Preprints & In Press
MASS UNIVARIATE TESTING BIASES THE DETECTION OF INTERACTION EFFECTS IN WHOLE-BRAIN ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE Chavez, R.S. & Wagner, D.D. (biorxiv) Mass univariate testing biases the detection of interaction effects in whole-brain analysis of variance. PDF
2024
THE CASE OF YOUNG PEOPLE WHO USE E-CIGARETTES INFREQUENTLY: WHO IS THIS POPULATION? WHAT BECOMES OF THEM? Roberts, M. E., Singer, J. M., Lu, B., Wagner, D. D., Wold, L. E., Qiang, R., Craigmile, P. F., & Tackett, A. P. (2024). The case of young people who use e-cigarettes infrequently: Who is this population? What becomes of them? Drug and Alcohol Dependence 259, 111316.
DEMOGRAPHIC AND BEHAVIORAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ADOLESCENTS AND YOUNG ADULTS WHO USE E-CIGARETTES AT LOW AND HIGH FREQUENCY Singer, J. M., Tackett, A. P., Klein, E. G., Lu, B., Wagner, D. D., Wold, L. E., & Roberts, M. E. (2024). Demographic and Behavioral Differences Between Adolescents and Young Adults Who Use E-Cigarettes at Low and High Frequency. Substance Use & Addiction Journal 45(2), 232–239.
NICOTINE INFORMATION DISCLOSED ONLINE BY E-CIGARETTE BRANDS POPULAR WITH YOUNG PEOPLE Rykaczewski, C., Tackett, A. P., Klein, E. G., Singer, J. M., Lu, B., Wold, L. E., Wagner, D. D., & Roberts, M. E. (2024). Nicotine information disclosed online by e-cigarette brands popular with young people. Tobacco Prevention & Cessation 10.
2023
THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN REAL AND FICTIONAL OTHERS IN THE MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX IS BLURRED IN LONELIER INDIVIDUALS Broom, T. W., & Wagner, D. D. (2023). The boundary between real and fictional others in the medial prefrontal cortex is blurred in lonelier individuals. Cerebral Cortex 33(16), 9677–9689. PDF Press Release
WHAT DO YOUNG PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT THE NICOTINE IN THEIR E-CIGARETTES? Balzer, G., Landrus, A., Ovestrud, I., Singer, J. M., Lu, B., Wagner, D. D., Klein, E. G., Wold, L. E., Wilson, C., Tackett, A. P., & Roberts, M. E. (2023). What do young people know about the nicotine in their e-cigarettes? Tobacco Control.
2022
THEY SAW A DEBATE: POLITICAL POLARIZATION IS ASSOCIATED WITH GREATER MULTIVARIATE NEURAL SYNCHRONY WHEN VIEWING THE OPPOSING CANDIDATE SPEAK Broom, T.W., Stahl, J.L., Ping, E.E.C., Wagner, D.D. (2022). They Saw a Debate: Political Polarization Is Associated with Greater Multivariate Neural Synchrony When Viewing the Opposing Candidate Speak Journal of Cogntive Neuroscience PDF
DUAL USE OF E-CIGARETTES AND CANNABIS AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE IN AMERICA: A NEW PUBLIC HEALTH HURDLE? Roberts, M. E., Tackett, A. P., Singer, J. M., Wagner, D. D., Lu, B., Wagener, T. L., Brinkman, M., Klein, E. G., Vickerman, K. A., Wold, L. E., Gumina, R. J., & Mohler, P. J. (2022). Dual Use of E-cigarettes and Cannabis among Young People in America: A New Public Health Hurdle? Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs.
2021
THE ORBITOFRONTAL CORTEX SPONTANEOUSLY ENCODES FOOD HEALTH AND CONTAINS MORE DISTINCT REPRESENTATIONS FOR FOODS HIGHEST IN TASTE Londerée, A.M., Wagner, D.D. (2021). The orbitofrontal cortex spontaneously encodes food health and contains more distinct representations for foods highest in taste. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience 16(8), 816–826 PDF
BECOMING THE KING IN THE NORTH: IDENTIFICATION WITH FICTIONAL CHARACTERS IS ASSOCIATED WITH GREATER SELF-OTHER NEURAL OVERLAP Broom, T.W., Chavez, R.S., Wagner, D.D. (2021). Becoming the King in the North: Identification with Fictional Characters is Associated with Greater Self-Other Neural Overlap. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience 16(6), 541–551 PDF Press Release
MENTAL HEALTH AND BEHAVIOR OF COLLEGE STUDENTS DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC: LONGITUDINAL MOBILE SMARTPHONE AND ECOLOGICAL MOMENTARYASSESSMENT STUDY, PART II Mack, D. L., DaSilva, A. W., Rogers, C., Hedlund, E., Murphy, E. I., Voj-danovski, V., Plomp, J., Wang, W., Nepal, S. K., Holtzheimer, P. E.,Wag-2/13 ner, D. D., Jacobson, N. C., Meyer, M. L., Campbell, A. T., Huckins, J. F. (2021). Mental Health and Behavior of College Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Longitudinal Mobile Smartphone and Ecological MomentaryAssessment Study, Part II. Journal of Medical Internet Research 23(6):e228892 PDF
2020
THE NEURAL REPRESENTATION OF SELF IS RECAPITULATED IN THE BRAINS OF FRIENDS: A ROUND-ROBIN FMRI STUDY Chavez, R.S., Wagner, D.D. (2020). The neural representation of self is recapitulated in the brains of friends: A round-robin fMRI study. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 118(3), 407–416 PDF Press Release
MENTAL HEALTH AND BEHAVIOR DURING THE EARLY PHASES OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC: A LONGITUDINAL MOBILE SMARTPHONE AND ECOLOGICAL MOMENTARY ASSESSMENT STUDY IN COLLEGE STUDENTS Huckins, J.F., daSilva, A.W., Wang, W., Hedlund E.L., Rogers, C., Nepal, S.K., Wu, J., Obuchi, M., Murphy, E.I., Meyer, M.L., Wagner, D.D., Holtzheimer, P.E., Campbell, A.T. (2020). Mental Health and Behavior During the Early Phases of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Longitudinal Mobile Smartphone and Ecological Momentary Assessment Study in College Students. Journal of Medical Internet Research 22(6):e20185. PDF
CAUSAL FACTORS OF ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION IN COLLEGE STUDENTS: LONGITUDINAL ECOLOGICAL MOMENTARY ASSESSMENT AND CAUSAL ANALYSIS USING PETER AND CLARK MOMENTARY CONDITIONAL INDEPENDENCE Huckins, J. F., DaSilva, A. W., Hedlund, E. L., Murphy, E. I., Rogers, C., Wang, W., Obuchi, M., Holtzheimer, P. E., Wagner, D.D., Campbell, A.T. (2020). Causal Factors of Anxiety and Depression in College Students: Longitudinal Ecological Momentary Assessment and Causal Analysis Using Peter and Clark Momentary Conditional Independence. JMIR Mental Health 7(6):e16684. PDF
MEDIA MULTITASKING IS ASSOCIATED WITH HIGHER RISK FOR OBESITY AND INCREASED RESPONSIVENESS TO REWARDING FOOD STIMULI Lopez, R.B., Heatherton, T.F., Wagner, D.D. (2019). Media multitasking is associated with higher risk for obesity and increased responsiveness to rewarding food stimuli. Brain Imaging and Behavior 14(4), 1050–1061. PDF Press Release
2019
DECODING THE NEURAL REPRESENTATION OF SELF AND PERSON KNOWLEDGE WITH MULTIVARIATE PATTERN ANALYSIS AND DATA DRIVEN APPROACHES Wagner, D.D., Chavez, R.S., Broom, T.W.* (2019). Decoding the Neural Representation of Self and Person Knowledge with Multivariate Pattern Analysis and Data Driven Approaches. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Cognitive Science 10(1), e1482. PDF
RECRUITMENT OF PREFRONTAL CORTEX DURING EFFORTFUL SELF-CONTROL IS SUBSEQUENTLY ASSOCIATED WITH AN ALTERED BALANCE OF BRAIN ACTIVITY IN CONTROL AND REWARD SYSTEMS DURING EXPOSURE TO APPETITIVE FOOD COMMERCIALS Lopez, R.B., Courtney, A.L., Wagner, D.D. (2019). Recruitment of prefrontal cortex during effortful self-control is subsequently associated with an altered balance of brain activity in control and reward systems during exposure to appetitive food commercials. PeerJ 7, e6550. PDF
FUSING MOBILE PHONE SENSING AND BRAIN IMAGING TO ASSESS DEPRESSION IN COLLEGE STUDENTS Huckins, J.F., daSilva, A.W., Wang, R., Wang, W., Hedlund E.L., Murphy, E.I., Lopez, R.B., Rogers, C., Holtzheimer, P.E., Kelley, W.M., Heatherton, T.F., Wagner, D.D., Haxby J.V., Campbell, A.T. (2019). Fusing Mobile Phone Sensing and Brain Imaging to Assess Depression in College Students. Frontiers in Neuroscience 13, 248. PDF
CORRELATES OF STRESS IN THE COLLEGE ENVIRONMENT UNCOVERED BY THE APPLICATION OF PENALIZED GENERALIZED ESTIMATING EQUATIONS TO MOBILE SENSING DATA daSilva, A.W., Huckins, J.F., Wang, R., Wang, W., Wagner, D.D., Campbell, A.T. (2019). Correlates of stress in the college environment uncovered by the application of penalized generalized estimating equations to mobile sensing data. JMIR mHealth and uHealth. 7(3):e12084. PDF
2018
ADOLESCENT ATTENTIONAL BIAS TOWARD REAL-WORLD FLAVORED E-CIGARETTE MARKETING Londeree, A.M., Roberts, M.E., Wewers, M.E., Peters, E., Ferketich, A.K., Wagner, D.D. (2018). Adolescent Attentional Bias Toward Real-World Flavored E-Cigarette Marketing. Tobacco Regulatory Science 4(6), 57-65. PDF
NEUROIMAGING, NEUROMODULATION, AND POPULATION HEALTH: THE NEUROSCIENCE OF CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION Hall, P.A., Bickel, W.K., Erickson, K.I., Wagner, D.D. (2018). Neuroimaging, neuromodulation, and population health: The neuroscience of chronic disease prevention. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1428(1),240-256. PDF
CALORIE INFORMATION AND DIETING STATUS MODULATE REWARD AND CONTROL ACTIVATION IN RESPONSE TO FOOD IMAGES Courtney, A.L., PeConga, E.K., Wagner, D.D., Rapuano, K.M. (2018). Calorie information and dieting status modulate reward and control activation in response to food images. PLoS ONE e0204744. PDF
MEDIA MULTITASKING IS ASSOCIATED WITH ALTERED PROCESSING OF INCIDENTAL, IRRELEVANT CUES DURING PERSON PERCEPTION Lopez, R.B., Salinger, J.M., Heatherton, T.F., Wagner, D.D. (2018). Media multitasking is associated with altered processing of incidental, irrelevant cues during person perception. BMC Psychology 6(44). PDF Press Release
2017
NEURAL POPULATION DECODING REVEALS THE INTRINSIC POSITIVITY OF THE SELF Chavez, R.S., Heatherton, T.F., Wagner, D.D. (2017) Neural population decoding reveals the intrinsic positivity of the self. Cerebral Cortex 27(11): 5222-5229 PDF
THE USE OF REWARD CUE-REACTIVITY IN PREDICTING REAL-WORLD SELF-CONTROL FAILURE Wagner, D.D. (2017) The use of reward cue-reactivity in predicting real-world self-control failure. In de Ridder, Adriaanse & Fujita (Eds.), Routledge International Handbook of Self-Control in Health and Wellbeing, Routledge. PDF
2016
THE DORSAL MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX RESPONDS PREFERENTIALLY TO SOCIAL INTERACTIONS DURING NATURAL VIEWING Wagner, D.D., Kelley, W.M., Haxby, J.V., Heatherton, T.F. (2016). The dorsal medial prefrontal cortex responds preferentially to social interactions during natural viewing. Journal of Neuroscience 36(26): 6917-6925. PDF SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS
THE COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE OF SELF-REGULATORY FAILURE Wagner, D.D., Heatherton, T.F. (2016) The Cognitive Neuroscience of Self-Regulatory Failure. In K.D. Vohs & R.F. Baumeister (Eds.), Handbook of Self Regulation: Research, theory and applications (3rd edition), New York, N.Y.:Guilford Press. PDF
WHAT CAN COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE TELL US ABOUT EGO DEPLETION? Wagner, D.D., Heatherton, T.F. (2016) What can cognitive neuroscience tell us about ego depletion? In E.R. Hirt, J.J. Clarkson & L. Jia (Eds.), Self-Regulation and Ego Control, Academic Press: Elsevier. PDF
2015
IN SEARCH OF A HUMAN SELF-REGULATION SYSTEM Kelley, W.M., Wagner, D.D., Heatherton, T.F. (2015). In search of a human self-regulation system. Annual Review of Neuroscience. 38: 389-411. PDF
ACTIVITY IN CORTICAL MIDLINE STRUCTURES IS MODULATED BY SELF-CONSTRUAL CHANGES DURING ACCULTURATION Chen, P. A., Wagner, D.D., Kelley, W.M., Heatherton, T.F. (2015). Activity in cortical midline structures is modulated by self-construal changes during acculturation. Culture and Brain. 3(1): 39-52. PDF
THE NEUROSCIENCE OF DESIRE REGULATION Lopez, R.B. , Wagner, D.D., Heatherton, T.F. (2015). The neuroscience of desire regulation. In W. Hofmann & L.F. Nordgren (Eds.), The Psychology of Desire. New York, N.Y.: Guilford Press. PDF
SELF-REGULATORY STRENGTH: NEURAL MECHANISMS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR TRAINING Lopez, R.B. , Wagner, D.D., Vohs, K.D., Heatherton, T.F. (2015). Self-regulatory strength: neural mechanisms and implications for training. In Gendolla, Tops & Koole (Eds.), Handbook of Biobehavioral Approaches to Self-Regulation. New York, N.Y.: Springer. PDF
MENTALIZING Wagner, D.D. (2015) Mentalizing. In Toga, A. (Ed) Brain Mapping: An Encyclopedic Reference. Academic Press: Elsevier, pp. 143-146. PDF
SELF-REGULATION AND SELF-REGULATION FAILURE Heatherton, T.F., Lopez, R.B., Wagner, D.D. (2015) Self-regulation and self-regulation failure. In Toga, A. (Ed) Brain Mapping: An Encyclopedic Reference. Academic Press: Elsevier.
2014
NEURAL PREDICTORS OF GIVING IN TO TEMPTATION IN DAILY LIFE Lopez, R.B., Hofmann, W., Wagner, D.D., Kelley, W.M., Heatherton, T.F. (2014). Neural predictors of giving in to temptation in daily life. Psychological Science. 25(7): 1337–1344. PDF
SELF-REGULATION AND ITS FAILURE: SEVEN DEADLY THREATS TO SELF-REGULATION Wagner, D.D., Heatherton, T.F. (2014) Self-Regulation and its Failure: Seven Deadly Threats to Self-Regulation. In M. Mikulincer, P. R. Shaver, E. Borgida, & J. A. Bargh (Eds.), APA Handbook of Personality and Social Psychology: Volume 1. Attitudes and Social Cognition. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association. PDF
SELF-REGULATION AND ITS FAILURES Wagner, D.D., Heatherton, T.F. (2014). Self-Regulation and its Failures. In Gazzaniga & Mangun (Eds.), The Cognitive Neurosciences (5th edition). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. PDF
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE: FINDINGS, APPLICATIONS, AND CHALLENGES Arzi, A., Banerjee, S., Cox, J.C., D’Souza, D., De Brigard, F., Doll, B.B., Fairley, J., Fleming, S.M., Herholz, S.C., King , D.R., Libby, L.A., Myers, J.C., Neta, M., Pitcher, D., Power, J.D., Rass, O., Ritchey, M., Jubal, E.R., Royston, A., Wagner, D.D., Wang, W., Waring, J.D., Williams, J., Wood, S. (2014). The significance of cognitive neuroscience: Findings, applications, and challenges. In Gazzaniga & Mangun (Eds.), The Cognitive Neurosciences (5th edition). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
2013 AND EARLIER
SELF-REGULATORY DEPLETION ENHANCES NEURAL RESPONSES TO REWARDS AND IMPAIRS TOP-DOWN CONTROL Wagner, D.D., Altman, M., Boswell, R.G., Kelley, W.M., Heatherton, T.F. (2013). Self-Regulatory Depletion Enhances Neural Responses to Rewards and Impairs Top-Down Control. Psychological Science. 24(11): 2262–71. PDF
MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX DIFFERENTIATES SELF FROM MOTHER IN CHINESE Chen, P. A., Wagner, D.D., Kelley, W.M., Powers, K.E., Heatherton, T.F. (2013). Medial Prefrontal Cortex Differentiates Self from Mother in Chinese. Culture and Brain. 1(1): 3–15. PDF
SELF-REGULATORY DEPLETION INCREASES EMOTIONAL REACTIVITY IN THE AMYGDALA Wagner, D.D., Heatherton, T.F. (2013). Self-Regulatory Depletion Increases Emotional Reactivity in the Amygdala. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience 8(4): 410–417. PDF
INTERACTIONS BETWEEN TRANSIENT AND SUSTAINED NEURAL SIGNALS SUPPORT THE GENERATION AND REGULATION OF ANXIOUS EMOTION Somerville, L.H., Wagner, D.D., Wig, G.S., Moran, J.M., Whalen, P.J., Kelley, W.M. (2013). Interactions Between Transient and Sustained Neural Signals Support the Generation and Regulation of Anxious Emotion. Cerebral Cortex. 23(1): 49–60. PDF
SOCIALLY EXCLUDED INDIVIDUALS FAIL TO RECRUIT MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX FOR NEGATIVE SOCIAL SCENES Powers, K.E., Wagner, D.D., Norris, C.J., Heatherton, T.F. (2013). Socially excluded individuals fail to recruit medial prefrontal cortex for negative social scenes. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. 8(2): 151–7. PDF
EMOTION AND SELF-REGULATION FAILURE Wagner, D.D., Heatherton, T.F. (2013) Emotion and Self-Regulation Failure. In Gross (Ed), Handbook of Emotion Regulation (2nd edition). New York, N.Y.: Guilford Press. PDF
THE REPRESENTATION OF SELF AND PERSON KNOWLEDGE IN THE MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX Wagner, D.D., Haxby, J.V., Heatherton, T.F. (2012). The Representation of Self and Person Knowledge in the Medial Prefrontal Cortex. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews:Cognitive Science. 3(4): 451–470. PDF
INDUCING NEGATIVE AFFECT INCREASES THE REWARD VALUE OF APPETIZING FOODS IN DIETERS Wagner, D.D., Boswell, R.G., Kelley, W.M., Heatherton, T.F. (2012). Inducing negative affect increases the reward value of appetizing foods in dieters. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. 24(7): 1625–1633. PDF
COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE OF SELF-REGULATORY FAILURE Heatherton, T.F., Wagner, D.D. (2011). Cognitive Neuroscience of Self-Regulatory Failure. Trends in Cognitive Science. 15(3): 132–139. PDF
INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN THE SPONTANEOUS RECRUITMENT OF BRAIN REGIONS SUPPORTING MENTAL STATE UNDERSTANDING WHEN VIEWING NATURAL SOCIAL SCENES Wagner, D.D., Kelley, W.M., Heatherton, T.F. (2011). Individual differences in the spontaneous recruitment of brain regions supporting mental state understanding when viewing natural social scenes. Cerebral Cortex. 21(12): 2788–2796. PDF
SPONTANEOUS ACTION REPRESENTATION IN SMOKERS WHEN WATCHING MOVIE CHARACTERS SMOKE Wagner, D.D., Dal Cin, S., Sargent, J.D., Kelley, W.M., Heatherton, T.F. (2011). Spontaneous Action Representation in Smokers when Watching Movie Characters Smoke. Journal of Neuroscience. 31(3): 894–898. PDF Press Release
STAYING IN CONTROL: THE COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE OF SELF-REGULATION AND ITS FAILURE Wagner, D.D., Demos, K.E., Heatherton, T.F. (2011) Staying in control: The cognitive neuroscience of self-regulation and its failure. In Cacioppo & Decety (Eds.), Handbook of Social Neuroscience. Oxford University Press. PDF
GIVING IN TO TEMPTATION: THE EMERGING COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE OF SELF REGULATORY FAILURE Wagner, D.D., Heatherton, T.F. (2010) Giving in to temptation: The emerging cognitive neuroscience of self regulatory failure. In Baumeister & Vohs (Eds.), Handbook of Self Regulation: Research, theory and applications (2nd edition). New York, N.Y.: Guilford Press. PDF
MATERIAL SPECIFIC LATERALIZATION OF WORKING MEMORY IN THE MEDIAL TEMPORAL LOBE Wagner, D.D., Sziklas, V., Garver, K.E., Jones-Gotman, M. (2009) Material specific lateralization of working memory in the medial temporal lobe. Neuropsychologia. 47(1), pp. 112–-122. PDF
NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO UNDERSTANDING BEHAVIOR Heatherton, T.F., Krendl, A.C., Wagner, D.D. (2008) Neurophysiological Approaches to Understanding Behavior. Human Behavior in a Military Context. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, pp. 217–238. PDF
MEMORY AND THE MEDIAL TEMPORAL LOBE: HEMISPHERIC SPECIALIZATION RECONSIDERED Kennepohl, S., Sziklas, V., Garver, K.E., Wagner, D.D., Jones-Gotman, M. (2007) Memory and the medial temporal lobe: Hemispheric specialization reconsidered. Neuroimage. 36 (3), pp. 969–978. PDF