Affective Neuroscience Laboratory

Publications

Burt, S.A., & Larson, C.L. (2007). Differential affective responses in those with aggressive versus non-aggressive antisocial behaviors. Personality and Individual Differences, 43, 1481-1492. PDF

Henderson, J.M., Larson, C.L., & Zhu, D.C. (in press). Full scenes produce more activation than close-up scenes and scene-diagnostic objects in parahippocampal and retrosplenial cortex: An fMRI study. Brain and Cognition. PDF

Henderson, J.M., Larson, C.L., & Zhu, D.C. (2007). Posterior parahippocampal cortex is preferentially activated by indoor versus outdoor scenes: An fMRI study. Experimental Brain Research, 179, 75-84. PDF

Larson, C.L., Aronoff, J., & Stearns, J. (2007). The shape of threat: Simple geometric forms evoke rapid and sustained capture of attention. Emotion, 7, 526-534. PDF

Larson, C.L., Nitschke, J. B., & Davidson, R.J. (2007). Common and distinct patterns of affective response in dimensions of anxiety and depression. Emotion,7, 182-191. PDF

Larson, C. L., Schaefer, H. S., Siegle, G. J., Jackson, C. A. B., Anderle, M. J., & Davidson, R. J. (2006). Fear is fast in phobic individuals: Amygdala activation in response to fear-relevant stimuli. Biological Psychiatry, 60, 410-417. PDF

Larson, C.L., Ruffalo, D., Nietert, J.Y., & Davison, R.J. (2005). Stability of emotion-modulated during short and long picture presentation. Psychophysiology, 42, 604-610. PDF

Oakes, T.R., Pizzagalli, D.A., Hendrick, A.M., Horras, K.A., Larson, C.L., Abercrombie, H.C., Schaefer, S.M., Koger, J.V., & Davidson, R.J. (2004). Functional coupling of simultaneous electrical and metabolic activity in the human brain. Human Brain Mapping, 21, 257-270. PDF

Pizzagalli, D.A., Oakes, T.R., Fox, A.S., Chung, M.K., Larson, C.L., Abercrombie, H.C., Schaefer, S.M., Benca, R.M., & Davidson, R.J. (2004). Functional but not structural subgenual prefrontal cortex abnormalities in melancholia. Molecular Psychiatry, 9, 393-405. PDF

Nitschke, J.B., Larson, C.L., Smoller, M.J., Navin, S.D., Pederson, A.J.C., Ruffalo, D., Mackiewicz, K.L., Gray, S.M., Victor, E., & Davidson, R.J. (2002). Startle potentiation in aversive anticipation: Evidence for state but not trait effects. Psychophysiology, 39, 254-258. PDF

Pizzagalli, D., Nitschke, J.B., Oakes, T.R., Hendrick, A.M., Horras, K.A., Larson, C.L., Abercrombie, H.C., Schaefer, S.M., Koger, J.V., Benca, R.M., Pascual-Marqui, R.D., & Davidson, R.J. (2002). Brain electrophysiological tomography abnormalities in depression: The importance of symptom severity, anxiety, and melancholic features. Biological Psychiatry, 52, 73-85. PDF

Silva, J.R., Pizzagalli, D., Larson, C.L., Jackson, D.C., & Davidson, R.J. (2002). Frontal brain asymmetry in restrained eaters. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 111, 676-681. PDF

Pizzagalli, D., Pascual-Marqui, R.D., Nitschke, J.B., Oakes, T.R., Larson, C.L., Abercrombie, H.C., Schaefer, S.M., Koger, J.V., Benca, R.M., & Davidson, R.J. (2001). Anterior cingulate activity predicts degree of treatment response in major depression: Evidence from brain electrical tomography analysis. American Journal of Psychiatry, 158, 405-415. PDF

Davidson, R.J., Putnam, K.M., & Larson, C.L. (2000). Dysfunction in the neural circuitry of emotion regulation- A possible prelude to violence. Science, 289, 591-594. PDF

Jackson, D.C., Malmstadt, J.R., Larson, C.L., & Davidson, R.J. (2000). Conscious suppression and enhancement of emotion. Psychophysiology, 37, 515-522. PDF

Larson, C.L., Ruffalo, D., Nietert, J., & Davidson, R.J. (2000). Temporal stability of the emotion-modulated startle response. Psychophysiology, 37, 92-101. PDF

Benca, R.M., Obermeyer, W.H., Larson, C.L., Yun, B., Dolski, I.V., Weber, S.M., & Davidson, R.J. (1999). EEG alpha power and alpha asymmetry in sleep and wakefulness. Psychophysiology, 36, 430-436. PDF

Lindgren, K.A., Larson, C.L., Schaefer, S.M., Abercrombie, H.C., Ward, R.T., Oakes, T.R., Holden, J.E., Perlman, S.B., Benca, R.M., & Davidson, R.J. (1999). Thalamic metabolic rate predicts EEG alpha power in healthy controls but not in depressed patients. Biological Psychiatry, 45, 943-952. PDF

Kalin, N.H., Larson, C.L., Shelton, S.E., & Davidson, R.J. (1998). Asymmetric frontal brain activity, cortisol, and behavior associated with fearful temperaments in rhesus monkeys. Behavioral Neuroscience, 112, 286-292. PDF

Larson, C.L., Davidson, R.J., Abercrombie, H.C., Ward, R.T., Schaefer, S.M., Jackson, D.C., Holden, J.E., & Perlman, S.B. (1998). Relations between PET-derived measures of thalamic glucose metabolism and EEG alpha power. Psychophysiology, 35, 162-169. PDF