2022
An intergenerational lifespan perspective on the neuroscience of prenatal substance exposure
Lowell AF, Morie K, Potenza MN, Crowley MJ, Mayes LC. An intergenerational lifespan perspective on the neuroscience of prenatal substance exposure. Pharmacology Biochemistry And Behavior 2022, 219: 173445. PMID: 35970340, DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2022.173445.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrenatal substance exposureSubstance exposureEmotion regulationExecutive functioningPrenatal exposureNeural correlatesVariety of domainsNeuroimaging literatureLongitudinal predictionInfluence infantsDevelopmental psychopathologyLifespan perspectiveChild behaviorExtant findingsNeural outcomesSensorimotor developmentNeurobiological effectsSubstance abuseBehavioral patternsDomain of interestNeuroscienceArousalPsychopathologyAdolescenceFunctioning
2021
Avoidance in Adolescence: The Balloon Risk Avoidance Task (BRAT)
Crowley M, van Noordt S, Castagna P, Vaca F, Wu J, Lejuez C, Mayes L. Avoidance in Adolescence: The Balloon Risk Avoidance Task (BRAT). Journal Of Psychopathology And Behavioral Assessment 2021, 44: 297-311. DOI: 10.1007/s10862-021-09928-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBalloon Analogue Risk TaskAvoidance behaviorRisk TaskMore avoidance behaviorSubset of youthRisk-taking behaviorMotivational correlatesBehavioral measuresAnxiety symptomsAvoidance taskLate adolescenceDiscriminant validityValidity dataDepressed moodAdolescenceAge 10TaskYouthAvoidanceAnxietyGreater levelsSignificant positive associationClinical implicationsPositive associationLess attention