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    Social Isolation During the COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts the Link between Child Abuse and Adolescent Internalizing Problems

    Collective traumas have a notable impact on adolescent well-being. While some youth face increased risk for mental health problems (e.g., those with maltreatment histories), many demonstrate resilience followi...

    Elisa M. Trucco, Nicole M. Fava, Michelle G. Villar in Journal of Youth and Adolescence (2023)

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    Extended functional connectivity of convergent structural alterations among individuals with PTSD: a neuroimaging meta-analysis

    Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a debilitating disorder defined by the onset of intrusive, avoidant, negative cognitive or affective, and/or hyperarousal symptoms after witnessing or experiencing a tr...

    Brianna S. Pankey, Michael C. Riedel, Isis Cowan in Behavioral and Brain Functions (2022)

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    Interactive Effects of HIV Infection and Cannabis Use on Insula Subregion Functional Connectivity

    Chronic inflammation in the central nervous system is one mechanism through which human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) may lead to progressive cognitive decline. Given cannabis’s (CB’s) anti-inflammatory propert...

    Jessica S. Flannery, Michael C. Riedel, Taylor Salo in Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology (2022)

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    The Impact of COVID-19 Experiences on Adolescent Internalizing Problems and Substance Use Among a Predominantly Latinx Sample

    Given the salience of socialization factors on adolescence and their role in vulnerability to disasters and trauma, this study examined whether COVID-19-associated fears and impacted quality of life mediated a...

    Elisa M. Trucco, Nilofar Fallah-Sohy, Sarah A. Hartmann in Journal of Youth and Adolescence (2022)

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    Neural vulnerability and hurricane-related media are associated with post-traumatic stress in youth

    The human toll of disasters extends beyond death, injury and loss. Post-traumatic stress (PTS) can be common among directly exposed individuals, and children are particularly vulnerable. Even children far remo...

    Anthony Steven Dick, Karina Silva, Raul Gonzalez in Nature Human Behaviour (2021)

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    Meta-analytic clustering dissociates brain activity and behavior profiles across reward processing paradigms

    Reward learning is a ubiquitous cognitive mechanism guiding adaptive choices and behaviors, and when impaired, can lead to considerable mental health consequences. Reward-related functional neuroimaging studie...

    Jessica S. Flannery, Michael C. Riedel in Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neurosc… (2020)

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    Brain activity links performance in science reasoning with conceptual approach

    Understanding how students learn is crucial for hel** them succeed. We examined brain function in 107 undergraduate students during a task known to be challenging for many students—physics problem solving—to...

    Jessica E. Bartley, Michael C. Riedel, Taylor Salo in npj Science of Learning (2019)

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    Sex differences in brain correlates of STEM anxiety

    Anxiety is known to dysregulate the salience, default mode, and central executive networks of the human brain, yet this phenomenon has not been fully explored across the STEM learning experience, where anxiety...

    Ariel A. Gonzalez, Katherine L. Bottenhorn, Jessica E. Bartley in npj Science of Learning (2019)

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    Author Correction: No evidence for a bilingual executive function advantage in the ABCD study

    An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper.

    Anthony Steven Dick, Nelcida L. Garcia, Shannon M. Pruden in Nature Human Behaviour (2019)

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    Author Correction: No evidence for a bilingual executive function advantage in the nationally representative ABCD study

    An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper.

    Anthony Steven Dick, Nelcida L. Garcia, Shannon M. Pruden in Nature Human Behaviour (2019)

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    No evidence for a bilingual executive function advantage in the ABCD study

    Learning a second language in childhood is inherently advantageous for communication. However, parents, educators and scientists have been interested in determining whether there are additional cognitive advan...

    Anthony Steven Dick, Nelcida L. Garcia, Shannon M. Pruden in Nature Human Behaviour (2019)

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    Chronic cigarette smoking is linked with structural alterations in brain regions showing acute nicotinic drug-induced functional modulations

    Whereas acute nicotine administration alters brain function which may, in turn, contribute to enhanced attention and performance, chronic cigarette smoking is linked with regional brain atrophy and poorer cogn...

    Matthew T. Sutherland, Michael C. Riedel in Behavioral and Brain Functions (2016)

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    Reward Anticipation Is Differentially Modulated by Varenicline and Nicotine in Smokers

    Recidivism rates for cigarette smokers following treatment often exceed 80%. Varenicline is the most efficacious pharmacotherapy currently available with cessation rates of 25–35% following a year of treatment...

    John R Fedota, Matthew T Sutherland, Betty Jo Salmeron in Neuropsychopharmacology (2015)

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    Insula’s functional connectivity with ventromedial prefrontal cortex mediates the impact of trait alexithymia on state tobacco craving

    Alexithymia is a personality trait characterized by difficulty indentifying and describing subjective emotional experiences. Decreased aptitude in the perception, evaluation, and communication of affectively l...

    Matthew T. Sutherland, Allison J. Carroll, Betty Jo Salmeron in Psychopharmacology (2013)

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    Chronic smoking, but not acute nicotine administration, modulates neural correlates of working memory

    Beyond the amelioration of deprivation-induced impairments, and in contrast to effects on attentional processes, the cognitive-enhancing properties of nicotine on working memory (WM) operations remain unclear.

    Matthew T. Sutherland, Thomas J. Ross, Diaá M. Shakleya in Psychopharmacology (2011)

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    Top-Down Versus Bottom-Up Processing in the Human Brain: Distinct Directional Influences Revealed by Integrating SOBI and Granger Causality

    Top-down and bottom-up processing are two distinct yet highly interactive modes of neuronal activity underlying normal and abnormal human cognition. Here we characterize the dynamic processes that contribute t...

    Akaysha C. Tang, Matthew T. Sutherland in Independent Component Analysis and Signal … (2007)