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47) Sabatino. A., Rittenberg, A., Sasson, N.J., Turner-Brown, L., Bodfish, J.W., & Dichter, G.S. (in press); Functional Neuroimaging of Social and Nonsocial Cognitive Control in Autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.
46) Richey, J.A., Rittenberg, A., Hughes, L., Damiano, C.A., Sabatino, A., Miller, S. Hanna, E., Bodfish, J.W., & Dichter,G.S. (in press); Common and Distinct Neural Features of Social and Nonsocial Reward Processing in Autism and Social Anxiety Disorder. Social, Cognitive, and Affective Neuroscience. PDF
45) Dichter, G.S. (in press); Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Autism Spectrum Disorders. Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience (Special Issue on Autism and Related Developmental Disorders). PDF
44) Felder, J.N., Smoski, M.J., Kozink, R.V., Froeliger, B., McClernon, F.J. Bizzell, J., Petty, C., & Dichter, G.S. (in press); Neural Mechanisms of Subclinical Depressive Symptoms in Women: A Pilot Functional Brain Imaging Study. BMC Psychiatry. PDF
43) Sasson, N.J.^, Dichter, G.S.^, Bodfish, J.W. (2012). Affective Responses by Adults with Autism are Reduced to Social Images but Elevated to Images Related to Circumscribed Interests. PLoS ONE; 7(8):e42457. ^co-first authors. PDF
42) Dichter, G.S., Damiano, C.A., & Allen, J.A. (2012); Reward Circuitry Dysfunction in Psychiatric and Neurodevelopmental Disorders and Genetic Syndromes: Animal Models and Clinical Findings. Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders (Thematic Issue on Reward Processing in Autism); 4:19. Recognized as “Highly Accessed” by BioMed Central, having been accessed over 3000 times in four months. PDF
41) Damiano, C.A.; Aloi, J., Treadway, M., Bodfish, J.W., & Dichter, G.S. (2012); Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders Exhibit Decreased Sensitivity to Reward Parameters when Making Effort-Based Decisions. Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders (Thematic Issue on Reward Processing in Autism); 4:13.PDF
40) Dichter, G.S., Sikich, L., Song, A., Voyvodic, J., & Bodfish, J.W. (in press); Functional Neuroimaging of Treatment Effects in Psychiatry: Methodological Challenges and Recommendations. The International Journal of Neuroscience. PDF
39) Dichter, G.S., Kozink, R.V., McClernon, F.J., Smoski, M.J. (2012). Remitted major depression is characterized by reward network hyperactivation during reward anticipation and hypoactivation during reward outcomes. Journal of Affective Disorders; 136(3): 1126-34. PDF
38) Dichter, G.S., , Felder, J.N., Green, S.R., Rittenberg, A.M., Sasson, N.J., & Bodfish, J.W. (2012); Reward Circuitry Function in Autism Spectrum Disorders. Social, Cognitive, and Affective Neuroscience. 7: 160-172 PDF.
37) Dichter, G.S., Richey, J.A., Rittenberg, A.M., Sabatino, A., Bodfish, J.W. (2012); Reward Network Function in Autism during Face Anticipation and Outcomes; Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. Feb;42(2):147-60. PDF supplementary material.
36) Elison, J.; Sasson, N. Turner-Brown, L., Dichter, G.S., Bodfish, J.W. (2012). Age Trends in Visual Exploration of Social and Nonsocial Information in Children with Autism. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders. 6(2):842‐851. PDF
35) Addicott, M.A., Baranger, D.A., Kozink, R.V., Smoski, M.J., Dichter, G.S., and McClernon, F.J. (2012) Smoking withdrawal is associated with increases in brain activation during decision making and reward anticipation: A preliminary study. Psychopharmacology. Jan;219(2):685-6 link.
34) Smoski, M.J., Rittenberg, A., & Dichter, G.S. (2011). Major depressive disorder is characterized by greater reward network activation to monetary than pleasant image rewards. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging. 194(3):263-70. PDF
33) Turner-Brown, L.M., Lam, K.S.L., Holtzclaw, T.N., Dichter, G. S., & Bodfish, J. W. (2011). Phenomenology and measurement of circumscribed interests in autism spectrum disorders. Autism: International Journal of Research and Practice; 15(4):437-56. PDF
32) Dichter, G.S., Felder, J.N., Smoski, M. (2010); The Effects of Brief Behavioral Activation Therapy for Depression on Cognitive Control in Affective Contexts: an fMRI investigation; Journal of Affective Disorders. 126: 236–244. PMID: 20421135 PDF
31) Sasson, N.J., Elison, J., Turner-Brown, L., Dichter, G.S., Bodfish, J. (2010); Brief Report: Circumscribed Attention in Young Children with Autism; Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders; 41(2):242-7. PDF
30) Dichter, G.S., Smoski, M.D., Kampov-Polevoy, A.B., Gallop, R.E., Garbutt, J.C.; (2010,) Unipolar Depression Does Not Moderate Responses to the Sweet Taste Test; Depression and Anxiety; 27(9):859-63. PDF.
29) Carter, J.D., Bizzell, J., Kim, C., Bellion, C. Carpenter, K.L.H., Dichter, G.S., Belger, A.; (2010); Attention deficits in schizophrenia — Preliminary evidence of dissociable transient and sustained deficits; Schizophrenia Research; 122(1-3):104-12.
28) Dichter, G.S.; Anhedonia in Unipolar Major Depressive Disorder: A Review; (2010); The Open Psychiatry Journal; 4, 1-9. PDF
27) Dichter, G.S., Sikich, L., Mahorney, S., Felder, J.N., Lam, K.S.L., Turner-Brown, L.M., & Bodfish, J.W. (2010); fMRI Activation Change Tracks Medication-Induced Reductions in Repetitive Behaviors in Autism: Two Case Studies; Neurocase. 16(4): 307-16. PDF
26) Dichter, G.S., Benning, S.B., Holzclaw, T., Bodfish, J. (2010); Affective Modulation of the Startle Eyeblink and Postauricular Reflexes in Autism Spectrum Disorder; Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders; 40(7) 858-69. PDF
25) Dichter, G.S., Radonovich, K.J., Turner-Brown, L.M., Lam, K.S.L., Holtzclaw, T. & Bodfish, J.W. (2010); Performance of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders on the Dimension-Change Card Sort Task; Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders; 40(4): 448-56. PDF
24) Dichter, G.S., Felder, J.N., Petty, C., Bizzell, J., Ernst, M.E., Lynch, T.R., & Smoski, M.J. (2009); The Effects of Psychotherapy on Neural Responses to Rewards in Major Depression; Biological Psychiatry; Nov 1;66(9):886-97. PDF. supplementary material.
23) Dichter, G.S., Felder, J.N., & Bodfish, J.W. (2009; in press); Autism is Characterized by Dorsal Cingulate Hyperactivation during Social Target Detection; Social, Cognitive, and Affective Neuroscience. PDF
22) Dichter, G.S., Lam, K.S.L., Turner-Brown, L.M., Holtzclaw, T. & Bodfish, J.W. (2009); Generativity Abilities Predict Communication Deficits but not Repetitive Behaviors in Autism Spectrum Disorders; Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. PDF
21) Smoski, M.J., Felder, J., Bizzell, J., Green, S.R., Ernst, M.E., Lynch, T.R., Dichter, G.S. (2009); fMRI of Alterations in Reward Selection, Anticipation, and Feedback in Major Depressive Disorder; Journal of Affective Disorders. PDF
20) Dichter, G.S., Felder, J., Bodfish, J., Sikich, L. & Belger, A (2009); Mapping Social Target Detection with fMRI; Social, Cognitive, and Affective Neuroscience; 4(1):59-69. PDF
19) Dichter, G.S., Bellion, C, Casp, M. & Belger, A (2010); Impaired Modulation of Attention and Emotion in Schizophrenia; Schizophrenia Bulletin; 36(3) 595-606. PDF
18) Dichter, G.S., Felder, J., Smoski, M. (2009); Affective Context Interferes with Cognitive Control in Unipolar Depression: An fMRI Investigation; Journal of Affective Disorders; 114, 131-142. PDF
17) Turner- Brown, L., Perry, T., Dichter, G.S., Bodfish, J.W. & Penn, D (2008). Brief Report: Feasibility of Social Cognition and Interaction Training for Adults with High Functioning Autism; Journal of Autism and Developmental Disability; Oct; 38(9):1777-84. PDF
16) Dichter, G.S. & Belger, A (2008); Atypical Modulation of Cognitive Control by Arousal in Autism; Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging; 164(3): 185-97. PDF
15) Dichter, G.S. & Tomarken (2008). The Chronometry of Affective Startle Modulation in Unipolar Depression; Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Feb; 117(1):1-15. PDF
14) Shafritz, K., Dichter, G.S., , Baranek, G.T. Belger, A (2008); The neural circuitry mediating shifts in behavioral response and cognitive set in autism, Biological Psychiatry, May: 63(10) 974-80. PDF
13) Dichter, G.S. & Belger, A (2007); Social Stimuli Interfere with Cognitive Control in Autism; NeuroImage, 35: 1219-1230. PMID: 17321151
12) Belger, A. & Dichter, G.S. (2006). Structural and Functional Neuroanatomy of Schizophrenia. In J. A. Lieberman, S. Stroup & D. Perkins, (Eds.), American psychiatric publishing textbook of schizophrenia. Arlington, VA: American Psychiatric Publishing.
11) Dichter, G.S., van der Stelt, O., Boch, J.L., Belger, A. (2006). Relations among Intelligence, Executive Function, and P300 Event Related Potentials in Schizophrenia. Journal of Nervous and Mental Diseases, 194(3):179-87. PDF
10) Dichter, G.S., Tomarken, A.J., Freid, C.M., Addington, S., Shelton, R.C. (2005). Do Venlafaxine XR and Paroxetine equally influence negative and positive affect? The Journal of Affective Disorders, 85(3): 333-339. PDF
9) Tomarken, A.J., Dichter, G.S., Garber, J., Simien, C. (2004). Resting frontal brain activity: linkages to maternal depression and socio-economic status among adolescents. Biological Psychology, 67(1-2), 77-102. PDF
8) Dichter, G.S., Tomarken, A.T., Shelton, R., Sutton, S.K. (2004). Early- and Late-Onset Startle Modulation in Unipolar Depression. Psychophysiology, 41(3):433-40. PDF
7) Tomarken, A, Dichter, G.S., Freid, C., Addington, S., Shelton, R.C. (2004). Assessing the Effects of Bupropion SR on Mood Dimensions of Depression. The Journal of Affective Disorders, 78(3), 235-241. PDF
6) Zald, D.H., Boileau, I., El-Dearedy, W., Gunn, R., McGlone, F., Dichter, G.S., Dagher, A. (2004). Dopamine transmission in the human striatum during monetary reward tasks. J Neurosci. 24(17):4105-12. PMID: 15115805
5) Dichter, G.S., Tomarken, A.J., Baucom, B. (2002). Startle Modulation Before, During, and After Exposure to Emotional Stimuli. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 43, 191-196. PDF
4) Luber, B., Nobler, M.., Moeller, J.R., Katzman, G.P., Prudic, J., Devanand, D.P., Dichter, G.S., Sackeim, H.A. (2000). Quantitative EEG during seizures induced by electroconvulsive therapy: relations to treatment modality and clinical features. II. Topographic analyses. Journal of ECT, 16(3), 229-243. PMID: 11005044
3) Nobler, M.S., Luber, B., Moeller, J.R., Katzman, G.P., Prudic, J., Devanand, D.P., Dichter, G.S., Sackeim, H.A. (2000). Quantitative EEG during seizures induced by electroconvulsive therapy: relations to treatment modality and clinical features. I. Global analyses. Journal of ECT, 16(3), 211-228. PMID: 11005043
2) Tomarken, A.J., Dichter, G.S., Pendergrass, J.C. (1999). Psychological Assessment. In D. Levinson, J. J. Ponzetti & P. F. Jorgensen (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Human Emotions (Vol. 2, pp. 545-551). New York: Macmillan.
1) Dichter, G.S., Brunelli SA, Hofer, MA (1996). Elevated plus-maze behavior in adult offspring of selectively bred rats. Physiology & Behavior, 60(1), 299-304. PMID: 8804680.