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2024

Evans, T.C., Carlson, J., Zuberer, A., Fry, R., Agnoli, S., Britton, J.C., DeGutis, J. and Esterman, M., 2024. A preliminary characterization of the psychometric properties and generalizability of a novel social approach-avoidance paradigm. Motivation and Emotion pp.1-17. pdf
DeGutis, J., Kirsch, L., Evans, T.C., Fry, R., Lee, D.J., Mishra, M. and Campbell, A., 2024. Perceptual heterogeneity in developmental prosopagnosia is continuous, not categorical. Cortex, 176, pp.37-52. pdf
Kirsch, L., Evans, T. C., Fry, R., Campbell, A., & DeGutis, J. (2024). Social Interaction Anxiety in Developmental Prosopagnosia: Prevalence, Severity, and Individual Differences. Journal pdf
DeGutis, J., Sullivan, D.R., Agnoli, S., Stumps, A., Logue, M., Brown, E., Verfaellie, M., Milberg, W., McGlinchey, R. and Esterman, M., 2024. Less is more: Smaller hippocampal subfield volumes predict greater improvements in posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms over 2 years. Behavioral Neuroscience, 138(2), p.94. pdf
Campbell, A. and Tanaka, J.W., 2024. Fast saccades to faces during the feedforward sweep. Journal of Vision, 24(4), pp.16-16. pdf
Nanni‐Zepeda, M., DeGutis, J., Wu, C., Rothlein, D., Fan, Y., Grimm, S., Walter, M., Esterman, M. and Zuberer, A., 2024. Neural signatures of shared subjective affective engagement and disengagement during movie viewing. Human brain mapping, 45(4), p.e26622. pdf
Wooten, T., Esterman, M., Brunyé, T.T., Taylor, H.A. and Ward, N., 2024. The relationship between sustained attention and parasympathetic functioning. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 197, p.112298. pdf
Nanni-Zepeda, M., Evans, T.C., Jagger-Rickels, A., Raz, G., Hendler, T., Fan, Y., Grimm, S., Walter, M., Esterman, M. and Zuberer, A., 2024. Generalizable Neural Models of Emotional Engagement and Disengagement. bioRXiv pp.2024-02. pdf

2023

Dobbs, M., DeGutis, J., Morales, J., Joseph, K., & Swire-Thompson, B. (2023). Democrats are better than Republicans at discerning true and false news but do not have better metacognitive awareness. Communications Psychology, 1(1), 46. pdf
DeGutis, J.M., Sullivan, D.R., Agnoli, S., Stumps, A., Logue, M., Brown, E., Verfaellie, M., Milberg, W.P., McGlinchey, R. and Esterman, M. (2023). Less Is More: Smaller Hippocampal Subfield Volumes Predict Greater Improvements in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms Over 2 Years. Behavioral Neuroscience, pp.1-14. pdf
Campbell, A. and Tanaka, J. (2023). Fast saccades to faces during the feedforward sweep. pdf
Loomis, A.M., Evans, T.C., Grasso, D.J. and Briggs-Gowan, M. (2023). Improved reliability of dot probe measures with response-based computation: an application with young violence-exposed children. Cognitive therapy and research, pp.1-12. pdf
Rubin, M. and Evans, T. (2023). COVID-19 Related Loss is Reliably Associated with Attentional Capture and Facilitation by COVID Related Stimuli: Evidence from the Emotional Stroop Dilution Task. Cognitive Therapy and Research, pp.1-9. pdf
Graves, W. W., Purcell, J., Rothlein, D., Bolger, D. J., Rosenberg-Lee, M., & Staples, R. (2023). Correspondence between cognitive and neural representations for phonology, orthography, and semantics in supramarginal compared to angular gyrus. Brain Structure and Function, 228(1), 255-271. pdf
Fry, R., Tanaka, J.W., Cohan, S., Wilmer, J.B., Germine, L.T. and DeGutis, J. (2023). Effects of age on face perception: Reduced eye region discrimination ability but intact holistic processing. Psychology and Aging. pdf
DeGutis, J., Aul, C., Barthelemy, O. J., Davis, B. L., Alshuaib, S., Marin, A., ... & Cronin-Golomb, A. (2023). Side of motor symptom onset predicts sustained Attention deficits and motor improvements after Attention training in Parkinson's disease. Neuropsychologia, 108698. pdf
Aul, C., Brau, J.M., Sugarman, A., DeGutis, J.M., Germine, L.T., Esterman, M., McGlinchey, R.E. and Fortenbaugh, F.C. (2023). The functional relevance of visuospatial processing speed across the lifespan. Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 8(1), p.51. pdf
Agnoli, S., Mahncke, H., Grant, S.J., Milberg, W.P., Esterman, M. and DeGutis, J.M. (2023). Negative Global Metacognitive Biases are Associated with Depressive and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms and Improve with Cognitive Training. pdf
DeGutis, J., Agnoli, S., Gaudet, C.E., Stumps, A., Kim, S., Evans, T.C., Jagger-Rickels, A., Milberg, W., McGlinchey, R., Fortier, C.B. and Esterman, M. (2023). Inhibitory control and alcohol use history predict changes in posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms. Neuropsychology pdf
Jagger-Rickels, A., Stumps, A., Rothlein, D., Evans, T., Lee, D., D., McGlinchey, R., DeGutis, J. and Esterman, M.(2023). Aberrant connectivity in the right amygdala and right middle temporal gyrus before and after a suicide attempt: Examining markers of suicide risk. Journal of affective disorders pdf
Agnoli, S., Zuberer, A., Nanni-Zepeda, M., McGlinchey, R. E., Milberg, W. P., Esterman, M., & DeGutis, J. (2023). Depressive Symptoms are Associated with More Negative Global Metacognitive Biases in Combat Veterans, and Biases Covary with Symptom Changes over Time. Depression and Anxiety pdf
DeGutis, J., Bahierathan, K., Barahona, K., Lee, E., Evans, T. C., Shin, H.M., Mishra, M., Likitlersuang, J. and Wilmer, J.B. (2023). What is the prevalence of developmental prosopagnosia? An empirical assessment of different diagnostic cutoffs. Cortex pdf
DeGutis, J., Agnoli, S., Bernstein, J. P., Jagger-Rickels, A., Evans, T. C., C.B., McGlinchey, R.E., Milberg, W.P. and Esterman, M. (2023). Poorer inhibitory control uniquely contributes to greater functional disability in post-9/11 veterans. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology pdf
Evans, T. C., Esterman, M., & Britton, J. C. (2023). Social avoidance behavior modulates motivational responses to social reward-threat conflict signals: A preliminary fMRI study. Cognitive, affective, & behavioral neuroscience pdf
Wolfe, J. M., Wick, F. A., Mishra, M., DeGutis, J., & Lyu, W. (2023). Spatial and temporal massive memory in humans. Current Biology pdf
Swire-Thompson, B., Dobbs, M., Thomas, A., & DeGutis, J. (2023). Memory failure predicts belief regression after the correction of misinformation. Cognition pdf

2022

Evans, T.C., Alonso, M.R., Jagger-Rickels, A., Rothlein, D., Zuberer, A., Bernstein, J., Fortier, C.B., Fonda, J.R., Villalon, A., Jorge, R., Milberg, W., McGlinchey, R., DeGutis, J., and Esterman, M. (2022). PTSD symptomatology is selectively associated with impaired sustained attention ability and dorsal attention network synchronization NeuroImage: Clinical, pdf
Evans, T.C., Esterman, M. and Britton, J.C. (2022). Social avoidance behavior modulates motivational responses to social reward-threat conflict signals: A preliminary fMRI study. Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience pdf
Brau, J.M., Sugarman, A., Rothlein, D., DeGutis, J., Esterman, M. and Fortenbaugh, F.C (2022). The impact of image degradation and temporal dynamics on sustained attention. Journal of Vision pdf
Poole, V.N., Dawe, R.J., Lamar, M., Esterman, M., Barnes, L., Leurgans, S.E., Bennett, D.A., Hausdorff, J.M. and Buchman, A.S. (2022). Dividing attention during the Timed Up and Go enhances associations of several subtask performances with MCI and cognition PloS one pdf
Jagger-Rickels, A., Rothlein, D., Stumps, A., Evans, T.C., Bernstein, J., Milberg, W., McGlinchey, R., DeGutis, J. and Esterman, M. (2022). An executive function subtype of PTSD with unique neural markers and clinical trajectories. Translational psychiatry pdf
Bernstein, J.P., Stumps, A., Fortenbaugh, F., Fonda, J.R., McGlinchey, R.E., Milberg, W.P., Fortier, C.B., Esterman, M., Amick, M. and DeGutis, J. (2022). Associations between changes in somatic and psychiatric symptoms and disability alterations in recent‐era US veterans. Journal of Traumatic Stress pdf
Patt, V.M., Palombo, D.J., Esterman, M. and Verfaellie, M., 2022. Hippocampal Contribution to Probabilistic Feedback Learning: Modeling Observation-and Reinforcement-based Processes. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience pdf
Fry, R., Li, X., Evans, T.C., Esterman, M., Tanaka, J. and DeGutis, J. (2022). Investigating the influence of autism spectrum traits on face processing mechanisms in developmental prosopagnosia. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. pdf
Swire-Thompson, B., Miklaucic, N., Wihbey, J. P., Lazer, D., & DeGutis, J. (2022). The backfire effect after correcting misinformation is strongly associated with reliability. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. pdf

2021

Jagger-Rickels, A., Stumps, A., Rothlein, D., Park, H., Fortenbaugh, F., Zuberer, A., Fonda, J. R., Fortier, C.B., DeGutis, J., Milberg, W., McGlinchey, R., & Esterman, M. (2021). Impaired executive function exacerbates neural markers of posttraumatic stress disorder Psychological medicine pdf
Rashid, B., Poole, V. N., Fortenbaugh, F. C., Esterman, M., Milberg, W. P., McGlinchey, R., Salat, D.H., & Leritz, E. C. (2021). Association between metabolic syndrome and resting-state functional brain connectivity. Neurobiology of Aging pdf
Fortier, C.B., Whitworth, J., Fonda, J., Currao, A., Beck, B., Levin, L., Esterman, M., Milberg, W., & McGlinchey, R. (2021). Early adolescent binge drinking increases risk of psychopathology in post-9/11 veterans and mild traumatic brain injury exacerbates symptom severity Alcohol and Alcoholism pdf
Zuberer, A., Kucyi, A., Yamashita, A., Wu, C.M., Walter, M., Valera, E.M, & Esterman, M. (2021). Integration and segregation across large-scale intrinsic brain networks as a marker of sustained attention and task-unrelated thought. NeuroImage pdf
Jamalabadi, H., Zuberer, A., Kumar, V. J., Li, M., Alizadeh, S., Moradi, A. A., Gaser, C., Esterman, M., & Walter, M. (2021). The missing role of gray matter in studying brain controllability Network Neuroscience pdf
Yamashita, A., Rothlein, D., Kucyi, A., Valera, E.M., Germine, L., Wilmer, J., DeGutis, J. and Esterman, M. (2021). Variable rather than extreme slow reaction times distinguish brain states during sustained attention Scientific reports pdf
Park, H., Aul, C., DeGutis, J., Lo, O.Y., Poole, V.N., McGlinchey, R., Bean, J.F., Leritz, E. and Esterman, M., (2021). Evidence for a specific association between sustained attention and gait speed in middle-to-older-aged adults. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience pdf
Fry, R., Tanaka, J., Cohan, S., Wilmer, J.B., Germine, L. and DeGutis, J. (2021). Effects of age on face perception: Reduced eye region discrimination ability but intact holistic processing pdf
Fry, R., Li, X., Evans, T.C., Esterman, M., Tanaka, J. and DeGutis, J. (2021). Investigating the influence of autism spectrum traits on face processing mechanisms in developmental prosopagnosia pdf
Evans, T.C., DeGutis, J., Rothlein, D., Jagger-Rickels, A., Yamashita, A., Fortier, C.B., Fonda, J.R., Milberg, W., McGlinchey, R. and Esterman, M. (2021). Punishment and reward normalize error-related cognitive control in PTSD by modulating salience network activation and connectivity Cortex pdf
DeGutis, J., Yosef, B., Lee, E.A., Saad, E., Arizpe, J., Song, J.S., Wilmer, J.B., Germine, L. and Esterman, M. (2021). The rise and fall of face recognition awareness across the lifespan pdf
DeGutis, J., Li, X., Yosef, B. and Mishra, M.V., 2021. Not so fast! Response times may not reflect face recognition ability pdf
Berger, A., Fry, R., Bobak, A.K., Juliano, A. and DeGutis, J. (2021). Distinct abilities associated with matching same identity faces versus discriminating different faces: Evidence from individual differences in prosopagnosics and controls. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. pdf
Mishra, M. V., Fry, R. M., Saad, E., Arizpe, J. M., Ohashi, Y. G. B., & DeGutis, J. M. (2021). Comparing the sensitivity of face matching assessments to detect face perception impairments. Neuropsychologia pdf
Mahncke, H. W., DeGutis, J., Levin, H., Newsome, M. R., Bell, M. D., Grills, C., ... & Merzenich, M. M. (2021). A randomized clinical trial of plasticity-based cognitive training in mild traumatic brain injury. Brain pdf
Yamashita, A., Rothlein, D., Kucyi, A., Valera, E.M. and Esterman, M., (2021). Brain state-based detection of attentional fluctuations and their modulation Neuroimage pdf
Ogawa, E.F., Harris, R., DeGutis, J.M., Ward, R.E., Brach, J.S., Halasz, I., Travison, T.G. and Bean, J.F. (2021). Evaluating the Feasibility and Effects of a Short-Term Task Specific Power Training With and Without Cognitive Training Among Older Adults With Slow Gait Speed: A Pilot Study. Archives of Rehabilitation Research and Clinical Translation pdf

2020

Esterman, M., Stumps, A., Jagger-Rickels, A., Rothlein, D., DeGutis, J., Fortenbaugh, F., Romer, A., Milberg, W., Marx, B., & McGlinchey, R. (2020). Evaluating the evidence for a neuroimaging subtype of posttraumatic stress disorder. Science Translational Medicine pdf
Stumps, A., Jagger-Rickels, A., Rothlein, D., Amick, M., Park, H., Evans, T., Fortenbaugh, F.C., Fortier, C.B., Fonda, J., Lee, D., Milberg, W., McGlinchey, R., DeGutis, J., & Esterman, M. (2020). Connectome-based functional connectivity markers of suicide attempt. Journal of Affective Disorders pdf
Fry, R., Wilmer, J., Xie, I., Verfaellie, M., & DeGutis, J. (2020). Evidence for normal novel object recognition abilities in developmental prosopagnosia. Royal Society open science pdf
Swire-Thompson, B., DeGutis, J., & Lazer, D. (2020). Searching for the backfire effect: Measurement and design considerations. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition pdf
Brosowsky, N. P., DeGutis, J., Esterman, M., Smilek, D., & Seli, P. (2020). Mind wandering, motivation, and task performance over time: Evidence that motivation insulates people from the negative effects of mind wandering. Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research, and Practice pdf
Scioli, E. R., Smith, B. N., Whitworth, J. W., Spiro, A., Esterman, M., Dutra, S., Bogdan, K. M., Eld, A., & Rasmusson, A. M. (2020). Moderated mediation for exercise maintenance in pain and posttraumatic stress disorder: A randomized trial. Health Psychology
Wooten, T., Sullivan, D.R., Logue, M.W., Fonda, J., Fortier, C. B., DeGutis, J., McGlinchey, R., Milberg, W., & Esterman, M. (2020). Apolipoprotein E (APOE) ε4 Status Moderates the Relationship Between Close-Range Blast Exposure and Cognitive Functioning. Journal of International Neuropsychological Society pdf
Sullivan, D.R., Salat, D. H., Wolf, E. J., Logue, M. W., Fortier, C. B., Fonda, J. R., DeGutis, J., Esterman, M., Milberg, W., McGlinchey, R., & Miller, M. W. (2020). Interpersonal early life trauma is associated with increased cerebral perfusion and poorer memory performance in post-9/11 veterans. Neuroimage: Clinical pdf
Kucyi, A., Daitch, A., Raccah, O., Zhao, B., Zhang, C., Esterman, M., Zeineh, M., Halpern, C., Zhang, K., Zhang, J., & Parvizi, J. (2020). Electrophysiological dynamics of antagonistic brain networks reflect attentional fluctuations. Nature Communications 1-13 pdf
Kucyi, A., Esterman, M., Capella, J., Green, A., Uchida, M., Biederman, J., Gabrieli, J.D., Valera, E.M. and Whitfield-Gabrieli, S., 2021. Prediction of stimulus-independent and task-unrelated thought from functional brain networks. Nature Communications 1-14 pdf
Vogel, S., Esterman, M., DeGutis, J., Wilmer, J., Ressler, K., & Germine, L. (2020). Childhood adversity and dimensional variations in adult sustained attention. Frontiers in Psychology pdf
Stumps, A., Saad, E., Rothlein, D., Verfaellie, M., & DeGutis, J. (2020). Characterizing developmental prosopagnosia beyond face perception: Impaired recollection but intact familiarity recognition. Cortex pdf
Van Vleet, T., Bonato, P., Fabara, E., Dabit, S., Kim, S.J., Chiu, C., Bisogno, A.L., Merzenich, M., Corbetta, M. & DeGutis, J. (2020). Alertness training improves spatial bias and functional ability in spatial neglect. Annals of neurology pdf

2019

Zhou, J., Poole, V., Wooten, T., Lo, O., Iloputaife, I., Manor, B., Esterman, M., & Lipsitz, L. (2019). Multiscale dynamics of spontaneous brain activity is associated with walking speed in older adults. The Journals of Gerontology pdf
Esterman, M., Fortenbaugh, F., Pierce, M.E., Fonda, J.R., DeGutis, J., Milberg, W., & McGlinchey, R. (2019). Trauma-related psychiatric and behavioral conditions are uniquely associated with sustained attention dysfunction. Neuropsychology, 33(5), 711 pdf
Arizpe, J., Saad, E., Douglas, A., Germine, L., Wilmer, J., & DeGutis, J. (2019). Self-reported face recognition is highly valid, but alone is not highly discriminative of prosopagnosia-level performance on objective assessments. Scientific Reports pdf
Mishra, M., Likitlersuang, J., Wilmer, J., Cohan, S., Germine, L., & DeGutis, J. (2019). Gender differences in familiar face recognition and the influence of sociocultural gender inequality. Scientific Reports pdf
Esterman, E. and Rothlein, D. (2019). Models of sustained attention. Current Opinions in Psychology , 174-180. doi:10.1016/j.copsyc.2019.03.005 pdf
Riley, E., Mitko, A., Stumps, A., Robinson, M., Milberg, W., McGlinchey, R., Esterman, M. & DeGutis, J. (2019). Clinically significant cognitive dysfunction in OEF/OIF/OND veterans: Prevalence and clinical associations Neuropsychology , doi:10.1037/neu0000529 pdf
Wooten, T., Ferland, T., Poole, P., Milberg, W., McGlinchey, R., DeGutis, J., Esterman, M., & Leritz, E. (2019). Metabolic risk in older adults is associated with impaired sustained attention. Neuropsychology , 947-955. doi:10.1037/neu0000554 pdf
Mitko, A., Rothlein, D., Poole, V., Robinson, M., McGlinchey, R., DeGutis, J., Salat, D., & Esterman, M. (2019). Individual differences in sustained attention are associated with cortical thickness. Human Brain Mapping , doi:10.1002/hbm.24594 pdf
Rashid, B., Dev. S., Esterman, M., Schwarz, N., Ferland, T., Fortenbaugh, F., Milberg, W., McGlinchey, R., Salat, D., & Leritz, E. (2019). Aberrant patterns of default-mode network functional connectivity associated with metabolic syndrome: A resting-state study. Brain and Behavior , doi:10.1002/brb3.1333 pdf
Poole, V., Lo, O., Wooten, T., Iloputaife, I., Lipsitz, L., & Esterman, M.(2019). Motor-cognitive neural network communication underlies walking speed in community-dwelling older adults. Frontiers in aging neuroscience , doi:10.3389/fnagi.2019.00159 pdf

2018

Rothlein, D., DeGutis, J., & Esterman, M. (2018). Attentional fluctuations influence the neural fidelity and connectivity of stimulus representations. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience , 1209-1228. doi:10.1162/jocn_a_01306 pdf
Rothlein, D., DeGutis, J., Germine, L., Wilmer, J., McGlinchey, R., & Esterman, M. (2018). Sensitivity to stimulus similarity is associated with greater sustained attention ability. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics , 1390-1408. doi:10.3758/s13414-018-1504-0 pdf
Fortenbaugh, F., Rothlein, D., McGlinchey, R., DeGutis, J., & Esterman, M. (2018). Tracking behavior and neural fluctuations during sustained attention: A robust replication and extension. NeuroImage , 148-164. doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2018.01.002 pdf
Poole, V., Wooten, T., Iloputaife, I., Milberg, W., Esterman, M., & Lipsitz, L. (2018). Compromised prefrontal structure and function are associated with slower walking in older adults. Neuroimage: Clinical , 620-626. doi:10.1016.j.nicl.2018.08.017 pdf
Fortenbaugh, F. C., Sugarman, A., Robertson, L., & Esterman, M. (2018). The attentional repulsion effect and relative size judgements. Attention, Perception & Psychophysics , doi:10.3758/s13414-018-1612-x pdf
Dutra, S., Marx, B., McGlinchey, R., DeGutis, J., & Esterman, M. (2018). Reward Ameliorates Posttraumatic Stress Disorder-Related Impairment in Sustained Attention. Chronic Stress, 2 , 1-9. doi:10.1177/2470547018812400 pdf
VanVleet, T., Voss, M., Dabit, S., Mitko, A., & DeGutis, J. (2018). Randomized control trial of computer-based training targeting alertness in older adults: the ALERT trial protocol. BMC Psychology, , 6:22. doi:10.1186/s40359-018-0233-4 pdf

2017

Fortenbaugh, F. C., Robertson, L. C., & Esterman, M. (2017). Changes in the distribution of sustained attention alter the perceived structure of visual space. Vision research, 131, 26-36. doi:10.1016/j.visres.2016.12.002 pdf
Fortenbaugh, F. C., Corbo, V., Poole, V., McGlinchey, R., Milberg, W., Salat, D., ... & Esterman, M. (2017). Interpersonal early‐life trauma alters amygdala connectivity and sustained attention performance. Brain and behavior, 7(5). doi:10.1002/brb3.684 pdf
Jor’dan, A. J., Poole, V. N., Iloputaife, I., Milberg, W., Manor, B., Esterman, M., & Lipsitz, L. A. (2017). Executive network activation is linked to walking speed in older adults: functional MRI and TCD ultrasound evidence from the MOBILIZE Boston Study. Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biomedical Sciences and Medical Sciences, glx063. doi:10.1093/gerona/glx063 pdf
List, A., Rosenberg, M. D., Sherman, A., & Esterman, M. (2017). Pattern classification of EEG signals reveals perceptual and attentional states. PloS one, 12(4), e0176349. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0176349 pdf
Fortenbaugh, F. C., DeGutis, J., & Esterman, M. (2017). Recent theoretical, neural, and clinical advances in sustained attention research. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1396, 70-91. doi:10.1111/nyas.13318 pdf
Esterman, M., Thai, M., Okabe, H., DeGutis, J., Saad, E., Laganiere, S. E., & Halko, M. A. (2017). Network-targeted cerebellar transcranial magnetic stimulation improves attentional control. NeuroImage, 156, 190-198. doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2017.05.011 pdf
Riley, E., Esterman, M., Fortenbaugh, F. C., & DeGutis, J. (2017). Time-of-day variation in sustained attentional control. Chronobiology International, 1-9. doi:10.1080/07420528.2017.1308951 pdf
Liverant, G. I., Amick, M. M., Black, S. K., Esterman, M., Wisco, B. E., Gibian, M. C., ... & McGlinchey, R. E. (2017). Associations Among Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms, Substance Use, and Affective Attentional Processing in OEF/OIF/OND Veterans. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease doi:10.1097/NMD.0000000000000702 pdf
Kucyi, A., Esterman, M., & Valera, E. M. (2017). Reply to Csifcsák and Mittner: Fitting data to neural models of mind-wandering. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 114(30), E6033-E6033. doi:10.1073/pnas.1707780114 pdf
Loschky, L., Nuthmann, A., Fortenbaugh, F.C., & Levi, D.M. (2017). Scene perception from central to peripheral vision. Journal of Vision, 17(1), 6. doi: 10.1167/17.1.6 pdf

2016

DeGutis, J., Chiu, C., Thai, M., Esterman, M., Milberg, W., & McGlinchey, R. (2016). Trauma Sequelae are Uniquely Associated with Components of Self-Reported Sleep Dysfunction in OEF/OIF/OND Veterans. Behavioral Sleep Medicine doi:10.1080/15402002.2016.1173550 pdf
Kucyi, A., Hove, M., Esterman, M., Hutchinson, R. M., & Valera, E. (2016). Dynamic Brain Network Correlates of Spontaneous Fluctuations in Attention. Cerebral Cortex doi:10.1093/cercor/bhw029 pdf
Poole, V., Robinson, M., Singleton, O., DeGutis, J., Milberg, W., McGlinchey, R., Salat, D., & Esterman, M. (2016). Intrinsic functional connectivity predicts individual differences in distractibility. Neuropsychologia doi:10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2016.04.023 pdf
Esterman, M., Grosso, M., Liu, G., Mitko, A., Morris, R., & DeGutis, J. (2016). Anticipation of Monetary Reward Can Attenuate the Vigilance Decrement. PLOS ONE doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0159741. pdf
Esterman, M., Poole, V., Liu, G., & DeGutis, J. (2016). Modulating Reward Induce Differential Neurocognitive Approaches to Sustained Attention. Cerebral Cortex doi:10.1093/cercor/bhw214. pdf
Gmeindl, L., Chiu, Y., Esterman, M., Greenberg, A., Courtney, S., & Yantis, S. (2016). Tracking the Will to Attend: Cortical Activity Indexes Self-Generated, Voluntary Shifts of Attention. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics doi:10.3758/s13414-016-1159-7 pdf
Riley, E., Okabe, H., Germine, L., Wilmer, J., Esterman, M., & DeGutis, J. (2016). Gender Differences in Sustained Attentional Control Relate to Gender Inequality across Countries. PLOS ONE doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0165100. pdf
Fortenbaugh, F. C., Robertson, L. C., & Esterman, M. (2017). Changes in the distribution of sustained attention alter the perceived structure of visual space. Vision Research doi:10.1016/j.visres.2016.12.002. pdf
Kucyi, A., Esterman, M., Riley, C. S., & Valera, E. M. (2016). Spontaneous default network activity reflects behavioral variability independent of mind-wandering. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences doi:10.1073/pnas.1611743113. pdf
Van Vleet, T. M., DeGutis, J. M., Merzenich, M. M., Simpson, G. V., Zomet, A., & Dabit, S. (2016). Targeting alertness to improve cognition in older adults: A preliminary report of benefits in executive function and skill acquisition. Cortex doi:10.1016/j.cortex.2016.05.015. pdf

2015

DeGutis, J., Grosso, M., VanVleet, T., Esterman, M., Pistorino, L., & Cronin-Golomb, A. (2015). Sustained attention training reduces spatial bias in Parkinson's disease: a pilot case series. Neurocase doi:10.1080/13554794.2015.1088035 pdf
DeGutis, J., Esterman, M., McCulloch, B., Rosenblatt, A., Milberg, W., & McGlinchey, R. (2015). Posttraumatic Psychological Symptoms are Associated with Reduced Inhibitory Control, not General Executive Dysfunction. (2015). Journal of International Neuropsychological Society, 21(5), 342-352. pdf
Esterman, M., Liu, G., Okabe, H., Reagan, A., Thai, M., & DeGutis, J. (2015). Frontal eye field involvement in sustaining visual attention: Evidence from transcranial magnetic stimulation. Neuroimage doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2015.01.044 pdf
Fortenbaugh, F. C., DeGutis, J., Germine, L., Wilmer, J., Grosso, M., Russo, K., & Esterman, M. (2015). Sustained attention across the life span in a sample of 10,000: Dissociating ability and strategy. Psychological Science doi:10.1177/0956797615594896 pdf
Fortenbaugh, F. C., VanVleet, T. M., Silver, M. A., & Robertson L. C. (2015). Spatial distortions in localization and midline estimation in hemianopia and normal vision. Vision Research, 111, 1-12. pdf

2014

DeGutis, J., Chiu, C., Grosso, M., & Cohan, S. (2014). Face processing improvements in prosopagnosia: successes and failures over the last 50 years. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 8(561). doi:10.3389/fnhum.2014.00561 pdf
DeGutis, J., Cohan, S., & Nakayama, K. (2014). Holistic face training enhances face processing in developmental prosopagnosia. Brain, 137(6), 1781-1798 pdf
Esterman, M., Reagan, A., Liu, G., Turner, C., & DeGutis, J. (2014). Reward Reveals Dissociable Aspects of Sustained Attention. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. 143(6). doi:10.1037/xge0000019 pdf
Esterman, M., Rosenberg, M. D., & Noonan, S. K. (2014). Intrinsic Fluctuations in Sustained Attention and Distractor Processing. The Journal of Neuroscience, 34(5), 1724-1730. pdf
Fortenbaugh, F. C., Silver, M. A., & Robertson, L. C. (2015). Individual differences in visual field shape modulate the effects of attention on the lower visual field advantage in crowding. Journal of Vision, 15(2):19, 1-15. pdf
Golan, T., Bentin, S., DeGutis, J. M., Robertson, L. C., & Harel, A. (2014). Association and dissociation between detection and discrimination of objects of expertise: evidence from visual search. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 1-16. pdf
Schloss, K. B., Fortenbaugh, F. C., & Palmer, S. E. (2014). The Configural Shape Illusion. Journal of Vision, 14(8):23, 1-18. pdf

2013

Amick, M. M., Clark, A., Fortier, C. B., Esterman, M., Rasmusson, A. M., Kenna, A., ... & McGlinchey, R. (2013). PTSD Modifies Performance on a Task of Affective Executive Control among Deployed OEF/OIF Veterans with Mild Traumatic Brain Injury. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 19(07), 792-801. pdf
DeGutis, J., Mercado, R. J., Wilmer, J., & Rosenblatt, A. (2013). Individual Differences in Holistic Processing Predict the Own-Race Advantage in Recognition Memory. PloS one, 8(4), e58253. pdf
DeGutis, J., Wilmer, J., Mercado, R. J., & Cohan, S. (2013). Using regression to measure holistic face processing reveals a strong link with face recognition ability. Cognition, 126(1), 87-100. pdf
Esterman, M., DeGutis, J., Mercado, R., Rosenblatt, A., Vasterling, J. J., Milberg, W., & McGlinchey, R. (2013). Stress-Related Psychological Symptoms Are Associated with Increased Attentional Capture by Visually Salient Distractors. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 19(07), 835-840. pdf
Rosenberg, M., Noonan, S., DeGutis, J., & Esterman, M. (2013). Sustaining visual attention in the face of distraction: a novel gradual-onset continuous performance task. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 75(3), 426-39. pdf
Van Vleet, T. M., & Degutis, J. M. (2013). The nonspatial side of spatial neglect and related approaches to treatment. Progress in brain research, 207, 327-349. pdf
Van Vleet, T. M., & DeGutis, J. M. (2013). Cross-training in hemispatial neglect: auditory sustained attention training ameliorates visual attention deficits. Cortex, 49(3), 679-90. pdf

2012

DeGutis, J., Cohan, S., Mercado, R. J., Wilmer, J., & Nakayama, K. (2012). Holistic processing of the mouth but not the eyes in developmental prosopagnosia. Cognitive neuropsychology, 29(5-6), 419-446. pdf
Esterman, M., Noonan, S. K., Rosenberg, M., & DeGutis, J. (2012). In the zone or zoning out? Tracking behavioral and neural fluctuations during sustained attention. Cerebral Cortex, 23(11), 2712-2723 pdf
DeGutis, J., Chatterjee, G., Mercado, R. J., & Nakayama, K. (2012). Face gender recognition in developmental prosopagnosia: Evidence for holistic processing and use of configural information. Visual Cognition, 20(10), 1242-1253. pdf

2011

Chiu, Y.-C., Esterman, M. S., Gmeindl, L., & Yantis, S. (2012). Tracking cognitive fluctuations with multivoxel pattern time course (MVPTC) analysis. Neuropsychologia, 50(4), 479-486. pdf
Chiu, Y.-C., Esterman, M., Han, Y., Rosen, H., & Yantis, S. (2011). Decoding task-based attentional modulation during face categorization. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 23(5), 1198-1204. pdf
Tamber-Rosenau, B. J., Esterman, M., Chiu, Y.-C., & Yantis, S. (2011). Cortical mechanisms of cognitive control for shifting attention in vision and working memory. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 23(10), 2905-2919. pdf
List, A., Landau, A. N., Brooks, J. L., Flevaris, A. V., Fortenbaugh, F. C., Esterman, M., ... & Schendel, K. (2011). Shifting attention in viewer-and objective-based reference frames after unilateral brain injury. Neuropsychologia, 49(7), 2090-2096. pdf
DeGutis, J., DeNicola, C., Zink, T., McGlinchey, R., & Milberg, W. (2011). Training with own-race faces can improve processing of other-race faces: Evidence from developmental prosopagnosia. Neuropsychologia, 49(9), 2505-2513. pdf
Van Vleet, T. M., Hoang-duc, A. K., DeGutis, J., & Robertson, L. C. (2011). Modulation of non-spatial attention and the global/local processing bias. Neuropsychologia, 49(3), 352-359. pdf

2010

Greenberg, A. S., Esterman, M., Serences, J. T., Wilson, D. E., & Yantis, S. (2010). Control of spatial and feature-based attention in frontoparietal cortex. Journal of Neuroscience, 30(43), 14330-14339. pdf
DeGutis, J., & Van Vleet, T. (2010). Tonic and phasic alertness training: a novel behavioral therapy to improve spatial and non-spatial attention in patients with hemispatial neglect. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 4(60), 1-17 pdf
Esterman, M., Rosenau, B.J., Chiu, Y.-C., & Yantis, S. (2010). Avoiding non-independence in fMRI data analysis: Leave one subject out. NeuroImage, 50(2), 572-576. pdf
Esterman, M., & Yantis, S. (2010). Perceptual Expectation Evokes Category-Selective Cortical Activity. Cerebral Cortex, 20(5), 1245-1253. pdf
Moayer, R., Grande, L., Esterman, M., DeGutis, J., & McGlinchey, R. (2010). Increased Distractibility Associated with Increased Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Symptom Severity. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Massachusetts Neuropsychological Society, Boston, MA. pdf

2009

DeGutis, J., & D'Esposito, M. (2009). Network changes in the transition from initial learning to well-practiced visual categorization. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 3(44), 1-13 pdf
Esterman, M., Chiu, Y.-C., Tamber-Rosenau, B.J., & Yantis, S. (2009). Decoding cognitive control in human parietal cortex. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 106(42), 17974-17979. pdf
Noonan, S.K., Haist, F., & Muller, R.-A. (2009). Aberrant functional connectivity in autism: evidence from low-frequency BOLD signal fluctuations. Brain Research, 1262, 48–63. pdf
Wilkinson, D., Zubko, O., DeGutis, J., Milberg, W., & Potter, J. Improvement of a figure copying deficit during subsensory galvanic vestibular stimulation. Journal of Neuropsychology, 4(Pt 1), 107-118. pdf

2008

Esterman, M., Prinzmetal, W., DeGutis, J., Landau, A., Hazeltine, E., Verstynen, T., & Robertson, L. (2008). Voluntary and involuntary attention affect face discrimination differently. Neuropsychologia, 46(4), 1032-1040. pdf
List, A., Brooks, J.L., Esterman, M., Flevaris, A.V., Landau, A.N., Bowman, G., Stanton, V., Vanvleet, T.M., Robertson, L. C., & Schendel, K. (2008). Visual hemispatial neglect, re-assessed. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 14(2), 243-256. pdf

2007

DeGutis, J., & D'Esposito, M. (2007). Distinct mechanisms in visual category learning. Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience, 7(3), 251-259. pdf
Bentin S., DeGutis J.M., D’Esposito M., & Robertson L. C. (2007). Too many trees to see the forest: Performance, event-related potential, and functional magnetic resonance imaging manifestations of integrative congenital prosopagnosia. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 19(1), 132–146. pdf
DeGutis J.M., Bentin S., Robertson L. C., & D’Esposito M. (2007). Functional plasticity in ventral temporal cortex following cognitive rehabilitation of a congenital prosopagnosic. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 19(11), 1790–1802. pdf
Esterman, M., Verstynen, T., & Robertson, L. C. (2007). Attenuating illusory binding with TMS of the right parietal cortex. Neuroimage, 35(3), 1247-1255. pdf
Landau A.N., Esterman M., Robertson L. C., Bentin S., & Prinzmetal W. (2007). Different effects of voluntary and involuntary attention on EEG activity in the gamma band. Journal of Neuroscience, 27(44), 11986–11990. pdf

2006

Esterman, M., Verstynen, T., Ivry, R.B., & Robertson, L. C. (2006). Coming unbound: disrupting automatic integration of synesthetic color and graphemes by transcranial magnetic stimulation of the right parietal lobe. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 18(9), 1570–1576. pdf

2004

Ranganath, C., DeGutis, J., & D'Esposito, M. Category-specific modulation of inferior temporal activity during working memory encoding and maintenance. (2004). Cognitive Brain Research, 20(1), 37-45. pdf

2002

Esterman, M., McGlinchey-Berroth, R., Alexander, M. P., & Milberg, W. Triangular backgrounds shift line bisection performance in hemispatial neglect: The critical point. (2002). Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 8(5), 721-726. pdf
Esterman, M., McGlinchey-Berroth, R., Verfaellie, M., Grande, L., Kilduff, P., & Milberg, W. (2002). Aware and unaware perception in hemispatial neglect: Evidence from a stem completion priming task. Cortex, 38(2), 233–246. pdf

2000

Esterman, M., McGlinchey-Berroth, R., & Milberg, W. (2000). Preattentive and attentive visual search in individuals with hemispatial neglect. Neuropsychology, 14(4), 599–611. pdf