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Cognitive Control and Emotion Processing

Albanese, B. J., Preston, T. J.,* Bedford, C., Macatee, R. J., & Schmidt, N. B. (2021). Distress intolerance prospectively predicts traumatic intrusions following an experimental trauma in a non-clinical sample. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 45(6), 1202-1212.

Macatee, R. J., Burkhouse, K. L., Afshar, K.,* Schroth, C., Aase, D. M., Greenstein, J. E., Proescher, E., & Phan, K. L. (2020). Nonlinear relations between post-traumatic stress symptoms and electrocortical reactivity during emotional face processing in combat-exposed veterans. Psychophysiology, 57(1), e13423.

Macatee, R. J., Albanese, B. J., Schmidt, N. B., & Cougle, J. R. (2017). Attention bias towards negative emotional information and its relationship with daily worry in the context of acute stress: An eye-tracking study. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 90, 96–110.

Albanese, B. J., Capron, D. W., Macatee, R. J., Bauer, B. W., & Schmidt, N. B. (2021). Thwarted belongingness predicts greater neural reactivity to a novel social exclusion image set: Evidence from the late positive potential. Suicide & Life-Threatening Behavior, 51(5), 916–930.

Macatee, R. J., Albanese, B. J., Clancy, K., Allan, N. P., Bernat, E. M., Cougle, J. R., & Schmidt, N. B. (2018). Distress intolerance modulation of neurophysiological markers of cognitive control during a complex go/no-go task. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 127(1), 12–29.

Macatee, R. J., Albanese, B. J., Schmidt, N. B., & Cougle, J. R. (2017). The moderating influence of heart rate variability on stressor-elicited change in pupillary and attentional indices of emotional processing: An eye-tracking study. Biological Psychology, 123, 83–93.

Macatee, R. J., Burkhouse, K. L., Afshar, K.,* Schroth, C., Aase, D. M., Greenstein, J. E., Proescher, E., & Phan, K. L. (2021). Psychometric properties of the late positive potential in combat-exposed veterans. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 161, 13–26

Albanese, B. J., Macatee, R. J., Allan, N. P., Short, N. A., Norr, A. M., & Schmidt, N. B. (2018). Interactive effects of anxiety sensitivity and attentional control on posttraumatic stress in community and clinical populations. Psychiatry, 81(1), 71–84.

Schermitzler, B. S.,* Gorday, J. Y.,* Griffin, M.,* & Macatee, R. J. (2025). Concurrent and prospective relations between aberrant stress-induced frontal alpha asymmetry and cannabis use disorder. Addiction Neuroscience, 14, 100195.

Macatee, R. J., Cannon, M. J.,* Schermitzler, B. S.,* Preston, T. J.,* & Afshar, K.* (2024). Biological sex and hormonal contraceptive associations with drug cue reactivity in cannabis use disorder. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 174, 121–128.

Macatee, R. J., Preston, T. J.,* Afshar, K.,* Blaine, S. K., & Schermitzler, B. S.* (2023). Physiological stress modulation of neural drug cue reactivity in cannabis use disorder. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 37(8), 1039–1051.

Macatee, R.J., Preston, T.J.,* Afshar, K.,* Blaine, S.K., & Schermitzler, B.* (2023). Temporal stability of neurophysiological drug cue reactivity before and after acute stress in cannabis users: A test of incentive sensitization. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 247, 109862.

Macatee, R., Preston, T. J.,* Afshar, K.,* Blaine, S., & Schermitzler, B.* (2023). Physiological stress reactivity’s role in post-stress modulation of the drug cue-elicited late positive potential in cannabis use disorder. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 37.

Macatee, R.J., Carr, M.,* Afshar, K.,* & Preston, T.J.* (2021). Development and validation of a cannabis cue stimulus set. Addictive Behaviors, 112, 106643.

Macatee, R.J., Albanese, B.J., Crane, N.A., Okey, S.A., Cougle, J.R., & Schmidt, N.B. (2018). Distress intolerance moderation of neurophysiological markers of response inhibition after induced stress: Relations with Cannabis Use Disorder. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 32(8), 944-955.

Preston, T.J.,* Cougle, J.R., Schmidt, N.B., Macatee, R.J. (2024). Decomposing the late positive potential to cannabis cues in regular cannabis users: A temporal-spatiam principal component analysis. Psychophysiology, 61(4), e14471.

Macatee, R. J., Schermitzler, B. S.,* Minieri, J. B.,* Moeller, S. J., Afshar, K., & Preston, T. J. (2023). Neurophysiological error processing and addiction self-awareness correlates of reduced insight in cannabis use disorder. Addiction, 118(12), 2397–2412.

Schermitzler, B. S.,* Preston, T. J.,* & Macatee, R. J. (2023). Risk for cannabis use disorder in people who use cannabis to cope with internalizing disorders: Implications for policy and practice. Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 10(2), 133-141.

Schermitzler, B.S.,* Minieri, J.,* & Macatee, R.J. (2023). Emotional salience of positive and negative aspects of cannabis use in cannabis use disorder: The development of a novel self-referential processing task using the late positive potential. Addiction Neuroscience, 5, 100061.

Preston, T.J.,* Albanese, B.J., Schmidt, N.B., & Macatee, R.J. (2022). Impact of acute stress on neural indices of positive and negative reinforcement processing in cannabis users. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 36(8), 1036-47.

Macatee, R.J., Okey, S. A., Albanese, B. J., Schmidt, N. B., & Cougle, J. R. (2019). Distress intolerance moderation of motivated attention to cannabis and negative stimuli after induced stress among cannabis users: An ERP study. Addiction Biology, 24, 717-29.

Cannabis Use Disorder

Computerized Interventions

Afshar, K.,* Cougle, J. R., Schmidt, N. B., & Macatee, R. J. (2023). Impact of a brief distress intolerance intervention on acute stress modulation of response inhibition neurophysiology in cannabis use disorder. Addictive behaviors, 147, 107811.

Macatee, R.J., & Cougle, J.R. (2015). Development and evaluation of a computerized intervention for Low distress tolerance and its effect on performance on a neutralization task. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 48, 33-39.

Macatee, R.J., Preston, T.J.,* Afshar, K.,* Schmidt, N.B., & Cougle, J.R. (2022). Impact of a computerized distress intolerance intervention on electrocortical reactivity to cannabis and threat cues: A randomized controlled trial. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 36(7), 920-29.

Norr, A.M., Allan, N.P., Macatee, R.J., Keough, M.E., & Schmidt, N.B. (2014). The effects of an anxiety sensitivity intervention on anxiety, depression, and worry: Mediation through affect tolerances. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 59, 12-19.

Macatee, R.J., Albanese, B.J., Okey, S.A., Afshar, K.,* Carr, M.,* Rosenthal, M.Z., Schmidt, N.B., & Cougle, J.R. (2021). Impact of a computerized intervention for high distress intolerance on cannabis use outcomes: A randomized controlled trial. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 121, 108194.

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