Josh Goheen, PhD

 I am a Cognitive Scientist whose interests integrate neuroscience, physiology, and data science to understand human behaviour. My work bridges clinical and experimental contexts, combining psychological and physiological time-series analyses, including EEG, breathing, and cardiac signals, to explore the relationship between the brain, body, and behaviour. I am an expert in univariate and multivariate statistical methods and apply these tools to translate complex datasets into actionable insights aimed at improving mental health, physical health, and human performance

Publications

For my most up-to-date list of publications see Google Scholar 

Goheen, J., Çatal, Y., MacPhee, I., Call, T., Carson, C., Ali, R., Khan, R., Weche, K., Anderson, J. A. E., & Northoff, G. (2025). It’s About Time—Breathing Dynamics Modulate Emotion and Cognition. Psychophysiology, 62(9), e70149.

Wolman, A., Lechner, S., Angeletti, L. L., Goheen, J., & Northoff, G. (2024). From the brain’s encoding of input dynamics to its behaviour: neural dynamics shape bias in decision making. Communications Biology, 7(1), 1–9.

Goheen, J., Wolman, A., Angeletti, L. L., Wolff, A., Anderson, J. A. E., & Northoff, G. (2024). Dynamic mechanisms that couple the brain and breathing to the external environment. Communications Biology, 7(1), 1–11.

Lu, C.-J., Goheen, J., Wolman, A., Lucherini Angeletti, L., Arantes-Gonçalves, F., Hirjak, D., Wolff, A., & Northoff, G. (2024). Scale for time and space experience in anxiety (STEA): Phenomenology and its clinical relevance. Journal of Affective Disorders, 358, 192–204.

Goheen, J., Anderson, J. A. E., Zhang, J., & Northoff, G. (2023). From Lung to Brain: Respiration Modulates Neural and Mental Activity. Neuroscience Bulletin. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12264-023-01070-5

A. Lochbihler, B. Wallace, K. Van Benthem, C. Herdman, W. Sloan, K. Brightman, J. Goheen, F. Knoefel, S. Marshall, “Assessing Driver Engagement Through Machine Learning Classification of Physiological Measures”, IEEE International Symposium on Medical Measurements and Applications (MeMeA), 2023 

A. Lochbihler, B. Wallace, K. Van Benthem, C. Herdman, W. Sloan, K. Brightman, J. Goheen, F. Knoefel, S. Marshall, “Assessing Driver Task Engagement Through Machine Learning Classification of Physiological Response” 2023 IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium (SAS), 2023 

Presentations

Goheen, J., Çatal, Y., MacPhee, I., Call, T., Carson, C., Ali, R., Khan, R., Weche, K., Anderson, J., A.E., Northoff G., & (2025) It's About Time – Breathing Dynamics Modulate Emotion and Cognition. Ottawa, ON., Canada. [Poster presentation]. Department of Cognitive Sciences spring conference 

Goheen, J., Carson, C., Northoff G., & Anderson, J., A.E (2024) Breathing is Related to Anxiety. [Poster and Oral presentation]. Breathing for Life: 16th Oxford Conference on Breathing, Emotion, and Beyond. Williamsburg, Virginia, USA 

Goheen, J., Carson, C., Northoff G., & Anderson, J., A.E (2024). Distress and Symptoms of Anxiety and Depression: A Confirmatory and Exploratory Factor Analysis. Carleton University, Ottawa, ON., Canada. [Poster presentation]. Department of Cognitive Sciences spring conference

Goheen, J., Carson, C., Northoff G., & Anderson, J., A.E (2023). The Behavioral Outcomes of Slow and Fast Breathing. Carleton University, Ottawa, ON., Canada. [Poster presentation]. Department of Cognitive Sciences spring conference 

Goheen, J., Azzam, M. B. & Easteal, R. A. (2018). Memory Lability, Retrieval Practice, and Long-Term Memory in a Human Gross Anatomy Course [Poster presentation] 35th Annual American Association of Clinical Anatomists Meeting in Atlanta, GA, USA. 

Azzam, M. B., Goheen, J., & Easteal, R. A. (2018). Retrieval Practice for Learning Leading to Better Long-term Retention and Improved Student Performance. Queen’s University, Kingston, ON., Canada. [Poster presentation] 35th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Clinical Anatomists, Atlanta, GA, USA. 

Azzam, M. B., Goheen, J., & Easteal, R. A. (2018). Retrieval Practice in Anatomical Education Enhances Student Performance. Queen’s University, Kingston, ON., Canada. [Oral presentation]. Annual regional meeting for the American Association of Anatomists, Hamilton, ON, Canada. 

Azzam, M. B., Goheen, J., Perry, C. J., & Easteal, R. A. (2018). Enhancement of Long-Term Memory Using Retrieval Practice. Queen’s University, Kingston, ON., Canada. [Oral presentation] Teaching Development Day at Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada 

Goheen., J., Ezell J. (2016) Development of a Beta Ray Spectrometer System to be used in Carbon 14 Dating of Ancient Indigenous Artifacts. [Poster presentation] North Carolina Undergraduate Research and Creativity Symposium, Durham, NC, USA. 

Education

2021 – 2025  PhD Cognitive Science, Carleton University

Thesis Title: It’s About Time - Dynamics Link Breathing and Behaviour

2017- 2019  MSc Anatomical Sciences, Queen’s University

Thesis Title: Memory Lability, Retrieval Practice and Long-Term Memory in a Human Gross Anatomy Course

2013 - 2017  BS Chemistry with a minor in Mathematics, Campbell University

Undergraduate research title: Development of a Beta Ray Spectrometer System to be used in Carbon 14 Dating of Ancient Indigenous Artifacts