Jason Themanson

Publications

Journal Articles

  • Themanson, J. R., Norton, G., Daly, E., Thoma, L, & Sheese, B. E. (2023). The relationships between neural activity and in-game hitting performance. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 45, 185-194. View/Download PDF
  • Themanson, J. R., Hay, A., Sieving, L, & Sheese, B. E. (2021). Examining neural activity to pitches and feedback at the plate: Cognitive and performance implications. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 43, 399-409. View/Download PDF
  • Themanson, J. R., Bing, N. J., Sheese, B. E., & Pontifex, M. B. (2019). The influence of pitch-by-pitch feedback on neural activity and pitch perception in baseball. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 41, 65-72. View/Download PDF
  • Themanson, J. R., & Rosen, P. J. (2015). Examining the relationships between self-efficacy, task-relevant attentional control, and task performance: Evidence from event-related brain potentials. British Journal of Psychology, 106, 253-271. View/Download PDF
  • Themanson, J. R., Schreiber, J. A., Larsen, A. D., Dunn, K. R., Ball, A. B., & Khatcherian, S. M. (2015). The ongoing cognitive processing of exclusionary social events: Evidence from event-related potentials. Social Neuroscience, 10, 55-69. View/Download PDF
  • Themanson, J. R. (2014). Measuring neural and behavioral activity during ongoing computerized social interactions: An examination of event-related brain potentials. Journal of Visualized Experiments, 93, 1-8. (Invited). View/Download PDF View/Download Video
  • Themanson, J. R., Ball, A. B., Khatcherian, S. M., & Rosen, P. J. (2014). The effects of social exclusion on the ERN and the cognitive control of action monitoring. Psychophysiology, 51, 215-225. View/Download PDF
  • Themanson, J. R., Khatcherian, S. M., Ball, A. B., & Rosen, P. J. (2013). An event-related examination of neural activity during social interactions. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 8, 727-733. View/Download PDF
  • Themanson, J. R., Rosen, P. J., Pontifex, M. B., Hillman, C. H., & McAuley, E. (2012). Alterations in error-related brain activity and post-error behavior over time. Brain and Cognition, 80, 257-265. View/Download PDF
  • Williams J. K., & Themanson, J. R. (2011). Neural correlates of the implicit association test: evidence for semantic and emotional processing. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 6, 468-476. View/Download PDF
  • Themanson, J. R., Pontifex, M. B., Hillman, C. H., & McAuley, E. (2011). The relation of self-efficacy and error-related self regulation. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 80, 1-10. View/Download PDF
  • Kamijo, K., O’Leary, K. C., Pontifex, M. B., Themanson, J. R., & Hillman, C. H. (2010). The relation of aerobic fitness to neuroelectric indices of cognitive and motor task preparation. Psychophysiology, 47, 814-821. View/Download PDF
  • Pontifex, M. B., Scudder, M. R., Brown, M. L., O’Leary, K. C., Wu, C., Themanson, J. R., & Hillman, C. H. (2010). On the number of trials necessary for stabilization of error-related brain activity across the lifespan. Psychophysiology, 47, 767-773. View/Download PDF
  • Hillman, C. H., Buck, S. M., Themanson, J. R., Pontifex, M. B., & Castelli, D. (2009). Aerobic fitness and cognitive development: Event-related brain potential and task performance indices of executive control in preadolescent children. Developmental Psychology, 45, 114-129. View/Download PDF
  • Themanson, J. R., Pontifex, M. B., & Hillman, C. H. (2008). Fitness and action monitoring: Evidence for improved cognitive flexibility in young adults. Neuroscience, 157, 319-328. View/Download PDF
  • Themanson, J. R., Hillman, C. H., McAuley, E., Buck, S. M., Pontifex, M. B., Morris, K. S., & Doerksen, S. E. (2008). Self-efficacy effects on neuroelectric and behavioral indices of action monitoring in older adults. Neurobiology of Aging, 29, 1111-1122. View/Download PDF
  • Themanson, J. R., Hillman, C. H., & Curtin, J. J. (2006). Age and physical activity influences on action monitoring during task switching. Neurobiology of Aging, 27,1335-1345.  View/Download PDF
  • Themanson, J. R. & Hillman, C. H. (2006). Cardiorespiratory fitness and acute aerobic exercise effects on neuroelectric and behavioral measures of action monitoring. Neuroscience, 141, 757-767. View/Download PDF

Book Chapters

  • Hillman, C. H., Buck, S. M., & Themanson, J. R. (2009). Physical activity and neuroelectric indices of cognitive function across the lifespan. In W. Chodzko-Zajko, A. F. Kramer, & L. W. Poon (Vol. Eds.), Enhancing cognitive functioning and brain plasticity (Vol. 3, pp. 85-110). Champaign , IL : Human Kinetics. View/Download PDF
  • Hillman, C. H., Pontifex, M. B., & Themanson, J. R. (2009). Acute aerobic exercise effects on event-related brain potentials. In T. McMorris, P. D. Tomporowski, & MN. Audiffren (Eds.), Exercise and Cognition (pp. 163-180). Indianapolis, IN: Wiley Publications. View/Download PDF

Presentations

  • Themanson, J. R. (2025). Linking Neural Activity to Hitting Expertise: A Live-Pitch Analysis of Mental Processes in Baseball Players. Oral presentation at the 2025 Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) Analytics Conference, Phoenix, Arizona. View/Download Presentation
  • Themanson, J. R. (2022). Neuroscience at the Plate: Neural Activity during Computerized Task is related with In-Game Hitting Performance. Oral presentation at the 2022 Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) Virtual Analytics Conference. View/Download Presentation
  • Themanson, J. R. (2021). Contextual Influences on Neural Activity to Pitches and Feedback: Psychology and Performance at the Plate. Oral presentation at the 2021 Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) Virtual Analytics Conference. View/Download Presentation
  • Themanson, J. R. (2020). Examining Neural Activity to Pitches and Feedback at the Plate: Psychological and Performance Implications. Oral presentation at the 2020 Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) Analytics Conference, Phoenix, Arizona. View/Download Presentation

Popular Media

  • “What we remember, what we forget, and the brawl that beat back time.” Marc Carig. The Athletic. Article featuring interviews with me and other scientists on the nature of memory published on November 1, 2021. View Article
  • “Talking defense with Royals outfielder Michael A. Taylor.” Sports Info Solutions Baseball Podcast. Interview with a professional baseball player and me on fielding, perception, and neuroscience in baseball. First aired on April, 29, 2021. Listen to Podcast
  • “Mookie Betts’ brain has all the angles covered.” Mark Simon. Sports Info Solutions blog. Article featuring an interview with me on the neuroscience of movement and perception published on April 21, 2021.
  • “IWU professor studies data, psychology link in baseball.” Eric Stock. WGLT Sound Ideas. Article and radio segment featuring my research published on February 12, 2020. View/Listen to Article and Interview
  • “The psychology of walks and singles.” Jason Themanson. The Hardball Times baseball website. I was the sole author for an article published on June 19, 2019. View Article
  • “Win the mind games.” Matthew Solan. Men’s Health magazine, June 2009 issue. Featured my peer-reviewed research examining fitness-related benefits on self-regulatory action monitoring function. View/Download PDF