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EEG phase synchrony differences across visual perception conditions may depend on recording and analysis methodsLogan T Trujillo
Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, P O Box 210068, Tucson, AZ 85721 0068, USA
Clin Neurophysiol 116:172-89. 2005....- Items for assessing posthypnotic recognition amnesia with the HGSHS:A and the SHSS:CJ J Allen
Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson 85721
Int J Clin Exp Hypn 44:52-65. 1996..These items may prove useful for assessing posthypnotic recognition amnesia in conjunction with widely used scales of hypnotic susceptibility... - Acupuncture for depression: a randomized controlled trialJohn J B Allen
Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson 85721 0068, USA
J Clin Psychiatry 67:1665-73. 2006..To assess the efficacy of acupuncture as an intervention for major depressive disorder (MDD)... - Issues and assumptions on the road from raw signals to metrics of frontal EEG asymmetry in emotionJohn J B Allen
Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721 0068, USA
Biol Psychol 67:183-218. 2004.... 
Limitations to the detection of deception: true and false recollections are poorly distinguished using an event-related potential procedureJohn J B Allen
Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721 0068, USA
Soc Neurosci 4:473-90. 2009..Results suggested that under certain conditions both true and false recollections can produce a pattern of brain activity indicative of recognition...- The stability of resting frontal electroencephalographic asymmetry in depressionJohn J B Allen
Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721 0068, USA
Psychophysiology 41:269-80. 2004.... 
Alteration of frontal EEG asymmetry during tryptophan depletion predicts future depressionJohn J B Allen
Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721 0068, United States
J Affect Disord 115:189-95. 2009..Better prediction might result by assessing a putative endophenotype for depressive risk, frontal electroencephalographic (EEG) asymmetry, in the context of TD...- The role of psychophysiology in clinical assessment: ERPs in the evaluation of memoryJohn J B Allen
Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson 85721 0068, USA
Psychophysiology 39:261-80. 2002..To facilitate the development of other psychophysiological assessment tools, psychophysiological researchers are encouraged to report the sensitivity and specificity of their measures where possible... - A comparison of methods for the analysis of event-related potentials in deception detectionJ J Allen
Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson 85721 0068, USA
Psychophysiology 34:234-40. 1997..One or the other method may be preferred depending upon incentive to deceive, the cost of incorrect decisions, and the availability of extra psychophysiological data... - Manipulation of frontal EEG asymmetry through biofeedback alters self-reported emotional responses and facial EMGJ J Allen
Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson 85721 0068, USA
Psychophysiology 38:685-93. 2001..Moreover, subsequent self-reported affect and facial muscle activity in response to emotionally evocative film clips were influenced by the direction of biofeedback training... - Cardiac vagal control in the severity and course of depression: the importance of symptomatic heterogeneityJonathan Rottenberg
Mood and Emotion Laboratory, Department of Psychology, University of South Florida, PCD 4118G, 4202 E Fowler Avenue, Tampa, FL 33620 7200, United States
J Affect Disord 103:173-9. 2007..One possible explanation for mixed findings is that CVC abnormalities in MDD are related more closely to specific depression symptoms than to the syndrome as a whole... - The role of psychophysiology in forensic assessments: deception detection, ERPs, and virtual reality mock crime scenariosRalf Mertens
Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721 0068, USA
Psychophysiology 45:286-98. 2008..Results suggested that guilty verdicts from ERP-based deception detection approaches are likely to be accurate, but that innocent (or indeterminate) verdicts yield no useful interpretation in an applied setting... - Cardiac Vagal Tone, defensiveness, and motivational styleHallam L Movius
Department of Psychology, Cognitive Science and Neuroscience, University of Arizona, P.O. Box 210068, Tucson, AZ 85721-0068, USA
Biol Psychol 68:147-62. 2005..Poorer modulation for vagal tone was associated with greater social anxiety, while lower vagal tone across recording periods was associated with greater defensiveness and lower behavioral activation sensitivity... - Neurophysiological evidence for the influence of past experience on figure-ground perceptionLogan T Trujillo
Department of Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
J Vis 10:5.1-21. 2010..These results provide the first neurophysiological evidence for an influence of past experience during the earliest stages of shape assignment... - Sex differences in cardiac vagal control in a depressed sample: implications for differential cardiovascular mortalityAndrea S Chambers
University of Arizona, Cognitive Science, and Neuroscience, 1503 E University Blvd, Tucson, AZ 85721 0068, United States
Biol Psychol 75:32-6. 2007..The results suggest greater CVC in depressed women might confer cardioprotective functions, which may partially explain the sex difference in mortality rates in the depressed population... - Theta EEG dynamics of the error-related negativityLogan T Trujillo
Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721 0068, USA
Clin Neurophysiol 118:645-68. 2007.... - Decomposing depression: on the prospective and reciprocal dynamics of mood and sleep disturbancesDavid A Sbarra
Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721 0068, USA
J Abnorm Psychol 118:171-82. 2009..The results have implications for better understanding the complexity and reciprocity of sleep-mood associations, as well as the dynamic, time-based predictors of depressive treatment response... - Resting frontal EEG asymmetry as an endophenotype for depression risk: sex-specific patterns of frontal brain asymmetryJennifer L Stewart
Department of Psychology, University of rizona, 1503 East University Avenue, Room 312, Tucson, AZ 85721 0068, USA
J Abnorm Psychol 119:502-12. 2010..In contrast, results for average and linked mastoid references were less consistent but demonstrated a link between less left frontal activity and current depression severity in women... - Altered cingulate sub-region activation accounts for task-related dissociation in ERN amplitude as a function of obsessive-compulsive symptomsJames F Cavanagh
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
Neuropsychologia 48:2098-109. 2010..These novel findings link both tonic and phasic activities in the ACC to action monitoring alterations, including dissociation in performance deficits, in OC symptomatic participants... - The role of devaluing and discounting in performance monitoring: a neurophysiological study of minorities under threatChad E Forbes
University of Arizona, Department of Psychology, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci 3:253-61. 2008.... - Women and major depressive disorder: clinical perspectives on causal pathwaysEynav Elgavish Accortt
Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721 0068, USA
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 17:1583-90. 2008.... - Prelude to and resolution of an error: EEG phase synchrony reveals cognitive control dynamics during action monitoringJames F Cavanagh
Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA
J Neurosci 29:98-105. 2009..Oscillatory dynamics in the theta band may in part underlie a mechanism of communication between networks involved in action monitoring and cognitive control... - The many metrics of cardiac chronotropy: a pragmatic primer and a brief comparison of metricsJohn J B Allen
Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721 0068, USA
Biol Psychol 74:243-62. 2007..Although generally highly correlated, the various metrics responded differently under challenge... - Polymorphisms of the HTR1a allele are linked to frontal brain electrical asymmetryAndrew W Bismark
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721 0068, United States
Biol Psychol 83:153-8. 2010..In conclusion, variation in HTR1a can influence trait level brain activity, which may ultimately be indicative of risk for psychopathology... - Vagal tone as an indicator of treatment response in major depressionAndrea S Chambers
Psychophysiology 39:861-4. 2002..Future work manipulating vagal tone might prove informative in teasing apart the causal role of vagal tone and depression... - Multiple aspects of the stress response under social evaluative threat: an electrophysiological investigationJames F Cavanagh
Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, 1503 University Avenue, Tucson, AZ, USA
Psychoneuroendocrinology 33:41-53. 2008..High state affect related to a larger Pe amplitude. Results are interpreted as consequences of different motivational and affective reactivities under social evaluative threat... - Frontal EEG asymmetry and the behavioral activation and inhibition systemsJames A Coan
Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721 0068, USA
Psychophysiology 40:106-14. 2003.... - Bridging the gap in complementary and alternative medicine research: manualization as a means of promoting standardization and flexibility of treatment in clinical trials of acupunctureRosa N Schnyer
Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
J Altern Complement Med 8:623-34. 2002.... - Morningness-eveningness and depression: preliminary evidence for the role of the behavioral activation system and positive affectBrant P Hasler
Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
Psychiatry Res 176:166-73. 2010..A variety of alternative path models all provided a weaker fit to the data. Thus, results were consistent with the BAS and PA mediating the effects of morningness-eveningness on depression... - A better estimate of the internal consistency reliability of frontal EEG asymmetry scoresDavid N Towers
Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
Psychophysiology 46:132-42. 2009..Estimates at all scalp sites and reference schemes approached .90 with as few as 100 epochs, suggesting the internal consistency of frontal asymmetry is greater than that previously reported... - The impact of depression on social economic decision makingKatia M Harlé
Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
J Abnorm Psychol 119:440-6. 2010..This suggests distinct biasing processes in depression, which may be related to higher reliance on regulating negative emotion... - Emotional disclosure for whom? A study of vagal tone in bereavementMary Frances O'Connor
Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
Biol Psychol 68:135-46. 2005..Future research should investigate whether vagal tone moderates the impact of written disclosure for non-bereaved individuals... - Autonomic and emotion regulation in bereavement and depressionJohn J B Allen
Department of Psychology, Building 68, University of Arizona, Tucson 85721, USA
J Psychosom Res 52:183-5. 2002..quot; These physiological differences have potential implications for both the mental and physical health of the bereaved... - Varieties of emotional experience during voluntary emotional facial expressionsJames A Coan
Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721-0068, USA
Ann N Y Acad Sci 1000:375-9. 2003 - The effects of experimentally induced stress on false recognitionJessica D Payne
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
Memory 10:1-6. 2002..This finding indicates that stress, possibly through its impact on the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex, can potentiate false memories... - Not devoid of forensic potential, butJohn J B Allen
University of Arizona, USA
Am J Bioeth 8:27-8; discussion W1-4. 2008 - Frontal EEG asymmetry as a moderator and mediator of emotionJames A Coan
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721 0068, USA
Biol Psychol 67:7-49. 2004..The present report reviews the frontal EEG asymmetry literature from the framework of moderators and mediators, and overviews data analytic strategies that would support claims of moderation and mediation... - Frontal theta links prediction errors to behavioral adaptation in reinforcement learningJames F Cavanagh
Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
Neuroimage 49:3198-209. 2010.... - Interidentity memory transfer in dissociative identity disorderLAUREN L KONG
Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721 0068, USA
J Abnorm Psychol 117:686-92. 2008..These findings demonstrate that subjective reports of interidentity amnesia are not necessarily corroborated by objective tests of explicit memory transfer... - Frontal EEG asymmetry and premenstrual dysphoric symptomatologyEynav Elgavish Accortt
Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721-0068, USA
J Abnorm Psychol 115:179-84. 2006..These results are consistent with a diathesis-stress model for premenstrual dysphoric symptomatology... - Alternative treatments for depression: empirical support and relevance to womenRachel Manber
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, Calif 94305, USA
J Clin Psychiatry 63:628-40. 2002..John's wort, bright light, and sleep deprivation. Issues related to women across the life span, including pregnancy and lactation, are highlighted... - Cardiac vagal control, emotion, psychopathology, and healthAndrea S Chambers
Biol Psychol 74:113-5. 2007 - Frontal EEG asymmetry, emotion, and psychopathology: the first, and the next 25 yearsJohn J B Allen
Biol Psychol 67:1-5. 2004 - Acupuncture: a promising treatment for depression during pregnancyRachel Manber
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University 401, Quarry Rd, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
J Affect Disord 83:89-95. 2004..Few medically acceptable treatments for depression during pregnancy are available. The aim of this randomized controlled pilot study was to determine whether acupuncture holds promise as a treatment for depression during pregnancy... - A capability model of individual differences in frontal EEG asymmetryJames A Coan
University of Virginia, Department of Psychology 102, Gilmer Hall, P O Box 400400, Charlottesville, VA 22904 4400, USA
Biol Psychol 72:198-207. 2006..Logical as well as empirical arguments supportive of this conclusion are presented... - Patients' perception of their depressive illnessRachel Manber
Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, 401 Quarry Road, Suite 3301, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
J Psychiatr Res 37:335-43. 2003..The subscales have adequate convergent/discriminant validity and are clinically relevant to aspects of treatment provision...
Research Grants
- ACUPUNCTURE IN THE TREATMENT OF DEPRESSIONJohn Allen; Fiscal Year: 2001....
- Trait and State Frontal Brain Asymmetry in DepressionJohn Allen; Fiscal Year: 2007..Secondary aims address methodological and treatment-related questions, as well as assessing gender and menstrual cycle effects that may moderate the relationship between frontal EEG asymmetry and depression. ..