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Whittaker, F.*, DeFalco, A.*, Goldblum, R.S., Curtin, J.J., Bradford, D.E. (2025). Alcohol’s effects on decision making and cognitive processing in a reward uncertainty task. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors. *These authors contributed equally
Whittaker, F., DeFalco, A., Sanders, S.M., Perkings, E.R., Joyner, K. J., Bradford, D.E. (2025). Racial biases in skin conductance response-based polygraphs and their legal implications. Nature Human Behavior, 9(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-024-02025-0
Oldham, J.R., DeFalco, A., Willwerth, S., Nagle, S., Whittaker, F., Mannix, R., Meehan, W.P., Bradford, D.E. (2025). Concussion-related suppression of general startle reactivity in adolescent Athletes. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, 40(1). https://doi.org/10.1097/HTR.0000000000000979
Seligowski, A.V., Clancy, K.J., Akman, Eylül, Lewis, M., May, V., Ravichandran, C., Jobson, S.A., Bradford, D.E., Hammack, S.E., Carlezon, W.A., Ressler, K.J., Rauch, S.L., Rosso, I.M. (2025). Associations between PACAP levels and psychophysiological indicators of fear and arousal in adults with posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms. Journal of Mood and Anxiety Disorders, 11, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xjmad.2025.100128
Kerr, D.C.R., Kasimanickman, M.R., Bradford, D.E., Baie, H., Parks, K.A. (2025). Problematic alcohol behaviors and sexual assault on college campuses: How are student reports and institution-reported crime data related? Journal of American College Health, 73(5), 2158–2165. https://doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2025.2492170
Bradford, D.E., Dev, A.S., DeFalco, A., Whittaker, F., Timpano, K.R. (2024). Increasing ecological validity in neuropsychopharmacology research on the relationship between alcohol use and uncertain stressors. Neuropsychopharmacology. 49, 353–354. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41386-023-01672-7
Lewis, M.W., Bradford, D.E., Akman, E., Frederiks, K., Pace-Schott, E.F., Rosso, I.M. (2024). Unconditioned response to a naturally aversive stimulus as a predictor of physiological conditioned fear, self-reported fearful traits, and severity of posttraumatic stress symptoms. Psychophysiology, 61(3). https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/psyp.14473 *These authors contributed equally
Dev, A.S., Bradford, D.E., Timpano, K.R. (2024). Sociability alcohol expectancies shape predictions of drinking behavior and anxiety in a novel affective forecasting task. Substance Use and Misuse, 0(0), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1080/10826084.2024.2302133
Perkins, E. R., Bradford, D. E., Verona, E., Hamilton, R. H., Joyner, K. J. (2023). The intersection of racism and neuroscience technology: A cautionary tale for the criminal legal system. Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 10(2), 279-286. https://doi.org/10.1177/23727322231196299
Kim, H.C., Kaplan, C.M., Islam, S., Anderson, A.S., Piper, M.E., Bradford, D.E., Curtin, J.J., DeYoung, K.A., Smith, J.F., Fox, A.S., Shackman, A.J. (2023) Acute nicotine abstinence amplifies subjective withdrawal symptoms and threat-evoked fear and anxiety, but not extended amygdala reactivity. Plos One.
Lewis, M.W., Bradford, D.E., Pace-Schott, E.F., Rauch, S.L., Rosso, I.M. (2023) Multiverse Analysis Demonstrates an Impact of Methodology on Results in a Study of Extinction Retention and PTSD. Psychophysiology, 00, e14263.
Morrris J., Abend, R., Zika, O., Bradford, D.E., Mertens, G. (2023) Neural and psychophysiological markers of intolerance of uncertainty. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 184, 94-99.
Bradford, D.E., DeFalco, A., Perkins, E.R., Carvajal, I., Kwasa, J., Goodman, F.R., Jackson, F., Richardson, L.N.S., Woodley, N., Neuberger, L., Sandoval, J.A., Huang, H.J., Joyner, K.J. (2022). Whose signals are being amplified? Towards a more equitable clinical psychophysiology. Clinical Psychological Science. PDF OSF
Victor, S., Schleider, J., Ammerman, B., Bradford, D.E., Devendorf, A., Gruber, J., Gunaydin, L., Hallion, L., Kaufman, E., Lewis, S., Stage, D L. (2022). Leveraging the Strengths of Psychologists with Lived Experience of Mental Illness. Perspectives on Psychological Science. PDF
Bradford, D.E., Shireman, J.M., Sant’Ana, S.J., Fronk, G.E., Curtin, J.J. (2022). Alcohol’s effects during uncertain and uncontrollable stressors in the laboratory. Clinical Psychological Science. PDF OSF
Goodman, F.R., Brown, B.A., Silva, G.M., Bradford, D.E., Tennen, H.A., Kashdan, T.B. (2022). Motivational underpinnings of alcohol use in people with social anxiety disorder: A daily diary study. Behavior Therapy.
Morriss, J., Bradford, D.E., Wake, S., Biagi, N.,Tanovic, E., Kaye, J.T., Joormann, D. (2022). Intolerance of uncertainty and physiological responses during instructed threat of shock: multi-lab investigation. Biological Psychology, 167.
Pavlov, Y. G., Adamian, N., Appelhoff, S … Bradford, D.E. … Mushtaq, F. (2021). #EEGManyLabs: Investigating the Replicability of Influential EEG Experiments. Cortex, 144, 213-229. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/528nr PDF OSF
Rutherford, A.V., Tanovic, E., Bradford, D.E., & Joormann, J. (2020). Psychophysiological correlates of anxious apprehension: Trait worry is associated with startle response to threat. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 158, 136-142. doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2020.09.020 PDF
Bradford, D.E., Fronk, G.E., Sant’Ana, S.J., Magruder, K.P., Kaye, J.T., Curtin, J.J. (2018). The need for precise answers for the goals of precision medicine in alcohol dependence to succeed. Neuropsychopharmacology, 43, 1799–1800. doi.org/10.1038/s41386-018-0112-y PDF
Lakens D., Adolfi F.G., Albers C.J. … Bradford D.E. …Zwaan R.A.(2018). Justify your alpha. Nature Human Behavior(2), 168-171. doi:10.1038/s41562-018-0311-x. PDF OSF
Hur, J., Kaplan, C.M., Smith, J.S., Bradford, D.E., Fox, A.S., Curtin, J.J., Shackman, A.J. (2018). Acute alcohol administration dampens threat-related activation in the central extended amygdala. Scientific Reports, 8,doi:10.1038/s41598-018-34987-3. PDF
Bradford, D.E., Motschman, C.A., Starr, M.J., Curtin, J.J. (2017). Alcohol’s effects on emotionally motivated attention, defensive reactivity, and subjective anxiety during uncertain threat. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 12(11), 1823–1832. doi:10.1093/scan/nsx095. PDF OSF
Moberg, C.A., Bradford, D.E., Kaye, J.T., Curtin, J.J. (2017). Increased startle potentiation to unpredictable stressors in alcohol dependence: Possible stress neuroadaptation in humans. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 126(4), 441-453.doi: 10.1037/abn0000265. PDF OSF
Kaye J.T., Bradford, D.E., Magruder K.P., Curtin J.J. (2017). Probing for neuroadaptations to unpredictable stressors in addiction: translational methods and emerging evidence. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 78(3).353-371. doi: 10.15288/jsad.2017.78.353. PDF OSF
Kaye J.T., Bradford, D.E., Curtin J.J.(2016). Psychometric properties of startle and corrugator response in NPU, Affective Picture Viewing, and Resting State Tasks. Psychophysiology, 53(8).1241-1255.doi.org/10.1111/psyp.12794. PDF OSF
Bradford, D.E., Curtin, J.J., Piper, M.E. (2015). Anticipation of smoking sufficiently lowers stress reactivity for nicotine deprived smokers. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 124(1), 128-136. doi:10.1037/abn0000007. PDF
Bradford, D.E., Starr, M.J., Shackman, A.J., Curtin, J. J. (2015). Empirically-based comparisons of the reliability and validity of common quantification approaches for eyeblink startle potentiation in humans. Psychophysiology,52(12), 1669-1681. doi: 10.1111/psyp.12545 PDF OSF
Green, C.S., Eichenbaum, A., Kattner, F., Bradford, D.E.,Gentile, D.A., Choo, H., Hsueh, V., Chen, H., Khoo, A. (2015). The role of game genres and the development of internet gaming disorder in school-aged children. Journal of Addictive Behaviors, Therapy & Rehabilitation 4(3),doi:10.4172/2324-9005.1000141
Eichenbaum, A., Kattner, F.,Bradford, D.E., Gentile, D.A., Green, C.S. (2015). Role-playing and real-time strategy games associated with greater probability of internet gaming disorder. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking 18(8), 480-485. doi:10.1089/cyber.2015.0092
Bradford, D.E., Kaye, J.T., Curtin, J.J. (2014). Not just noise: Individual differences in general startle reactivity predict startle reactivity to uncertain and certain threat. Psychophysiology,51(5), 707-411. doi:10.1111/psyp.12193. PDF
Bradford, D.E., Magruder, K.P., Korhumel, R.A., Curtin, J.J. (2014). Using the threat probability task to assess anxiety and fear to uncertain and certain threat. Journal of Visualized Experiments(91). doi:10.3791/51905. PDF Video
Lissek, S., Bradford, D.E., Alvarez, R.P., Burton, P., Espensen-Sturges, T., Reynolds,R.C., and Grillon, C. (2014). Neural substrates of classically conditioned fear-generalization in humans: A parametric fMRI study. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 9(8), 1134-1142. doi:10.1093/scan/nst096.
Bradford, D.E., Shapiro, B.L., Curtin, J.J. (2013). How bad could it be? Alcohol dampens stress responses to threat of uncertain intensity. Psychological Science, 24(12), 2541-2549. doi:10.1177/0956797613499923. PDF
Lissek, S., Rabin S., McDowell D., Dvir S., Bradford, D.E., Geraci, M., Pine, S., Grillon, C., (2009). Impaired discriminative fear-conditioning resulting from elevated fear-responding to learned safety cues among individuals with panic disorder. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 47(2), 111–118. doi:10.1016/j.brat.2008.10.017