Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Ph.D., Vanderbilt University 2004
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  Duke Appointment History

  • Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health & Developmental Neuroscience, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences 2013 - 2014
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Translational Neuroscience, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences 2008 - 2013
• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • Engagement of Social-Cognitive Networks During Game Play in Autism 2014 - 2017
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Greene, Rachel K., Erin Walsh, Maya G. Mosner, and Gabriel S. Dichter. “A potential mechanistic role for neuroinflammation in reward processing impairments in autism spectrum disorder.” Biol Psychol 142 (March 2019): 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2018.12.008.
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    • Walsh, Erin C., Tory A. Eisenlohr-Moul, Jared Minkel, Joshua Bizzell, Chris Petty, Andrew Crowther, Hannah Carl, Moria J. Smoski, and Gabriel S. Dichter. “Pretreatment brain connectivity during positive emotion upregulation predicts decreased anhedonia following behavioral activation therapy for depression.” J Affect Disord 243 (January 15, 2019): 188–92. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2018.09.065.
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    • Greene, R. K., M. Spanos, C. Alderman, E. Walsh, J. Bizzell, M. G. Mosner, J. L. Kinard, et al. “The effects of intranasal oxytocin on reward circuitry responses in children with autism spectrum disorder.” J Neurodev Disord 10, no. 1 (March 27, 2018): 12. https://doi.org/10.1186/s11689-018-9228-y.
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    • Carl, Hannah, Erin Walsh, Tory Eisenlohr-Moul, Jared Minkel, Andrew Crowther, Tyler Moore, Devin Gibbs, et al. “Sustained anterior cingulate cortex activation during reward processing predicts response to psychotherapy in major depressive disorder.” J Affect Disord 203 (October 2016): 204–12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2016.06.005.
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    • Benning, Stephen D., Megan Kovac, Alana Campbell, Stephanie Miller, Eleanor K. Hanna, Cara R. Damiano, Antoinette Sabatino-DiCriscio, et al. “Late Positive Potential ERP Responses to Social and Nonsocial Stimuli in Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder.” J Autism Dev Disord 46, no. 9 (September 2016): 3068–77. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-016-2845-y.
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    • Richey, J Anthony, Cara R. Damiano, Antoinette Sabatino, Alison Rittenberg, Chris Petty, Josh Bizzell, James Voyvodic, et al. “Neural Mechanisms of Emotion Regulation in Autism Spectrum Disorder.” J Autism Dev Disord 45, no. 11 (November 2015): 3409–23. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-015-2359-z.
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    • Smoski, Moria J., Shian-Ling Keng, Jie Lisa Ji, Tyler Moore, Jared Minkel, and Gabriel S. Dichter. “Neural indicators of emotion regulation via acceptance vs reappraisal in remitted major depressive disorder.” Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci 10, no. 9 (September 2015): 1187–94. https://doi.org/10.1093/scan/nsv003.
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    • Crowther, Andrew, Moria J. Smoski, Jared Minkel, Tyler Moore, Devin Gibbs, Chris Petty, Josh Bizzell, et al. “Resting-state connectivity predictors of response to psychotherapy in major depressive disorder.” Neuropsychopharmacology 40, no. 7 (June 2015): 1659–73. https://doi.org/10.1038/npp.2015.12.
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    • Dichter, Gabriel S., Devin Gibbs, and Moria J. Smoski. “A systematic review of relations between resting-state functional-MRI and treatment response in major depressive disorder.” J Affect Disord 172 (February 1, 2015): 8–17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2014.09.028.
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    • Damiano, Cara R., Dillon C. Cockrell, Kaitlyn Dunlap, Eleanor K. Hanna, Stephanie Miller, Joshua Bizzell, Megan Kovac, et al. “Neural mechanisms of negative reinforcement in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorders.” J Neurodev Disord 7, no. 1 (2015): 12. https://doi.org/10.1186/s11689-015-9107-8.
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    • Watson, Karli K., Stephanie Miller, Eleanor Hannah, Megan Kovac, Cara R. Damiano, Antoinette Sabatino-DiCrisco, Lauren Turner-Brown, Noah J. Sasson, Michael L. Platt, and Gabriel S. Dichter. “Increased reward value of non-social stimuli in children and adolescents with autism.” Front Psychol 6 (2015): 1026. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01026.
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    • White, Susan W., Carla A. Mazefsky, Gabriel S. Dichter, Pearl H. Chiu, John A. Richey, and Thomas H. Ollendick. “Social-cognitive, physiological, and neural mechanisms underlying emotion regulation impairments: understanding anxiety in autism spectrum disorder.” Int J Dev Neurosci 39 (December 2014): 22–36. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2014.05.012.
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    • Damiano, Cara R., Joseph Aloi, Caley Burrus, James C. Garbutt, Alexei B. Kampov-Polevoy, and Gabriel S. Dichter. “Intact Hedonic Responses to Sweet Tastes in Autism Spectrum Disorder.” Res Autism Spectr Disord 8, no. 3 (March 2014): 230–36. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2013.12.003.
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    • Richey, John A., Alison Rittenberg, Lauren Hughes, Cara R. Damiano, Antoinette Sabatino, Stephanie Miller, Eleanor Hanna, James W. Bodfish, and Gabriel S. Dichter. “Common and distinct neural features of social and non-social reward processing in autism and social anxiety disorder.” Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci 9, no. 3 (March 2014): 367–77. https://doi.org/10.1093/scan/nss146.
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    • Damiano, Cara R., Joseph Aloi, Kaitlyn Dunlap, Caley J. Burrus, Maya G. Mosner, Rachel V. Kozink, Ralph Edward McLaurin, et al. “Association between the oxytocin receptor (OXTR) gene and mesolimbic responses to rewards.” Mol Autism 5, no. 1 (January 31, 2014): 7. https://doi.org/10.1186/2040-2392-5-7.
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    • Damiano, Cara R., Carla A. Mazefsky, Susan W. White, and Gabriel S. Dichter. “Future directions for research in autism spectrum disorders.” J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol 43, no. 5 (2014): 828–43. https://doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2014.945214.
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    • Sabatino, Antoinette, Alison Rittenberg, Noah J. Sasson, Lauren Turner-Brown, James W. Bodfish, and Gabriel S. Dichter. “Functional neuroimaging of social and nonsocial cognitive control in autism.” J Autism Dev Disord 43, no. 12 (December 2013): 2903–13. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-013-1837-4.
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    • Schiller, Crystal Edler, Jared Minkel, Moria J. Smoski, and Gabriel S. Dichter. “Remitted major depression is characterized by reduced prefrontal cortex reactivity to reward loss.” J Affect Disord 151, no. 2 (November 2013): 756–62. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2013.06.016.
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    • Smoski, Moria J., Shian-Ling Keng, Crystal Edler Schiller, Jared Minkel, and Gabriel S. Dichter. “Neural mechanisms of cognitive reappraisal in remitted major depressive disorder.” J Affect Disord 151, no. 1 (October 2013): 171–77. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2013.05.073.
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    • Felder, Jennifer N., Moria J. Smoski, Rachel V. Kozink, Brett Froeliger, Joseph McClernon, Joshua Bizzell, Christopher Petty, and Gabriel S. Dichter. “Neural mechanisms of subclinical depressive symptoms in women: a pilot functional brain imaging study.” Bmc Psychiatry 12 (September 21, 2012): 152. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-244X-12-152.
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    • Dichter, Gabriel S. “Functional magnetic resonance imaging of autism spectrum disorders.” Dialogues Clin Neurosci 14, no. 3 (September 2012): 319–51.
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    • Dichter, Gabriel S., Linmarie Sikich, Allen Song, James Voyvodic, and James W. Bodfish. “Functional neuroimaging of treatment effects in psychiatry: methodological challenges and recommendations.” Int J Neurosci 122, no. 9 (September 2012): 483–93. https://doi.org/10.3109/00207454.2012.678446.
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    • Dichter, Gabriel S., Cara A. Damiano, and John A. Allen. “Reward circuitry dysfunction in psychiatric and neurodevelopmental disorders and genetic syndromes: animal models and clinical findings.” J Neurodev Disord 4, no. 1 (July 6, 2012): 19. https://doi.org/10.1186/1866-1955-4-19.
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    • Damiano, Cara R., Joseph Aloi, Michael Treadway, James W. Bodfish, and Gabriel S. Dichter. “Adults with autism spectrum disorders exhibit decreased sensitivity to reward parameters when making effort-based decisions.” J Neurodev Disord 4, no. 1 (May 21, 2012): 13. https://doi.org/10.1186/1866-1955-4-13.
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    • Elison, Jed T., Noah J. Sasson, Lauren M. Turner-Brown, Gabriel Dichter, and James W. Bodfish. “Age Trends in Visual Exploration of Social and Nonsocial Information in Children with Autism.” Res Autism Spectr Disord 6, no. 2 (April 2012): 842–51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2011.11.005.
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    • Dichter, Gabriel S., J Anthony Richey, Alison M. Rittenberg, Antoinette Sabatino, and James W. Bodfish. “Reward circuitry function in autism during face anticipation and outcomes.” J Autism Dev Disord 42, no. 2 (February 2012): 147–60. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-011-1221-1.
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    • Dichter, Gabriel S., Jennifer N. Felder, Steven R. Green, Alison M. Rittenberg, Noah J. Sasson, and James W. Bodfish. “Reward circuitry function in autism spectrum disorders.” Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci 7, no. 2 (February 2012): 160–72. https://doi.org/10.1093/scan/nsq095.
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    • Dichter, Gabriel S., Rachel V. Kozink, F Joseph McClernon, and Moria J. Smoski. “Remitted major depression is characterized by reward network hyperactivation during reward anticipation and hypoactivation during reward outcomes.” J Affect Disord 136, no. 3 (February 2012): 1126–34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2011.09.048.
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    • Addicott, M. A., D. A. A. Baranger, R. V. Kozink, M. J. Smoski, G. S. Dichter, and F. J. McClernon. “Erratum: Smoking withdrawal is associated with increases in brain activation during decision making and reward anticipation: A preliminary study.” Psychopharmacology 219, no. 2 (January 1, 2012): 685–86. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-011-2531-x.
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    • Addicott, Merideth A., David A. A. Baranger, Rachel V. Kozink, Moria J. Smoski, Gabriel S. Dichter, and F Joseph McClernon. “Smoking withdrawal is associated with increases in brain activation during decision making and reward anticipation: a preliminary study.” Psychopharmacology (Berl) 219, no. 2 (January 2012): 563–73. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-011-2404-3.
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    • Sasson, Noah J., Gabriel S. Dichter, and James W. Bodfish. “Affective responses by adults with autism are reduced to social images but elevated to images related to circumscribed interests.” Plos One 7, no. 8 (2012): e42457. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0042457.
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    • Smoski, Moria J., Alison Rittenberg, and Gabriel S. Dichter. “Major depressive disorder is characterized by greater reward network activation to monetary than pleasant image rewards.” Psychiatry Res 194, no. 3 (December 30, 2011): 263–70. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pscychresns.2011.06.012.
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    • Dichter, G. S., and E. E. Coonrod. “Autism Spectrum Conditions: FAQs on Autism, Asperger Syndrome, and Atypical Autism Answered by International Experts.” Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology 26, no. 8 (December 1, 2011): 790–91. https://doi.org/10.1093/arclin/acr068.
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    • Turner-Brown, Lauren M., Kristen S. L. Lam, Tia N. Holtzclaw, Gabriel S. Dichter, and James W. Bodfish. “Phenomenology and measurement of circumscribed interests in autism spectrum disorders.” Autism 15, no. 4 (July 2011): 437–56. https://doi.org/10.1177/1362361310386507.
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    • Sasson, Noah J., Jed T. Elison, Lauren M. Turner-Brown, Gabriel S. Dichter, and James W. Bodfish. “Brief report: Circumscribed attention in young children with autism.” J Autism Dev Disord 41, no. 2 (February 2011): 242–47. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-010-1038-3.
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    • Dichter, Gabriel S., Jennifer N. Felder, and Moria J. Smoski. “The effects of Brief Behavioral Activation Therapy for Depression on cognitive control in affective contexts: An fMRI investigation.” J Affect Disord 126, no. 1–2 (October 2010): 236–44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2010.03.022.
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    • Dichter, Gabriel S., Moria J. Smoski, Alexey B. Kampov-Polevoy, Robert Gallop, and James C. Garbutt. “Unipolar depression does not moderate responses to the Sweet Taste Test.” Depress Anxiety 27, no. 9 (September 2010): 859–63. https://doi.org/10.1002/da.20690.
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    • Dichter, Gabriel S., Linmarie Sikich, Steve Mahorney, Jennifer N. Felder, Kristen S. L. Lam, Lauren Turner-Brown, and James Bodfish. “fMRI tracks reductions in repetitive behaviors in autism: two case studies.” Neurocase 16, no. 4 (August 2010): 307–16. https://doi.org/10.1080/13554790903559671.
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    • Dichter, Gabriel S., Stephen D. Benning, Tia N. Holtzclaw, and James W. Bodfish. “Affective modulation of the startle eyeblink and postauricular reflexes in autism spectrum disorder.” J Autism Dev Disord 40, no. 7 (July 2010): 858–69. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-009-0925-y.
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    • Dichter, Gabriel S., Carolyn Bellion, Michael Casp, and Aysenil Belger. “Impaired modulation of attention and emotion in schizophrenia.” Schizophr Bull 36, no. 3 (May 2010): 595–606. https://doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sbn118.
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    • Dichter, Gabriel S., Krestin J. Radonovich, Lauren M. Turner-Brown, Kristen S. L. Lam, Tia N. Holtzclaw, and James W. Bodfish. “Performance of children with autism spectrum disorders on the dimension-change card sort task.” J Autism Dev Disord 40, no. 4 (April 2010): 448–56. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-009-0886-1.
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    • Dichter, Gabriel S., Jennifer N. Felder, Christopher Petty, Joshua Bizzell, Monique Ernst, and Moria J. Smoski. “The effects of psychotherapy on neural responses to rewards in major depression.” Biol Psychiatry 66, no. 9 (November 1, 2009): 886–97. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2009.06.021.
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    • Smoski, Moria J., Jennifer Felder, Joshua Bizzell, Steven R. Green, Monique Ernst, Thomas R. Lynch, and Gabriel S. Dichter. “fMRI of alterations in reward selection, anticipation, and feedback in major depressive disorder.” J Affect Disord 118, no. 1–3 (November 2009): 69–78. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2009.01.034.
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    • Dichter, Gabriel S., Jennifer N. Felder, and James W. Bodfish. “Autism is characterized by dorsal anterior cingulate hyperactivation during social target detection.” Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci 4, no. 3 (September 2009): 215–26. https://doi.org/10.1093/scan/nsp017.
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    • Dichter, Gabriel S., Kristen S. L. Lam, Lauren M. Turner-Brown, Tia N. Holtzclaw, and James W. Bodfish. “Generativity abilities predict communication deficits but not repetitive behaviors in Autism Spectrum Disorders.” J Autism Dev Disord 39, no. 9 (September 2009): 1298–1304. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-009-0742-3.
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    • Dichter, Gabriel S., Jennifer N. Felder, and Moria J. Smoski. “Affective context interferes with cognitive control in unipolar depression: an fMRI investigation.” J Affect Disord 114, no. 1–3 (April 2009): 131–42. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2008.06.027.
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    • Dichter, Gabriel S., Jennifer N. Felder, James W. Bodfish, Linmarie Sikich, and Aysenil Belger. “Mapping social target detection with functional magnetic resonance imaging.” Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci 4, no. 1 (March 2009): 59–69. https://doi.org/10.1093/scan/nsn037.
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    • Dichter, Gabriel S., and Aysenil Belger. “Atypical modulation of cognitive control by arousal in autism.” Psychiatry Res 164, no. 3 (December 30, 2008): 185–97. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pscychresns.2007.12.005.
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    • Turner-Brown, Lauren M., Timothy D. Perry, Gabriel S. Dichter, James W. Bodfish, and David L. Penn. “Brief report: feasibility of social cognition and interaction training for adults with high functioning autism.” J Autism Dev Disord 38, no. 9 (October 2008): 1777–84. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-008-0545-y.
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    • Shafritz, Keith M., Gabriel S. Dichter, Grace T. Baranek, and Aysenil Belger. “The neural circuitry mediating shifts in behavioral response and cognitive set in autism.” Biol Psychiatry 63, no. 10 (May 15, 2008): 974–80. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2007.06.028.
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    • Dichter, Gabriel S., and Andrew J. Tomarken. “The chronometry of affective startle modulation in unipolar depression.” J Abnorm Psychol 117, no. 1 (February 2008): 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1037/0021-843X.117.1.1.
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    • Dichter, Gabriel S., and Aysenil Belger. “Social stimuli interfere with cognitive control in autism.” Neuroimage 35, no. 3 (April 15, 2007): 1219–30. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2006.12.038.
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  • Conference Papers

    • Carl, Hannah, Gabriel S. Dichter, Andrew Crowther, Jared Minkel, Tyler Moore, Devin Gibbs, Chris Petty, et al. “Endurance of Neural Response to Rewards Predicts Post-Treatment Depression Severity.” In Biological Psychiatry, Vol. 77. ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, 2015.
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    • Damiano, Cara, Stephanie Miller, Eleanor Hannah, Megan Kovac, Joseph Aloi, Dillon Cockrell, Kaitlyn Dunlap, et al. “Neural Mechanisms of Uncertainty Processing in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders.” In Biological Psychiatry, 77:68S-69S. ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, 2015.
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    • Dichter, Gabriel S., Moria Smoski, Andrew Crowther, Jared Minkel, Tyler Moore, Devin Gibbs, Chris Petty, et al. “Mesocorticolimbic Predictors of Responses to Psychotherapy in Major Depression.” In Biological Psychiatry, 77:13S-14S. ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, 2015.
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    • Dichter, Gabriel S., Stephanie Miller, Eleanor Hannah, Megan Kovac, Cara Damiano, Antionette Sabatino, Lauren Turner-Brown, Noah Sasson, Alana Campbell, and Stephen Benning. “The Late Positive Potential indicates Heightened Emotion Responses to Restricted Interests in Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder.” In Biological Psychiatry, Vol. 77. ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, 2015.
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    • Watson, Karli K., Stephanie Miller, Eleanor Hannah, Megan Kovac, Cara Damiano, Antionette Sabatino, Lauren Turner-Brown, Noah Sasson, Michael Platt, and Gabriel S. Dichter. “Autism Pay-per-view: Evidence for Differential Implicit Reward Value of Social and Nonsocial Stimuli in Children with Autism from an Econometric Choice Task.” In Biological Psychiatry, Vol. 77. ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, 2015.
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    • Dichter, Gabriel S. “Neural Mechanisms and Psychophysiology of Emotion Regulation Impairments in Autism.” In Biological Psychiatry, 75:280S-280S. ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, 2014.
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    • Schiller, Crystal E., Gabriel S. Dichter, Jared Minkel, and Moria Smoski. “Neural Response to Loss Is Associated with Rumination in Remitted Major Depression.” In Biological Psychiatry, 73:194S-194S. ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, 2013.
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    • Benning, Stephen D., Anna Sabatino, Joseph C. Franklin, Noah J. Sasson, James W. Bodfish, and Gabriel S. Dichter. “STARTLE BLINK MODULATION DURING CIRCUMSCRIBED INTEREST AND FACE STIMULI IN AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER.” In Psychophysiology, 49:S50–S50. WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2012.
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