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 and 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 awarded by Brain and Behavior Research Foundation 2014 - 2017
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Conference Papers

    • Carl, H, Dichter, GS, Crowther, A, Minkel, J, Moore, T, Gibbs, D, Petty, C, Bizzell, J, Schiller, C, Sideris, J, Walsh, E, and Smoski, MJ. "Endurance of Neural Response to Rewards Predicts Post-Treatment Depression Severity." May 1, 2015.  Link to Item
    • Damiano, C, Miller, S, Hannah, E, Kovac, M, Aloi, J, Cockrell, D, Dunlap, K, Burrus, C, Kinsey, E, Bizzell, J, and Dichter, GS. "Neural Mechanisms of Uncertainty Processing in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders." May 1, 2015.  Link to Item
    • Dichter, GS, Miller, S, Hannah, E, Kovac, M, Damiano, C, Sabatino, A, Turner-Brown, L, Sasson, N, Campbell, A, and Benning, S. "The Late Positive Potential indicates Heightened Emotion Responses to Restricted Interests in Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder." May 1, 2015.  Link to Item
    • Dichter, GS, Smoski, M, Crowther, A, Minkel, J, Moore, T, Gibbs, D, Petty, C, Bizzell, J, Schiller, CE, Sideris, J, and Carl, H. "Mesocorticolimbic Predictors of Responses to Psychotherapy in Major Depression." May 1, 2015.  Link to Item
    • Watson, KK, Miller, S, Hannah, E, Kovac, M, Damiano, C, Sabatino, A, Turner-Brown, L, Sasson, N, Platt, M, and Dichter, GS. "Autism Pay-per-view: Evidence for Differential Implicit Reward Value of Social and Nonsocial Stimuli in Children with Autism from an Econometric Choice Task." May 1, 2015.  Link to Item
    • Dichter, GS. "Neural Mechanisms and Psychophysiology of Emotion Regulation Impairments in Autism." May 1, 2014.  Link to Item
    • Schiller, CE, Dichter, GS, Minkel, J, and Smoski, M. "Neural Response to Loss Is Associated with Rumination in Remitted Major Depression." May 1, 2013.  Link to Item
    • Benning, SD, Sabatino, A, Franklin, JC, Sasson, NJ, Bodfish, JW, and Dichter, GS. "STARTLE BLINK MODULATION DURING CIRCUMSCRIBED INTEREST AND FACE STIMULI IN AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER." September 2012.  Link to Item

  • Journal Articles

    • Walsh, EC, Eisenlohr-Moul, TA, Minkel, J, Bizzell, J, Petty, C, Crowther, A, Carl, H, Smoski, MJ, and Dichter, GS. "Pretreatment brain connectivity during positive emotion upregulation predicts decreased anhedonia following behavioral activation therapy for depression.(Accepted)" Journal of Affective Disorders 243 (January 2019): 188-192.  Full Text
    • Greene, RK, Spanos, M, Alderman, C, Walsh, E, Bizzell, J, Mosner, MG, Kinard, JL, Stuber, GD, Chandrasekhar, T, Politte, LC, Sikich, L, and Dichter, GS. "The effects of intranasal oxytocin on reward circuitry responses in children with autism spectrum disorder." Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders 10, no. 1 (March 27, 2018): 12-null.  Full Text
    • Carl, H, Walsh, E, Eisenlohr-Moul, T, Minkel, J, Crowther, A, Moore, T, Gibbs, D, Petty, C, Bizzell, J, Dichter, GS, and Smoski, MJ. "Sustained anterior cingulate cortex activation during reward processing predicts response to psychotherapy in major depressive disorder." Journal of Affective Disorders 203 (October 2016): 204-212.  Full Text
    • Benning, SD, Kovac, M, Campbell, A, Miller, S, Hanna, EK, Damiano, CR, Sabatino-DiCriscio, A, Turner-Brown, L, Sasson, NJ, Aaron, RV, Kinard, J, and Dichter, GS. "Late Positive Potential ERP Responses to Social and Nonsocial Stimuli in Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder." Journal of autism and developmental disorders 46, no. 9 (September 2016): 3068-3077.  Full Text
    • Richey, JA, Damiano, CR, Sabatino, A, Rittenberg, A, Petty, C, Bizzell, J, Voyvodic, J, Heller, AS, Coffman, MC, Smoski, M, Davidson, RJ, and Dichter, GS. "Neural Mechanisms of Emotion Regulation in Autism Spectrum Disorder." Journal of autism and developmental disorders 45, no. 11 (November 2015): 3409-3423.  Full Text
    • Smoski, MJ, Keng, S-L, Ji, JL, Moore, T, Minkel, J, and Dichter, GS. "Neural indicators of emotion regulation via acceptance vs reappraisal in remitted major depressive disorder." Social cognitive and affective neuroscience 10, no. 9 (September 2015): 1187-1194.  Full Text
    • Crowther, A, Smoski, MJ, Minkel, J, Moore, T, Gibbs, D, Petty, C, Bizzell, J, Schiller, CE, Sideris, J, Carl, H, and Dichter, GS. "Resting-state connectivity predictors of response to psychotherapy in major depressive disorder." Neuropsychopharmacology : Official Publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology 40, no. 7 (June 2015): 1659-1673.  Full Text
    • Dichter, GS, Gibbs, D, and Smoski, MJ. "A systematic review of relations between resting-state functional-MRI and treatment response in major depressive disorder." Journal of Affective Disorders 172 (February 2015): 8-17. (Review)  Full Text
    • Damiano, CR, Cockrell, DC, Dunlap, K, Hanna, EK, Miller, S, Bizzell, J, Kovac, M, Turner-Brown, L, Sideris, J, Kinard, J, and Dichter, GS. "Neural mechanisms of negative reinforcement in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorders." Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders 7, no. 1 (January 2015): 12-null.  Full Text  Open Access Copy
    • Watson, KK, Miller, S, Hannah, E, Kovac, M, Damiano, CR, Sabatino-DiCrisco, A, Turner-Brown, L, Sasson, NJ, Platt, ML, and Dichter, GS. "Increased reward value of non-social stimuli in children and adolescents with autism." Frontiers in psychology 6 (January 2015): 1026-.  Full Text
    • White, SW, Mazefsky, CA, Dichter, GS, Chiu, PH, Richey, JA, and Ollendick, TH. "Social-cognitive, physiological, and neural mechanisms underlying emotion regulation impairments: understanding anxiety in autism spectrum disorder." International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience : the Official Journal of the International Society for Developmental Neuroscience 39 (December 2014): 22-36. (Review)  Full Text
    • Damiano, CR, Mazefsky, CA, White, SW, and Dichter, GS. "Future directions for research in autism spectrum disorders." Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology : the Official Journal for the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, American Psychological Association, Division 53 43, no. 5 (September 2014): 828-843.  Full Text
    • Damiano, CR, Aloi, J, Burrus, C, Garbutt, JC, Kampov-Polevoy, AB, and Dichter, GS. "Intact Hedonic Responses to Sweet Tastes in Autism Spectrum Disorder." Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders 8, no. 3 (March 2014): 230-236.  Full Text
    • Richey, JA, Rittenberg, A, Hughes, L, Damiano, CR, Sabatino, A, Miller, S, Hanna, E, Bodfish, JW, and Dichter, GS. "Common and distinct neural features of social and non-social reward processing in autism and social anxiety disorder." Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience 9, no. 3 (March 2014): 367-377.  Full Text
    • Damiano, CR, Aloi, J, Dunlap, K, Burrus, CJ, Mosner, MG, Kozink, RV, McLaurin, RE, Mullette-Gillman, OA, Carter, RM, Huettel, SA, McClernon, FJ, Ashley-Koch, A, and Dichter, GS. "Association between the oxytocin receptor (OXTR) gene and mesolimbic responses to rewards." Molecular autism 5, no. 1 (January 31, 2014): 7-.  Full Text  Open Access Copy
    • Sabatino, A, Rittenberg, A, Sasson, NJ, Turner-Brown, L, Bodfish, JW, and Dichter, GS. "Functional neuroimaging of social and nonsocial cognitive control in autism." Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders 43, no. 12 (December 2013): 2903-2913.  Full Text
    • Schiller, CE, Minkel, J, Smoski, MJ, and Dichter, GS. "Remitted major depression is characterized by reduced prefrontal cortex reactivity to reward loss." Journal of Affective Disorders 151, no. 2 (November 2013): 756-762.  Full Text
    • Smoski, MJ, Keng, S-L, Schiller, CE, Minkel, J, and Dichter, GS. "Neural mechanisms of cognitive reappraisal in remitted major depressive disorder." J Affect Disord 151, no. 1 (October 2013): 171-177.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Felder, JN, Smoski, MJ, Kozink, RV, Froeliger, B, McClernon, J, Bizzell, J, Petty, C, and Dichter, GS. "Neural mechanisms of subclinical depressive symptoms in women: a pilot functional brain imaging study." Bmc Psychiatry 12 (September 21, 2012): 152-null.  Full Text
    • Dichter, GS, Sikich, L, Song, A, Voyvodic, J, and Bodfish, JW. "Functional neuroimaging of treatment effects in psychiatry: methodological challenges and recommendations." Int J Neurosci 122, no. 9 (September 2012): 483-493. (Review)  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Dichter, GS. "Functional magnetic resonance imaging of autism spectrum disorders." Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience 14, no. 3 (September 2012): 319-351. (Review)
    • Damiano, CR, Aloi, J, Treadway, M, Bodfish, JW, and Dichter, GS. "Adults with autism spectrum disorders exhibit decreased sensitivity to reward parameters when making effort-based decisions. (Published online)" J Neurodev Disord 4, no. 1 (May 21, 2012): 13-.  Full Text  Open Access Copy  Link to Item
    • Elison, JT, Sasson, NJ, Turner-Brown, LM, Dichter, G, and Bodfish, JW. "Age Trends in Visual Exploration of Social and Nonsocial Information in Children with Autism." Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders 6, no. 2 (April 2012): 842-851.  Full Text
    • Dichter, GS, Felder, JN, Green, SR, Rittenberg, AM, Sasson, NJ, and Bodfish, JW. "Reward circuitry function in autism spectrum disorders." Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience 7, no. 2 (February 2012): 160-172.  Full Text
    • Dichter, GS, Kozink, RV, McClernon, FJ, and Smoski, MJ. "Remitted major depression is characterized by reward network hyperactivation during reward anticipation and hypoactivation during reward outcomes." Journal of Affective Disorders 136, no. 3 (February 2012): 1126-1134.  Full Text
    • Dichter, GS, Richey, JA, Rittenberg, AM, Sabatino, A, and Bodfish, JW. "Reward circuitry function in autism during face anticipation and outcomes." Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders 42, no. 2 (February 2012): 147-160.  Full Text
    • Addicott, MA, Baranger, DAA, Kozink, RV, Smoski, MJ, Dichter, GS, and McClernon, FJ. "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): 563-573.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Addicott, MA, Baranger, DAA, Kozink, RV, Smoski, MJ, Dichter, GS, and McClernon, FJ. "Erratum: Smoking withdrawal is associated with increases in brain activation during decision making and reward anticipation: A preliminary study." Psychopharmacology 219, no. 2 (2012): 685-686.  Full Text
    • Dichter, GS, Damiano, CA, and Allen, JA. "Reward circuitry dysfunction in psychiatric and neurodevelopmental disorders and genetic syndromes: animal models and clinical findings." Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders 4, no. 1 (January 2012): 19-null.  Full Text  Open Access Copy
    • Sasson, NJ, Dichter, GS, and Bodfish, JW. "Affective responses by adults with autism are reduced to social images but elevated to images related to circumscribed interests." Plos One 7, no. 8 (January 2012): e42457-null.  Full Text
    • Smoski, MJ, Rittenberg, A, and Dichter, GS. "Major depressive disorder is characterized by greater reward network activation to monetary than pleasant image rewards." Psychiatry Res 194, no. 3 (December 30, 2011): 263-270.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Dichter, GS, and Coonrod, EE. "Autism Spectrum Conditions: FAQs on Autism, Asperger Syndrome, and Atypical Autism Answered by International Experts." ARCHIVES OF CLINICAL NEUROPSYCHOLOGY 26, no. 8 (December 2011): 790-791.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Turner-Brown, LM, Lam, KSL, Holtzclaw, TN, Dichter, GS, and Bodfish, JW. "Phenomenology and measurement of circumscribed interests in autism spectrum disorders." Autism : the International Journal of Research and Practice 15, no. 4 (July 2011): 437-456.  Full Text
    • Sasson, NJ, Elison, JT, Turner-Brown, LM, Dichter, GS, and Bodfish, JW. "Brief report: Circumscribed attention in young children with autism." Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders 41, no. 2 (February 2011): 242-247.  Full Text
    • Dichter, GS, Felder, JN, and Smoski, MJ. "The effects of Brief Behavioral Activation Therapy for Depression on cognitive control in affective contexts: An fMRI investigation." Journal of Affective Disorders 126, no. 1-2 (October 2010): 236-244.  Full Text
    • Dichter, GS, Smoski, MJ, Kampov-Polevoy, AB, Gallop, R, and Garbutt, JC. "Unipolar depression does not moderate responses to the Sweet Taste Test." Depression and Anxiety 27, no. 9 (September 2010): 859-863.  Full Text
    • Dichter, GS, Sikich, L, Mahorney, S, Felder, JN, Lam, KSL, Turner-Brown, L, and Bodfish, J. "fMRI tracks reductions in repetitive behaviors in autism: two case studies." Neurocase 16, no. 4 (August 2010): 307-316.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Dichter, GS, Benning, SD, Holtzclaw, TN, and Bodfish, JW. "Affective modulation of the startle eyeblink and postauricular reflexes in autism spectrum disorder." Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders 40, no. 7 (July 2010): 858-869.  Full Text
    • Dichter, GS, Bellion, C, Casp, M, and Belger, A. "Impaired modulation of attention and emotion in schizophrenia." Schizophr Bull 36, no. 3 (May 2010): 595-606.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Dichter, GS, Radonovich, KJ, Turner-Brown, LM, Lam, KSL, Holtzclaw, TN, and Bodfish, JW. "Performance of children with autism spectrum disorders on the dimension-change card sort task." Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders 40, no. 4 (April 2010): 448-456.  Full Text
    • Dichter, GS, Felder, JN, Petty, C, Bizzell, J, Ernst, M, and Smoski, MJ. "The effects of psychotherapy on neural responses to rewards in major depression." Biological Psychiatry 66, no. 9 (November 2009): 886-897.  Full Text
    • Smoski, MJ, Felder, J, Bizzell, J, Green, SR, Ernst, M, Lynch, TR, and Dichter, GS. "fMRI of alterations in reward selection, anticipation, and feedback in major depressive disorder." Journal of Affective Disorders 118, no. 1-3 (November 2009): 69-78.  Full Text
    • Dichter, GS, Felder, JN, and Bodfish, JW. "Autism is characterized by dorsal anterior cingulate hyperactivation during social target detection." Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci 4, no. 3 (September 2009): 215-226.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Dichter, GS, Lam, KSL, Turner-Brown, LM, Holtzclaw, TN, and Bodfish, JW. "Generativity abilities predict communication deficits but not repetitive behaviors in Autism Spectrum Disorders." Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders 39, no. 9 (September 2009): 1298-1304.  Full Text
    • Dichter, GS, Felder, JN, and Smoski, MJ. "Affective context interferes with cognitive control in unipolar depression: an fMRI investigation." Journal of Affective Disorders 114, no. 1-3 (April 2009): 131-142.  Full Text
    • Dichter, GS, Felder, JN, Bodfish, JW, Sikich, L, and Belger, A. "Mapping social target detection with functional magnetic resonance imaging." Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience 4, no. 1 (March 2009): 59-69.  Full Text
    • Dichter, GS, and Belger, A. "Atypical modulation of cognitive control by arousal in autism." Psychiatry Res 164, no. 3 (December 30, 2008): 185-197.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Turner-Brown, LM, Perry, TD, Dichter, GS, Bodfish, JW, and Penn, DL. "Brief report: feasibility of social cognition and interaction training for adults with high functioning autism." Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders 38, no. 9 (October 2008): 1777-1784.  Full Text
    • Shafritz, KM, Dichter, GS, Baranek, GT, and Belger, A. "The neural circuitry mediating shifts in behavioral response and cognitive set in autism." Biological Psychiatry 63, no. 10 (May 2008): 974-980.  Full Text
    • Dichter, GS, and Tomarken, AJ. "The chronometry of affective startle modulation in unipolar depression." Journal of Abnormal Psychology 117, no. 1 (February 2008): 1-15.  Full Text
    • Dichter, GS, and Belger, A. "Social stimuli interfere with cognitive control in autism." Neuroimage 35, no. 3 (April 15, 2007): 1219-1230.  Full Text  Link to Item

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