In Press

• Innovations in the psychological study of happiness: From mirror neurons to mobile technology.

  Birk, S. †, and Denefrio, S. †, & Dennis-Tiwary, T.A. (in press). Innovations in the psychological study of happiness: From mirror neurons to mobile technology.  In J. Tice, B.S. Turner & Y. Contreras-Vejar (Eds.), Regimes of happiness: Comparative and historical studies.  Anthem Press. London: UK.

2018

• 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

• 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, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11031-018-9732-0

• 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 

2017

• 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.

• 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

• 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., Erblich, J., & Dennis-Tiwary, T. (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, 41(12), 2207-2216.

2016

• 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

2015

• 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.

• 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. doi: 10.1080/03057240.2015.1087393

• 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, 1-15. doi: 10.1080/17470919.2015.1123181

2014

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• The late positive potential predicts emotion regulation 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.

• Cognitive reappraisal in children: Neurophysiological correlates and links with anxiety
  

  DeCicco, J., O’Toole, L., & Dennis, T.A.  (2014). Cognitive reappraisal in children: Neurophysiological correlates and links with anxiety. Developmental Neuropsychology, 39(7), 497-515.

 

2013

• The N170 to angry faces predicts anxiety in typically developing children over a two-year period
  

  O’Toole, L., Berthod, S., DeCicco, J., & Dennis, T.A.  (2013). The N170 to angry faces predicts anxiety in typically developing children over a two-year period. Developmental Neuropsychology, 38(5), 352-363.

• Neurophysiological processing of emotion and parenting interact to predict inhibited behavior: an affective-motivational framework
  

  Kessel, E., Huselid, R., DeCicco, J., Dennis, T.A.  (2013). Neurophysiological processing of emotion and parenting interact to predict inhibited behavior: an affective-motivational framework. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 7.

 

2012

• Emotional picture processing in children: An ERP study

  Solomon, B., DeCicco, J., & Dennis, T.A.  (2012). Emotional picture processing in children: An ERP study.  Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 2(1), 110-119.

• Attention training and the threat bias: An ERP study

  O’Toole, L.J., & Dennis, T.A.  (2012). Attention training and the threat bias: An ERP study. Brain and Cognition, 78, 63-73.

• Introduction to the monograph: Physiological measures of emotion from a developmental perspective: State of the science

  Dennis, T.A., Buss, K.A., & Hastings, P.D.  (Eds.; 2012). Introduction to the monograph: Physiological measures of emotion from a developmental perspective: State of the science. Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 77(2). 

• The role of intraverbal exchanges in assessing parent-child relationships

  Gokhan, N., Dennis, T.A., & Crossman, A.  (2012). The role of intraverbal exchanges in assesing parent-child relationships. Psychological Record, 62, 207–224.

• Neural correlates of cognitive reappraisal in children: An ERP study.
  

  DeCicco, J., Solomon, B., & Dennis, T.A.  (2012). Neural correlates of cognitive reappraisal in children: An ERP study. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 2(1), 70-80.

•  Emotion regulation from the perspective of developmental neuroscience: What, where, when, and why

  Dennis, T.A., O’Toole, L., & DeCicco, J.  (2012).  Emotion regulation from the perspective of developmental neuroscience: What, where, when, and why. In K. Barrett (Ed.), The handbook of self-regulatory processes (pp. 135-172).  New York: Taylor and Francis.

 

2011

• Threat facilitates subsequent executive control over anxious mood

  Birk, J.L., Dennis, T.A., Shin, L.M., & Urry, H.L.  (2011). Threat facilitates subsequent executive control over anxious mood. Emotion, 11(6), 1291-1304. 

• The impact of task-irrelevant emotional stimuli on attention in three domains
  

  O’Toole, L.J., DeCicco, J., Hong, M., & Dennis, T.A.  (2011). The impact of task-irrelevant emotional stimuli on attention in three domains. Emotion, 11(6), 1322-1330.

• An ERP study of conflict monitoring in 4–8-year old children: Associations with temperament
  

  Buss, K.A., Dennis, T.A., Brooker, R., & Sippel, L.M.  (2011). An ERP study of conflict monitoring in 4-8 year old children: Associations with temperament. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 1, 131-140.

• Error-monitoring brain activity is associated with affective behaviors in young children

  Brooker, R., Buss, K.A., & Dennis, T.A.  (2011). Error-monitoring brain activity is associated with affective behaviors in young children. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 1, 141-152.

 

2010

• Introduction to the special issue on neurophysiological markers for emotion and emotion regulation
  

  Dennis, T.A.  (2010). Introduction to the special issue on neurophysiological markers for emotion and emotion regulation. Developmental Neuropsychology, 35, 125-128.

• Neurophysiological markers for emotion regulation from the perspective of emotion-cognition integration: Current directions and future challenges
  

  Dennis, T.A.  (2010). Neurophysiological markers for emotion regulation from the perspective of emotion-cognition integration: Current directions and future challenges. Developmental Neuropsychology, 35, 212-230.

• Do the associations between exuberance and emotion regulation depend on effortful control?
  

  Dennis, T.A., Hong, M., & Solomon, B.  (2010). Do the associations between exuberance and emotion regulation depend on effortful control? International Journal of Behavioral Development, 34(5), 462 – 472. 

• Frontal EEG and emotion regulation: Electrocortical activity in response to emotional film clips is associated with reduced mood induction and attention interference effects
  

  Dennis, T.A., & Solomon, B.  (2010). Frontal EEG and emotion regulation: Electrocortical activity in response to emotional film clips is associated with reduced mood induction and attention interference effects. Biological Psychology, 85(3), 456-464.

• An optimal balance: The integration of emotion and cognition in context
  

  Blair, C., & Dennis, T.A.  (2010). An optimal balance: The integration of emotion and cognition in context. In S. Calkins & M. Bell (Eds.), Child development at the intersection of emotion and cognition (pp. 17-35).  Washington, DC: APA Books.

 

2009

• Trait anxiety and conflict monitoring following threat: An ERP study
  

  Dennis, T.A., & Chen, C.  (2009). Trait anxiety and conflict monitoring following threat: An ERP study. Psychophysiology, 46, 122-131.

• Brain potentials during affective picture processing in children
  

  Hajcak, G., & Dennis, T.A.  (2009). Brain potential during affective picture processing in children. Biological Psychology, 80(3), 333-338.

• Emotional face processing and emotion regulation in children: An ERP study
  

  Dennis, T.A., Malone, M., & Chen, C.  (2009). Emotional face processing and emotion regulation in children: An ERP study. Developmental Neuropsychology, 34(1), 1-18.

• The functional organization of preschool-age children’s emotion expressions and actions in challenging situations
  

  Dennis, T.A., Cole, P.M., Wiggins, C., Cohen, L.H., & Zalewski, M.T.  (2009).  Emotion, 9(4), 520-520.

• The late positive potential: A neurophysiological marker for emotion regulation in children
  

  Dennis, T.A., & Hajcak, G.  (2009). The late positive potential: A neurophysiological marker for emotion regulation in children. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 50(11), 1373-1383.

• Preschool children’s views on emotion regulation: Functional associations and implications for social-emotional adjustment
  

  Dennis, T.A., & Kelemen, D.A.  (2009). Preschool children’s views on emotion regulation: Functional associations and implications for social-emotional adjustment. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 33(3), 243-252.

 

2008

• Preschoolers’ emotion regulation strategy understanding: Relations with emotion socialization and child self-regulation
  

  Cole, P.M., Dennis, T.A., Smith-Simon, K.E., & Cohen, L.H.  (2008). Preschoolers’ emotion regulation strategy understanding: Relations with emotion socialization and child self-regulation. Social Development, 18, 324-352.

• Emotion regulation and the early development of psychopathology
  

  Cole, P.M., Dennis, T.A., Martin, S.E., & Hall, S.E.  (2008). Emotion regulation and the early development of psychopathology. In M. Vandekerckhove, C. von Scheve, S. Ismer, S. Jung, & S. Kronast (Eds.), Regulating emotions: Social necessity and biological inheritance (pp. 171-188).  Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing.

• Threat-related attentional biases: An analysis of three attention systems
  

  Dennis, T.A., Chen, C., & McCandliss, B.M.  (2008). Threat-related attentional biases: An analysis of three attention systems. Depression and Anxiety, 25(E), 1-10.

 

2007

• Effortful control, social competence, and adjustment problems in children at risk for psychopathology
  

  Dennis, T.A., Brotman, L.M., Huang, K., & Gouley, K.K.  (2007). Effortful control, social competence, and adjustment problems in children at risk for psychopathology. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 36(3), 442-454.

• Emotional face processing and attention performance in three domains: Neurophysiological mechanisms and moderating effects of trait anxiety
  

  Dennis, T.A., & Chen, C.  (2007). Emotional face processing and attention performance in three domains: Neurophysiological mechanisms and moderation effects of trait anxiety. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 65(1), 10-19. 

• Neurophysiological mechanisms in the emotional modulation of attention: The interplay between threat sensitivity and attentional control
  

  Dennis, T.A., & Chen, C.  (2007). Neurophysiological mechanisms in the emotional modulation of attention: The interplay between threat sensitivity and attentional control. Biological Psychology, 76(1-2), 1-10. 

• The socialization of autonomy and relatedness: Sequential verbal exchanges in Japanese and U.S. mother-preschooler dyads
  

  Dennis, T.A., Talih, M., Cole, P.M., Zahn-Waxler, C, & Mizuta, I.  (2007). The socialization of autonomy and relatedness: Sequential verbal exchanges in Japanese and U.S. mother-preschooler dyads. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 38(6), 729-749. 

• Interactions between emotion regulation strategies and affective style: Implications for trait anxiety versus depressed mood
  

  Dennis, T.A.  (2007). Interactions between emotion regulation strategies and affective style: Implications for trait anxiety versus depressed mood. Motivation and Emotion, 31, 200-207.

 

2006

• Reactivity and regulation in preschoolers prenatally exposed to cocaine

  Dennis, T., Bendersky, M., Ramsay, D., & Lewis, M.  (2006). Reactivity and regulation in preschoolers prenatally exposed to cocaine. Developmental Psychology, 42(4), 688-697. 

• Emotional self regulation in preschoolers: The interplay of child approach reactivity, parenting, and control capacities
  

  Dennis, T.  (2006). Emotional self regulation in preschoolers: The interplay of child approach reactivity, parenting, and control capacities. Developmental Psychology, 42(1), 84-97.

 

2005

• Prevention for preschoolers at high risk for conduct problems: Immediate outcomes on parenting practices and child social competence
  

  Brotman, L.M., Gouley, K.K., Chesir-Teran, D., Dennis, T.A., Klein, R.G., & Shrout, P.  (2005). Prevention for preschoolers at high risk for conduct problems: Immediate outcomes on parenting practices and child social competence. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 34(4), 724-732. 

 

2004

• Emotion regulation as a scientific construct: Methodological challenges and directions for child development research

  Cole, P.M., Martin, S.E., & Dennis, T.A.  (2004). Emotion regulation as a scientific construct: Methodological challenges and directions for child development research. Child Development, 75(2), 317-333.

 

2003

• Effortful control, attention, and aggressive behavior in preschoolers at risk for conduct problems
  

  Dennis, T.A., & Brotman, L.M.  (2003). Effortful control, attention, and aggressive behavior in preschoolers at risk for conduct problems. In J.A. King, C.F. Ferris, and I.I. Lederhendler (Eds.), Annals of the New York Academy of Science: Roots of Mental Illness in Children, 1008, 252-255. 

 

2002

• Self in context: Autonomy and relatedness in Japanese and U.S. mother-preschooler dyads
  

  Dennis, T.A., Cole, P.M., Zahn-Waxler, C, & Mizuta, I.  (2002). Self in context: Autonomy and relatedness in Japanese and U.S. mother-preschooler dyads. Child Development, 73(6), 1803-1817. 

 

1998

• Variations on a theme: Culture and the meaning of socialization practices and child competence.
  

  Cole, P.M., & Dennis, T.A.  (1998). Variations on a theme: Culture and the meaning of socialization practices and child competence. Psychological Inquiry, 9, 276-278.