Prem, P., Boadu, A., Saju, S., Nisbet, K., & Cummine, J. (2026). Functional brain activation during statistical learning is related to rapid automatized naming of digits and objects (but not letters): An fMRI study. Scientific Studies of Reading, 1–22. https://doi.org/10.1080/10888438.2026.2700424
Chouinard, B., Cheuk, M., Hodgetts, W., & Cummine, J. (2026). Facing empathy: Reducing facial-differences bias through a story. The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal, 10556656261455304. https://doi.org/10.1177/10556656261455305
Cummine, J., Patel, D. H., Holmes, M., Ostevik, A., & Aalto, D. (2026). Towards an understanding of somatosensory perturbation on covert speech production: a functional near infrared spectroscopy study. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 20(1757752), 1757752. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2026.1757752
Holmes, M., Pritchard, L., & Cummine, J. (2026). Lived experiences and intervention outcomes: Dyslexic adults’ perspectives on meaningful support. Annals of Dyslexia, 1-23. doi.org/10.1007/s11881-026-00364-3
Cowan, C., Ostevik, A. V., Jones, K., Huynh, T. K., Gascon, A., Hodgetts, W., & Cummine, J. (2026). The Longitudinal Impact of Bone Anchored Hearing Aid Adoption on Resting-State Functional Connectivity Using fNIRS: A Multiple Single-Case Experimental Approach. Journal of Otorhinolaryngology, Hearing and Balance Medicine, 7(1), 9. doi.org/10.3390/ohbm7010009
Czobor, E., Striemer, C. L., Cheema, K., Prem, P., Aalto, D., & Cummine, J. (2026). Examining the Cerebral-Cerebellar Connectivity During Spelling Tasks. The Cerebellum, 25(1), 5. doi.org/10.1007/s12311-025-01944-6
St. Jean, C. R., Cummine, J., Singh, G., & Hodgetts, W. (2026). Exploring the Effects of Attribute Framing and Popularity Cueing on Hearing Aid Purchase Likelihood. Audiology Research, 16(1), 12. doi.org/10.3390/audiolres16010012
Holmes, M., Aalto, D., Patel, D., Ostevik, A., Jeffery, C. C., & Cummine, J. (2026). Perturbing the pathway: The impact of lollipops and lidocaine on supramarginal gyrus activity during silent reading tasks. Brain and Language, 272, 105672. doi.org/10.1016/j.bandl.2025.105672
Prem, P., Saggu, S. K., Boadu, A., Saju, S., Nisbet, K., & Cummine, J. (2025). Neuroanatomical correlates of auditory and visual statistical learning: Cortical and subcortical volume predictors. Neuroscience. doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2025.09.035
St. Jean, C. R., Cummine, J., Singh, G., & Hodgetts, W. (2025). Exploring the Influence of Online Price Anchoring and Attribute Framing on the Likelihood of Hearing Aid Purchases. Audiology Research, 15(2), 40. doi.org/10.3390/audiolres15020040
Al-Zanoon, N., Cummine, J., Jeffery, C. C., & Aalto, D. (2025). Compensatory behaviours after oral cancer: stretch reflex improves simulated tongue protrusion. Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, 1–11. doi.org/10.1080/10255842.2025.2482128
Saggu, S. K., Huynh, T., & Cummine, J. (2024). An examination of cortical thickness relationships within the reading network of adults. Brain Structure and Function, 230(1), 16.
Cowan, C., Jones, K., Ostevik, A. V., Al Souqi, S., Hodgetts, W., & Cummine, J. (2024). A Practical Guideline to Capturing and Documenting the Real-Time Consequences of Fluctuating Hearing Loss in School-Age Children. Journal of Otorhinolaryngology, Hearing and Balance Medicine, 5(2), 19.
Holmes, M., Aalto, D., & Cummine, J. (2024). Opening the dialogue: A preliminary exploration of hair color, hair cleanliness, light, and motion effects on fNIRS signal quality. Plos One, 19(5), e0304356.
Eze, P., Omorotionmwan, E., & Cummine, J. (2024). Moving towards an understanding of the role of the inferior fronto-occipital fasciculus in language processing. NeuroSci, 5(1), 39–58.
Nisbet, K., Kostiw, A., Huynh, T. K. T., Saggu, S. K., Patel, D., & Cummine, J. (2024). A volumetric asymmetry study of gray matter in individuals with and without dyslexia. Journal of Neuroscience Research, 102(2), e25305.
Reed, A., Huynh, T., Ostevik, A. V., Cheema, K., Sweneya, S., Craig, J., & Cummine, J. (2024). Phonological, orthographic and morphological skills are related to structural properties of ventral and motor white matter pathways in skilled and impaired readers. Applied Neuropsychology: Adult, 1–12.
Cummine, J., Ostevik, A., Song, Q., Kim, Y., Nayar, S., & Hodgetts, W. (2024). Tissue Classification After Bone-Anchored Hearing Implant Surgery: A Machine Learning Approach to Monitoring Skin Response. Otology & Neurotology, 45(7), e541–e546.
Soppa, R., Smolarek, D., Budd, A., Mohamad, N., Hinz, N., Cummine, J., … Armijo-Olivo, S. (2024). Effects of exercise on brain plasticity, brain activity and endogenous pain-related substances in individuals with musculoskeletal pain: A systematic review. Musculoskeletal Science and Practice, 72, 45–46. Elsevier.
Cheema, K., Fleming, C., Craig, J., Hodgetts, W. E., & Cummine, J. (2023). Reading and spelling profiles of adult poor readers: Phonological, orthographic and morphological considerations. Dyslexia, 29(2), 58–77.
Cummine, J., Ngo, T., & Nisbet, K. (2023). Characterization of cortical and subcortical structural brain asymmetry in adults with and without dyslexia. Brain Sciences, 13(12), 1622.
Cheema, K., Sweneya, S., Craig, J., Huynh, T., Ostevik, A. V., Reed, A., & Cummine, J. (2023). An investigation of white matter properties as they relate to spelling behaviour in skilled and impaired readers. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 33(6), 989–1017.
Cummine, J., Ostevik, A., Cheema, K., & Cullum, A. (2023). Adult learner perspectives on skill-and life-based outcomes following literacy remediation. Social Sciences, 12(6), 315.
Cummine, J., Huynh, T. K. T., Cullum, A., Ostevik, A., & Hodgetts, W. (2023). Chew on this! Oral stereognosis predicts visual word recognition in typical adults. Current Psychology, 42(4), 3305–3318.
Cheema, K., Hunyh, T., Hodgetts, B., & Cummine, J. (2023). Neural impact of Skill and Goal-based Training in Adults with Dyslexia: A Randomized Trial.
Budd, A. S., Huynh, T. K. T., Seres, P., Beaulieu, C., Armijo-Olivo, S., & Cummine, J. (2022). White Matter Diffusion Properties in Chronic Temporomandibular Disorders: An Exploratory Analysis. Frontiers in Pain Research, 3, 880831.
Aalto, D., Cathcart, C., Brennan, R., & Cummine, J. (2022). Vocal and articulatory performance fluctuates across the menstrual cycle: Acoustic analysis of daily single participant speech data over three months. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 152(4_Supplement), A289–A289.
Nisbet, K., Awartani, D., Kandemir, B., Sweneya, S., Richards, K., & Cummine, J. (2022). The Impact of Dyslexia Awareness Month on Search Volume Using GoogleTrends. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 44.
Cummine, J., Cullum, A., Aalto, D., Sereda, T., Fleming, C., Reed, A., … Hodgetts, W. E. (2021). From lollipops to lidocaine: The need for a universal print-to-speech framework. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology/Revue Canadienne de Psychologie Expérimentale, 75(3), 279.
Cheema, K., Ostevik, A. V., Westover, L., Hodgetts, W. E., & Cummine, J. (2021). Resting-state networks and reading in adults with and without reading impairments. Journal of Neurolinguistics, 60, 101016.
McKenzie, C., Hodgetts, W. E., Ostevik, A. V., & Cummine, J. (2021). Listen before you drive: The effect of voice familiarity on listening comprehension and driving performance. International Journal of Audiology, 60(8), 621–628.
Cheema, K., Hodgetts, W. E., & Cummine, J. (2021). Is the letter ‘t’in the word ‘gourmet’? Disruption in task-evoked connectivity networks in adults with impaired literacy skills. NeuroSci, 2(1), 75–94.
Jean, C. R. S., Cummine, J., Singh, G., & Hodgetts, W. E. (2021). Be part of the conversation: Audiology messaging during a hearing screening. Ear and Hearing, 42(6), 1680–1686.
Reed, A., Cummine, J., Bhat, N., Jhala, S., Bakhtiari, R., & Boliek, C. A. (2021). Changes in intermuscular coherence as a function of age and phase of speech production during an overt reading task. Motor Control, 25(2), 295–314.
Hodgetts, W., Song, Q., Xiang, X., & Cummine, J. (2021). On a Vector towards a Novel Hearing Aid Feature: What Can We Learn from Modern Family, Voice Classification and Deep Learning Algorithms. Applied Sciences, 11(12), 5659.
Cummine, J., Villarena, M., Onysyk, T., & Devlin, J. T. (2020). A study of null effects for the use of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) in adults with and without reading impairment. Neurobiology of Language, 1(4), 434–451.
Westover, L., Ostevik, A., Aalto, D., Cummine, J., & Hodgetts, W. E. (2020). Evaluation of word recognition and word recall with bone conduction devices: do directional microphones free up cognitive resources? International Journal of Audiology, 59(5), 367–373.
Al-Zanoon, N., Cullum, A., Cummine, J., Jeffery, C., Hodgetts, B., & Aalto, D. (2020). The role of somatosensory feedback in the production of English vowels. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 148(4_Supplement), 2811–2811.
Aalto, D., Fenner, M., Haarstad, M., Ostevik, A., Hodgetts, B., & Cummine, J. (2020). Speaking upside down: Manipulation of vowel formants with an inversion table. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 148(4_Supplement), 2474–2474.
Cullum, A., Hodgetts, W. E., Milburn, T. F., & Cummine, J. (2019). Cerebellar activation during reading tasks: exploring the dichotomy between motor vs. language functions in adults of varying reading proficiency. The Cerebellum, 18(4), 688–704.
Cummine, J., Boliek, C. A., McKibben, T., Jaswal, A., & Joanisse, M. F. (2019). Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) selectively modulates semantic information during reading. Brain and Language, 188, 11–17.
Chouinard, B., Volden, J., Hollinger, J., & Cummine, J. (2019). Spoken metaphor comprehension: Evaluation using the metaphor interference effect. Discourse Processes, 56(3), 270–287.
Hodgetts, W. E., Aalto, D., Ostevik, A., & Cummine, J. (2019). Changing hearing performance and sound preference with words and expectations: Meaning responses in audiology. Ear and Hearing, 40(3), 615–620.
Ostevik, A. V., Westover, L., Gynane, H., Herst, J., Cummine, J., & Hodgetts, W. E. (2019). Comparison of health insurance coverage for hearing aids and other services in Alberta. Healthcare Policy, 15(2), 72.
Boliek, C. A., Bakhtiari, R., Pedersen, L., Esch, J. R., & Cummine, J. (2019). Differential cortical control of chest wall muscles during pressure-and volume-related expiratory tasks and the effects of acute expiratory threshold loading. Motor Control, 23(1), 13–33.
McKenzie, C., Ostevik, A., Hodgetts, B., Cummine, J., & Aalto, D. (2019). Associations Between Musical Experience and Auditory Discrimination. Canadian Acoustics, 47(3), 30–31.
Craig, J., Ostevik, A. V., Westover, L., Hodgetts, B., & Cummine, J. (2019). To Go or Not to Go: Exploring brain activation during response inhibition reading tasks. Spectrum, (3).
Cummine, J., Aalto, D., Ostevik, A., Cheema, K., & Hodgetts, W. (2018). “To Name or Not to Name: That is the Question”: The Role of Response Inhibition in Reading. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 47(5), 999–1014.
Rollans, C., & Cummine, J. (2018). One tract, two tract, old tract, new tract: A pilot study of the structural and functional differentiation of the inferior fronto-occipital fasciculus. Journal of Neurolinguistics, 46, 122–137.
Cheema, K., Cummine, J., Pediatric Imaging, Neurocognition, & Study, G. (2018). The relationship between white matter and reading acquisition, refinement and maintenance. Developmental Neuroscience, 40(3), 209–222.
Cheema, K., Lantz, N., & Cummine, J. (2018). Exploring the role of subcortical structures in developmental reading impairments: Evidence for subgroups differentiated by caudate activity. NeuroReport, 29(4), 271–279.
Rollans, C., Cheema, K., Georgiou, G. K., & Cummine, J. (2017). Pathways of the inferior frontal occipital fasciculus in overt speech and reading. Neuroscience, 364, 93–106.
Fiecas, M., Cribben, I., Bahktiari, R., & Cummine, J. (2017). A variance components model for statistical inference on functional connectivity networks. NeuroImage, 149, 256–266.
Cummine, J., Hanif, W., Dymouriak-Tymashov, I., Anchuri, K., Chiu, S., & Boliek, C. A. (2017). The role of the supplementary motor region in overt reading: Evidence for differential processing in SMA-proper and pre-SMA as a function of task demands. Brain Topography, 30(5), 579–591.
Chouinard, B., Volden, J., Cribben, I., & Cummine, J. (2017). Neurological evaluation of the selection stage of metaphor comprehension in individuals with and without autism spectrum disorder. Neuroscience, 361, 19–33.
Bakhtiari, R., Cummine, J., Reed, A., Fox, C. M., Chouinard, B., Cribben, I., & Boliek, C. A. (2017). Changes in brain activity following intensive voice treatment in children with cerebral palsy. Human Brain Mapping, 38(9), 4413–4429.
Reed, A., Cummine, J., Bakhtiari, R., Fox, C. M., & Boliek, C. A. (2017). Changes in white matter integrity following intensive voice treatment (LSVT LOUD®) in children with cerebral palsy and motor speech disorders. Developmental Neuroscience, 39(6), 460–471.
Hodgetts, B., Ostevik, A., Aalto, D., & Cummine, J. (2017). Don’t fade into the background: A randomized trial exploring the effects of message framing in audiology. Can J Speech-Lang Pathol Audiol, 41, 175–202.
Sawatzky, A., Van Wolde, J., Hodgetts, B., & Cummine, J. (2017). Representation of hearing loss and hearing aids in the mainstream media.
Cummine, J., Cribben, I., Luu, C., Kim, E., Bakhtiari, R., Georgiou, G., & Boliek, C. A. (2016). Understanding the role of speech production in reading: Evidence for a print-to-speech neural network using graphical analysis. Neuropsychology, 30(4), 385.
Chouinard, B., & Cummine, J. (2016). All the world’sa stage: Evaluation of two stages of metaphor comprehension in people with autism spectrum disorder. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 23, 107–121.
Westbury, C. F., Cribben, I., & Cummine, J. (2016). Imaging imageability: behavioral effects and neural correlates of its interaction with affect and context. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 10, 346.
Chouinard, B., Boliek, C., & Cummine, J. (2016). How to interpret and critique neuroimaging research: A tutorial on use of functional magnetic resonance imaging in clinical populations. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 25(3), 269–289.
Cummine, J., Dai, W., Borowsky, R., Gould, L., Rollans, C., & Boliek, C. (2015). Investigating the ventral-lexical, dorsal-sublexical model of basic reading processes using diffusion tensor imaging. Brain Structure and Function, 220(1), 445–455.
Cummine, J., Chouinard, B., Szepesvari, E., & Georgiou, G. K. (2015). An examination of the rapid automatized naming–reading relationship using functional magnetic resonance imaging. Neuroscience, 305, 49-66. doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2015.07.071
Donnelly, M., Kinsman, M., Kim, E., & Cummine, J. (2015). Neurophysiological mechanisms of reading in alexia: Development of stimuli to examine semantic integration using the N400 response.
Cummine, J., Szepesvari, E., Chouinard, B., Hanif, W., & Georgiou, G. K. (2014). A functional investigation of RAN letters, digits, and objects: how similar are they? Behavioural Brain Research, 275, 157–165. doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2014.08.038
Bakhtiari, R., Boliek, C., & Cummine, J. (2014). Investigating the contribution of ventral-lexical and dorsal-sublexical pathways during reading in bilinguals. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 8, 507.
Cummine, J., & Boliek, C. A. (2013). Understanding white matter integrity stability for bilinguals on language status and reading performance. Brain Structure and Function, 218(2), 595–601. doi.org/10.1007/s00429-012-0466-6
Cummine, J., Gould, L., Zhou, C., Hrybouski, S., Siddiqi, Z., Chouinard, B., & Borowsky, R. (2013). Manipulating instructions strategically affects reliance on the ventral-lexical reading stream: converging evidence from neuroimaging and reaction time. Brain and Language, 125(2), 203–214.
Borowsky, R., Esopenko, C., Gould, L., Kuhlmann, N., Sarty, G., & Cummine, J. (2013). Localisation of function for noun and verb reading: Converging evidence for shared processing from fMRI activation and reaction time. Language and Cognitive Processes, 28(6), 789–809.
Cummine, J., Lamontagne-Looy, A., Hautz, T., & Addison, N. (2013). Reading skill and related neural pathways in adult bilinguals.
Chouinard, B. D., Zhou, C. I., Hrybouski, S., Kim, E. S., & Cummine, J. (2012). A functional neuroimaging case study of Meares--Irlen syndrome/visual stress (MISViS). Brain Topography, 25(3), 293–307.
Esopenko, C., Gould, L., Cummine, J., Sarty, G. E., Kuhlmann, N., & Borowsky, R. (2012). A neuroanatomical examination of embodied cognition: semantic generation to action-related stimuli. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 6, 84.
Gould, L., Cummine, J., & Borowsky, R. (2012). The cognitive chronometric architecture of reading aloud: semantic and lexical effects on naming onset and duration. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 6, 287.
Zhou, C., & Cummine, J. (2012). The proportion of exception words and regular words in a reading list influences reading strategies in behavioural and fMRI data. Eureka, 3(1), 10–10.
Farthing, J. P., Krentz, J. R., Magnus, C. R., Barss, T. S., Lanovaz, J. L., Cummine, J., … Borowsky, R. (2011). Changes in functional magnetic resonance imaging cortical activation with cross education to an immobilized limb. Med Sci Sports Exerc, 43(8), 1394–1405. doi.org/10.1249/MSS.0b013e318210783c
Cummine, J., Amyotte, J., Pancheshen, B., & Chouinard, B. (2011). Evidence for the modulation of sub-lexical processing in go no-go naming: The elimination of the frequency× regularity interaction. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 40(5), 367.
Cummine, J., Sarty, G. E., & Borowsky, R. (2010). Localizing the Frequency× Regularity word reading interaction in the cerebral cortex. Neuropsychologia, 48(7), 2147–2157.
Cummine, J., Borowsky, R., Winder, F. S., & Crossley, M. (2009). Basic reading skills and dyslexia: three decades following right versus left hemispherectomy for childhood-onset intractable epilepsy. Epilepsy & Behavior, 15(4), 470–475.
Esopenko, C., Borowsky, R., Cummine, J., & Sarty, G. (2008). Mapping the semantic homunculus: A functional and behavioural analysis of overt semantic generation. Brain Topography, 21(1), 22–35.
Cummine, J., Borowsky, R., Vakorin, V., Bird, J., & Sarty, G. (2008). The relationship between naming reaction time and functional MRI parameters in Broca’s area. Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 26(6), 824–834.
Borowsky, R., Esopenko, C., Cummine, J., & Sarty, G. E. (2007). Neural representations of visual words and objects: a functional MRI study on the modularity of reading and object processing. Brain Topography, 20(2), 89–96. doi.org/10.1007/s10548-007-0034-1
Farthing, J. P., Cummine, J., Borowsky, R., Chilibeck, P. D., Binsted, G., & Sarty, G. E. (2007). False activation in the brain ventricles related to task-correlated breathing in fMRI speech and motor paradigms. Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine, 20(3), 157–168.
Borowsky, R., Cummine, J., Owen, W. J., Friesen, C. K., Shih, F., & Sarty, G. E. (2006). FMRI of ventral and dorsal processing streams in basic reading processes: insular sensitivity to phonology. Brain Topography, 18(4), 233–239. doi.org//10.1007/s10548-006-0001-2