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Herd T, Jacques K, Brieant A, Noll JG, King-Casas B, Kim-Spoon J. Parenting, emotion regulation, and externalizing symptomatology as adolescent antecedents to young adult health risk behaviors. J Res Adolesc. 2023 Jan 19. doi: 10.1111/jora.12831. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36658680.

Brieant A, Clinchard C, Deater-Deckard K, Lee J, King-Casas B, Kim-Spoon J. Differential Associations of Adversity Profiles with Adolescent Cognitive Control and Psychopathology. Res Child Adolesc Psychopathol. 2022 Sep 15. doi: 10.1007/s10802-022-00972-8. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36107273.

Li M, Lindenmuth M, Tarnai K, Lee J, King-Casas B, Kim-Spoon J, Deater-Deckard K. Development of cognitive control during adolescence: The integrative effects of family socioeconomic status and parenting behaviors. Dev Cogn Neurosci. 2022 Jul 20;57:101139. doi: 10.1016/j.dcn.2022.101139. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35905528; PMCID: PMC9335383.

Lindenmuth M, Herd T, Brieant A, Lee J, Deater-Deckard K, Bickel WK, King-Casas B, Kim-Spoon J. Neural cognitive control moderates the longitudinal link between hedonia and substance use across adolescence. Dev Cogn Neurosci. 2022 Jun;55:101111. doi: 10.1016/j.dcn.2022.101111. Epub 2022 Apr 16. PMID: 35472691; PMCID: PMC9061620.

Gamache J, Herd T, Allen J, King-Casas B, Kim-Spoon J. Longitudinal Associations between Social Relationships and Alcohol Use from Adolescence into Young Adulthood: The Role of Religiousness. J Youth Adolesc. 2022 May 21. doi: 10.1007/s10964-022-01632-2. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35596906.

Stagaki M, Nolte T, Feigenbaum J, King-Casas B, Lohrenz T, Fonagy P; Personality and Mood Disorder Research Consortium, Montague PR. The mediating role of attachment and mentalising in the relationship between childhood maltreatment, self-harm and suicidality. Child Abuse Negl. 2022 Mar 18;128:105576. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2022.105576. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35313127.

Williams MW, King-Casas B, Chiu PH, Sciarrino N, Estey M, Hunt C, McCurry K, Graham DP. Do early responders and treatment non-responders offer guidance to make CPT group a more effective treatment? J Clin Psychol. 2022 Feb 16. doi: 10.1002/jclp.23307. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35170058.

Herd T, Brieant A, King-Casas B, Kim-Spoon J. Associations between developmental patterns of negative parenting and emotion regulation development across adolescence. Emotion. 2021 Aug 26. doi: 10.1037/emo0000997. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34435842.

Brown VM, Zhu L, Solway A, Wang JM, McCurry KL, King-Casas B, Chiu PH. Reinforcement Learning Disruptions in Individuals With Depression and Sensitivity to Symptom Change Following Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. JAMA Psychiatry. 2021 Jul 28. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2021.1844. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34319349.

Rifkin-Zybutz RP, Moran P, Nolte T, Feigenbaum J, King-Casas B; London Personality and Mood Disorder Consortium, Fonagy P, Montague RP. Impaired mentalizing in depression and the effects of borderline personality disorder on this relationship. Borderline Personal Disord Emot Dysregul. 2021 May 4;8(1):15. 

Kim-Spoon J, Herd T, Brieant A, Elder J, Lee J, Deater-Deckard K, King-Casas B. A 4-year longitudinal neuroimaging study of cognitive control using latent growth modeling: developmental changes and brain-behavior associations. Neuroimage. 2021 May 2;237:118134. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.118134. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33951508.

Michael J, Chennells M, Nolte T, Ooi J, Griem J; London Personality and Mood Disorder Research Network. Electronic address: Tobias.NolteMD@annafreud.org, Christensen W, Feigenbaum J, King-Casas B, Fonagy P, Montague PR. Probing commitment in individuals with borderline personality disorder. J Psychiatr Res. 2021 May;137:335-341. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2021.02.062. Epub 2021 Mar 11. PMID: 33744513.

Kim-Spoon J, Herd T, Brieant A, Peviani K, Deater-Deckard K, Lauharatanahirun N, Lee J, King-Casas B. Maltreatment and brain development: The effects of abuse and neglect on longitudinal trajectories of neural activation during risk processing and cognitive control. Dev Cogn Neurosci. 2021 Apr;48:100939. doi: 10.1016/j.dcn.2021.100939. Epub 2021 Mar 3. PMID: 33706181; PMCID: PMC7960935.

Brieant A, Herd T, Deater-Deckard K, Lee J, King-Casas B, Kim-Spoon J. Processes linking socioeconomic disadvantage and neural correlates of cognitive control in adolescence. Dev Cogn Neurosci. 2021 Apr;48:100935. doi: 10.1016/j.dcn.2021.100935. Epub 2021 Feb 6. PMID: 33581593; PMCID: PMC7887639.

Chung D, Orloff MA, Lauharatanahirun N, Chiu PH, King-Casas B. Valuation of peers' safe choices is associated with substance-naïveté in adolescents. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020 Dec 15;117(50):31729-31737. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1919111117. Epub 2020 Nov 30. PMID: 33257568; PMCID: PMC7749349.

Brieant A, King-Casas B, Kim-Spoon J. Transactional relations between developmental trajectories of executive functioning and internalizing and externalizing symptomatology in adolescence. Dev Psychopathol. 2020 Sep 21:1-12. doi: 10.1017/S0954579420001054. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 32955009; PMCID: PMC7981289.

Brieant A, Peviani KM, Lee JE, King-Casas B, Kim-Spoon J. Socioeconomic Risk for Adolescent Cognitive Control and Emerging Risk-Taking Behaviors. J Res Adolesc. 2021 Mar;31(1):71-84. doi: 10.1111/jora.12583. Epub 2020 Sep 20. PMID: 32951287; PMCID: PMC8162917.

Kim-Spoon J, Herd T, Brieant A, Peviani KM, Lauharatanahirun N, Lee J, Deater-Deckard K, Bickel WK, King-Casas B. Bidirectional links between adolescent brain function and substance use moderated by cognitive control. J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2021 Apr;62(4):427-436. doi: 10.1111/jcpp.13285. Epub 2020 Jul 8. PMID: 32640083; PMCID: PMC8124751.

Williams MW, Graham D, Sciarrino NA, Estey M, McCurry KL, Chiu P, King-Casas B. Does Validity Measure Response Affect CPT Group Outcomes in Veterans with PTSD? Mil Med. 2020 Mar 2;185(3-4):e370-e376. doi: 10.1093/milmed/usz385. PMID: 31735961; PMCID: PMC7306134.

Asscheman JS, Deater-Deckard K, Lauharatanahirun N, van Lier PAC, Koot S, King-Casas B, Kim-Spoon J. Associations between peer attachment and neural correlates of risk processing across adolescence. Dev Cogn Neurosci. 2020 Apr;42:100772. doi: 10.1016/j.dcn.2020.100772. Epub 2020 Feb 14. PMID: 32452458; PMCID: PMC7042418.

Herd T, King-Casas B, Kim-Spoon J. Developmental Changes in Emotion Regulation during Adolescence: Associations with Socioeconomic Risk and Family Emotional Context. J Youth Adolesc. 2020 Jul;49(7):1545-1557. doi: 10.1007/s10964-020-01193-2. Epub 2020 Jan 24. PMID: 31981049; PMCID: PMC7302991.

Kim-Spoon J, Deater-Deckard K, Brieant A, Lauharatanahirun N, Lee J, King-Casas B. Brains of a feather flocking together? Peer and individual neurobehavioral risks for substance use across adolescence. Dev Psychopathol. 2019 Dec;31(5):1661-1674. doi: 10.1017/S0954579419001056. PMID: 31387665; PMCID: PMC7373672.

Li M, Lauharatanahirun N, Steinberg L, King-Casas B, Kim-Spoon J, Deater-Deckard K. Longitudinal link between trait motivation and risk-taking behaviors via neural risk processing. Dev Cogn Neurosci. 2019 Dec;40:100725. doi: 10.1016/j.dcn.2019.100725. Epub 2019 Nov 3. PMID: 31733522; PMCID: PMC6939871.

Elder J, Brieant A, Lauharatanahirun N, King-Casas B, Kim-Spoon J. Insular Risk Processing Predicts Alcohol Use Via Externalizing Pathway in Male Adolescents. J Stud Alcohol Drugs. 2019 Nov;80(6):602-613. doi: 10.15288/jsad.2019.80.602. PMID: 31790350; PMCID: PMC6900996.

Deater-Deckard K, Li M, Lee J, King-Casas B, Kim-Spoon J. Poverty and Puberty: A Neurocognitive Study of Inhibitory Control in the Transition to Adolescence. Psychol Sci. 2019 Nov;30(11):1573-1583. doi: 10.1177/0956797619863780. Epub 2019 Sep 26. PMID: 31557444; PMCID: PMC6843747.

McCurry KL, Frueh BC, Chiu PH, King-Casas B. Opponent Effects of Hyperarousal and Re-experiencing on Affective Habituation in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Biol Psychiatry Cogn Neurosci Neuroimaging. 2020 Feb;5(2):203-212. doi: 10.1016/j.bpsc.2019.09.006. Epub 2019 Sep 25. PMID: 31759868; PMCID: PMC7010563.

Peviani KM, Brieant A, Holmes CJ, King-Casas B, Kim-Spoon J. Religious Social Support Protects against Social Risks for Adolescent Substance Use. J Res Adolesc. 2020 Jun;30(2):361-371. doi: 10.1111/jora.12529. Epub 2019 Aug 30. PMID: 31469493; PMCID: PMC7048646.

Holmes C, Brieant A, King-Casas B, Kim-Spoon J. How Is Religiousness Associated With Adolescent Risk-Taking? The Roles of Emotion Regulation and Executive Function. J Res Adolesc. 2019 Jun;29(2):334-344. doi: 10.1111/jora.12438. PMID: 31206881; PMCID: PMC8136470.

Peviani KM, Kahn RE, Maciejewski D, Bickel WK, Deater-Deckard K, King-Casas B, Kim-Spoon J. Intergenerational transmission of delay discounting: The mediating role of household chaos. J Adolesc. 2019 Apr;72:83-90. doi: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2019.03.002. Epub 2019 Mar 12. PMID: 30875564; PMCID: PMC6450567.

Kim-Spoon J, Lauharatanahirun N, Peviani K, Brieant A, Deater-Deckard K, Bickel WK, King-Casas B. Longitudinal pathways linking family risk, neural risk processing, delay discounting, and adolescent substance use. J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2019 Jun;60(6):655-664. doi: 10.1111/jcpp.13015. Epub 2019 Feb 27. PMID: 30809804; PMCID: PMC6791121.

Kim-Spoon J, Deater-Deckard K, Calkins SD, King-Casas B, Bell MA. Commonality between executive functioning and effortful control related to adjustment. J Appl Dev Psychol. 2019 Jan-Feb;60:47-55. doi: 10.1016/j.appdev.2018.10.004. Epub 2018 Oct 26. PMID: 31073257; PMCID: PMC6502243.

Maciejewski D, Brieant A, Lee J, King-Casas B, Kim-Spoon J. Neural Cognitive Control Moderates the Relation between Negative Life Events and Depressive Symptoms in Adolescents. J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol. 2020 Jan-Feb;49(1):118-133. doi: 10.1080/15374416.2018.1491005. Epub 2018 Aug 7. PMID: 30084647; PMCID: PMC6739181.

Wang JM, Zhu L, Brown VM, De La Garza R 2nd, Newton T, King-Casas B, Chiu PH. In Cocaine Dependence, Neural Prediction Errors During Loss Avoidance Are Increased With Cocaine Deprivation and Predict Drug Use. Biol Psychiatry Cogn Neurosci Neuroimaging. 2019 Mar;4(3):291-299. doi: 10.1016/j.bpsc.2018.07.009. Epub 2018 Aug 3. PMID: 30297162; PMCID: PMC6857782.

Brieant A, Holmes CJ, Maciejewski D, Lee J, Deater-Deckard K, King-Casas B, Kim-Spoon J. Positive and Negative Affect and Adolescent Adjustment: Moderation Effects of Prefrontal Functioning. J Res Adolesc. 2018 Mar;28(1):40-55. doi: 10.1111/jora.12339. PMID: 29460348; PMCID: PMC5823022.

Herd T, Li M, Maciejewski D, Lee J, Deater-Deckard K, King-Casas B, Kim-Spoon J. Inhibitory Control Mediates the Association between Perceived Stress and Secure Relationship Quality. Front Psychol. 2018 Feb 26;9:217. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00217. PMID: 29535664; PMCID: PMC5834476.

Maciejewski D, Lauharatanahirun N, Herd T, Lee J, Deater-Deckard K, King-Casas B, Kim-Spoon J. Neural cognitive control moderates the association between insular risk processing and risk-taking behaviors via perceived stress in adolescents. Dev Cogn Neurosci. 2018 Apr;30:150-158. doi: 10.1016/j.dcn.2018.02.005. Epub 2018 Feb 14. PMID: 29525416; PMCID: PMC6969092.

Lauharatanahirun N, Maciejewski D, Holmes C, Deater-Deckard K, Kim-Spoon J, King-Casas B. Neural Correlates of Risk Processing Among Adolescents: Influences of Parental Monitoring and Household Chaos. Child Dev. 2018 May;89(3):784-796. doi: 10.1111/cdev.13036. Epub 2018 Jan 31. PMID: 29383709; PMCID: PMC7185185.

Brown VM, Zhu L, Wang JM, Frueh BC, King-Casas B, Chiu PH. Associability-modulated loss learning is increased in posttraumatic stress disorder. Elife. 2018 Jan 9;7:e30150. doi: 10.7554/eLife.30150. PMID: 29313489; PMCID: PMC5760201.

Kahn RE, Chiu PH, Deater-Deckard K, Hochgraf AK, King-Casas B, Kim-Spoon J. The Interaction Between Punishment Sensitivity and Effortful Control for Emerging Adults' Substance Use Behaviors. Subst Use Misuse. 2018 Jul 3;53(8):1299-1310. doi: 10.1080/10826084.2017.1407790. Epub 2018 Jan 8. PMID: 29308966; PMCID: PMC6168062.

Kim-Spoon J, Maciejewski D, Lee J, Deater-Deckard K, King-Casas B. Longitudinal associations among family environment, neural cognitive control, and social competence among adolescents. Dev Cogn Neurosci. 2017 Aug;26:69-76. doi: 10.1016/j.dcn.2017.04.009. Epub 2017 May 16. PMID: 28544983; PMCID: PMC5557673.

Brieant A, Holmes CJ, Deater-Deckard K, King-Casas B, Kim-Spoon J. Household chaos as a context for intergenerational transmission of executive functioning. J Adolesc. 2017 Jul;58:40-48. doi: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2017.05.001. Epub 2017 May 8. PMID: 28494413; PMCID: PMC5510240.

Brieant A, Holmes CJ, Deater-Deckard K, King-Casas B, Kim-Spoon J. Household chaos as a context for intergenerational transmission of executive functioning. J Adolesc. 2017 Jul;58:40-48. doi: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2017.05.001. Epub 2017 May 8. PMID: 28494413; PMCID: PMC5510240.

Chung D, Kadlec K, Aimone JA, McCurry K, King-Casas B, Chiu PH. Valuation in major depression is intact and stable in a non-learning environment. Sci Rep. 2017 Mar 10;7:44374. doi: 10.1038/srep44374. PMID: 28281665; PMCID: PMC5345037.

Kim-Spoon J, Deater-Deckard K, Lauharatanahirun N, Farley JP, Chiu PH, Bickel WK, King-Casas B. Neural Interaction Between Risk Sensitivity and Cognitive Control Predicting Health Risk Behaviors Among Late Adolescents. J Res Adolesc. 2017 Sep;27(3):674-682. doi: 10.1111/jora.12295. Epub 2016 Nov 16. PMID: 28776832; PMCID: PMC5549676.

Kahn RE, Deater-Deckard K, King-Casas B, Kim-Spoon J. Intergenerational similarity in callous-unemotional traits: Contributions of hostile parenting and household chaos during adolescence. Psychiatry Res. 2016 Dec 30;246:815-820. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2016.10.023. Epub 2016 Oct 17. PMID: 28029442; PMCID: PMC5365397.

Kim-Spoon J, Deater-Deckard K, Holmes C, Lee J, Chiu P, King-Casas B. Behavioral and neural inhibitory control moderates the effects of reward sensitivity on adolescent substance use. Neuropsychologia. 2016 Oct;91:318-326. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2016.08.028. Epub 2016 Aug 28. PMID: 27580969; PMCID: PMC5075251.

Aimone J, Ball S, King-Casas B. The Betrayal Aversion Elicitation Task: An Individual Level Betrayal Aversion Measure. PLoS One. 2015 Sep 2;10(9):e0137491. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0137491. PMID: 26331944; PMCID: PMC4557997.

Idelson CR, Vogt WC, King-Casas B, LaConte SM, Rylander CG. Effect of mechanical optical clearing on near-infrared spectroscopy. Lasers Surg Med. 2015 Aug;47(6):495-502. doi: 10.1002/lsm.22373. Epub 2015 Jun 3. PMID: 26041069; PMCID: PMC4514551.

Chung D, Christopoulus GI, King-Casas B, Ball SB, Chiu PH. (2015). Social signals of safety and risk confer utility and have asymmetric effects on observers' choices. Nature Neuroscience 18(6): 912-916.

Christopoulos GI and King-Casas B. (2015). With you or against you: Social orientation dependent learning signals guide actions made for others. NeuroImage 104: 326-35.

Lee MR, Glassman M, King-Casas B, Kelly DL, Stein EA, Schroeder J, Salmeron BJ. (2014). Complexity of oxytocin's effects in a chronic cocaine dependent population. European Neuropsychopharmacology 24(9).

Zhu L, Jenkins AC, Set E, Scabini D, Knight RT, Chiu PH, King-Casas B, Hsu M. (2014). Damage to dorsolateral prefrontal cortex affects tradeoffs between honesty and self-interest. Nature Neuroscience 17(10): 1319-21.

Williams W, Graham DP, McCurry K, Sanders A, Eiseman J, Chiu PH, King-Casas B. (2014). Group psychotherapy's impact on trust in veterans with PTSD: a pilot study. Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic 78(4): 335-348.

Elerud C, Craddock RC, Fletcher S, Aulakh M, King-Casas B, Kuehl D, LaConte SM. (2014). Neuroimaging after mild traumatic brain injury: Review and meta-analysis. NeuroImage: Clinic 78(4): 335-348.

Lauharatanahirun N, Christopoulos GI, King-Casas B. (2012). Neural computations underlying social risk sensitivity. Front Hum Neurosci 6: 213.

King-Casas B, Chiu PH. (2012). Understanding interpersonal function in psychiatric illness through multiplayer economic games. Biol Psychiatry 72(2): 119-25.

Tso IF, Chiu PH, King-Casas BR, Deldin PJ. (2011). Alterations in affective processing of attack images following September 11, 2001. J Trauma Stress 24(5): 538-45.

D'Andrea W, Chiu PH, King-Casas BR, Deldin P. (2011). Linguistic predictors of PTSD symptoms following September 11, 2001. Applied Cognitive Psychology 24(5).

Klumpp H, Keller J, Miller GA, Casas BR,. (2010). Semantic processing of emotional words in depression and schizophrenia. International Journal of Pyschophysiology 75(2).

Kishida KT, King-Casas B, Montague PR. (2010). Neuroeconomic approaches to mental disorders. Neuron 67(4): 543-554. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2010.07.021. 

Lindsey L, King-Casas B, Brovko J, Chiu PH. (2009). Toward functional neurobehavioral assessment of mood and anxiety. Conf Proc IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology: 5393-5396.

Rilling JK, King-Casas B, Sanfey A. (2008). The neurobiology of social decision-making. Current Opinion in Neurobiology 18: 159-65.

King-Casas B, Sharp C, Lomax-Bream L, Lohrenz T, Fonagy P, Montague PR. (2008). The rupture and repair of cooperation in borderline personality disorder. Science 321: 806-810. 
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Montague PR, King-Casas B. (2007). Efficient statistics, common currencies and the problem of reward-harvesting. Trends in Cognitive Science 11(12): 514-519. 

Li J, McClure SM, King-Casas B, Montague PR. (2006). Policy adjustment in dynamic economic game. PLOS ONE 1(1): e103. 

Tomlin D, Kayali MA, King-Casas B, Anen C, Camerer C, Quartz S, Montague PR. (2006). Agent-specific responses in the cingulate cortex during economic exchanges. Science 312: 1047-1050. 

Montague PR, King-Casas B, Cohen JD. (2006). Imaging valuation models in human choice. Annual Review of Neuroscience 29: 417-448. 

Deldin P, Keller J, King BR, Best J, Gergen J, Miller GA. (2006). Normal N400 in mood disorders. Biological Psychology 71(1).

King-Casas B, Tomlin D, Anen C, Camerer CF, Quartz SR, Montague PR. (2005). Getting to know you: Reputation and trust in a two-person economic exchange. Science 308: 78-83. doi: 10.1126/science.308.5718.36a. 
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Deldin PJ, Deveney CM, Kim AS, Casas BR, Best JL. (2001). A slow wave investigation of working memory biases in mood disorders. Journal of Abnormabl Psychology 110(2).