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Dolcos, F., Denkova, E., Irodan, A., Shafer, A. T., Fernández, E., Dolcos, S. (2025, in press) Dissociating and Linking Divergent Effects of Emotion on Cognition: Insights from Current Research and Emerging Directions. Frontiers in Psychology, 16. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1483373

Thomas, J. G., Bogdan, P. C., Katsumi, Y., Dolcos, F., & Berenbaum, H. (2025). Implicit abandonment distress: Testing the dynamic link between schema activation and physiological arousal. Collabra: Psychology, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.1525/collabra.129168

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Moore, M., Iordan, A. D., Katsumi, Y., Fabiani, M., Gratton, G., & Dolcos, F. (2025). Trimodal Brain Imaging: A novel approach for simultaneous investigation of human brain function. Biological Psychology, 194, 108967. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2024.108967

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Ventura-Bort, C., Katsumi, Y., Wirkner, J., Wendt, J., Schwabe, L., Hamm, A.O., Dolcos, F., & Weymar, M. (2024). Disentangling emotional source memory processes: A mega-analysis on the effects of emotion on item/context binding in episodic long-term memory. Frontiers in Psychology, 15https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1459617

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Ventura-Bort, C., Wirkner, J., Wendt, J., Schwabe, L., Dolcos, F., Hamm, A. O., & Weymar, M. (2024). Opposing effects of pre-encoding stress on neural substrates of item and emotional contextual source memory retrieval. Neurobiology of Stress, 33, 100691. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ynstr.2024.100691

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Bogdan, P. C., Dolcos, S., & Dolcos, F. (2024). How likely is it that I would act the same way: Modeling moral judgment during uncertainty. Cognitive Science, 48(11). https://doi.org/10.1111/cogs.70010

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*Bogdan, P.C.,  *Dolcos F., Katsumi, Y., O’Brien, M., Iordan, A. D., Iwinski, S., Buetti, S., Lleras, A., Bost, K. F., & Dolcos, S. (2024). Reconciling opposing effects of emotion on relational memory: Behavioral, eye-tracking, and brain imaging investigations. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 153(12), 3074–3106. https://doi.org/10.1037/xge0001625 *Indicates shared first authorship.

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Hohl, K., & Dolcos, S. (2024). Measuring cognitive flexibility: A brief review of neuropsychological, self-report, and neuroscientific approaches. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 18. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2024.1331960

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Schiller, D., Yu, A. N. C., Alia-Klein, N., Becker, S., Cromwell, H. C., Dolcos, F., […], Dolcos, S., [...], & Lowe, L. (2024). The Human Affectome. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 158, 105450. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2023.105450

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Kałamała, P., Gyurkovics, M., Bowie, D. C., Clements, G. M., Low, K. A., Dolcos, F., Fabiani, M., & Gratton, G. (2023). Event-induced modulation of aperiodic background EEG: Attention-dependent and age-related shifts in E:I balance, and their consequences for behavior. Accepted for publication in Imaging Neurosciencehttps://doi.org/10.1162/imag_a_00054

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Bogdan, P.C., Dolcos, S., Federmeier, F., Lleras, A., Schwarb, H., Dolcos, F. (2023). Emotional Dissociations in Temporal Associations: Opposing Effects of Arousal on Memory for Details Surrounding Unpleasant Events. Accepted for publication in Cognition and Emotion's Special Issue: "Emotional time travel: The role of emotion in temporal memory."

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Bogdan, P.C.*, Dolcos, F.*, Moore, M., Kuznietsov, I., Culpepper, S.A., & Dolcos, S. (2023). Social Expectations are Primarily Rooted in Reciprocity: An Investigation of Fairness, Cooperation, and Trustworthiness. Cognitive Science, 47: e13326. https://doi.org/10.1111/cogs.13326. *shared first-authorship. 

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Bogdan, P.C., Iordan, A. D., Shobrook, J., & Dolcos, F. (2023). ConnSearch: A Framework for Functional Connectivity Analysis Designed for Interpretability and Effectiveness at Limited Sample Sizes. NeuroImage, 120274.

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Bogdan, P. C., Dolcos, S., Buetti, S., Lleras, A., Dolcos, F. (2023). Investigating the suitability of online eye tracking for psychological research: Evidence from comparisons with in‐person data using emotion–attention interaction tasks. Behavior Research Methods. 1-14.

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Moore, M., Katsumi, Y., Dolcos, S., & Dolcos, F.  (2022). Electrophysiological correlates of social decision making: An EEG investigation of a modified Ultimatum Game. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. 31 (1): 54-78. https://doi.org/10.1162/jocn_a_01782

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Bogdan, P.C., Moore, M., Kuznetsov, I., Frank, J., Federmeier, K.D., Dolcos, S., Dolcos, F. (2022). Direct Feedback and Social Conformity Promote Behavioral Change via Mechanisms Indexed by Centroparietal Positivity: ERP Evidence from a Role-Swapping Ultimatum Game. Psychophysiology, 59(4), doi: 10.1111/psyp.13985. PMID: 34931318. 

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Shipley, N.J., van Riper, C.J., Stewart, W., Chu, M., Stedman, R.C., & Dolcos, F. (2022). Pride and Guilt as Place-based Affective Antecedents to Pro-environmental Behavior. Frontiers in Psychology, 13:1084741, doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1084741.  

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Dolcos, F. & Dolcos, S. (2022). Neural Perspective on Emotion. Encyclopedia of Behavioural Neuroscience (2nd Edition). Editors in Chief: George Koob & Sergio Della Sala.  

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Dolcos, F., Bogdan, P. C., O’Brien, M., Iordan, A. D., Madison, A., Buetti, S., Lleras, A., Dolcos, S. (2022). The Impact of Focused Attention on Emotional Evaluation: An Eye-Tracking Investigation. Emotion. 22(5), 1088–1099. 10.1037/emo0000895

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Kohn, N., Morawetz, C., Yuan, J., Weymar, M., & Dolcos, F. (2021). Cognitive Control of Emotions in Challenging Contexts. Edited book resulting from Frontiers Special Issue. Lausanne: Frontiers Media SA. ISBN: 978-2-88971-054-6; DOI: 10.3389/978-2-88971-054-6.  

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Moore, M., Maclin, E. L., Iordan, A. D., Katsumi, Y., Larsen, R., Bagshaw, A., Mayhew, S., Shafer, A. T., Sutton, B. P., Fabiani, M., Gratton, G., & Dolcos, F. (2021). Proof-of-concept evidence for trimodal simultaneous investigation of human brain function. Human Brain Mapping, 42:4102–4121. doi: 10.1002/hbm.25541.

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Dolcos, S., Hu, Y., Williams, C., Bogdan, P. C., Hohl, K., Berenbaum, H., & Dolcos, F. (2021). Cultivating Affective Resilience: Proof-of-Principle Evidence of Translational Benefits From a Novel Cognitive-Emotional Training Intervention. Frontiers in Psychology, 12:585536. 10.339/fpsyg.2021.585536

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Sigumoto, H., Dolcos, F., & Tsukiura, T. (2021). Memory of my victory and your defeat: Contributions of reward- and memory-related regions to the encoding of winning events in competitions with others. Neuropsychologia, 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2020.107733.

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Katsumi, Y., Kondo, N., Dolcos, S., Dolcos, F., & Tsukiura, T. (2021). Intrinsic functional network contributions to the relationship between trait empathy and subjective happiness. NeuroImage227:117650. 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.117650.

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Dolcos, F., Hohl, K., Hu, Y., & S. Dolcos (2021). Religiosity and resilience: Cognitive reappraisal and coping self-efficacy mediate the link between religious coping and well-being. Journal of Religion and Health, 10.1007/s10943-020-01160-y.

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Ventura-Bort, C., Wendt, J., Wirkner, J., König, J., Lotze, M., Hamm, A. O., Dolcos, F., Weymar, M. (2020). Neural substrates of long-term item and source memory for emotional associates: An fMRI study. Neuropsychologia, 147:107561. 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2020.107561. Part of the Neupsychologia Special Issue in Honor of Endel Tulving

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Dolcos, F.*, Katsumi, Y.*, Shen, C., Bogdan, P. C., Jun, S., Larsen, R., Heller, W., Freeman Bost, K., Dolcos, S. (2020). The Impact of Focused Attention on Emotional Experience: A Functional MRI Investigation. Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience10.3758/s13415-020-00816-2. *shared first authorship

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Katsumi, Y.*, Dolcos, S.*, Dixon, R. A., Fabiani, M., Stine-Morrow, E. A. L., & Dolcos, F. (2020). Immediate and Long-Term Effects of Emotional Suppression in Aging: A Functional MRI Investigation. Psychology and Aging. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000437. *shared first authorship.

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Dolcos, F., Katsumi, Y., Bogdan, P. C., Shen, C., Jun, S., Buetti, S., Lleras, A., Freeman Bost, K., Weymar, M., & Dolcos, S. (2020). The impact of Focused Attention on subsequent emotional recollection: A functional MRI investigation. Neuropsychologia, 138(10):107338. 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2020.107338. Part of the Neupsychologia Special Issue in Honor of Endel Tulving.

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Dolcos, F., Katsumi, Y., Moore, M., Berggren, N., de Gelder, B., Derakshan, N., Hamm, A., Koster, E., Ladouceur, C., Okon-Singer, H., Pegna, A., Richter, T., Schweizer, S., Van den Stock, J., Ventura-Bort, C., Weymar, M., & Dolcos, S. (2020). Neural correlates of emotion-attention interactions: From perception, learning, and memory to social cognition, individual differences, and training interventions. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 108, 559-601.

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Shafer, A.T.*, Benoit, J.R.*, Brown, M.G., Greenshaw, A.J., Van Vliet, K.J., Vohra, S., Dolcos, F., Singhal, A. (2020). Differences in attentional control and white matter microstructure in adolescents with attentional, affective, and behavioral disorders. Brain imaging and behavior, 1-16, 599-614. doi: 10.1007/s11682-019-00211-7. *shared first authorship.

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Vohra, S., Punja, S., Sibinga, E., Baydala, L., Wikman, E., Singhal, A., Dolcos, F., & Van Vliet, K. J. (2019). Mindfulness‐based stress reduction for mental health in youth: a cluster randomized controlled trial. Child and Adolescent Mental Health24(1), 29-35. https://doi.org/10.1111/camh.12302.

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Ng, G.H.P., Buetti, S., Dolcos, S., Dolcos, F., & Lleras, A. (2019) Distractor rejection in parallel search tasks takes time but does not benefit from context repetition, Visual Cognition, 27(5-8), 609–625. DOI: 10.1080/13506285.2019.1676353

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Katsumi, Y., Dolcos, F., Moore, M., Bartholow, B. D., Fabiani, M. & Dolcos, S. (2019). Electrophysiological Correlates of Racial Ingroup Bias in Observing Nonverbal Social Encounters: An EEG Investigation. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 32(1):167-186doi: 10.1162/jocn_a_01475.

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Moore, M.*, Shafer, A. T.*, Bakhtiari, R., Dolcos, F., & Singhal, A. (2019). Integration of spatio-temporal dynamics in emotion-cognition interactions: A simultaneous fMRI-ERP investigation using the emotional oddball task. NeuroImage202, 116078. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2019.116078. *shared first authorship.

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Tian, L.*, Zimmerman, B.*, Akhtar, A.*, Yu, K. J.*, Moore, M., Wu, J., Larsen, R. J., Lee, J. W., Li, J., Liu, Y., Metzger, B., Qu, S., Guo, X., Mathewson, K. E., Fan, J. A., Cornman, J., Fatina, M., Xie, Z., Ma, Y., Zhang, J., Zhang, Y., Dolcos, F., Fabiani, M., Gratton, G., Bretl, T., Hargrove, L. J., Braun, P. V., Huang, Y., & Rogers, J. A. (2019). Large area, MRI-compatible epidermal electronic interfaces for prosthetic control and cognitive monitoring. Nature Biomedical Engineering, 3:3, 194-205. doi: 10.1038/s41551-019-0347-x. *shared first authorship.

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Iordan, A. D., Dolcos, S., & Dolcos, F. (2019). Brain Activity and Network Interactions in the Impact of Internal Emotional Distraction. Cerebral Cortex. 29(6), 2607-2623. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhy129.

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Moore, M., Culpepper, S., Phan, K. L., Strauman, T., Dolcos, F., & Dolcos, S. (2018). Neuro-behavioral mechanisms of resilience against emotional distress: An integrative brain-personality-symptom approach using structural equation modeling. Personality Neuroscience, 1:e8, 1-10. doi: 10.1017/pen.2018.11.

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Katsumi, Y., & Dolcos, S. (2020). Suppress to feel and remember less: Neural correlates of explicit and implicit emotional suppression on perception and memory. Neuropsychologia, 145, 106683. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2018.02.010

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Ventura-Bort, C., Dolcos, F., Wendt, J., Wirkner, J., Hamm, A. O., & Weymar, M. (2018). Item and source memory for emotional associates is mediated by different retrieval processes. Neuropsychologia, 145:106606. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2017.12.015.

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Dolcos, S., Moore, M., & Katsumi, Y. (2018). Neuroscience and Well-Being. e-Handbook of Subjective Well-Being. Edited by E. Diener, S. Oishi, & L. Tay. Salt Lake City, UT: DEF Publishers. doi:nobascholar.com

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Katsumi, Y. & Dolcos, S. (2018). Neural correlates of racial ingroup bias in observing computer-animated social encounters. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 11:632. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2017.00632.

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Hu, Y., Moore, M., Bertels, Z., Phan, K. L., Dolcos, F., & Dolcos, S. (2017). Smaller amygdala volume and increased neuroticism predict anxiety symptoms in healthy subjects: A volumetric approach using manual tracing. Neuropsychologia, 145:106564. doi:10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2017.11.008.

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DiGangi, J. A., Gorka, S., Afshar, K., Babione, J. M., Schroth, C., Greenstein, J. E., Proescher, E., Dolcos, F., & Phan, K. L. (2018). Differential impact of post-deployment stress and PTSD on neural reactivity to emotional stimuli in Iraq and Afghanistan veterans. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 96:9-14. doi:10.1016/j.jpsychires.2017.09.019.

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Dolcos, F., Katsumi, Y., Denkova, E., & Dolcos, S. (2017). Factors Influencing Opposing Effects of Emotion on Cognition: A Review of Evidence from Research on Perception and Memory. Invited chapter in The Physics of the Mind and Brain Disorders: Integrated Neural Circuits Supporting the Emergence of Mind (Springer Series in Cognitive and Neural Systems, New York, NY). Edited by I.Opris and M. F. Casanova. Vol. 11 Springer, Cham. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-29674-6. ISBN: 978-3-319-29672-2.

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Dolcos, F., Katsumi, Y., Weymar, M., Moore, M., Tsukiura, T., & Dolcos, S. (2017). Emerging directions in emotional episodic memory. Frontiers in Psychology: Emotion Science, 8:1867. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01867.

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Katsumi, Y., Kim, S., Sung, K., Dolcos, F., & Dolcos, S. (2017). When nonverbal greetings “make it or break it”: The role of ethnicity and gender differences in the effect of handshake on social appraisals. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, 41, 345-365. doi:10.1007/s10919-017-0257-0.

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Wang, Z., Liu, D., Chang, S., Dolcos, F., Beck, D., & Huang, T. (2017). Image aesthetics assessment using Deep Chatterjee's Machine. Proceedings of  International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN), 941-948. doi: 10.1109/IJCNN.2017.7965953.

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Grot, S., Légaré, V. P., Lipp, O., Soulières, I., Dolcos, F., & Luck, D. (2017). Abnormal Prefrontal and Parietal Activity Linked to Deficient Active Binding in Working Memory in Schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research, 188:68-74. doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2017.01.021

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Katsumi, Y., Denkova, E., & Dolcos, S. (2017). Personality and Memory. Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. Edited by Virgil Zeigler-Hill and Todd K. Shackelford. Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-28099-8_992-1

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Hu, Y. & Dolcos, S. (2017). Trait Anxiety Mediates the Link between Inferior Frontal Cortex Volume and Negative Affective Bias in Healthy Adults. Social, Cognitive, and Affective Neuroscience, 12(5):775-782. doi: 10.1093/scan/nsx008.

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Dolcos, F., Katsumi, Y., Denkova, E., Weymar, M., & Dolcos, S. (2017). Current Issues and Emerging Directions in the Impact of Emotion on Memory: A Review of Evidence from Brain Imaging Investigations. An invited chapter in Memory in Social Context. Edited by Takashi Tsukiura and Satoshi Umeda. Springer, 5: 57-107. doi: 10.1007/978-4-431-56591-8 . ISBN: 978-4-431-56589-5.

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Iordan, A.D. & Dolcos, F. (2017). Brain Activity and Network Interactions Linked to Valence-Related Differences in the Impact of Emotional Distraction. Cerebral Cortex, 27(1): 731-749. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhv242.

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Hur, J., Iordan, A.D., Dolcos, F., & Berenbaum, H. (2017). Emotional Influences on Perception and Working Memory. Cognition and Emotion, 31(6):1294-1302. doi:10.1080/02699931.2016.1213703.

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Van Vliet, K.J., Foskett, A.J., Williams, J.L, Singhal, A., Dolcos, F., & Vohra, S. (2017). Impact of a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Program from the Perspective of Adolescents with Serious Mental Health Concerns. Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 22:1, 16-22. doi: 10.1111/camh.12170.

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Dolcos, F. & Denkova, E. (2016). Dissocier les Effets Facilitants et les Effets Délétères de l’Emotion sur la Cognition. Santé Mentale au Québec, 41:1, 15-34. doi: 10.7202/1036964ar.

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Ventura-Bort, C., Löw, A., Wendt, J., Dolcos, F., Hamm, A.O., & Weymar, M. (2016). When Neutral Turns Significant: Brain Dynamics of Rapidly Formed Associations between Neutral Stimuli and Emotional Contexts. European Journal of Neuroscience, 44: 2176-2183. doi:10.1111/ejn.13319.

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Moore, M., Iordan, A.D., Hu, Y., Kragel, J.E., Dolcos, S., & Dolcos, F. (2016). Localized or Diffuse: The Link between Prefrontal Cortex Volume and Cognitive Reappraisal. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 11:8, 1317-1325. doi:10.1093/scan/nsw043.

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Ventura-Bort, C., Löw, A., Moltó, J., Poy, R., Dolcos, F., Hamm, A.O., & Weymar, M. (2016). Binding Neutral Information to Emotional Contexts: Brain Dynamics of Long-Term Recognition Memory. Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience, 16(2), 234–247. doi:10.3758/s13415-015-0385-0.

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Dolcos*, S., Hu*, Y., Iordan, A.D., Moore, M., & Dolcos, F. (2016). Optimism and the Brain: Trait Optimism Mediates the Protective Role of the Orbitofrontal Cortex Gray Matter Volume against Anxiety. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 11:2, 263-271. doi:10.1093/scan/nsv106. *shared first authorship.

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Hur, J., Iordan, A.D., Berenbaum, H., & Dolcos, F. (2016). Emotion-Attention Interactions in Fear Conditioning: Moderation by Executive Load, Neuroticism, and Awareness. Biological Psychology, 121, 213-220. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2015.10.007.

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Brown, M.R.G., Benoit, J.R.A., Juhás, M., Dametto, E., Tse, T.T., MacKay, M., Sen, B., Carroll, A., Hodlevskyy, O., Silverstone, P.H., Dolcos, F., Dursun, S.M., & Greenshaw, A.J (2015).  fMRI Investigation of Response Inhibition, Emotion, Impulsivity, and Clinical High-Risk Behaviour in Adolescents. Front. Syst. Neurosci., 9:124; doi: 10.3389/fnsys.2015.00124.

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Dolcos, F. & Denkova, E. (2015).  Dissociating Enhancing and Impairing Effects of Emotion on Cognition. Emerging Trends in the Social and Behavioral Sciences: An Interdisciplinary, Searchable, and Linkable Resource, 1–18. Edited by Robert Scott and Stephen Kosslyn. © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ISBN 978-1-118-90077-2.

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Brown, M.R.G., Benoit, J.R.A., Juhás, M., Lebel, R.M., MacKay, M., Dametto, E., Silverstone, P.H., Dolcos, F., Dursun, S.M., & Greenshaw, A.J. (2015). Neural Correlates of High-Risk Behavior Tendencies and Impulsivity in an Emotional Go/NoGo fMRI Task. Front. Syst. Neurosci., 9:24; doi: 10.3389/fnsys.2015.00024.

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Denkova, E., Dolcos, S., & Dolcos, F. (2015). Neural Correlates of ‘Distracting’ from Emotion during Autobiographical Recollection. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 10:2, 219-230; doi: 10.1093/scan/nsu039.

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Current Research and Emerging Directions in Emotion Cognition Interactions (2014). Edited E-Book resulted from the Frontiers Research Topic "The Impact of Emotion on Cognition - Dissociating between Enhancing and Impairing Effects". Editors: Florin Dolcos, Lihong Wang, & Mara Mather. Frontiers Media SA. ISBN: 978-2-88919-4384; 740 pages; doi: 10.3389/978-2-88919-438-4. Download PDF (note that it takes a bit longer than for a regular paper).

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Dolcos, S. & Albarracin, D. (2014). The Inner Speech of Behavioral Regulation: Intentions and Task Performance Strengthen When You Talk to Yourself as a You. European Journal of Social Psychology, 44(6), 636–642. doi:10.1002/ejsp.2048

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Dolcos, F., Wang, L., & Mather, M. (2014). Current Research and Emerging Directions in Emotion-Cognition Interactions. Editorial paper for the Frontiers Research Topic "The Impact of Emotion on Cognition – Dissociating between Enhancing and Impairing Effects" and the associated edited book. Front. Integr. Neurosci., 8:83. doi: 10.3389/fnint.2014.00083.

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Dolcos, F. & Denkova, E. (2014). View from a Disclipline: Current Emotion Research in Cognitive Neuroscience - Linking Enhancing and Impairing Effects of Emotion on Cognition. Emotion Review, 6: 362-375; doi:10.1177/1754073914536449.

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Dolcos, F. (2014). The Fast and the Slow Sides of Cortisol’s Effects on Emotional Interference and Sustained Attention. Front. Neurosci., 8:268; doi: 10.3389/fnins.2014.00268.

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Dolcos, S., Katsumi, Y., & Dixon, R. (2014). The Role of Arousal in the Spontaneous Regulation of Emotions in Healthy Aging: An fMRI Investigation. Part of the Frontiers' Special Issue "Emotion and Aging: Recent Evidence from Brain and Behavior". Front. Psychol., 5:681; doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00681.

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Shafer, A.T. & Dolcos, F. (2014). Dissociating Retrieval Success from Incidental Encoding Activity during Emotional Memory Retrieval, in the Medial Temporal Lobe. Part of the Frontiers' Special Issue "Progress in Episodic Memory Research". Front. Behav. Neurosci., 8:177; doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00177. 

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Carpenter-Thompson, J. R., Akrofi, K., Schmidt, S.A., Dolcos, F., Husain, F. T. (2014). Alterations of the Emotional Processing System may Underlie Preserved Rapid Reaction Time in Tinnitus. Brain Research, 1567:28-41, 10.1016/j.brainres.2014.04.024.

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Moore, M.*, Hu, Y*, Woo, S., O'Hearn, D., Iordan, A.D., Dolcos, S., & Dolcos, F. (2014). A Comprehensive Protocol for Manual Segmentation of the Medial Temporal Lobe Structures. Journal of Visualized Experiments, 89, doi:10.3791/50991. *shared first authorship. This video and the associated PDF illustrate a comprehensive protocol for manual tracing of the set of brain regions comprising the medial temporal lobe: amygdala, hippocampus, and the associated parahippocampal regions. Download the video explaining the protocol from here, and the associated PDF from the link on the right side.

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Denkova, E., Dolcos, S., & Dolcos, F. (2013). The Effect of Retrieval Focus and Emotional Valence on the Inferior Frontal Cortex Activity during Autobiographical Recollection. Part of the Frontiers' Special Issue "Progress in Episodic Memory Research". Front. Behav. Neurosci. 16:109. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2013.00192.

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Denkova, E., Dolcos, S., & Dolcos, F. (2013). The Role of Retrieval Focus and Valence on Medial Temporal Lobe Activity during Recollection of Emotional Autobiographical Memories. Part of the Frontiers' Special Issue "Progress in Episodic Memory Research". Front. Behav. Neurosci. 7:109. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2013.00109.

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Dolcos, F., Iordan, A., Kragel, J., Stokes, J., Campbell, R., McCarthy, G., Cabeza, R. (2013). Neural Correlates of Opposing Effects of Emotional Distraction on Working Memory and Episodic Memory: An Event Related fMRI Investigation. Part of the Frontiers' Special Issue "The Impact of Emotion on Cognition – Dissociating between Enhancing and Impairing Effects". Front. Psychol. 4:293. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00293.

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Iordan, A., Dolcos, S., & Dolcos, F. (2013). Neural Signatures of the Response to Emotional Distraction: A Review of Evidence from Brain Imaging Investigations. Part of the Frontiers' Special Issue "The Neurobiology of Emotion-Cognition Interactions". Front. Hum. Neurosci. 7:200. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00200.

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Dolcos, F. (2013). Linking Enhancing and Impairing Effects of Emotion – The Case of PTSD. Part of the Frontiers' Special Issue "The Impact of Emotion on Cognition – Dissociating between Enhancing and Impairing Effects". Front. Integr. Neurosci. 7:26. doi: 10.3389/fnint.2013.00026.

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Llewellyn, N., Dolcos, S., Iordan, A.D., Rudolph, K.D., & Dolcos, F. (2013). Reappraisal and Suppression Mediate the Contribution of Regulatory Focus to Anxiety in Healthy Adults. Emotion, 13:4, 610–615; doi: 10.1037/a0032568.

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Chiu, Y-C, Dolcos, F., Gonsalves, B.D., & Cohen, N.J. (2013). On Opposing Effects of Emotion on Contextual or Relational Memory. Part of the Frontiers' Special Issue "The Impact of Emotion on Cognition – Dissociating between Enhancing and Impairing Effects". Front. Psychol. 4:103. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00103.

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Iordan*, A., Dolcos*, S., Denkova, E., & Dolcos (2013). Sex Differences in the Response to Emotional Distraction: An EventRelated fMRI Investigation. Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience, 13:1, 116134; doi: 10.3758/s1341501201346. *shared first authorship.

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Dixon, R.A., McFall, G.P., Whitehead, B.P., & Dolcos, S. (2012). Cognitive development in adulthood and aging. In R.M. Lerner, M.A. Easterbrooks, & J. Mistry (Eds.), Handbook of psychology: Vol. 6 Developmental psychology (2nd ed.; pp. 451474). Editor-in-chief: I.B. Weiner. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley. (ISBN: 047076886X)

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Dolcos, S., MacDonald, S. W. S., Braslavsky, A., Camicioli, R., & Dixon, R. A. (2012). Mild cognitive impairment is associated with selected functional markers: Integrating concurrent, longitudinal, and stability effects. Neuropsychology, 26(2), 209–223. doi:10.1037/a0026760

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Singhal, A., Shafer, A.T., Russell, M., Gibson, B., Wang, L., Vohra, S., and Dolcos, F. (2012). Electrophysiological Correlates of Fearful and Sad Distraction on Target Processing in Adolescents with Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Symptoms and Affective Disorders. Part of the Frontiers' Special Issue "The Impact of Emotion on Cognition – Dissociating between Enhancing and Impairing Effects", Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience 6:119, doi: 10.3389/fnint.2012.00119. 

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Dolcos, S., Sung, K., Argo, J.J., Flor-Henry, S., & Dolcos, F. (2012). The Power of a Handshake: Neural Correlates of Evaluative Judgments in Observed Social Interactions. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 24:12, 2292–2305; doi: 10.1162/jocn_a_00295.

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Shafer, A.T. & Dolcos, F. (2012). Neural Correlates of Opposing Effects of Emotional Distraction on Perception and Episodic Memory: An Event-Related fMRI Investigation. Part of the Frontiers' Special Issue "The Impact of Emotion on Cognition – Dissociating between Enhancing and Impairing Effects", Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience, doi: 10.3389/fnint.2012.00070.

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Brown, M.R.G., Lebel, R.M., Dolcos, F., et al. (2012). Effects of Emotional Context on Impulse Control. NeuroImage, 63, 434–446, 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2012.06.056.

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Dolcos, F., Denkova, E., & Dolcos, S. (2012). Neural Correlates of Emotional Memories: A Review of Evidence from Brain Imaging Studies. Special Issue on "Recent Advances of Functional Neuroimaging Studies on Episodic Memories", Psychologia, 55, 80-111, 10.2117/psysoc.2012.80.

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Shafer, A.T., Matveychuk, D., Penney, T., O’Hare, A.J., Stokes, J., & Dolcos, F. (2012). Processing of Emotional Distraction is both Automatic and Modulated by Attention: Evidence from an Event-Related fMRI Investigation. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 24:5, pp. 1233–1252, 10.1162/jocn_a_00206.

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Wong, G., Dolcos, S., Denkova, E., Morey, R.. Wang, L., McCarthy, G., & Dolcos, F. (2012). Brain Imaging Investigation of the Impairing Effect of Emotion on Cognition. Journal of Visualized Experiments, 60, doi: 10.3791/2434. This video and the associated PDF illustrate an experimental protocol that allows investigation of the neural mechanisms mediating the detrimental impact of emotion on cognition, using fMRI. Download the video explaining the protocol from here and the associated PDF from the link on the right side.

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Wang, L., Potter, G.G., Ranga Krishnan, R.K., Dolcos, F., Smith, G.S., Steffens, D.C. (2012). Neural Correlates Associated with Cognitive Decline in Late-Life Depression. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 20(8)653-63, doi: 10.1097/JGP.0b013e31823e2cc7.

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Denkova, E., Dolcos, S., & Dolcos, F. (2012). Reliving Emotional Personal Memories: Affective Biases Linked to Personality and Sex-Related Differences. Emotion, 12:3, 515-528, doi: 10.1037/a0026809.

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Dolcos, F., Iordan, A.D., & Dolcos, S. (2011). Neural Correlates of EmotionCognition Interactions: A Review of Evidence from Brain Imaging Investigations. Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 23(6): 669-694, 10.1080/20445911.2011.594433. Winner of the 2011 JCP Best Paper Award.

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Dolcos, S., Sung, K., Denkova, E., Dixon, R.A., & Dolcos, F. (2011). Brain Imaging Investigation of the Neural Correlates of Emotion Regulation. Journal of Visualized Experiments, 54, doi: 10.3791/2430. This video and the associated PDF illustrate an experimental protocol that allows investigation of the neural correlates of deliberate and automatic emotion regulation, using fMRI. Download the video explaining the protocol from here, and the associated PDF from the link on the right side.

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Denkova, E., Chakrabarty, T., Dolcos, S., & Dolcos, F. (2011). Brain Imaging Investigation of the Neural Correlates of Emotional Autobiographical Recollection. Journal of Visualized Experiments, 54, doi: 10.3791/2396. This video and the associated PDF illustrate an experimental protocol that allows investigation of the neural correlates of recollecting emotional autobiographical memories, using fMRI. Download the video explaining the protocol from here, and the associated PDF from the link on the right side.

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Morey, R.A., Hariri, A.R., Gold, A.L., Hauser, M.A., Munger, H.J, Dolcos, F., & McCarthy, G. (2011). Serotonin Transporter Gene Polymorphisms and Brain Function during Emotional Distraction from Cognitive Processing in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. BMC Psychiatry, 11:76, doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-11-76.

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Sung K., Dolcos S., Flor-Henry S., Zhou C., Gasior C., Argo J., & Dolcos F. (2011). Brain Imaging Investigation of the Neural Correlates of Observing Virtual Social Interactions. Journal of Visualized Experiments, 53, doi: 10.3791/2379. This video and the associated PDF illustrate an experimental protocol that allows investigation of the neural correlates of observing virtual social interactions, using whole-body animated characters in conjunction with fMRI. Download the video explaining the protocol from here, and the associated PDF from the link on the right side.

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Shafer, A., Iordan, A., Cabeza, R., & Dolcos, F. (2011). Brain Imaging Investigation of the Memory-Enhancing Effect of Emotion. Journal of Visualized Experiments, 51, doi: 10.3791/2433. This video and the associated PDF illustrate an experimental protocol that allows investigation of the neural correlates of the memory-enhancing effect of emotion, using fMRI. Download the video explaining the protocol from here, and the associated PDF from the link on the right side.

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Pannu Hayes, J., LaBar, K.S., McCarthy, G., Selgrade, E., Nasser, J., Dolcos, F., VISN 6 Mid-Atlantic MIRECC workgroup, & Morey, R.A (2011). Reduced Hippocampal and Amygdala Activity Predicts Memory Distortions for Trauma Reminders in Combat-Related PTSD. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 45(5): 660-669, doi:10.1016/j.jpsychires.2010.10.007.

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Ritchey*, M., Dolcos*, F., Eddington*, K.M., Strauman, T.J., Cabeza, R. (2011). Neural Correlates of Emotional Processing in Depression: Changes with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Predictors of Treatment Response. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 45(5): 577-587, doi:10.1016/j.jpsychires.2010.09.007. *shared first authorship.

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McFall, G. P., Geall, B. P., Fischer, A. L., Dolcos, S., & Dixon, R. A. (2010). Testing covariates of Type 2 diabetescognition associations in older adults: Moderating or mediating effects? Neuropsychology, 24(5), 547–562. doi:10.1037/a0019246

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Denkova, E., Wong, G., Dolcos, S., Sung, K., Wang, L., Coupland, N., & Dolcos, F (2010). The Impact of Anxiety-Inducing Distraction on Cognitive Performance: A Combined Brain Imaging and Personality Investigation. PLoS ONE 5(11): e14150. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0014150.

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Chuah, L.Y.M., Dolcos, F., Chen, A.K., Zheng. H., Parimal, S., Chee, M.W.L (2010). Sleep Deprivation and Interference by Emotional Distracters. SLEEP, 33(10):1305-1313, 10.1093/sleep/33.10.1305.

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Dolcos, F. (2010). The Impact of Emotion on Memory: Evidence from Brain Imaging Studies. VDM Verlag (ISBN: 3639188659).

St. Jacques*, P., Dolcos*, F., & Cabeza, R.(2010). Effects of Aging on Functional Connectivity of the Amygdala during Negative Evaluation: A Network Analysis of fMRI Data. Neurobiology of Aging, 31(2): 315-327, 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2008.03.012. *shared first authorship.

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Dolcos, S. M., & Daley, D. (2009). Work pressure, workplace social resources, and work–family conflict: The tale of two sectors. International Journal of Stress Management, 16(4), 291–311. doi:10.1037/a0017319

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Morey, R.A., Dolcos, F., Petty, C.M., Cooper, D.A., Pannu Hayes, J., LaBar, K.S., & McCarthy, G. (2009). The Role of Trauma Related Distractors on Neural Systems for Working Memory and Emotion Processing in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 43: 809–817, 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2008.10.014.

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Eddington, K.M., Dolcos, F., Noll McLean, A., Krishnan, K.R., Cabeza, R., Strauman, T.J. (2009). Neural Correlates of Idiographic Goal Priming in Depression: Goal-Specific Dysfunctions in the Orbitofrontal Cortex. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 4(3): 238–246, 10.1093/scan/nsp016.

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St. Jacques*, P.L., Dolcos*, F., & Cabeza, R. (2009). Effects of Aging on Functional Connectivity of the Amygdala for Subsequent Memory of Negative Pictures: A Network Analysis of fMRI Data. Psychological Science,  20(1): 74-84, 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2008.02258.x. *shared first authorship.

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Dolcos, F. & Denkova, E. (2008). Neural Correlates of Encoding Emotional Memories: A Review of Functional Neuroimaging Evidence. Cell Science Reviews, 5(2): 78-122.

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Wang, L., Krishan, R.R., Steffens, D.C., Potter, G., Dolcos, F., & McCarthy, G. (2008). Depressive State- and Disease-Related Alterations in Neural Responses to Affective and Executive Challenges in Geriatric Depression. The American Journal of Psychiatry, 165: 863-871, doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2008.07101590.

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Ritchey, M., Dolcos, F., & Cabeza, R. (2008). Role of Amygdala Connectivity in the Persistence of Emotional Memories Over Time: An Event-Related fMRI Investigation. Cerebral Cortex, 18(11): 2494–2504,10.1093/cercor/bhm262.

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Wang L, LaBar KS, Smoski M, Rosenthal MZ, Dolcos F, Lynch TR, Krishnan RR, & McCarthy G (2008). Prefrontal Mechanisms for Executive Control over Emotional Distraction are Altered in Major Depression. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, 163: 143-155, 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2007.10.004.

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Dolcos F, Diaz-Granados P, Wang L, & McCarthy G. (2008). Opposing Influences of Emotional and Non-Emotional Distracters upon Sustained Prefrontal Cortex Activity during a Delayed-Response Working Memory Task. Neuropsychologia, 46: 326–335doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2007.07.010.

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Dolcos F, Miller B, Jha A, & McCarthy G. (2007). Regional Brain Differences in the Effect of Distraction during a Delay Interval of a Working Memory Task. Brain Research, 1152: 171-181, 10.1016/j.brainres.2007.03.059.

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Eddington, KM, Dolcos F, Cabeza, R, K. Ranga R. Krishnan, & Strauman, TJ (2007). Neural Correlates of Promotion and Prevention Goal Activation: An fMRI Study Using an Idiographic Approach. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. 19:7, pp. 1152–1162, 10.1162/jocn.2007.19.7.1152.

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Dolcos, S. (2007). Managing Life and Work Demands in Public and Private Sectors – The Impact of Organizational Support on Workfamily Conflict, Job Satisfaction, and Turnover Intentions. Book, Saarbrucken, Deutschland: VDM Verlag (ISBN:3639206878).

Dolcos F, Kragel P, Wang L & McCarthy G (2006). Role of the inferior frontal cortex in coping with distracting emotions. NeuroReport. 17(15): 1591-4, 10.1097/01.wnr.0000236860.24081.be.

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Dolcos F & McCarthy G (2006). Brain Systems Mediating Cognitive Interference by Emotional Distraction. Journal of Neuroscience. 26(7): 2072-2079, 10.1523/jneurosci.5042-05.2006.

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Dolcos F, LaBar KS & Cabeza R (2006). The Memory-Enhancing Effect of Emotion: Functional Neuroimaging Evidence (Book Chapter). Memory and Emotion (Blackwell Book), 107-133, 10.1002/9780470756232.ch6.

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Dolcos F, LaBar KS & Cabeza R (2005). Remembering One Year Later: Role of the Amygdala and the Medial Temporal Lobe Memory System in Retrieving Emotional Memories. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(7): 2626-31, 10.1073/pnas.0409848102.

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Cabeza R, Prince SE, Daselaar SM, Greenberg DL, Budde M, Dolcos F, LaBar KS & Rubin DC (2004). Brain Activity During Episodic Retrieval of Autobiographical and Laboratory Events: An fMRI Study Using a Novel Photo Paradigm. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. 16(9): 1583-94, 10.1162/0898929042568578.

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Cabeza R, Daselaar SM, Dolcos F, Prince SE, Budde M & Nyberg L.(2004). Task-independent and Task-specific Age Effects on Brain Activity during Working Memory, Visual Attention and Episodic Retrieval. Cerebral Cortex. 14(4): 364-75, 10.1093/cercor/bhg133.

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Dolcos F, LaBar KS & Cabeza R (2004). Dissociable Effects of Arousal and Valence on Prefrontal Activity Indexing Emotional Evaluation and Subsequent Memory: An Event-Related fMRI Study. NeuroImage. 23(1): 64-74, 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2004.05.015.

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Dolcos F, LaBar KS & Cabeza R (2004). Interaction Between the Amygdala and the Medial Temporal Lobe Memory System Predicts Better Memory for Emotional Events. Neuron. 42(5): 855-63.

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Dolcos F, Graham R, LaBar KS & Cabeza R (2003). Coactivation of the Amygdala and Hippocampus Predicts Better Recall for Emotional than for Neutral Pictures. Brain and Cognition. 51(2): 221-3, 10.1016/s0028-3932(02)00170-7.

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Cabeza R, Dolcos F, Prince SE, Rice HJ, Weissman D & Nyberg L. (2003). Attention-Related Activity During Episodic Memory Retrieval: A Cross-Function fMRI Study. Neuropsychologia. 41(3): 390–99, 10.1016/S0028-3932(02)00170-7.

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Dolcos F, Rice HJ & Cabeza R (2002). Hemispheric Asymmetries and Aging: Right Hemisphere Decline or Asymmetry Reduction. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. 26(7): 819–25, 10.1016/s0149-7634(02)00068-4.

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Cabeza R, Dolcos F, Graham R & Nyberg L (2002). Similarities and Differences in the Neural Correlates of Episodic Memory Retrieval and Working Memory. NeuroImage. 16(2): 317-30, 10.1006/nimg.2002.1063.

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Dolcos F & Cabeza R (2002). Event-related Potentials of Emotional Memory: Encoding Pleasant, Unpleasant, and Neutral Pictures. Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience. 2(3): 252-63, 10.3758/cabn.2.3.252.

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