Featured Publications
Leveraging the science of stress to promote resilience and optimize mental health interventions during adolescence
Gee DG, Sisk LM, Cohodes EM, Bryce NV. Leveraging the science of stress to promote resilience and optimize mental health interventions during adolescence. Nature Communications 2022, 13: 5693. PMID: 36171218, PMCID: PMC9519553, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-33416-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNeural effects of controllability as a key dimension of stress exposure
Cohodes EM, Odriozola P, Mandell JD, Caballero C, McCauley S, Zacharek SJ, Hodges HR, Haberman JT, Smith M, Thomas J, Meisner OC, Ellis CT, Hartley CA, Gee DG. Neural effects of controllability as a key dimension of stress exposure. Development And Psychopathology 2022, 35: 218-227. PMID: 35034670, DOI: 10.1017/s0954579421001498.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDorsal anterior insulaRight dorsal anterior insulaUncontrollable stress conditionUncontrollable stressStress exposureSex-matched participantsStressor controllabilityInitial exposureFunctional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) acquisitionSubsequent stress exposureNeural effectsAnterior insulaYoung adultsSubsequent stressorsPatterns of activityCross-species evidenceNeural correlatesSubsequent exposureExposureNeural underpinningsPresent studyParticipantsMagnetic resonance imaging (MRI) acquisitionAdaptive responseFMRI analysis
2021
Parental Buffering of Stress in the Time of COVID-19: Family-Level Factors May Moderate the Association Between Pandemic-Related Stress and Youth Symptomatology
Cohodes EM, McCauley S, Gee DG. Parental Buffering of Stress in the Time of COVID-19: Family-Level Factors May Moderate the Association Between Pandemic-Related Stress and Youth Symptomatology. Research On Child And Adolescent Psychopathology 2021, 49: 935-948. PMID: 33591457, PMCID: PMC7885749, DOI: 10.1007/s10802-020-00732-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPandemic-related stressChild symptomatologyAnxiety-related symptomatologyYouth symptomatologyFamily-level factorsCross-sectional study designCOVID-19-related stressYouth mental healthEffects of exposureParental bufferingStudy designSymptomatologyMental healthChildren's exposureParental reportsHigh levelsCOVID-19COVID-19 pandemicNegative emotionsGlobal pandemicDegree of stressExposureLight of evidenceHome routinesParenting stress
2018
Neurocognitive Development of Motivated Behavior: Dynamic Changes across Childhood and Adolescence
Gee DG, Bath KG, Johnson CM, Meyer HC, Murty VP, van den Bos W, Hartley CA. Neurocognitive Development of Motivated Behavior: Dynamic Changes across Childhood and Adolescence. Journal Of Neuroscience 2018, 38: 9433-9445. PMID: 30381435, PMCID: PMC6209847, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1674-18.2018.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdaptation, PsychologicalAdolescentChildChild DevelopmentCognitionHumansMotivationNerve NetPrefrontal CortexStress, PsychologicalConceptsMotivated behaviorProcessing of threatReward-motivated behaviorsNeural circuitsEarly life stressCognitive processesCourse of developmentDevelopmental trajectoriesExperiential factorsNeurocognitive developmentAdaptive behaviorRecent methodological innovationsDevelopmental changesDevelopmental onsetRecent researchPsychiatric disordersAdulthoodMethodological innovationsAdolescenceNeurocircuitryRewardBehaviorResearchChildhoodProcessing