Featured Publications

• When neutral is not neutral: Neurophysiological evidence for reduced discrimination between aversive and non-aversive information in generalized anxiety disorder.

  Denefrio, S., Myruski, S., Mennin, D., & Dennis-Tiwary, T. A. (2018). When neutral is not neutral: Neurophysiological evidence for reduced discrimination between aversive and non-aversive information in generalized anxiety disorder. Motivation and Emotion. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11031-018-9732-0.

• A Web-Based Interactive Tool to Reduce Childhood Obesity Risk in Urban Minority Youth: Usability Testing Study.

  Verdaguer, S., Mateo, K., Wyka, K.F., Dennis-Tiwary, T.A., & Leung, M.M. (2018). A web-based interactive tool to reduce childhood obesity risk in urban minority youth: Usability testing study. JMIR Formative Research 2018, 2(2), e21. doi: 10.2196/formative.9747

• Stress and Emotion Regulation: The Dynamic Fit Model.

  Myruski, S., Denefrio, S., & Dennis-Tiwary, T. (2018). Stress and Emotion Regulation: The Dynamic Fit Model. In K. Harkness & E. P. Hayden (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Stress and Mental Health. Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190681777.013.19

• Dynamic measures of anxiety-related threat bias: Links to stress reactivity.

  Egan, L., Dennis-Tiwary, T.A. (2018). Dynamic measures of anxiety-related threat bias: Links to stress reactivity. Motivation and Emotion. doi.org/10.1007/s11031-018-9674-6 

• Threat Sensitivity.

  Denefrio, S., Dennis-Tiwary, T.A. (2017). Threat Sensitivity. In V. Zeigler-Hill & T.D. Shackelford (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. New York: Springer.

• A Single Session of Attentional Bias Modification Reduces Alcohol Craving and Implicit Measures of Alcohol Bias in Young Adult Drinkers.

  Luehring‐Jones, P., Louis, C., Dennis‐Tiwary, T. A., & Erblich, J. (2017). A Single Session of Attentional Bias Modification Reduces Alcohol Craving and Implicit Measures of Alcohol Bias in Young Adult Drinkers. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research. doi/10.1111/acer.13520/full

• Digital disruption?: Maternal mobile device use is related to infant social-emotional functioning.

  Myruski, S. †, Gulyayeva, O. Birk, S., Perez-Edgar, K., Buss, K.A., & Dennis-Tiwary, T.A. (2017). Digital disruption?: Maternal mobile device use is related to infant social-emotional functioning. Developmental Science. doi: 10.1111/desc.12610

• Neurocognitive assessment of emotional context sensitivity.

  Myruski, S., Bonanno, G. A., Gulyayeva, O., Egan, L. J., & Dennis-Tiwary, T. A. (2017). Neurocognitive assessment of emotional context sensitivity. Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience. doi:10.3758/s13415-017-0533-9

• Emotional cue validity effects: The role of neurocognitive responses to emotion.

  Denefrio, S., Simmons, A., Jha, A., & Dennis-Tiwary, T. A. (2017). Emotional cue validity effects: The role of neurocognitive responses to emotion. PloS one, 12(7), doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0179714

• Salutary effects of an attention bias modification mobile application on biobehavioral measures of stress and anxiety during pregnancy.

  Dennis-Tiwary, T. A., Denefrio, S., & Gelber, S. (2017). Salutary effects of an attention bias modification mobile application on biobehavioral measures of stress and anxiety during pregnancy. Biological Psychology, 127, 148-156. doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2017.05.003

• Favorable associations with alcohol and impaired self-regulation: A behavioral economic analysis.

  Luehring-Jones, P. †, Dennis-Tiwary, T., Murphy, J.G., Dennhardt, A. Lindgren, K.P., Yarmush, D.E., Erblich, J. (2016). Favorable associations with alcohol and impaired self-regulation: A behavioral economic analysis. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 163, 172-178. doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2016.04.017

• For whom the bell tolls: Neurocognitive individual differences in the acute stress-reduction effects of an attention bias modification game for anxiety

  Dennis-Tiwary, T., Egan, L.J., Babkirk, S., and Denefrio, S. (2016). For whom the bell tolls: Neurocognitive individual differences in the acute stress-reduction effects of an attention bias modification game for anxiety. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 77, 105-117. doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2015.12.008

• Computer-mediated communication preferences predict biobehavioral measures of social-emotional functioning

  Babkirk, S., Luehring-Jones, P., & Dennis-Tiwary, T. A. (2015). Computer-mediated communication preferences predict biobehavioral measures of social-emotional functioning. Social neuroscience, 11(6), 637-651.

• Executive function and temperamental fear concurrently predict deception in school-aged children

  Babkirk, S., Saunders, L. V., Solomon, B., Kessel, E. M., Crossman, A., Gokhan, N., & Dennis, T. A. (2015). Executive function and temperamental fear concurrently predict deception in school-aged children. Journal of moral education, 44(4), 425-439.

•  A critical review of attentional threat bias and its role in the treatment of pediatric anxiety disorders

  Roy, A.K., Dennis, T.A., & Masia Warner, C. (2015). A critical review of attentional threat bias and its role in the treatment of pediatric anxiety disorders. Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy: An International Quarterly, 29(3), 171-184.

• Mental health on the go: Effects of a gamified attention bias modification mobile application in trait anxious adults
  

  Dennis, T.A., & O’Toole, L.  (2014). Mental health on the go: Effects of a gamified attention bias modification mobile application in trait anxious adults. Clinical Psychological Science, 2(2), 1-15.

• The late positive potential predicts emotion regulatory behavior concurrently and two years later in children
  

  Babkirk, S., Rios, V., & Dennis, T.A.  (2014). The late positive potential predicts emotion regulation behavior concurrently and two years later in children. Developmental Science, 1-10.

• Associations between parental ideology and neural sensitivity to cognitive conflict in children
  

  Dennis, T.A., Amodio, D., & O’Toole, L.  (2014). Associations between parental ideology and neural sensitivity to cognitive conflict in children. Social Neuroscience, 10(2), 206-217.

• Negative affectivity and EEG asymmetry interact to predict emotional interference on attention in early school-aged children
  

  Solomon, B., O’Toole, L., Hong, M., & Dennis, T.A.  (2014). Negative affectivity and EEG asymmetry interact to predict emotional interference on attention in early school-aged children. Brain and Cognition, 87, 173-180.

• The late positive potential as a neural signature for cognitive reappraisal in children
  

  DeCicco, J., O’Toole, L., & Dennis, T.A.  (2014). The late positive potential as a neural signature for cognitive reappraisal in children. Developmental Neuropsychology, 39(7), 497-515.

• Emotion Regulation from the Perspective of Developmental Neuroscience: What, Where, When, and Why

  Dennis, T.A., O’Toole, L.J., & DeCicco, J.M. (2013). Emotion Regulation from the Perspective of Developmental Neuroscience: What, Where, When, and Why. In K.C. Barrett, N.A. Fox, G.A. Morgan, D.J. Fidler, & L.A. Daunhauer (Eds.), Handbook of Self-Regulatory Processes in Development: New Directions and International Perspectives (pp. 135-172). New York, NY: Psychology Press.