Arkansas's Stress, Cognition, and Affective Neuroscience Lab
Arkansas's Stress, Cognition, and Affective Neuroscience Lab

Publications

 

2025

 

Moseley, R. L., Hedley, D., Gamble-Turner, J. M., Uljarević, M., Bury, S. M., Shields, G. S., Trollor, J. N., Stokes, M. A., & Slavich, G. M. (in press). Lifetime stressor exposure is related to suicidality in autistic adults: A multinational study. Autism. 2023 Impact Factor: 5.2.
Nagpal, A., Barone, J. C., Tauseef, H., Ross, J., Gray, Z. J., Schmalenberger, K. M., Shields, G. S., Slavich, G. M., & Eisenlohr-Moul, T. (2025). Cumulative stressor exposure predicts menstrual cycle affective changes in a transdiagnostic outpatient sample with past-month suicidal ideation. Psychological Medicine, 54(13), 3624-3635. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291724001661. 2023 Impact Factor: 5.9.
Shields, G. S., Hunter, C. L., Buckner, Z., Tolliver, M., & Makhanova, A. (2025). Acute Immune system activation exerts time-dependent effects on inhibitory control: Results of both a randomized controlled experiment of influenza vaccination and a systematic review and meta-analysis – ISPNE Dirk Hellhammer Award 2024. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 171, 107186. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2024.107186. 2023 Impact Factor: 3.4.

 

2024

 

Makhanova, A., Tolliver, M. D. M., Buckner, Z., Shields, G. S., Hunter, C. L. , Mengelkoch, S. L., Houpt, J. W., Belote, A. E., Hoose, D. V., & Schulz, T. K. (2024). Immune response and intergroup bias: Vaccine-induced increases in cytokine activity are associated with worse evaluations of resume for Latina job applicant. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 122, 555-564. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2024.08.039. 2023 Impact Factor: 8.8.
Ringgold, V., Shields, G. S., Hauck, F., Kurz, M., Schindler-Gmelch, L., Abel, L., Richer, R., Eskofier, B. M., & Rohleder, N. (2024). The Short Stress State Questionnaire in German (SSSQ-G). European Journal of Health Psychology, 31(4), 189-200. https://doi.org/10.1027/2512-8442/a000160. 2023 Impact Factor: 1.54.
Deer, L. K., Demers, C. H., Hankin, B. L., Doom, J. R., Shields, G. S., Hoffman, M. C., & Davis, E. P. (2024). Neonatal hair cortisol and birth outcomes: An empirical study and meta-analysis. Psychosomatic Medicine, 86(8), 720-729. https://doi.org/10.1097/PSY.0000000000001339. 2023 Impact Factor: 2.9.
Gournay, L. R., Ferretti, M. L., Nguyen, A. M., Bilsky, S., Shields, G. S., Mann, E., Williams, P., Woychesin, S., Bonn-Miller, M., & Leen‐Feldner, E. W. (2024). The effects of acute versus repeated cannabidiol administration on trauma‐relevant emotional reactivity: A double‐blind, randomized, placebo‐controlled trial.. Journal of Traumatic Stress. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.23072. 2023 Impact Factor: 2.4.
Hunter, C. L., & Shields, G. S.. (2024). Writing about a stressful experience can impair visual working memory.. PLOS ONE, 19,(7), e0304406. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0304406. 2023 Impact Factor: 2.928.
Rosero-Pahi, M., Andoh, J., Shields, G. S., Acosta-Ortiz, A., Serrano-Gomez, S., & Slavich, G.M. (2024). Cumulative lifetime stressor exposure impairs stimulus-response but not contextual learning. Scientific Reports, 14:13080. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-62595-x. 2023 Impact Factor: 3.832.
Xia, H., Wu, Q., Shields, G. S., Nie, H., Hu, X., Liu, S., Zhou, Z., Chen, H., & Yang, Y. (2024). Neural activity and connectivity are related to food preference changes induced by food go/no-go training.. Neuropsychologia, 201:108919. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2024.108919. 2023 Impact Factor: 2.043.
Shields, G. S., & Hunter, C. L. (2024). A mismatch between early and recent life stress predicts better response inhibition, but not cognitive inhibition. Stress, 27(1):2341626. https://doi.org/10.1080/10253890.2024.2341626. 2023 Impact Factor: 2.573.
Shields, G. S., & Yonelinas, A. P. (2024). Evidence for response inhibition as a control process distinct from the common executive function: A two-study factor analysis. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/xlm0001352. 2023 Impact Factor: 2.176.
Shields, G. S., Hunter, C. L., Trudell, E. V., Gray, Z. J., Perkins, B. C., Patterson, E. G., & Zalenski, P. K. (2024). Acute stress influences the emotional foundations of executive control: Distinct effects on control-related affective and cognitive processes. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 162:106942. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2023.106942. 2023 Impact Factor: 3.420.
Upshaw, J. D., Shields, G. S., Judah, M. R., & Zabelina, D. L. (2024). Electrophysiological effects of smartphone notifications on cognitive control following a brief mindfulness induction. Biological Psychology, 185:108725. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2023.108725. 2023 Impact Factor: 2.729.
Shields, G. S., Vinograd, M., Bui, T., Sichko, S., Irwin, M. R., & Slavich, G. M. (2024). Heightened neural activity and functional connectivity responses to social rejection in female adolescents at risk for depression: Testing the Social Signal Transduction Theory of Depression. Journal of Affective Disorders, 345, 467-476. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2023.10.113. 2023 Impact Factor: 4.915.
Hunter, C. L., Gray, Z. J., Trudell, E. V., Kennedy, L. D., & Shields, G. S. (2024). Writing about a stressful experience improves semantic clustering of memory in men, not women. Stress and Health, 40:e3272. https://doi.org/10.1002/smi.3272. 2023 Impact Factor: 3.049.

 

2023

 

Riddell, C., Yonelinas, A. P., & Shields, G. S. (2023). When stress enhances memory encoding: The beneficial effects of changing context. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 205:107836. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nlm.2023.107836. 2022 Impact Factor: 2.654.
Hunter, C. L., & Shields, G. S. (2023) (A lack of) effects of acute social stress on attentional bias to threat. Comprehensive Psychoneuroendocrinology, 15:100195. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpnec.2023.100195. 2022 Impact Factor: N/A (new journal)
Clay, J. M., Baker, K. A., Mezabrovschi, R. D., Berti, G., Shields, G. S., Slavich, G. M., Stafford, L. D., & Parker, M. O. (2023) Mediated and moderated associations between cumulative lifetime stressor exposure, emotional dysregulation, impulsivity, and lifetime alcohol use: A cross-sectional scoping study of UK drinkers. . Journal of Psychiatric Research, 53, 140-149. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2023.06.020. 2022 Impact Factor: 4.800.
Modasi, J., Khachadourian, V., O’Hara, K., Kushan, L., Slavich, G. M., Shields, G. S., Velthorst, E, & Bearden, C. E. (2023). Associations between acute and chronic lifetime stressors and psychosis-risk symptoms in individuals with 22q11.2 copy number variants. Psychological Medicine, 53(15), 7222-7231. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291723000740. 2022 Impact Factor: 6.877.
Delfel, E., Hammond, A., Shields, G. S., Moore, D. J., Slavich, G. M., & Thames, A. D. (2023). Psychological grit moderates the relation between lifetime stressor exposure and functional outcomes among HIV-seropositive and HIV-seronegative adults. Stress and Health, 39(5), 1058-1071. https://doi.org/10.1002/smi.3245. 2022 Impact Factor: 4.059.
Wu, Q., Xia, Shields, G. S., H., Nie, H., Li, J., & Yang, Y. (2023). Neural correlates underlying preference changes induced by food Go/No-Go training. Appetite, 186:106578. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2023.106578. 2022 Impact Factor: 5.360.
Quinn, M. E., & Shields, G. S. (2023). The insidious influence of stress: An integrated model of stress, executive control, and psychopathology. Clinical Psychological Science, 11(5), 773-800. https://doi.org/10.1177/2167702622114973. 2022 Impact Factor: 4.758.
Shields, G. S., Fassett-Carman, A., Gray, Z. J. , Gonzalez, J., Snyder, H. S., & Slavich, G. M. (2023). Why is subjective stress severity a stronger predictor of health than stress exposure? A preregistered two-study test of two hypotheses. Stress and Health, 39(1), 87-102. https://doi.org/10.1002/smi.3165. 2022 Impact Factor: 4.059.
Murphy, M. L. M., Sichko, S., Bui, T. Q., Libowitz, M. R., Shields, G. S., & Slavich, G. M. (2023). Intergenerational transmission of lifetime stressor exposure in adolescent girls at differential maternal risk for depression. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 79(2), 431-448. https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.23417. 2022 Impact Factor: 3.020.
Toussaint, L., Lee, C., Hyun, M., Shields, G. S., & Slavich, G. M. (2023). Forgiveness, rumination, and depression in the United States and Korea: A cross-cultural mediation study. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 79(1), 143-157. https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.23376. 2022 Impact Factor: 3.020.
Burani, K., Brush, C. J., Shields, G. S., Klein, D. N., Nelson, B., Slavich, G. M., & Hajcak, G. (2023). Cumulative lifetime acute stressor exposure interacts with reward responsiveness to predict longitudinal increases in depression severity in adolescence. Psychological Medicine, 53, 4507-4516. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291722001386. 2022 Impact Factor: 6.877.

 

2022

 

Yang, Y., Shields, G. S., Zhang, Y., Wu, H., Chen, H., & Romer, H. L. (2022). Child executive function and future externalizing and internalizing problems: A meta-analysis of prospective longitudinal studies. Clinical Psychology Review, 97:102194. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2022.102194. 2021 Impact Factor: 11.397
Álvarez-López, M. J., Conklin, Q. A., Cosín-Tomás, M., Shields, G. S., King, B. G., Zanesco, A. P., Kaliman, & P., Saron, C. D. (2022). Changes in the expression of inflammatory and epigenetic-modulatory genes after an intensive meditation retreat. Comprehensive Psychoneuroendocrinology, 11:100152. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpnec.2022.100152. 2021 Impact Factor: N/A (new journal)
Alen, N.V., Shields, G.S., Nemer, A., D’Souza, I.A., Ohlgart, M., & Hostinar, C.E. (2022). A systematic review and meta-analysis of the association between parenting and child autonomic nervous system activity. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 139:104734. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2022.104734. 2021 Impact Factor: 9.052
Gray, Z. J., Shields, G. S., Sichko, S., Bui, T. Q., Vinograd, M., Olvera-Alvarez, H. A., & Slavich, G. M. (2022). Neural and peripheral markers of reward during positive social evaluation are associated with less clinician-rated depression symptom severity in adolescence. Comprehensive Psychoneuroendocrinology, 11:100149. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpnec.2022.100149. 2021 Impact Factor: N/A (new journal)
Burani, K., Brush, C. J., Shields, G. S., Slavich, G. M., Klein, D. N., Nelson, B., & Hajcak, G. (2023). Greater cumulative lifetime stressor exposure predicts a blunted reward positivity in adolescent girls over two years. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, 7, 1017-1024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpsc.2022.05.011. 2021 Impact Factor: 6.050.
Raio, C. M., Lu, B., Grubb, M., Shields, G. S., Slavich, G. M., & Glimcher, P. (2022). Cumulative lifetime stressor exposure assessed by the STRAIN predicts economic ambiguity aversion. Nature Communications, 13:1686. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28530-2. 2021 Impact Factor: 14.919.
Shields, G. S., Hunter, C. L., & Yonelinas, A. P. (2022). Stress and memory encoding: What are the roles of the stress-encoding delay and stress relevance? Learning & Memory, 29, 48-54. https://doi.org/10.1101/lm.053469.121. 2021 Impact Factor: 2.460.
Hamlat, E. J., Laraia, B., Bleil, M. E., Deardorff, J., Tomiyama, A. J., Mahasin, M., Shields, G. S., Brownell, K., Slavich, G. M., & Epel, E. S. (2022). Effects of early life adversity on pubertal timing and tempo in Black and White girls: The National Growth and Health Study. Psychosomatic Medicine, 84, 297-305. https://doi.org/10.1097/PSY.0000000000001048. 2021 Impact Factor: 3.864.
Hunter, C. L., & Shields, G. S. (2022). Mediators of the associations between family income during adolescence and adult long-term memory and working memory. Cognitive Development, 61:101140. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogdev.2021.101140. 2021 Impact Factor: 1.897.
Malat, J., Johns-Wolfe, E., Smith, T., Shields, G. S., Jacquez, F., & Slavich, G. M. (2022). Associations between lifetime stress exposure, race, and first-birth intendedness in the United States. Journal of Health Psychology, 27, 765-777. https://doi.org/10.1177/1359105320963210, 2021 Impact Factor: 3.789
Banica, I., Sandre, A., Shields, G. S., Slavich, G. M., & Weinberg, A. (2022). Associations between lifetime stress exposure and the error-related negativity (ERN) differ based on stressor characteristics and exposure timing in young adults.. Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience, 22, 672-689. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13415-021-00883-z. 2021 Impact Factor: 3.526.
Ramey, M. M., Shields, G. S., & Yonelinas, A. P. (2022). Markers of a plant-based diet relate to memory and executive function in older adults. Nutritional Neuroscience, 25, 276-285. https://doi.org/10.1080/1028415X.2020.1751506 2021. Impact Factor: 4.062.

 

2021

 

Sichko, S., Bui, T., Vinograd, M., Shields, G. S., Saha, K., Devkota, S., Olvera-Alvarez, H. A., Carroll, J. E., Cole, S. W., Irwin, M. R., & Slavich, G. M. (2021). Psychobiology of stress and adolescent depression (PSY SAD) study: Protocol overview for an fMRI-based multi-method investigation. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity: Health, 17100334. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbih.2021.100334 2020 Impact Factor: N/A (new journal)
Moseley, R., Turner-Cobb, J., Spahr, C. M., Shields, G. S., Slavich, G. M. (2021). Lifetime and perceived stress, social support, loneliness, and health in autistic adults. Health Psychology, 40, 556-568. https://doi.org/10.1037/hea0001108 2020 Impact Factor: 4.267
Cooper, J. A., Nuutinen, M. R., Lawlor, V. M., DeVries, B. A. M., Barrick, E. M., Hossein, S., Cole, D. C., Leonard, C. V., Teer, A. P., Shields, G. S., Slavich, G. M., Ongur, D., Jensen, J. E., Du, F., Pizzagali, D. A., & Treadway, M. T. (2021). Reduced adaptation of glutamatergic stress response is associated with pessimistic expectations in depression. Nature Communications, 12:3166. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23284-9 2020 Impact Factor: 14.919
Deer, L. K., Shields, G. S., Alen, N. V., & Hostinar, C. E. (2021). Curvilinear associations between family income in early childhood and the cortisol awakening response in adolescence. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 129:105237. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2021.105237 2020 Impact Factor: 4.905
Banica, I., Sandre, A., Shields, G. S., Slavich, G. M., & Weinberg, A. (2021). Associations between lifetime stress exposure and the error-related negativity (ERN) differ based on stressor characteristics and exposure timing in young adults. Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience, 22, 672-689. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13415-021-00883-z 2020 Impact Factor: 3.282
Shields, G. S., Hostinar, C. E., Vilgis, V., Forbes, E. E., Hipwell, A. E., Keenan, K., & Guyer, A. E. (2021). Hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis activity in childhood predicts emotional memory effects and related neural circuitry in adolescent girls. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 33, 872-886. https://doi.org/10.1162/jocn_a_01687 2020 Impact Factor: 3.225
Shields, G. S., Deer, L. K., Hastings, P. D., Hostinar, C. E. (2021). Adiposity, inflammation, and working memory: Evidence for a vicious cycle. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity: Health, 13:100202. https://doi.org/10.101/j.bbih.2021.100202 2020 Impact Factor: N/A (new journal)
McMullin, S. D., Shields, G. S., Slavich, G. M., & Buchanan, T. W. (2021). Cumulative lifetime stress exposure predicts greater impulsivity and addictive behaviors. Journal of Health Psychology, 26, 2921-2936. https://doi.org/10.1177/1359105320937055 2020 Impact Factor: 3.231

 

2020

 

Stewart, G., Giménez, E., Gray, Z., Reynolds, F., O’Donnell, D., Conrad, C., & Taylor, S. (2020). Dendritic complexity in the rat secondary motor cortex is not affected by chronic variable stress. IMPULSE, 17(1). https://impulse.pubpub.org/pub/uei8jpsj
Shields, G. S., Skwara, A. C., King, B. G., Zanesco, A. P., Dhabhar, F. S., & Saron, C. D. (2020). Deconstructing the effects of concentration meditation practice on interference control: The roles of controlled attention and inflammatory activity. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 89, 256-267. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2020.06.034 2019 Impact Factor: 6.633 Supplemental Material
Shields, G. S., Spahr, C. M., & Slavich, G. M. (2020). Psychosocial interventions and immune system function: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. JAMA Psychiatry, 77, 1031-1043. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2020.0431 2019 Impact Factor: 17.471
Banica, I., Sandre, A., Shields, G. S., Slavich, G. M., & Weinberg, A. (2020). The error-related negativity (ERN) moderates the association between interpersonal stress and anxiety symptoms six months later. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 27-36. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2020.03.006 2019 Impact Factor: 2.631
Smith, T., Johns-Wolfe, E., Shields, G. S., Malat, J., Jacquez, F., & Slavich, G. M. (2020). Associations between lifetime stress exposure and prenatal health behaviors. Stress and Health, 36, 384-395. https://doi.org/10.1002/smi.2933 2019 Impact Factor: 2.350
Cazassa, M. J., Oliveira, M. da S., Spahr, C. M., Shields, G. S., & Slavich, G. M. (2020). The Stress and Adversity Inventory for Adults (Adult STRAIN) in Brazilian Portuguese: Initial validation and links with executive function, sleep, and mental and physical health. Frontiers in Psychology, 10:3083. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.03083 2019 Impact Factor: 2.067
Yang, Y. Shields, G. S., Wu, Q., Liu, Y., Chen, H., & Guo, C. (2020). The association between obesity and lower working memory is mediated by inflammation: Findings from a nationally representative dataset of U.S. adults. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity. 84, 173-179. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2019.11.022 2019 Impact Factor: 6.633
Shields, G. S. (2020). Stress and cognition: A user’s guide to designing and interpreting studies. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 112:104475. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2019.104475 2019 Impact Factor: 4.732
Shields, G. S., Spahr, C. M., & Yonelinas, A. P. (2020). Feel free to write this down: Writing about a stressful experience does not impair change detection task performance. Emotion, 20, 317-322. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0000549 2019 Impact Factor: 3.177 Supplemental Material

 

2019

 

Yang, Y. Shields, G. S., Wu, Q., Liu, Y., & Guo, C. (2019). Obesity is associated with poor working memory in women, not men: Findings from a nationally representative dataset of U.S. adults. Eating Behaviors, 35:101338. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eatbeh.2019.101338 2018 Impact Factor: 2.178
Shields, G. S., Ivory, S. L., & Telzer, E. H. (2019). Three-month cumulative exposure to testosterone and cortisol predicts distinct effects on response inhibition and risky decision-making in adolescents. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 110:104412. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2019.104412 2018 Impact Factor: 4.013 Supplemental Material
Pegg, S., Ethridge, P., Shields, G. S., Slavich, G. M., Weinberg, A., & Kujawa, A. (2019). Blunted social reward responsiveness moderates the effect of lifetime social stress exposure on depressive symptoms. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 13:178. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2019.00178 2018 Impact Factor: 2.622
Shields, G. S., Dunn, T. M., Trainor, B. C., & Yonelinas, A. P. (2019). Determining the biological associates of post-encoding stress effects on human memory: The role of salivary interleukin-1β. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 81, 178-187. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2019.06.011 2018 Impact Factor: 6.170 Supplemental Material
Yang, Y., Shields, G. S., Wu, Q., Liu, Y., Chen, H., & Guo, C. (2019). Cognitive training on eating behavior and weight loss: A meta-analysis and systematic review. Obesity Reviews, 20, 1628-1641. https://doi.org/10.1111/obr.12916 2018 Impact Factor: 8.192
Shields, G. S., Slavich, G. M., Perlman, G., Klein, D. A. & Kotov, R. (2019). The short-term reliability and long-term stability of salivary immune markers. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 81, 650-654. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2019.06.007 2018 Impact Factor: 6.170 Supplemental Material
Shields, G. S., Rivers, A. M., Ramey, M. M., Trainor, B. C., & Yonelinas, A. P. (2019). Mild acute stress improves response speed without impairing accuracy or interference control in two selective attention tasks: Implications for theories of stress and cognition. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 108, 78-86. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2019.06.001 2018 Impact Factor: 4.013 Supplemental Material
Sturmbauer, S. C., Shields, G. S., Hetzel, E-L., Rohleder, N., & Slavich, G. M. (2019). The Stress and Adversity Inventory for Adults (Adult STRAIN) in German: An overview and initial validation. PLoS ONE, 14(5):e0216419. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0216419 2018 Impact Factor: 2.766
Shields, G. S., McCullough, A. M., Ritchey, M. Ranganath, C., & Yonelinas, A. P. (2019). Stress and the medial temporal lobe at rest: Functional connectivity is associated with both memory and cortisol. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 106, 138-146. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2019.04.001 2018 Impact Factor: 4.013 Supplemental Material
Toussaint, L. L., Shields, G. S., Deal, B. D., Gregory A., & Slavich, G. M. (2019). Alleviating social pain: A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial of forgiveness and acetaminophen. Annals of Behavioral Medicine. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1093/abm/kaz015 2018 Impact Factor: 3.575
Mayer, S. E., Prather, A. A., Puterman, E., Lin, J., Arenander, J., Coccia, M., Shields, G. S., Slavich, G. M., & Epel, E. S. (2019). Cumulative lifetime stress exposure and leukocyte telomere length attrition: The unique role of stressor duration and exposure timing. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 104, 210-218. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2019.03.002 2018 Impact Factor: 4.013
Stewart, J. G., Shields, G. S., Esposito, E. C., Cosby, E. A., Allen, N. B., Slavich, G. M., & Auerbach, R. P. (2019). Life stress and suicide in adolescents. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 47, 1707-1722. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-019-00534-5 2018 Impact Factor: 3.406
Slavich, G. M., Stewart, J. G., Esposito, E. C., Shields, G. S., & Auerbach, R. P. (2019). The Stress and Adversity Inventory for Adolescents (Adolescent STRAIN): Associations with mental and physical health, risky behaviors, and psychiatric diagnoses in youth seeking treatment. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 60, 998-1009. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.13038 2018 Impact Factor: 6.129
Sazma, M., McCullough, A. M., Shields, G. S., & Yonelinas, A. P. (2019). Using acute stress to improve episodic memory: The critical role of contextual binding. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 158, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nlm.2019.01.001 2018 Impact Factor: 3.010
Shields, G. S., Ramey, M. M., Slavich, G. M., & Yonelinas, A. P. (2019). Determining the mechanisms through which recent life stress predicts working memory impairments: Precision or capacity? Stress, 22, 280-285. https://doi.org/10.1080/10253890.2018.1556635 2018 Impact Factor: 2.168 Supplemental Material
Sazma, M., Shields, G. S., & Yonelinas, A. P. (2019). The effects of post-encoding stress and glucocorticoids on episodic memory in humans and rodents. Brain and Cognition, 133, 12-23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bandc.2018.10.005 2018 Impact Factor: 2.619
Lam, J. C. W.,* Shields, G. S.,* Trainor, B. C., Slavich, G. M., & Yonelinas, A. P. (2019). Greater lifetime stress exposure predicts blunted cortisol but heightened DHEA responses to acute stress. Stress and Health, 35, 15-26. https://doi.org/10.1002/smi.2835 *These authors contributed equally to this manuscript 2018 Impact Factor: 1.875

 

2018

 

Toussaint, L. L., Shields, G. S., Travers, S., Kennedy, K., Green, E., & Slavich, G. M. (2018). Hostility, forgiveness, and cognitive impairment over ten years in a national sample of American adults. Health Psychology, 37, 1102-1106. https://doi.org/10.1037/hea0000686 2017 Impact Factor: 3.177
Deer, L. K., Shields, G. S., Ivory, S. L., Hostinar, C. E., & Telzer, E. H. (2018). Racial/ethnic disparities in cortisol diurnal patterns and affect in adolescence. Development and Psychopathology, 30, 1977-1993. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579418001098 2017 Impact Factor: 4.357
Cohen, S. C. L., Harvey, D. J., Shields, R. H., Shields, G. S., Rashedi, R. N., Tancredi, D. J., Angkustsiri, K., Hansen, R. L., Schweitzer, J. B. (2018). The effects of yoga on attention, impulsivity and hyperactivity in pre-school age children with ADHD symptoms. Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics, 39, 200-209. https://doi.org/10.1097/DBP.0000000000000552 2017 Impact Factor: 2.199
Yang, Y., Shields, G. S., Guo, C., & Liu, Y. (2018). Executive function performance in obesity and overweight individuals: A meta-analysis. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 84, 225-244. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2017.11.020 2017 Impact Factor: 8.037
Shields, G. S., & Yonelinas, A. P. (2018). Balancing inclusivity and precision in meta-analyses: A response to Roos and Colleagues (2017). Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 84, 193-197. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2017.11.013 2017 Impact Factor: 8.037
Slavich, G. M., & Shields, G. S. (2018). Assessing lifetime stress exposure using the Stress and Adversity Inventory for Adults (Adult STRAIN): An overview and initial validation. Psychosomatic Medicine, 80, 17-27. https://doi.org/10.1097/PSY.0000000000000534 2016 Impact Factor: 3.863

 

2017

 

Shields, G. S. (2017). Response: Commentary: The effects of acute stress on core executive functions: A meta-analysis and comparison with cortisol. Frontiers in Psychology, 8:2090. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.02090 2016 Impact Factor: 2.323
Shields, G. S., Doty, D., Shields, R. H., Gower, G., Slavich, G. M., & Yonelinas, A. P. (2017). Recent life stress exposure is associated with poorer long-term memory, working memory, and self-reported memory. Stress, 20, 598-607. https://doi.org/10.1080/10253890.2017.1380620 2016 Impact Factor: 2.590
Shields, G. S., & Slavich, G. M. (2017). Lifetime stress exposure and health: A review of contemporary assessment methods and biological mechanisms. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 11(8), e12335. https://doi.org/10.1111/spc3.12335 2016 Impact Factor: 2.282
Goldfarb, E. V., Shields, G. S., Daw, N. D., Slavich, G. M., & Phelps, E. A. (2017). Low lifetime stress exposure is associated with reduced stimulus-response memory. Learning and Memory, 24, 162-168. https://doi.org/10.1101/lm.045179.117 2016 Impact Factor: 2.894
Shields, G. S., Sazma, M., McCullough, A. C., & Yonelinas, A. P. (2017). The effects of stress on memory: A meta-analysis and integrative review. Psychological Bulletin, 143, 636-675. https://doi.org/10.1037/bul0000100 2016 Impact Factor: 16.793 Supplemental Material
Shields, G. S., Moons, W. G., & Slavich, G. M. (2017). Inflammation, self-regulation, and health: An immunologic model of self-regulatory failure. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 12, 588-612. https://doi.org/10.1177/1745691616689091 2016 Impact Factor: 7.359
Shields, G. S., Moons, W. G., & Slavich, G. M. (2017). Better executive function under stress mitigates the effects of recent life stress exposure on health in young adults. Stress, 20, 75-85. https://doi.org/10.1080/10253890.2017.1286322 2016 Impact Factor: 2.590

 

2016

 

Shields, G. S., Toussaint, L. L., & Slavich, G. M. (2016). Stress-related changes in personality: A longitudinal study of perceived stress and trait pessimism. Journal of Research in Personality, 64, 61-68. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2016.07.008 2016 Impact Factor: 2.251
Shields, G. S., Sazma, M. A., & Yonelinas, A. P. (2016). The effects of acute stress on core executive functions: A meta-analysis and comparison with cortisol. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 68, 651-668. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2016.06.038 2015 Impact Factor: 8.580 Supplemental Material
Yang, Y., Cao, S., Shields, G. S., Teng, Z., & Liu, Y. (2016). The relationships between rumination and core executive functions: A meta-analysis. Depression and Anxiety, 34, 37-50. https://doi.org/10.1002/da.22539 2015 Impact Factor: 5.004
Shields, G. S., Trainor, B. C., Lam, J. C. W., & Yonelinas, A. P. (2016). Acute stress impairs cognitive flexibility in men, not women. Stress, 19, 542-546. https://doi.org/10.1080/10253890.2016.1192603 2015 Impact Factor: 2.383
Toussaint, L. L., Shields, G. S., & Slavich, G. M. (2016). Forgiveness, stress, and health: A five-week dynamic parallel process study. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 50, 727–735. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12160-016-9796-6 2015 Impact Factor: 4.195
Shields, G. S., Lam, J. C. W., Trainor, B. C., & Yonelinas, A. P. (2016). Acute stress enhances decision-making competence: Evidence for the role of DHEA. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 67, 51-60. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2016.01.031 2015 Impact Factor: 4.704
Shields, G. S., Moons, W. G., Tewell, C. A., & Yonelinas, A. P. (2016). The effect of negative affect on cognition: Anxiety, not anger, impairs executive function. Emotion, 16, 792-797. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0000151 2015 Impact Factor: 3.082
Shields, G. S., Kuchenbecker, S. Y., Pressman, S. D., Sumida, K. D., & Slavich, G. M. (2016). Better cognitive control of emotional information is associated with reduced pro-inflammatory cytokine reactivity to emotional stress. Stress, 19, 63-68. https://doi.org/10.3109/10253890.2015.1121983 2015 Impact Factor: 2.383
Shields, G. S., & Moons, W. G. (2016). Avoidance-related EEG asymmetry predicts circulating interleukin-6. Emotion, 16, 150-154. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0000120 2015 Impact Factor: 3.082
Toussaint, L. L., Shields, G. S., Dorn, G., & Slavich, G. M. (2016). Effects of lifetime stress exposure on mental and physical health in young adulthood: How stress degrades and forgiveness protects health. Journal of Health Psychology, 21, 1004-1014. https://doi.org/10.1177/1359105314544132 2015 Impact Factor: 2.010

 

2015

 

Shields, G. S., Bonner, J. C., & Moons, W. G. (2015). Does cortisol influence core executive functions? A meta-analysis of acute cortisol administration effects on working memory, inhibition, and set-shifting. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 58, 91-103. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2015.04.017 2014 Impact Factor: 4.944 Supplemental Material
Moons, W. G., & Shields, G. S. (2015). Anxiety, not anger, induces inflammatory activity: An avoidance/approach model of immune system activation. Emotion, 15, 463-476. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0000055 2014 Impact Factor: 3.383

 

2014

 

Shields, G. S. (2014). Neuroscience and conscious causation: Has neuroscience shown that we cannot control our own actions?Review of Philosophy and Psychology, 5, 565-582. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13164-014-0200-9 2013 Impact Factor: 1.366 (unofficial)

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