Publications

PUBLISHED MANUSCRIPTS

Shafto, M. A., Abrams, L., & James, L. E. (under review, Behavior Research Methods). Relating Tabooness and Humor Ratings In American English: What the F*** is so Funny?

Borgeest, G. S., Henson, R. N., Shafto, M., Samu, D., Cam-CAN, & Kievit, R. A. (2020). Greater lifestyle engagement is associated with better age-adjusted cognitive abilities. Plos one, 15(5), e0230077.

Shafto, M. A., Henson, R. N., Matthews, F. E., Taylor, J. R., Emery, T., Erzinclioglu, S., ... & Marslen-Wilson, W. D. (2020). Cognitive diversity in a healthy aging cohort: cross-domain cognition in the Cam-CAN Project. Journal of aging and health, 32(9), 1029-1041.

Bruffaerts, R., Tyler, L. K., Shafto, M., Tsvetanov, K. A., & Clarke, A. (2019). Perceptual and conceptual processing of visual objects across the adult lifespan. Scientific reports, 9(1), 1-13.

Fuhrmann, D., Nesbitt, D., Shafto, M., Rowe, J. B., Price, D., Gadie, A., ... & Cusack, R. (2019). Strong and specific associations between cardiovascular risk factors and white matter micro-and macrostructure in healthy aging. Neurobiology of Aging, 74, 46-55.. Link

Shafto, M. A., James, L. E., Abrams, L., & CAN, C. (2019). Age-related changes in word retrieval vary by self-reported anxiety but not depression symptoms. Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition, 1-14. Link

Chan, D., Shafto, M., Kievit, R.A., Matthews, F.E., Spink, M., Valenzuela, M., Cam-CAN, Henson, R. (2018). Lifestyle activities in mid-life contribute to cognitive reserve in late-life, independent of education, occupation and late-life activities. Neurobiology of Aging, 70, 180-183. Link

Gadie, A., Shafto, M., Leng, Y., Cam-CAN, Kievit, R. A. (2017). Age-related differences in self-reported sleep quality predict healthy ageing across multiple domains: a multi-modal cohort of 2406 adults. BMJ Open. doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/060145 Link

Samu, D., Campbell, K.L., Tsvetanov, K.A., Shafto, M.A., Cam-CAN, and Tyler, L.K (2017). Preserved cognitive functions with age are determined by domain-dependent shifts in network responsivity. Nature Communications, 8. doi: 10.1038/ncomms14743. Link

Shafto, M. A., James, L. E., Abrams, L., Tyler, L. K., & Cam-CAN. (2017). Age-Related Increases in Verbal Knowledge Are Not Associated With Word Finding Problems in the Cam-CAN Cohort: What You Know Won’t Hurt You. The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 72.1, 100-106. http://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbw074 Link

Taylor, J.R., Williams, N., Cusack, R., Auer, T., Shafto, M.A., Dixon, M., Tyler, L.K., Cam-CAN, & Henson, R.N. (2017). The Cambridge Centre for Ageing and Neuroscience (Cam-CAN) data repository: Structural and functional MRI, MEG, and cognitive data from a cross-sectional adult lifespan sample. NeuroImage, 144, 262-269. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2015.09.018 Link

Green, E., Shafto, M.A., Matthews, F.E., Cam-CAN, White, S.R. (2015). Lifespan cognitive variability in the cross-sectional Cam-CAN cohort. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 12 (12) 15516-15530. doi:10.3390/ijerph121215003.Link

Taylor, J.R., Williams, N., Cusack, R., Auer, T., Shafto, M.A., Dixon, M., Tyler, L.K., Cam-CAN, & Henson, R.N. (in press). The Cambridge Centre for Ageing and Neuroscience (Cam-CAN) data repository: Structural and functional MRI, MEG, and cognitive data from a cross-sectional adult lifespan sample. NeuroImage. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2015.09.018 Link

Shafto, M.A. (2015). Proofreading in young and older adults: The effect of error category and comprehension difficulty. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 12(11), 14445-14460. doi:10.3390/ijerph121114445. Link

Tsvetanov, K. A., Henson, R. N., Tyler, L. K., Davis, S. W., Shafto, M. A., Taylor, J. R., Williams, N., Cam-CAN, & Rowe, J. B. (2015). The effect of ageing on fMRI: Correction for the confounding effects of vascular reactivity evaluated by joint fMRI and MEG in 335 adults. Human brain mapping, 36(6), 2248-2269. Link

Campbell, K.L., Shafto, M.A., Wright, P., Tsvetanov, K.A., Geerligs, L., Cusack, R., Cam-CAN, & Tyler, L.K. (2015). Idiosyncratic responding during movie-watching predicted by age differences in attentional control. Neurobiology of Aging, 36 (11), 3045–3055. doi: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2015.07.028 Link

Shafto, M.A., & Tyler, L.K. (2014). Language in the aging brain: The network dynamics of cognitive decline and preservation. Science, 346(6209), 583-587. Link

Shafto, M.A., Tyler, L.K., Dixon, M., Taylor, J.R., Rowe, J.B., Cusack, R., Calder, A.J., Marslen-Wilson, W.D., Duncan, J., Dalgleish, T., Henson, R.N., Brayne, C., Cam-CAN, & Matthews, F.E. (2014). The Cambridge Centre for Ageing and Neuroscience (Cam-CAN) study protocol: a cross-sectional, lifespan, multidisciplinary examination of healthy cognitive ageing. BMC Neurology, 14(1), 204. Link

Shafto, M.A., Randall, B., Stamatakis, E.A., Wright, P., and Tyler, L.K. (2012). Age-related neural reorganization during spoken word recognition: The interaction of form and meaning. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. Link

Stamatakis, E.A., Shafto, M.A., Williams, G., Tam, P., & Tyler, L.K. (2011). White Matter Changes and Word Finding Failures with Increasing Age. PLoS ONE, 6(1), e14496.Link

Shafto, M.A. (2010). Orthographic error monitoring in old age: Lexical and sublexical availability during perception and production. Psychology and Aging, 25,991-1001. Link

Shafto, M.A., & MacKay, D.G. (2010). Miscomprehension, meaning and phonology: The Unknown and Phonological Armstrong Illusions, European Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 22, 529-568. Link

Shafto, M.A., Stamatakis, E.A., Tam, P.P., & Tyler, L.K. (2010). Word retrieval failures in old age: The relationship between structure and function. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 22, 1530-1540. Link

Tyler, L.K., Shafto, M.A., Randall, B., Wright, P., Marslen-Wilson, W.D., Stamatakis, E.A. (2010). Preserving Syntactic Processing across the Adult Life Span: The Modulation of the Frontotemporal Language System in the Context of Age-Related Atrophy. Cerebral Cortex, 20(2), 352-364.Link

Shafto, M.A., Burke, D.M., Stamatakis, E., Tam, P., & Tyler, L. (2007). On the tip-of-the-tongue: Neural correlates of increased word-finding failures in normal aging. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 19, 12, 1-11.Link

Burke, D.M., & Shafto, M. A. (2004). Aging and language production. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 13, 21-24. Link

MacKay, D.M., Shafto, M.A., Taylor, J.K., Marian, D.E., Abrams, L., & Dyer, J.R. (2004). Relations between emotion, memory and attention: Evidence from taboo Stroop, lexical decision, and immediate memory tasks. Memory and Cognition, 32, 474-488.Link

Shafto, M.A., & MacKay, D.M. (2000). The Moses and Armstrong Illusions: Implications for Language Comprehension and Semantic Memory. Psychological Science, 11, 372-378.Link

BOOK CHAPTERS AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS

Neville, D. A., Fitz, H., & Shafto, M. (2021). AgeNet: A Neurobiological Model of Age-related Word Retrieval Deficits. In Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (Vol. 43, No. 43).

Williams, C., Thwaites, A., Buttery, P., Geertzen, J., Randall, B., Shafto, M., Devereux, B., & Tyler, L. K. (2010). The Cambridge Cookie-Theft Corpus: A corpus of directed and spontaneous speech of brain-damaged patients and healthy individuals. In Calzolari, N., Choukri, K., Maegaard, B., Mariani, J., Odjik, J., Piperidis, S., Rosner, M., & Tapias, D. (Eds.) Proceedings of the Seventh Conference on International Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC'10) Valletta, Malta: European Language Resources Association (ELRA)

Burke, D.M., & Shafto, M.A. (2008). Language and Aging. Book chapter for F.I.M. Craik and T.A. Salthouse (Eds.), The Handbook of Aging and Cognition, Psychology Press.

Shafto, M.A. & Tyler, L. K. (2007). Can Old Brains Learn New Tricks? Invited article for Horizons, magazine of Research Services Division, University of Cambridge.

Shafto, M.A. (2007). Word comprehension in younger and older adults: When is a difference a deficit? Invited article for British Academy Review, issue 10.

Shafto, M.A. (2002). Orthographic error monitoring in older adults. Dissertation Abstracts International, 63 (03), 1584. (UMI No. 3045605).

PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS

Shafto, M. A., Randall, B., Wright, P., & Tyler, L. K. (2010). Lexical access in young, younger-old and older-old adults: Age-related changes in the contribution of phonology and semantics. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience.

Shafto, M. A., Randall, B., Tam, P. P., Burke, D. M., & Tyler, L. K. (2008). Hemispheric changes in the fronto-temporal language system in younger and older adults. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 20.

Stamatakis, E. A., Burke, D. M., Shafto, M. A., Tam, P. P., Williams, G. B., Harding, S., & Tyler, L. K. (2006). The role of white matter integrity in age-related word-finding difficulties. NeuroImage, 26(S1): 258.

Shafto, M. A., Stamatakis, E. A., Tam, P. P., Burke, D. M., & Tyler, L. K. (2006). Age-related changes in activation during tip-of-the-tongue: An event-related fMRI study. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 18, Suppl. D35.

Burke, D. M., Stamatakis, E. A., Broderick, C., Finan, V., Shafto, M. A., Osborne, G., & Tyler, L. K. (2005). Aging, tip-of-the-tongue experiences, and atrophy of the insula: A voxel-based morphometry study. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 17, Suppl. B195.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Shafto, M.A., Cam-CAN, Tyler, L.K. (2014). Diverse Cognitive Aging: Cross-Domain Performance in the Cam-CAN Project. Paper presented at the meeting of the Psychonomics Society, Long Beach, USA.

Shafto, M.A., White, S., Cam-CAN, Tyler, L.K. (2014). Word Finding Failures in the Cam-CAN Cohort: Lifespan Interaction of Domain-General and Domain-Specific Factors. Paper presented at the Experimental Psychology Society Cognitive Ageing Workshop, Pershore, UK.

Shafto, M.A., White, S., Cam-CAN, Tyler, L.K. (2013). Word Finding Failures in the Cam-CAN Cohort: Lifespan Interaction of Domain-General and Domain-Specific Factors. Paper presented at the meeting of the Psychonomics Society, Toronto, Canada.

Shafto, M.A. (2010). Language and memory: Impact of normal cognitive ageing. Paper presented at the meeting of the British Society of Gerontology Conference, Brunel University, UK.

Shafto, M.A., Kim, T., Griffiths, J., & Tyler, L.K. (2009). When did it all go wrong? Identifying the locus of age-related word-finding failures. Poster presented at the 15th annual meeting of Architectures and Mechanisms of Language, Barcelona, Spain.

Shafto, M.A., Stamatakis, E. A., Tam, P. P., & Tyler, L. K. (2008, September). Senior moments and the brain: Convergent measures and an aging network. Paper presented at the 14th annual Conference on Architectures and Mechanisms for Language Processing, Cambridge, UK.

Shafto, M.A. (2008, September). Understanding word finding problems in old age: the interaction between space and time in the brain. Paper presented at the annual Grantholder’s Conference sponsored by Research into Ageing, Birmingham, UK.

Shafto, M.A., Tyler, L. K., Stamatakis, E. A., Burke, D. M., & Tam, P. P. (2007, September). Word finding problems in ageing: how does the brain cope? Paper presented at the Strategic Promotion of Ageing Research workshop Understanding the ageing brain: linking cognitive and neural change across the lifespan.

Shafto, M.A., Stamatakis, E. A., Tam, P. P., Burke, D. M., & Tyler, L. K. (2007, July). Word-finding failures in old age: combining behavioural, functional, and structural data. Paper presented at the meeting of the Experimental Psychology Society, United Kingdom.

Shafto, M.A., Stamatakis, E. A., Tam, P. P., Burke, D. M., & Tyler, L. K. (2006, June). Word-finding failures in old age: evidence from neuroimaging. Paper presented at the Neuropsychology of Ageing Meeting, Cropthorne, United Kingdom.

Shafto, M.A., Burke, D.M., Stamatakis, E., Tam, P., Osborne, G., & Tyler, L.K. (2006, March). Insula atrophy contributes to word-finding deficits in older adults. Paper presented at the Meeting of the British Neuropsychological Society, Cambridge, United Kingdom.

Shafto, M.A., Burke, D.M., Stamatakis, E., Broderick, C., Finan, V. , Osborne, G., & Tyler, L.K. (2005, March). Regional atrophy and language deficits in older adults. Paper presented at the Neuropsychology of Ageing Meeting, Cropthorne, United Kingdom.

Shafto, M.A. (2003, May). Orthographic error monitoring in older adults. Paper presented at the Neuropsychology of Ageing Meeting, Cropthorne, United Kingdom.

CONFERENCE POSTERS

Shafto, M.A., Abrams, & L., James (2021, April). Older Adults Can Handle Funny S**T: Age and Psychosocial Variables Predict Reactions to Highly Emotional Language. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Society.

Shafto, M.A., Abrams, L., James, L.E., Hu, P., & Gray, G. (2020, November). Relating Tabooness and Humor Ratings: What the F*** is so funny? Poster presented at the 61st annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Austin, TX.

Shafto, M.A., Abrams, L., James, L.E., and Cam-CAN (2018, November). The effect of emotional responsivity on name retrieval varies across the lifespan. Poster presented at the meeting of the Psychonomics Society, New Orleans, USA. Link

James, L.E., Shafto, M.A., Abrams, L., and Cam-CAN (2018, April). Age-Related Changes in Word Retrieval Vary by Self-Reported Symptoms of Anxiety. Poster presented at the Cognitive Aging Conference, Atlanta, Georgia.

Fuhrmann, D., Nesbitt, D., Shafto, M., Cam-CAN, and Kievit, R.A. (2017, September). Cardiovascular Problems Predict Poorer White Matter Health in the Cam-CAN Adult Lifespan Cohort. Poster presented at Cambridge Neuroscience Symposium, Cambridge UK.

Henson, R., Tyler, L., Kievit, R., Nesbitt, D., Chan, D., CamCAN and Shafto, M. (2017, April) Modifiable contributors to cognitive reserve and their neural correlates. Poster presented at BNA Festival of Neuroscience.

James, L.E., Shafto, M.A., Abrams, L., Tyler, L.K., and Cam-CAN (2016, April). The relationship between crystallized knowledge and word retrieval: What you know won’t hurt you. Poster presented at the Cognitive Aging Conference, Atlanta, Georgia.

Shafto, M.A., Cam-CAN & Tyler, L.K. (2015, April) Tip-of-the-tongue states across the lifespan: Different problems for different ages? Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS2015), San Francisco.

Campbell, K.L., Shafto, M.A., Wright, P., Tsvetanov, K.A., Cusack, R., Cam-CAN, & Tyler, L.K. (2014). Beyond the resting state: Age differences in neural networks identified during naturalistic viewing. Poster session presented at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping, Hamburg, Germany.

Shafto, M. A. & Tyler, L. K. (2014) Diversity in successful aging: Deep cognitive phenotyping of the Cam-CAN cohort. Poster presented at the biannual meeting of the Cognitive Aging Conference, Atlanta, USA.

Campbell, K.L., Shafto, M.A., Wright, P., Cam-CAN, & Tyler, L.K. (2013) Beyond the resting state: Age differences in neural networks identified during naturalistic viewing. Poster session presented at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the British Society for Research on Ageing, Norwich, UK.

Shafto, M.A., Randall, B., & Tyler, L.K. (2012, November). Proper Name Retrieval Across the Lifespan: The Impact of Semantic and Phonology Availability. Poster presented at the meeting of the Psychonomics Society, Minneapolis.

Zhang, J., Randall, B., Devereux, B., Shafto, M., Zhuang, J., Tyler, L.K.(2010). Age-related changes in the neural language system non-linear? Poster presented at 16th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping, Barcelona, Spain.

Geertzen, J., Randall, B., Williams, C., Shafto, M. & Tyler, L.K.(2010). Age-related effects of syntactic complexity in spontaneous speech production. Poster at Architectures and Mechanisms for Language Processing (AMLaP), York, UK.

Shafto, M.A., Kim, T., Griffith, J., & Tyler, L.K. (2008, November). Phonological availability and word finding failures across the lifespan. Poster presented at the meeting of the Psychonomics Society, Chicago.

Shafto, M.A., Randall, B., Tam, P.P., & Tyler, L.K. (2008, April). Hemispheric changes in the fronto-temporal language system in younger and older adults. Poster presented at the Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, San Francisco.

Shafto, M. A., Stamatakis, E. A., Tam, P. P., & Tyler, L. K. (2007, November). Word retrieval in old age: Integrating functional and structural neuroimaging. Poster presented at the meeting of the Psychonomics Society, Long Beach, USA.

Shafto, M.A. (September, 2007). Understanding word finding problems in old age: the interaction between space and time in the brain. Poster presented at the annual Grantholder’s Conference sponsored by Research into Ageing.

Tam, P.P., Shafto, M.A., Randall, B., & Tyler, L.K. (2006, November). Do semantic and associative priming effects show age-related change? Poster presented at the meeting of the Psychonomics Society, Houston, USA.

Shafto, M. A., Stamatakis, E. A., Tam, P. P., Burke, D. M., & Tyler, L. K. (2006, April). Age-related changes in activation during tip-of-the-tongue: An event-related fMRI study. Poster presented at the Cognitive Aging Conference, Atlanta, Georgia.

Shafto, M.A., Stamatakis, E.A., Tam, P.P., Burke, D.M., & Tyler, L.K. (2006, April). Age-related changes in activation during Tip-of-the-Tongue: An event-related fMRI study. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, San Francisco.

Shafto, M.A., Burke, D.M., Stamatakis, E., Tam, P., Osborne, G., & Tyler, L.K. (2005, November). Older adults’ tip-of-the-tongue states associated with region-specific grey matter atrophy. Poster presented at the meeting of the Psychonomics Society, Toronto, Ontario.

Shafto, M.A., Burke, D.M., Stamatakis, E., Tam, P., Osborne, G., & Tyler, L.K. (2005, November). Insula atrophy contributes to word-finding deficits in older adults. Poster presented at the meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Washington, D.C.

Burke, D.M., Stamatakis, E., Broderick, C., Finan, V., Shafto, M.A., Osborne, G., & Tyler, L.K. (2005, April). Aging, Tip-of-the-Tongue Experiences, and Atrophy of the Insula: A Voxel-based Morphometry Study. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, New York.

Shafto, M.A. (2004, November). Older adults’ proofreading ability varies by error type and difficulty. Poster presented at the meeting of the Psychonomics Society, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

MacKay, D.G., & Shafto, M.A. (2003, November). The role of semantic anomaly in Moses-like illusions. Poster presented at the meeting of the Psychonomics Society, Vancouver, British Columbia.

Mackay, D.G., Shafto, M.A., Taylor, J.K., Marian, D.E., Abrams, L.A., & Dyer, J. (2002, November). The Taboo Stroop and Related Effects of Emotion on Memory & Attention. Poster presented at the meeting of the Psychonomics Society, Kansas City, Missouri.

Shafto, M.A., & MacKay, D.M. (2002, April). Age-linked asymmetries in detecting and correcting spelling errors: Empirical and theoretical implications. Poster presented at the Cognitive Aging Conference, Atlanta, Georgia.

MacKay, D.M., & Shafto, M.A. (2000, November). Disruptive effects of emotion on cognition: The taboo Stroop. Poster presented at the meeting of the Psychonomics Society, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Shafto, M.A., & MacKay, D.M. (2000, April). Improved procedures show how aging affects sentence comprehension in the Moses and Armstrong Illusions. Poster presented at the Cognitive Aging Conference, Atlanta, Georgia.

Shafto, M.A., & MacKay, D.M. (1999, November). The Moses and Armstrong Illusions: Language Comprehension and Semantic Memory. Poster presented at the meeting of the Psychonomics Society, Los Angeles, California.

Shafto, M.A., & MacKay, D.M. (1998, July). The Moses and Armstrong Illusions: Implications for language comprehension and the structure of semantic memory. Poster presented at the meeting of the Cognitive Science Association for Interdisciplinary Learning, Hood River, Oregon.

Shafto, M.A., & MacKay, D.M. (1998, April). Effects of Aging on the Moses Illusion and Related Conceptual Errors. Poster presented at Cognitive Aging Conference, Atlanta, Georgia.