Taylor J. Keding, PhD
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Taylor is an associate research scientist with Yale's Department of Psychology, working with Dr. Dylan Gee and the Clinical Affective Neuroscience & Development Lab. He has a joint appointment with the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Psychiatry, working with Dr. Ryan Herringa and the BRAVE Research Center. He received his Ph.D. in Neuroscience from the University of Wisconsin-Madison . His research broadly focuses on the development of emotion-related brain circuitry during childhood and adolescence, how circuit maturation is altered by early-life adversity, and how these alterations influence risk for pediatric psychopathology. His work utilizes neuroimaging (sMRI, fMRI, DTI), in combination with computational and predictive modeling approaches. In recognition of his work, Taylor has received numerous awards and honors from organizations such as the National Institutes of Mental Health, the National Science Foundation, the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation, the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, the Society for Biological Psychiatry, and the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology.
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Department of Psychology
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- PhD
- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Neuroscience (2021)
- BSc
- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Neurobiology (2014)
- BSc
- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Psychology (2014)
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Clinical Affective Neuroscience & Development Lab
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Dylan Gee, PhD
Bailey Holt-Gosselin
Jutta Joormann
Sahana Kribakaran
Arielle Baskin-Sommers
Eli Lebowitz, PhD
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Child Development
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Neural Circuit Markers of Familial Risk for Depression Among Healthy Youths in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study
Holt-Gosselin B, Keding T, Poulin R, Brieant A, Rueter A, Hendrickson T, Perrone A, Byington N, Houghton A, Miranda-Dominguez O, Feczko E, Fair D, Joormann J, Gee D. Neural Circuit Markers of Familial Risk for Depression Among Healthy Youths in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study. Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience And Neuroimaging 2023, 9: 185-195. PMID: 37182734, PMCID: PMC10640659, DOI: 10.1016/j.bpsc.2023.05.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFamilial riskHR youthLR youthHealthy youthWhole-brain seedEarly-onset depressionResting-state FCYears of ageBrain-based markersFunctional connectivity patternsHigh familial riskCognitive Development StudyAdolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) studyMaternal riskLow familial riskMaternal historyFamily historyStriatal connectivityMaternal depressionDepression riskNucleus accumbensPsychiatric problemsNeural circuitsEarly detectionSmall sample sizeViolence Exposure and Amygdala-Prefrontal Circuit Maturation: Developmental Markers of Psychiatric Risk in Youth
Keding T, Herringa R. Violence Exposure and Amygdala-Prefrontal Circuit Maturation: Developmental Markers of Psychiatric Risk in Youth. Biological Psychiatry 2022, 91: s47-s48. DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2022.02.140.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDifferential Patterns of Delayed Emotion Circuit Maturation in Abused Girls With and Without Internalizing Psychopathology
Keding T, Heyn S, Russell J, Zhu X, Cisler J, McLaughlin K, Herringa R. Differential Patterns of Delayed Emotion Circuit Maturation in Abused Girls With and Without Internalizing Psychopathology. American Journal Of Psychiatry 2021, 178: 1026-1036. PMID: 34407623, PMCID: PMC8570983, DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2021.20081192.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsChildhood abusePhysical neglectBrain Age Gap EstimationNormative brain developmentCircuit maturationBrain-wide patternsChildhood physical neglectEarly life adversityFronto-parietal cortexEmotion circuitsThreat generalizationGray matter volumePresence of psychopathologyResilient girlsLateral prefrontalHyperarousal symptomsInternalizing psychopathologyNeural contributorsAbused girlsInternalizing disorder diagnosesInternalizing diagnosesMaltreatment historyAbuse exposureAbuse historyNeurodevelopmental markersChildhood exposure to interpersonal violence is associated with greater transdiagnostic integration of psychiatric symptoms
Russell JD, Keding TJ, He Q, Li JJ, Herringa RJ. Childhood exposure to interpersonal violence is associated with greater transdiagnostic integration of psychiatric symptoms. Psychological Medicine 2020, 52: 1883-1891. PMID: 33161911, PMCID: PMC8106688, DOI: 10.1017/s0033291720003712.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsChildhood exposureIPV exposureTreatment-resistant populationStructured Clinical InterviewGreater psychiatric comorbidityMental health symptomsPotential clinical implicationsInterpersonal violencePopulation-representative sampleBridge symptomsPsychiatric comorbidityViolence-exposed youthPsychiatric symptomsTreatment resistanceSymptom communitiesClinical InterviewHealth symptomsMental illnessClinical implicationsSymptomsSymptom associationMultiple disordersViolence exposureDiagnostic statusPatterns of association
2025
Person-centered analyses reveal that developmental adversity at moderate levels and neural threat/safety discrimination are associated with lower anxiety in early adulthood
Sisk L, Keding T, Ruiz S, Odriozola P, Kribakaran S, Cohodes E, McCauley S, Zacharek S, Hodges H, Haberman J, Pierre J, Caballero C, Baskin-Sommers A, Gee D. Person-centered analyses reveal that developmental adversity at moderate levels and neural threat/safety discrimination are associated with lower anxiety in early adulthood. Communications Psychology 2025, 3: 31. PMID: 40044923, PMCID: PMC11882445, DOI: 10.1038/s44271-025-00193-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeural activityAdverse exposuresMiddle childhoodLower anxietyAssociated with lower anxietyWithin-person combinationsPerson-centered analysesPerson-centered approachHigher neural activityPatterns of adversity exposureCorticolimbic circuitryModerate adversityParsing heterogeneityAnxiety symptomsSafety learningDevelopmental adversityLatent profilesLifetime adversityNeurobiological functionsFuture anxietyAnxietyEarly adulthoodAssociated with processesAdversityYoung adultsMultivariate links between the developmental timing of adversity exposure and white matter tract connectivity in adulthood
Sisk L, Keding T, Cohodes E, McCauley S, Pierre J, Odriozola P, Kribakaran S, Haberman J, Zacharek S, Hodges H, Caballero C, Gold G, Huang A, Talton A, Gee D. Multivariate links between the developmental timing of adversity exposure and white matter tract connectivity in adulthood. Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience And Neuroimaging 2025 PMID: 39978462, DOI: 10.1016/j.bpsc.2025.02.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWhite matter tractsAdverse exposuresPreschool-ageMiddle childhoodMental health in adulthoodDevelopment of white matter tractsEarly-life adversitySymptoms in adulthoodChildhood adversity exposureDevelopmental timing of exposureMental health problemsTiming of adversity exposureMental health burdenCortico-cortical communicationIncreased mental health burdenTract connectivityNeurobiological changesHealth in adulthoodModes of covariationSensorimotor functionMultivariate linksMental healthAdversityAdulthoodHealth burdenBalancing Data Quality and Bias: Investigating Functional Connectivity Exclusions in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Developmentā (ABCD Study) Across Quality Control Pathways
Peverill M, Russell J, Keding T, Rich H, Halvorson M, King K, Birn R, Herringa R. Balancing Data Quality and Bias: Investigating Functional Connectivity Exclusions in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Developmentā (ABCD Study) Across Quality Control Pathways. Human Brain Mapping 2025, 46: e70094. PMID: 39788921, PMCID: PMC11717557, DOI: 10.1002/hbm.70094.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH Keywords and ConceptsDifferential gray matter correlates and machine learning prediction of abuse and internalizing psychopathology in adolescent females
Heyn S, Keding T, Cisler J, McLaughlin K, Herringa R. Differential gray matter correlates and machine learning prediction of abuse and internalizing psychopathology in adolescent females. Scientific Reports 2025, 15: 651. PMID: 39753729, PMCID: PMC11698963, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-84616-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsGray matter volumeVoxel-based morphometryInternalizing psychopathologyChildhood abuseAbuse experiencesPrefrontal cortexCingulate cortexAssociated with increased GMVVoxel-based morphometry analysisInterpersonal violenceDorsal prefrontal cortexDevelopment of psychopathologyAnterior cingulate cortexChildhood abuse historyChildhood abuse exposureT1 structural MRIDifferentiating gray matterPredictive of abuseAdolescent femalesSeverity of abuseDegree of overlapSupramarginal gyrusTrauma exposureStudy of interpersonal violenceIndividual psychopathology
2024
4.6 Examining Familial Risk of Depression and Family Conflict in the Prediction of Psychopathology in the ABCD Study
Basol E, Holt-Gosselin B, Joormann J, Gee D, Rodrigues K, Keding T. 4.6 Examining Familial Risk of Depression and Family Conflict in the Prediction of Psychopathology in the ABCD Study. Journal Of The American Academy Of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2024, 63: s232. DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2024.08.251.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDiverging Effects of Violence Exposure and Psychiatric Symptoms on Amygdala-Prefrontal Maturation during Childhood and Adolescence
Keding T, Russell J, Zhu X, He Q, Li J, Herringa R. Diverging Effects of Violence Exposure and Psychiatric Symptoms on Amygdala-Prefrontal Maturation during Childhood and Adolescence. Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience And Neuroimaging 2024 PMID: 39182725, PMCID: PMC11885587, DOI: 10.1016/j.bpsc.2024.08.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBasolateral amygdalaFunctional connectivityPsychiatric symptomsViolence exposureCircuit maturationOrbitofrontal cortex functional connectivityDevelopment of psychiatric symptomsResting-state functional connectivityEffects of violence exposureAmygdala-prefrontal cortexSeverity of psychopathologyBrain age gap estimationIncreased psychiatric symptomsPhiladelphia Neurodevelopmental CohortThreat appraisal processEffects of adversityExposure to violenceNeurobiological correlatesAssociated with delayed maturationBrain circuitryNeurodevelopmental mechanismsPsychiatric riskIndividual differencesNeurodevelopmental CohortAtypical neurodevelopment