.B. (2023) Structural connectivity of the multiple demand network in humans and comparison to the macaque brain, Cerebral Cortex, 33(22):10959-10971 [Open Access]
ASSEM, M. , Hart, M.G., Coelho, P., Romero-Garcia, R., McDonald, A., Woodberry, E., Morris, R.C., Price, S.J., Suckling, J., Santarius, T., DUNCAN, J., EREZ, Y. (2022) High gamma activity distinguishes frontal cognitive control regions from adjacent cortical networks, Cortex, 159:286-298 [Open Access]
Romero-Garcia, R., Owen, M., McDonald, A., Woodberry, E., ASSEM, M. , Coelho, P., Morris, R.C., Price, S.J., Santarius, T., Suckling, J., MANLY, T., EREZ, Y., Hart, M.G. (2022) Assessment of neuropsychological function in brain tumour treatment: A comparison of traditional neuropsychological assessment with app-based cognitive screening, Acta Neurochirurgica, 164, 2021-2034 [Open Access]
COPE, T.E., HUGHES, L.E., PHILLIPS, H.N., Adams, N.E., Jafarian, A., Nesbitt, D., Assem, m. , WOOLGAR, A., DUNCAN, J., ROWE, J.B. (2022) Causal evidence for the multiple demand network in change detection: auditory mismatch magnetoencephalography across focal neurodegenerative diseases, Journal of Neuroscience, 08 Mar 2022, 42(15):3197-3215 [Open Access]
ASSEM, M. , SHASHIDHARA, S., Glasser, M.F., DUNCAN, J.D. (2021) Precise topology of adjacent domain-general and sensory-biased regions in the human brain, Cerebral Cortex, 01 Jun 2022, 32(12):2521-2537 [Open Access]
EREZ, Y., ASSEM, M. , Coelho, P., Romero-Garcia, R., Owen, M., McDonald, A., Woodberry, E., Morris, R.C., Price, S.J., Suckling, J., DUNCAN, J.D., Hart, M.G., Santarius,T. (2020) Intraoperative mapping of executive function using electrocorticography for patients with low-grade gliomas, Acta Neurochirurgica (2020) [Open Access]
DUNCAN, J., ASSEM, M. , SHASHIDHARA, S. (2020) Integrated intelligence from distributed brain activity, Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 24(10):838-852 [Open Access]
ASSEM, M. , Asher Blank, I., Mineroff, Z. Ademoglu,A., Fedorenko, E. (2020) Activity in the Fronto-Parietal Multiple-Demand Network is Robustly Associated with Individual Differences in Working Memory and Fluid Intelligence, Cortex, 131, October 2020, Pages 1-16 [Open Access]
ASSEM, M. , Glasser, M.F., Van Essen, D.C., DUNCAN, J.D. (2020) A Domain-General Cognitive Core Defined in Multimodally Parcellated Human Cortex, Cerebral Cortex, 30(8), 4361-4380 [Open Access]
JAFARIAN, A., KARADAG ASSEM, M. , KOCAGONCU, E., LANSKY, J.H., Fye, H., WILLIAMS, R., Quinn, A.J., Pitt, J., Raymont, V., Lowe, S., Singh, K.D., Woolrich, M., Nobre, A.C., HENSON, R.N., Friston, K.J., ROWE, J.B. (2025) Neurophysiological Progression in Alzheimer’s Disease: Insights From Dynamic Causal Modelling of Longitudinal Magnetoencephalography, Human Brain Mapping, 46(8):e70234, 01 Jun 2025 [Open Access]
WOOLGAR, A., Feredoes, E., ASSEM, M. , Bassil, Y., Bergmann, T.O., Beynel, L., Burke, M., Cash, R.F.H., Comeau, R.M., CORREIA, M.M., Genc, E., Hartwigsen, G., Jackson, J.B., Kienle, M., Kunz, P., Leticevscaia, O., Luber, B., Lueckel, M., Mathiesen, C., Michael, E., Numssen, O., Oathes, D.J., Rosen, A.C., Schuhmann, T., Schuler, A.-L., Scrivener, C.L., Thielscher, A., Tik, M., Todorov, Y., Vasileiadi, M., Windischberger, C., Hermiller, M.S., and Sack, A.T. (2025) Consensus guidelines for the use of concurrent TMS-fMRI in cognitive and clinical neuroscience, Nature Protocols, 24 Jun 2025 [Open Access]
SHASHIDHARA, S., ASSEM, M. , GLASSER, M.F., DUNCAN, J. (2024) Task and stimulus coding in the multiple-demand network., Cerebral Cortex, 01 Jul 2024, 34(7):bhae278 [Open Access]
Jafarian, A., ASSEM, M. K., Kocagoncu, E., Lanskey, J.H., Williams, R., Cheng, Y.J., Quinn ,A.J., Pitt, J., Raymont, V., Lowe, S., Singh, K.D., Woolrich, M., Nobre, A.C,, HENSON, R.N., Friston, K.J., ROWE, J.B. (2024) Reliability of dynamic causal modelling of resting state magnetoencephalography, Human Brain Mapping, 45(10): e26782 [Open Access]
Mandal, A.S.,, Wiener, C., ASSEM, M. , Romero-Garcia, R., Coelho, P., McDonald, A., Woodberry, E., Morris, R.C., Price, S.J., DUNCAN, J., Santarius, T., Suckling, J., Hart, M.G., Erez, Y. (2024) Tumour-infiltrated cortex participates in large-scale cognitive circuits, Cortex, 30 Jan 2024, 173:1-15 [Open Access]
Degutis, J.K., Chaimow, D., Haenelt, D., ASSEM, M. ,, DUNCAN, J., Haynes, J.D., Weiskopf, N., Lorenz, R. (2024) Dynamic layer-specific processing in the prefrontal cortex during working memory., Communications Biology, 14 Sep 2024, 7(1):1140 [Open Access]
ASSEM, M. , SHASHIDHARA, S., Glasser, M.F., DUNCAN, J. (2024) Basis of executive functions in fine-grained architecture of cortical and subcortical human brain networks, Cerebral Cortex, 34(2), bhad537 [Open Access]
Karadacchka, K., ASSEM, M. , MITCHELL, D.J., DUNCAN, J., Medendorp, W.P., Mars, R.B. (2023) Structural connectivity of the multiple demand network in humans and comparison to the macaque brain, Cerebral Cortex, 33(22):10959-10971 [Open Access]
ASSEM, M. , Hart, M.G., Coelho, P., Romero-Garcia, R., McDonald, A., Woodberry, E., Morris, R.C., Price, S.J., Suckling, J., Santarius, T., DUNCAN, J., EREZ, Y. (2022) High gamma activity distinguishes frontal cognitive control regions from adjacent cortical networks, Cortex, 159:286-298 [Open Access]
Romero-Garcia, R., Owen, M., McDonald, A., Woodberry, E., ASSEM, M. , Coelho, P., Morris, R.C., Price, S.J., Santarius, T., Suckling, J., MANLY, T., EREZ, Y., Hart, M.G. (2022) Assessment of neuropsychological function in brain tumour treatment: A comparison of traditional neuropsychological assessment with app-based cognitive screening, Acta Neurochirurgica, 164, 2021-2034 [Open Access]
COPE, T.E., HUGHES, L.E., PHILLIPS, H.N., Adams, N.E., Jafarian, A., Nesbitt, D., Assem, m. , WOOLGAR, A., DUNCAN, J., ROWE, J.B. (2022) Causal evidence for the multiple demand network in change detection: auditory mismatch magnetoencephalography across focal neurodegenerative diseases, Journal of Neuroscience, 08 Mar 2022, 42(15):3197-3215 [Open Access]
ASSEM, M. , SHASHIDHARA, S., Glasser, M.F., DUNCAN, J.D. (2021) Precise topology of adjacent domain-general and sensory-biased regions in the human brain, Cerebral Cortex, 01 Jun 2022, 32(12):2521-2537 [Open Access]
EREZ, Y., ASSEM, M. , Coelho, P., Romero-Garcia, R., Owen, M., McDonald, A., Woodberry, E., Morris, R.C., Price, S.J., Suckling, J., DUNCAN, J.D., Hart, M.G., Santarius,T. (2020) Intraoperative mapping of executive function using electrocorticography for patients with low-grade gliomas, Acta Neurochirurgica (2020) [Open Access]
DUNCAN, J., ASSEM, M. , SHASHIDHARA, S. (2020) Integrated intelligence from distributed brain activity, Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 24(10):838-852 [Open Access]
ASSEM, M. , Asher Blank, I., Mineroff, Z. Ademoglu,A., Fedorenko, E. (2020) Activity in the Fronto-Parietal Multiple-Demand Network is Robustly Associated with Individual Differences in Working Memory and Fluid Intelligence, Cortex, 131, October 2020, Pages 1-16 [Open Access]
ASSEM, M. , Glasser, M.F., Van Essen, D.C., DUNCAN, J.D. (2020) A Domain-General Cognitive Core Defined in Multimodally Parcellated Human Cortex, Cerebral Cortex, 30(8), 4361-4380 [Open Access]
