In Press
Kruse, J.L., Boyle, C.C., Olmstead, R., Breen, E.C., Tye, S.J., Eisenberger, N.I., & Irwin, M.I. (in press). Interleukin-8 and depressive responses to an inflammatory challenge: A randomized controlled trial. Scientific Reports.
Karan, M.*, Lazar, L.*, Leschak, C.J., Galvan, A., Eisenberger, N.I., Phuong Uy, J., Dieffenbach, M.C., Crone, E.A., Telzer, E.H., & Fuligni, A.J. (in press). Differentiation in giving to others and associated neural activation across adolescence. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience. Karan(2022)DCN.pdf
Parrish, M.H.*, Dutcher, J.M., Muscatell, K.A., Inagaki, T.K., Irwin, M.R., Eisenberger, N.I. (in press). Using brain connectivity patterns to investigate regulatory mechanisms underlying self-enhancement. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. Parrish(2021)SCAN.pdf
Burnette, E.M., Grodin, E.N., Eisenberger, N.I., & Ray, L.A. (in press). Endotoxin for alcohol research: A call for experimental medicine using lipopolysaccharide challenge. Alcohol and Alcoholism.
Hornstein, E.A., Fanselow, M.S., & Eisenberger, N.I. (in press). Warm hands, warm hearts: An investigation of physical warmth as a prepared safety stimulus. Emotion. Hornstein(2021)Emotion.pdf
Gruber, J., Akinola, M., Atlas, L, Ayduk, O., Barch, D.M., Feldman Barrett, L., Bliss-Moreau, E., Borelli, J.L., Bunge, S.A., Campos, B., Cantlon, J., Carter, R., Carter-Sowell, A.R. Chen, S., Cikara, M., Clark, L.A., Craske, M., Cuddy, A.J.C., Crum, A., Davachi, L., Duckworth, A., Dutra, S.J., Eisenberger, N.I., et al., (in press). The future of women in psychological science. Perspectives on Psychological Science. Gruber(2021)PPS.pdf
2022
Hornstein, E.A.* & Eisenberger, N.I. (2022). Exploring the effect of loneliness on fear: Implications for the effect of COVID-19 induced social disconnection on anxiety. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 153, 104101. Hornstein(2022)BRT.pdf
Leschak, C.J.*, Hornstein, E.A., Haltom, K.E.B., Johnson, K.L., & Eisenberger, N.I. (2022). Ventromedial prefrontal cortex activity as an indicator of safety in sickness detection: Associations with inflammatory responses and disease avoidance motivation. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 100, 48-54. Leschak(2022)BBI.pdf
Hornstein, E.A.*, Craske, M.G., Fanselow, M.S., & Eisenberger, N.I. (2022). Reclassifying the unique inhibitory properties of social-support-figures: A roadmap for exploring prepared fear suppression. Biological Psychiatry, 91(9), 778-785. Hornstein(2022)BP.pdf
Lazar, L.* & Eisenberger, N.I. (2022). The benefits of giving: Effects of prosocial behavior on recovery from stress. Psychophysiology, 59(2), e13954. Lazar(2022)BBI.pdf
2020-2021
Leschak, C.J.*, Dutcher, J.M., Haltom, K.E.B., Breen, E.C., Bower, J.E., & Eisenberger, N.I. (2021). Associations between psychosocial factors and circulating cytokines in breast cancer survivors. Psychology and Health, 1-15. Leschak(2021)PH.pdf
Straccia, M. A.*, Teed, A. R., Katzman, P. L., Tan, K. M., Parrish, M. H., Irwin, M. R., Eisenberger, N. I., Lieberman, M. D., & Tabak, B.A. (2021). Null results of oxytocin and vasopressin administration on mentalizing in a large fMRI sample: Evidence from a randomized controlled trial. Psychological Medicine, 1-11. Straccia(2021)PM.pdf
Shamay-Tsoory, S.G. & Eisenberger, N.I. (2021). Getting in touch: A neural model of comforting touch. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 130,263-273.
Shamay-Tsoory, S.G. & Eisenberger, N.I. (2021). Getting in touch: A neural model of comforting touch. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 130,263-273. Shamay(2021)NB.pdf
Rahal, D.*, Tashjian, S. M., Karan, M., Eisenberger, N., Galván, A., Hastings, P. D., Fuligni, A. J., & Cole, S. W. (2021). Resting parasympathetic nervous system activity is associated with greater antiviral gene expression. Brain, Behavior, & Immunity, 98, 310-316. Rahal(2021)BBI.pdf
Sahi, R.S.*, Weaverdyck, M.E, Parkinson, C., & Eisenberger, N.I. (2021). Mental health benefits of having more virtual interaction partners during COVID-19 physical distancing measures. Scientific Reports, 11, 18273. Sahi(2021)SR.pdf
Hornstein, E.A.* & Eisenberger, N.I. (2021). An argument for reconsidering the role of social support in treating anxiety disorders. Journal of Psychiatry and Brain Science, 6, e210010. Hornstein(2021)JPBS.pdf
Hazlett, L.I.*, Moieni, M., Irwin, M.R., Haltom, K.E.B., Jevtic, I., Meyer, M.L., Breen, E.C., Cole, S.W., & Eisenberger, N.I. (2021). Exploring neural mechanisms of the health benefits of gratitude in women: A randomized controlled trial. Brain, Behavior, & Immunity, 95, 444-453. Hazlett(2021)BBI.pdf
Sahi, R.S., Dieffenbach, M.C., Gan, S., Lee, M., Hazlett, L.I., Burns, S., Lieberman, M.D., Shamay-Tsoory, S., & Eisenberger, N.I. (2021). The comfort in touch: Immediate and lasting effects of handholding on emotional memories. PLOS ONE, 16(2), e0246753. Sahi(2021)PO.pdf
Dutcher, J.M., Boyle, C.C., Eisenberger, N.I., Cole, S.W., & Bower, J.E. (2021). Neural responses to threat and reward and changes in inflammation following a mindfulness intervention. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 125, 105114. Dutcher(2021)PNE.pdf
Tashijan, S.M., Rahal, D., Karan, M., Eisenberger, N.I., Galvan, A., Cole, S.W. & Fuligni, A.J. (2021). Evidence from a randomized controlled trial that altruism moderates the effect of prosocial acts on adolescent well-being. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 50(1), 29-43. Tashjian(2021)JYA.pdf
Sahi, R. & Eisenberger, N.I. (2020). Why don’t you like me? The role of the mentalizing network in feeling socially rejected. To appear in: M. Gilead and K.N. Ochsner (Eds.), The Neural Basis of Mentalizing. New York: Springer. Sahi(InPress)TNBM.pdf
Boyle, C., Cho, H.J., Eisenberger, N.I., Olmstead, R., Piber, D., Sadeghi, N., Tazhibi, M., & Irwin, M.R. (2020). Motivation and sensitivity to reward in late-life insomnia: Moderating role of sex and the inflammatory marker CRP. Neuropsychopharmacology, 45(10), 1664-1671. Boyle(2020)NPP.pdf
Piber, D., Eisenberger, N.I., Olmstead, R., Cho, H.J., Breen, E., Boyle, C., Karmarkar, E., Guzman, M., Kim, H., Irwin, M.R. (2020). Sleep, inflammation, and perception of sad facial emotion: A laboratory-based study in adults. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 89, 159-167. Piber(2020)BBI.pdf
Dutcher, J.M., Eisenberger, N.I., Woo, H., Klein, W.M.P., Harris, P.R., Levine, J., & Creswell, J.D. (2020). Neural mechanisms of self-affirmation’s stress buffering effects. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 15(10), 1086-1096. Dutcher(2020)SCAN.pdf
Leschak, C.J., Dutcher, J.M., Haltom, K.E.B., Breen, E.C., Bower, J.E., & Eisenberger, N.I. (2020). Associations between amygdala reactivity to social threat, perceived stress, and C-reactive protein in breast cancer survivors. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 15, 1056-1063. Leschak(2020)SCAN.pdf
Moieni, M. & Eisenberger, N.I. (2020). Social isolation and health. To appear in: Cohen, L.M. (Ed.). The Wiley Encyclopedia of Health Psychology, John Wiley & Sons: Oxford, UK, pp. 695-702. Moieni(2020)WEHP.pdf
Hornstein, E.A., Inagaki, T.K., & Eisenberger, N.I. (2020). More than just friends: An exploration of the neurobiological mechanisms underlying the link between social support and health. In: D. Poeppel, G.R. Mangun, M. Gazzaniga (Eds.), The Cognitive Neurosciences, Sixth Edition, p. 929-937.
Korisky, A., Eisenberger, N.I., Nevat, M., Weisman-Fogel, I., Shamay-Tsoory, S.G. (2020). A dual-brain approach for understanding the neural mechanisms that underlie the consoling effects of human touch. Cortex, 127, 333-346. Korisky(2020)Cortex.pdf
Tabak, B.A., Young, K.S., Lieberman, M.D. Torre, J.B., Craske, M., Eisenberger, N.I., Burklund, L. & Way, B.M. (2020). Preliminary Evidence that CD38 moderates the association of neuroticism on amygdala-subgenual cingulate connectivity. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 14:11. Tabak(2020)FIN.pdf
Moieni, M., Seeman, T.E., Irwin, M.R., Robles, T.F., Lieberman, M.D., Breen, E.C., Okimoto, S., Lengacher, C., Arevalo, J.M.G., Ma, J., Cole, S.W., Eisenberger, N.I. (2020). Feeling needed: effects of a randomized generativity intervention on well-being and inflammation in older women. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 84, 97-105. Moieni(2020)BBI.pdf
Eisenberger, N.I. & Moieni, M. (2020). Inflammation affects social experience: Implications for mental health. World Psychiatry, 19, 109-110. Eisenberger(2020)WP.pdf
Boyle, C.C., Stanton, A., Eisenberger, N.I., Seeman, T., & Bower, J.E. (2020). Effects of stress-induced inflammation on reward processing in healthy young women. Brain, Behavior, & Immunity, 83, 126-134. Boyle(2020)BBI.pdf
2018-2019
Leschak, C. & Eisenberger, N.I. (2019). Two distinct immune pathways linking social relationships with health: Inflammatory and antiviral processes. Psychosomatic Medicine, 81, 711-719. Leschak(2019)PsychosomaticMed
Moeini, M., Tan, K.M., Inagaki, T.K., Muscatell, K.A., Dutcher, J.M., Jevtic, I., Breen E.C., Irwin, M.R., Eisenberger, N.I. (2019). Sex differences in the relationship between inflammation and reward sensitivity: A randomized trial of endotoxin. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, 4, 619-626. Moieni(2019)BPCNNI.pdf
Kruse, J.L., Cho, J.H.J., Olmstead, R., Hwang, L., Faull, K. Eisenberger, N.I., & Irwin, M.R. (2019). Kynurenine metabolism and inflammation-induced depressed mood: A human experimental study. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 109, 124-132. Kruse(2019)PNE.pdf
Moieni, M., Haltom, K.E.B., Jevtic, I., Meyer, M.L., Breen, E.C., Cole, S.W., Eisenberger, N.I. (2019). Exploring the role of gratitude and support-giving on inflammatory outcomes. Emotion, 19, 939-949. Moieni(2019)Emotion.pdf
Moieni, M., Muscatell, K.A., Irwin, M.R., Jevtic, I., Breen, E.C., & Eisenberger, N.I. (2019). Sex differences in the effect of experimental inflammation on subjective social status: A randomized controlled trial of endotoxin. Frontiers in Psychology, 10, 2167. Moieni(2019)Frontiers.pdf
Uchino, B.N. & Eisenberger, N.I. (2019). Emotions in social relationships and their implications for health and disease: Introduction to the special issue of Psychosomatic Medicine. Psychosomatic Medicine, 81, 676-680. Uchino(2019)PM.pdf
Tabak, B.A., Teed, A.R., Castle, E., Dutcher, J.M., Meyer, M.L., Irwin, M.R., Lieberman, M.D., & Eisenberger, N.I. (2019). Null results of oxytocin and vasopressin administration across a range of social cognitive and behavioral paradigms: Results from randomized controlled trials. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 107, 124-132. Tabak(2019)PNE.pdf
Cho, H.H-J. Irwin, M.D., Eisenberger, N.I., Lamkin, D.M., & Cole, S.W. (2019). Transcriptomic predictors of inflammation-induced depressed mood. Neuropsychopharmacology, 44, 923-929. Cho(2019)PNE.pdf
Boyle, C.C., Dutcher, J.M., Cole, S.W., Eisenberger, N.I., & Bower, J.E. (2019). Changes in eudaimonic well-being and the conserved transcriptional response to adversity in younger breast cancer survivors. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 103, 173-179. Boyle(2019)PNE.pdf
Irwin, M.R., Olmstead, R., Breen, E.C., Cho, H.J., Cole, S. & Eisenberger, N.I. (2019). Moderators for depressed mood and systemic and transcriptional inflammatory responses: A randomized controlled trial of endotoxin. Neuropsychopharmacology, 44, 635-641. Irwin(2019)NPP.pdf
Dooley, L.N., Kulhlman, K.R., Robles, T.F., Eisenberger, N.I., Craske, M.G., & Bower, J.E. (2018). The role of inflammation in core processes of depression: An endophenotype approach. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 94, 219-237. Dooley(2019)NBR.pdf
Inagaki, T.K., Jennings, R., Eisenberger, N.I., & Gianaros, P.J. (2018). Taking rejection to heart: Associations between blood pressure and sensitivity to social pain. Biological Psychology, 139, 87-95. Inagaki(2018)BioPsychiatry.pdf
Parrish, M.H., Inagaki, T.K., Muscatell, K.A., Haltom, K.E.B., Leary, M.R., & Eisenberger, N.I. (2018). Self-compassion and responses to negative social feedback: The role of fronto-amygdala circuit connectivity. Self and Identity, 17, 723-738. Parrish(2018)SI.pdf
Williamson, T.J., Thomas, K.S., Eisenberger, N.I., & Stanton, A.L. (2018). Effects of social inclusion and exclusion on cardiovascular and affective reactivity to a socially evaluative stressor. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 25, 410-420. Williamson(2018)IJBM.pdf
Moieni, M., & Eisenberger, N.I. (2018). Effects of inflammation on social processes and implications for health. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1428, 5-13. Moieni(2018)ANYAS.pdf
Martelli, A.M., Chester, D.S., Brown, K.W., Eisenberger, N.I., & DeWall C.N. (2018). When less is more: Mindfulness predicts adaptive affective responding to rejection via reduced prefrontal recruitment. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 13, 648-655. Martelli(2018)SCAN.pdf
Leschak, C. & Eisenberger, N.I. (2018). The role of social relationships in the link between olfactory dysfunction and mortality. PloS One, 13(5):e0196708. Leschak(2018)PloSOne.pdf
Hornstein, E.A., Haltom, K.E.B., Shirole, K., & Eisenberger, N.I. (2018). A unique safety signal: Social-support figures enhance rather than protect from fear extinction. Clinical Psychological Science, 6(3), 407-415. Hornstein(2018)CPS.pdf
Hornstein, E. A., & Eisenberger, N. I. (2018). A Social Safety Net: Developing a Model of Social-Support Figures as Prepared Safety Stimuli. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 27, 25–31. Hornstein(2018)CurDir.pdf
Eisenberger, N.I. (2018). The importance of the mind for understanding how emotions are embodied. In: R. Davidson, A. Shackman, A. Fox, & R. Lapate (Eds.) The Nature of Emotion. Oxford University Press. Eisenberger(2018)NatEmo.pdf
2016-2017
Tchalova, K. & Eisenberger, N.I. (2017). The shared neural substrates of physical and social pain. To appear in: K.D. Williams & S.A. Nida (Eds.), The Handbook of Social Exclusion. New York, NY: Psychology Press pp. 61-80. Tchalova(2017)THOSE.pdf
Hornstein, E. & Eisenberger, N.I. (2017). Unpacking the buffering effect of social support figures: Social support attenuates fear acquisition. PLoS ONE. 12, e0175891. Hornstein(2017)PLoSONE.pdf
Moieni, M. & Eisenberger N.I. (2016). Neural correlates of social pain. To appear in: E. Harmon-Jones & M. Inzlicht (Eds.), Social Neuroscience: Biological Approaches to Social Psychology. pp. 203-222. Moieni(inpress)BASP.pdf
Eisenberger, N. I., Moieni, M., Inagaki, T. K., Muscatell, K. A., & Irwin, M. R. (2017). In Sickness and in Health: The Co-Regulation of Inflammation and Social Behavior. Neuropsychopharmacology, 42(1), 242–253. Eisenberger(2017)NeuropsychpharmRev.pdf
Fitzgibbon, B.M., Kirkovski, M., Bailey, N.W., Thomson, R.H., Eisenberger, N.I., Enticott, P.G., & Fitzgerald, P.B. (2017). Low-frequency brain stimulation to the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex increases the negative impact of social exclusion among those high in personal distress. Social Neuroscience, 12, 237-241. Fitzgibbon(2016)SN.pdf
Muscatell, K.A., Dedovic, K., Slavich, G.M., Jarcho, M.R., Breen, E.C., Bower, J.E., Irwin, M.I., & Eisenberger, N.I. (2016). Neural mechanisms linking social status and inflammatory responses to social stress. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 11, 915.922. Muscatell(2016)SCAN.pdf
Irwin, M.R. & Eisenberger, N.I. (2017). Context-dependent effects of inflammation: Reduced reward responding is not an invariant outcome of sickness. Neuropsychopharmacology, 42(4), 785-786. Irwin(2017)Neuropsychopharmacology.pdf
Eisenberger, N.I., Moieni, M., Inagaki, T.K., Muscatell, K., & Irwin, M.R. (2017). In sickness and in health: The co-regulation of inflammation and social behavior. Neuropsychopharmacology Reviews, 42(1), 242-253. Eisenberger(2017)NR.pdf
Inagaki, T.K., Irwin, M.R., Moieni, M., Jevtic, I., & Eisenberger, N.I. (2016). A pilot study examining physical and social warmth: Higher (non-febrile) body temperature is associated with greater feelings of social connection. PLOS One, 11(6):e0156873. Inagaki(2016)plosone
Miklowitz, D.J., Portnoff, L., Armstrong, C., Keenan-Miller, D., Breen, E., Muscatell, K.A., Eisenberger, N.I., & Irwin, M.R. (2016). Inflammatory cytokines and nuclear factor-κβ activation in adolescents with bipolar and major depressive disorders. Psychiatry Research, 241, 315-322. Miklowitz(2016)PsychiatryResearch.pdf
Hornstein, E., Fanselow, M. & Eisenberger, N.I. (2016). A safe haven: Investigating social support figures as prepared safety stimuli. Psychological Science, 27(8), 1051-1060. Hornstein(2016)PscyhScience.pdf
Muscatell, K.A., Moieni, M., Inagaki, T.K., Duthcher, J.M., Jevtic, I., Breen, E.C., Irwin, M.R., & Eisenberger, N.I. (2016). Exposure to an inflammatory challenge enhances neural sensitivity to negative and positive social feedback. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 57, 21-29. Muscatell(2016)Brain, Behavior, Immunity.pdf
Tabak, B.A., Meyer, M.L., Castle, E., Dutcher, J.M., Castle, E., Irwin, M.R., Lieberman, M.D., & Eisenberger, N.I. (2016). Oxytocin, but not vasopressin, impairs social cognitive ability among individuals with higher levels of social anxiety: A randomized controlled trial. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 11, 1272-1279. Tabak(2016)SCAN.pdf
Inagaki, T.K., Muscatell, K.A., Moeini, M., Dutcher, J., Jevtic, I., Irwin, M.R., & Eisenberger, N.I. (2016). Yearning for connection? Loneliness is associated with increased ventral striatum activity to close others. Social, Cognitive, and Affective Neuroscience, 11, 1096-1101. Inagaki(2016)SCAN.pdf
Eisenberger, N.I. (2016). Social pain and social pleasure: Two overlooked but fundamental mammalian emotions? To appear in: L.F. Barret, M Lewis, J. Haviland-Jones (Eds.), The Handbook of Emotions. New York, NY: Guilford Press, pp. 440-452.
Lieberman, M. D., Burns, S. M., Torre, J. B., & Eisenberger, N. I. (2016). Reply to Wager et al: Pain and the dACC: The importance of hit rate-adjusted effects and posterior probabilities with fair priors. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 113(18), E2476-E2479. Lieberman(2016)PNAS.pdf
Inagaki, T.K.*, Ray, L.A., Irwin, M.R., Way, B.M., & Eisenberger, N.I. (2016). Opioids and social bonding: Naltrexone reduces feelings of social connection. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 11(5), 728-735. Inagaki(2016)SCAN.pdf
Horan, W.P., Jimenez, A.M., Lee, J., Wynn, J.K., Eisenberger, N.I., & Green, M.F. (2016). Pain empathy in schizophrenia: An fMRI study. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 11(5), 783-792. Horan(2016)SCAN.pdf
Inagaki, T.K., Byrne Haltom, K.E., Suzuki, S., Jevtic, I., Hornstein, E., Bower, J.E., & Eisenberger, N.I. (2016). The neurobiology of giving versus receiving support: The role of stress-related and social reward-related neural activity. Psychosomatic Medicine, 78(4), 443-453. Inagaki(2016)PsychosomaticMedicine.pdf
Dutcher, J.M., Creswell, J.D., Pacillo, L.E., Klein, W.M.P., Harris, P.R., Levine, J.M., Bower, J.E., Muscatell, K.A., & Eisenberger, N.I. (2016). Self-affirmation activates the ventral striatum: A possible reward-related mechanism for self-affirmation. Psychological Science, 27(4), 455-466. Dutcher(2016)PsychScience.pdf
Dedovic K., Slavich G., Muscatell K., Irwin M., Eisenberger N.I. (2016). Dorsal anterior cingulate cortex responses to repeated social evaluative feedback in young women with and without a history of depression. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 10(64), 1-13. Dedovic(2016)FrontiersBehavNeuroscience.pdf
Cho, H.J., Eisenberger, N.I., Olmstead, R., Breen, E., & Irwin, M.R. (2016). Preexisting mild sleep disturbance as a vulnerability factor for inflammation-induced depressed mood: A human experimental study. Translational Psychiatry, 6, c750, 1-7. Cho(2016)TranslationalPsychiatry.pdf
Lieberman, M.D. & Eisenberger, N.I. (2016). The dorsal anterior cingulate cortex is selective for pain: Results from large-scale reverse inference. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 112, 15250-15255. Lieberman(2016)PNAS.pdf
Inagaki T.K. & Eisenberger, N.I. (2016). Giving support to others reduces sympathetic nervous system-related responses to stress. Psychophysiology, 53, 427-435. Inagaki(2016)Psychophysiology.pdf
Muscatell, K.A., Eisenberger, N.I., Dutcher, J.M., Cole, S.W., & Bower, J.E. (2016). Links between inflammation, amygdala reactivity, and social support in breast cancer survivors. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 53, 34-38. Muscatell(2016)BrainBehaviorImmunity.pdf
2014-2015
Moieni, M., Jevtic, I., Irwin, M.R., Breen, E., & Eisenberger, N.I. (2015). Trait sensitivity to social disconnection enhances pro-inflammatory responses to a randomized controlled trial of endotoxin. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 62, 336-342. Moieni(2015)Psychoneuroendocrinology.pdf
Inagaki, T.K., Irwin, M.R., & Eisenberger, N.I. (2015). Blocking opioids attenuates physical warmth-induced feelings of social connection. Emotion, 15, 494-500. Inagaki(2015)Emotion.pdf
Meyer, M.L.*, Williams, K.D., & Eisenberger, N.I. (2015). Why social pain can live on: Different neural mechanisms are associated with reliving social and physical pain. PLoS One, 10, e0128294. Meyer(2015)PloS One.pdf
Moieni, M., Irwin, M.R., Jevtic, I., Breen, E.C., & Eisenberger, N.I. (2015). Inflammation impairs social cognitive processing: A randomized controlled trial of endotoxin. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 48, 132-138. Moieni(2015)BrainBehaviorImmunity.pdf
Meyer, M.L., Masten, C.L., Ma, Y., Wang, C., Shi, Z., Eisenberger, N.I., Lieberman, M.D., & Han, S. (2015). Differential neural activation to friends and strangers links interdependence with empathy. Culture and Brain, 3, 21-38. Meyer(2015)CultureBrain.pdf
Moieni, M., Jevtic, I., Irwin, M.R., Breen, E., & Eisenberger, N.I. (2015). Sex differences in depressive and socioemotional responses to an inflammatory challenge: Implications for sex differences in depression. Neuropsychopharmacology, 40, 1709-1716. Moieni(2015)Neuropsychopharmacology.pdf
Muscatell K.A. & Eisenberger N.I. (2015). Neurocognitive and physiological mechanisms linking stress and health. In: Arthur W. Toga, Ed. Brain Mapping: An Encyclopedic Reference. Academic Press: Elsevier; pp. 29-33.
Tchalova K. & Eisenberger N.I. (2015). How the brain feels the hurt of heartbreak: Examining the neurobiological overlap between social and physical pain. In: Arthur W. Toga, Ed. Brain Mapping: An Encyclopedic Reference. Academic Press: Elsevier; pp. 15-20.
Inagaki, T.K., Muscatell, K.A., Moeini, M., Dutcher, J., Jevtic, I., Irwin, M.R., Breen, E., & Eisenberger, N.I. (2015). The role of the ventral striatum in inflammatory-induced approach toward support figures. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 44, 247-252. Inagaki(2015)BrainBehaviorImmunity.pdf
Tabak, B.A., Meyer, M.L., Castle, E., Dutcher, J.M., Irwin, M.R., Lieberman, M.D., & Eisenberger, N.I. (2015). Vasopressin, but not oxytocin, increases empathic concern among individuals who received higher levels of paternal warmth: A randomized controlled trial. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 51, 253-261. Tabak(2015)Psychoneuroendocrinology.pdf
Eisenberger, N.I. (2015). Social pain and the brain: Controversies, questions, and where to go from here. Annual Review of Psychology, 66, 601-629. Eisenberger(2015)ARP.pdf
Eisenberger, N.I. (2015). Meta-analytic evidence for the role of the anterior cingulate cortex in social pain. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 10, 1-2. Eisenberger(2015)SCAN.pdf
Muscatell, K.A., Dedovic, K., Slavich, G.M., Jarcho, M.R., Breen, E.C., Bower, J.E., Irwin, M.R., & Eisenberger, N.I. (2015). Greater amygdala activity and dorsomedial prefrontal-amygdala coupling are associated with enhanced inflammatory responses to stress. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 43, 46-53. Muscatell(2015)BrainBehaviorImmunity.pdf
Morelli, S. A., Torre, J. B., & Eisenberger, N. I. (2014). The neural bases of feeling understood and not understood. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience,9, 1890–1896. Morelli(2014)SCAN.pdf
2012-2013
Meyer, M. L., Way, B. M., & Eisenberger, N. I. (2013). Broadening the scope of cultural neuroscience. [Commentary on Chaio et al.] Psychological Inquiry, 24, 47-52. Meyer(2013)PsychInq.pdf
Eisenberger, N.I. (2013). Social ties and health: A social neuroscience perspective. Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 23, 407-413. Eisenberger(2013)CON.pdf
Castle, E., Eisenberger, N.I., Seeman, T.E., Moons, W.G., Boggero, I.A., Grinblatt, M.S., & Taylor, S.E. (2012). Neural and behavioral bases of age differences in perceptions of trust. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 109, 20848-20852. Castle(2012).
Muscatell, K. A., & Eisenberger, N. I. (2012). A social neuroscience perspective on stress and health. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 6, 890-904. Muscatell(2012)SPPC.pdf
Meyer, M. L., Masten, C. L., Ma, Y., Wang, C., Shi, Z., Eisenberger, N. I., Han, S. (2013). Empathy for the social suffering of friends and strangers recruits distinct patterns of brain activation. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 8, 446-454. Meyer(2013)SCAN.pdf
Townsend, J., Bookheimer, S., Foland-Ross, L., Moody, T., Eisenberger, N. I. Fischer, J., Cohen, M., Sugar, C., & Altshuler, L. (2012). Deficits in inferior frontal cortex activation in euthymic bipolar patients during a response inhibition task. Bipolar Disorder, 14, 1442-1450. Eisenberger(2012)NatRevNeuro.pdf
Eisenberger, N. I. (2012). The pain of social disconnection: Examining the shared neural underpinnings of physical and social pain. Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 13, 421-434. Eisenberger(2012)NatRevNeuro.pdf
Spunt, R. P., Lieberman, M. D., Cohen, J. R., & Eisenberger, N. I. (2012). The phenomenology of error processing: The dorsal anterior cingulate response to stop-signal errors tracks reports of negative affect. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 24, 1753-1756. Spunt(inpress)JOCN.pdf
Eisenberger, N.I., & Cole, S. W. (2012). Social neuroscience and health: Neuropsychological mechanisms linking social ties with physical health, Nature Neuroscience, 15, 669-674. EisenbergerCole(2012)NatNeuro.pdf
Muscatell, K. A., Morelli, S. A., Falk, E. B., Way, B. M., Pfeifer, J. H., Galinsky, A. D., Lieberman, M. D., Dapretto, M., & Eisenberger, N. I. (2012). Social status modulates neural activity in the mentalizing network. Neuroimage, 60, 1771-1777. Muscatell(2012)Neuroimage.pdf
Inagaki, T. K., Muscatell, K. A., Irwin, M. R., Cole, S., & Eisenberger, N. I. (2012). Inflammation selectivity enhances amygdala activity to socially threatening images. Neuroimage, 59, 3222-3226. Inagaki(2012)Neuroimage.pdf
Eisenberger, N. I. (2012). The neural bases of social pain: Evidence for shared representations with physical pain. Psychosomatic Medicine, 74, 126-135. Eisenberger(2012)PsychosamaticMed.pdf
Chiang, J. J., Eisenberger, N. I., Seeman, T. E., & Taylor, S. E. (2012). Negative and competitive social interactions are related to heightened proinflammatory cytokine activity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 109, 1878-1882. Chiang(2012)PNAS.pdf
Eisenberger, N. I. (2012). Broken hearts and broken bones: A neural perspective on the similarities between social and physical pain. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 21, 42-47. Eisenberger(2012)CDPS.pdf
Inagaki, T. K., & Eisenberger, N. I. (2012). Neural correlates of giving support to a loved one. Psychosomatic Medicine, 74, 3-7. Inagaki(2012)PsychosomaticMed.pdf
DeWall, C. N., Masten, C. L., Powell, C., Combs, D., Schurtz, D. R. & Eisenberger, N. I. (2012). Do neural responses to rejection depend on attachment style? An fMRI study. Social, Cognitive, and Affective Neuroscience, 7, 184-192. DeWall(2012)SCAN.pdf
Masten, C. L., Telzer, E. H., Fuligni, A., Lieberman, M. D., & Eisenberger, N. I. (2012). Time spent with friends in adolescence relates to less neural sensitivity to later peer rejection. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 7, 106-114. Masten(2012)SCAN.pdf
2010-2011
Eisenberger, N.I., Master, S.L., Inagaki, T.I., Taylor, S.E., Shirinyan, D., Lieberman, M.D., & Naliboff, B. (2011). Attachment figures activate a safety signal-related neural region and reduce pain experience. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 1081, 11721-6. PNAS-2011-Eisenberger-11721-6.pdf
Eisenberger, N.I., Inagaki, T.K., Muscatell, K.A., Haltom, K.E.B. & Leary, M.R. (2011). The neural sociometer: A mechanism for translating interpersonal appraisals into state self-esteem. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 23, 3448-3455. Eisenberger(2011)JOCN.pdf
Eisenberger, N. I. (2011). Why rejection hurts: What the brain has revewaled about our responses to social rejection. In M. Brockman (Ed.), Future Science 19 Essays from the Cutting Edge, New York, NY: Vintage Books, pp. 170-173. Eisenberger(2011)19ECE.pdf
Eisenberger, N.I. (2011). Why rejection hurts: What social neuroscience has revealed about the brain’s response to social rejection. To appear in: J. Decety & J. Cacioppo (Eds.). The Handbook of Social Neuroscience (p. 586-598). New York, NY: Oxford University Press. Eisenberger(2011)HBSocNeuro.pdf
Masten, C. L., Colich, N. L., Rudie, J. D., Bookheimer, S. Y., Eisenberger, N. I., & Dapretto, M. (2011). An fMRI investigation of responses to peer rejection in adolescents with autism spectrum disorders. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 1, 260-270. Masten(2011)DCN.pdf
Masten, C. L., Colich, N. L., Rudie, J. D., Bookheimer, S. Y., Eisenberger, N. I., & Dapretto, M. (2011). An fMRI investigation of responses to peer rejection in adolescents with autism spectrum disorders. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 1, 260-270. Masten(InPress)DevCogNeuro.pdf
Masten, C. L., Morelli, S. A., & Eisenberger, N. I. (2011). An fMRI investigation of empathy for ‘social pain’ and subsequent prosocial behavior. NeuroImage, 55, 381-388. Masten(2011)NeuroImage.pdf
Masten, C. L., Telzer, E. H., & Eisenberger, N. I. (2011). An fMRI Investigation of attributing negative social treatment to racial discrimination. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 23, 1042-1051. Masten(2011)JCogNeuro.pdf
Masten, C. L., Eisenberger, N. I., Borofsky, L. A., McNealy, K., Pfeifer, J. H., & Dapretto, M. (2011). Subgenual anterior congulate responses to peer rejection: A marker of adolescents’ risk for depression. Developmental and Psychopathology, 23, 283-292. Masten(2011)DevelPsychopathology.pdf
Eisenberger, N. I. (2010). Social pain: Experimental, neurocognitive, and genetic correlates. In A. Todorov, S. Fiske, D. Prentice (Eds.), Social Neuroscience: towards understanding the underpinnings of the social mind (pp. 229-248). New York, NY: Oxford University Press. 16-Todorov-Ch16.pdf
Townsend, J. D., Eberhart, N. K., Bookheimer, S. Y., Eisenberger, N. I., Foland-Ross, L. C., Cook, I. A., Sugar, C. A., & Altshuler, L. L. (2010). fMRI activation in the amygdala and the orbitofrontal cortex in unmedicated subjects with major depressive disorder. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, 183, 209-217. Townsend(2010)PsychiatryResNeuroimaging.pdf
Moons, W. G., Eisenberger, N. I., & Taylor, S. E. (2010). Anger and fear responses to stress have different biological profiles. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 24, 215-219. Moons(2010)BrainBehavImmunity.pdf
Eisenberger, N. I., Inagaki, T. K., Mashal, N., & Irwin, M. R. (2010). Inflammation and social experience: An inflammatory challenge induces feelings of social disconnection in addition to depressed mood. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 24, 558-563. Eisenberger(2010)BrainBehavImmunity.pdf
Eisenberger, N. I., Berkman, E. T., Inagaki, T. I., Rameson, L. T., Mashal, N. M., & Irwin, M. R. (2010). Inflammation-induced anhedonia: Endotoxin reduces ventral striatum responses to reward. Biological Psychiatry, 68, 748-754. Eisenberger-Endotoxin-Reward.pdf
Eisenberger, N. I. (2010). The neural basis of social pain: Findings and implications. In Geoff MacDonald & Lauri A. Jensen-Campbell (Eds.) Social Pain: Neuropsychological and Health Implications of Loss and Exclusion. (pp. 53-78). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. EisenbergerChapter2-NeuralBaisisOfSocialPain.pdf
Slavich, G. M., Way, B. M., Eisenberger, N. I., & Taylor, S. E. (2010). Neural sensitivity to social rejection is associated with inflammatory responses to social stress. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 107, 14817-14822. Slavich(2010)PNAS.pdf
DeWall, C. N., MacDonald, G., Webster, G. D., Masten, C. L., Baumeister, R. F., Powell, C., Combs, D., Schurtz, D. R., Stillman, T. F., Tice, D. M., & Eisenberger, N. I. (2010). Acetaminophen reduces social pain: Behavioral and neural evidence. Psychological Science, 21, 931-937. DeWall(2010)PsychSci.pdf
Masten, C. M., Telzer, E. H., Fuligni, A. J., Lieberman, M. D., & Eisenberger, E. I. (2010). Time spent with friends in adolescence related to less neural sensitivity to later peer rejection. Social, Cognitive, and Affective Neuroscience, 7, 106-114. Masten (2010)SCAN.pdf
Masten, C. L., Eisenberger, N. I., Pfeifer, J. H., & Dapretto, M. (2010). Witnessing peer rejection during early adolescence: Neural correlates of empathy for experiences of social exclusion. Social Neuroscience, 5, 496-507. Masten(2010)SocNeuro.pdf
Way, B. M., Creswell, J. D., & Eisenberger, N. I. (2010). Dispositional mindfulness and depressive symptomatology: Correlations with limbic and self-referential neural activity during rest. Emotion, 10, 12-24. Way(2010)Emotion.pdf
Taylor, S. E., Seeman, T. E., Eisenberger, N. I., Kozanian, T. A., Moore, A. N., Moons, W. G. (2010). Effects of a supportive or an unsupportive audience on biological and psychological responses to stress. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 97, 47-56. Taylor(2010)JPSP.pdf
2008-2009
Masten, M. L., & Eisenberger, N. I. (2009). Exploring the experience of social rejection in adults and adolescents: A social cognitive neuroscience perspective. In M. J., Harris (Ed.), Bullying, rejection, and peer victimization: A social cognitive neuroscience perspective. New York: Springer Publishing Company, (pp. 53-78). Masten&Eisenberger(2009)Chapter.pdf
Eisenberger, N. I., Inagaki, T. K., Rameson, L. T., Mashal, N. M., & Irwin, M. R. (2009). An fMRI study of citokine-induced mood and social pain: the role of sex differences. NeuroImage, 47, 881-890. Eisenberger(2009)NeuroImage.pdf
Way, B. M., Taylor, S. E., & Eisenberger, N. I. (2009). Variation in the mu-opiod receptor gene (OPRM1) is associated with dispositional and neural sensitivity to social rejection. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United Stated of America, 106, 15079-15084. Way(2009)PNAS.pdf
Master, S. L., Eisenberger, N. I., Taylor, S. E., Naliboff, B. D., Shirinyan, D., & Lieberman, M. D. (2009). A picture’s worth: Partner photographs reduce experimentally induced pain. Psychological Science, 20, 1316-1318. Master(2009)PsychSci.pdf
Masten, C. L., Eisenberger, N. I., Borofsky, L. A., Pfeifer, J. H., McNealy, K., Mazziotta, J. C., & Dapretto, M. (2009). Neural correlates of social exclusion during adolescence: understanding the distress of peer rejection. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 4, 143-157. Masten_SCAN_2009.pdf
Lieberman, M. D., & Eisenberger, N. I. (2009). Pains and pleasures of social life. Science, 323, 890-891. Lieberman & Eisenberger (2009) Science.pdf
Eisenberger, N. I. (2008). Understanding the moderators of physical and emotional pain: A neural systems-based approach. Psychological Inquiry, 19, 189-195. Eisenberger (2008) Psycological Inquiry.pdf
Lieberman, M. D., & Eisenberger, N. I. (2008). The pains and pleasures of social life: A social cognitive neuroscience approach. Neuroleadership. Lieberman & Eisenberger (2008) Neuroleadership.pdf
O’Connor, M. F., Wellisch, D. K., Stanton, A., Eisenberger, N. I., Irwin, M. R., & Lieberman, M. D. (2008). Craving love: Enduring grief activates brain’s reward center. NeuroImage, 42, 969-972. OConnor Grief (2008).pdf
Taylor, S. E., Burklund, L. J., Eisenberger, N. I., Lehman, B. J., Hilmert, C. J., & Lieberman, M. D. (2008). Neural bases of moderation of cortisol stress responses by psychosocial resources. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 95, 197-211. Taylor (2008).pdf
Foland, L. C., Altshuler, L. L., Bookheimer, S. Y., Eisenberger, N. I., Townsend, J., & Thompson, P. M., (2008). Evidence for deficient modulation of amygdala responses by prefrontal cortex in bipolar mania. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, 162, 27-37. Foland_bipolar (2008).pdf
Eisenberger, N. I., Way, B., Taylor, S. E., Lieberman, M. D. (2008). MAOA, gender differences, and social exclusion: responses to Gallardo-Pujol et al. Biological Psychiatry, 63, e11. EisenbergerMAOA (2008).pdf
2006-2007
Eisenberger, N. I., Gable, S. L., & Lieberman, M. D. (2007). fMRI responses relate to differences in real-world social experience. Emotion, 7, 745-754. EisenbergerGable (2007).pdf
Eisenberger, N. I. (2007). Using neuroimaging techniques to explore the relationship between social status and health. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 2, 159-160. Eisenberger_SESeditorial (2007).pdf
Williams, K. D., Eisenberger, N. I. (2007). The pain of ostracism. Newsletter to the International Society for Interpersonal Acceptance-Rejection, 1, 2-4.
Burklund, L., Eisenberger, N. I., & Lieberman, M. D. (2007). The face of rejection: Rejection sensitivity moderates dorsal anterior cingulate cortex activity to disapproving facial expressions. Social Neuroscience, 2, 238-253. Burklund_disapproval (2007).pdf
Lowery, B., Eisenberger, N. I., Hardin, C. D., & Sinclair, S. (2007). Long-term effects of subliminal priming on academic performance. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 29, 151-157. Lowery_priming (2007).pdf
Creswell, D., Way, B. M., Eisenberger, N. I., & Lieberman, M. D. (2007). An fMRI investigation of mindfulness and affect labeling. Psychosomatic Medicine, 69, 560-565. Creswell_mindfulness (2007).pdf
Lieberman, M. D., Eisenberger, N. I., Crockett, M. J., Tom, S., & Pfeifer, J. H., (2007). Putting feelings into words: Affect labeling disrupts affect-related amygdala activity. Psychological Science, 18, 421-428. Lieberman_AL (2007).pdf
Eisenberger, N. I., Taylor, S. E. , Gable, S. L., Hilmert, C. J., & Lieberman, M. D. (2007). Neural pathways link social support to attenuated neuroendocrine stress responses. NeuroImage, 35, 1601-1602. Eisenberger_socialsupport (2007).pdf
Eisenberger, N. I., Way, B. M., Taylor, S. E., Welch, W. T., & Lieberman, M. D. (2007). Understanding genetic risk for aggression: Clues from the brain’s response to social exclusion. Biological Psychiatry, 61, 1100-1108. Eisenberger_MAOA (2007).pdf
Eisenberger, N. I., Jarcho, J. M., Lieberman, M. D., & Naliboff, B. (2006). An experimental study of shared sensitivity to physical pain and social rejection. Pain, 126, 132-138. Eisenberger_pain (2006).pdf
Taylor, S. E., Way, B. M., Welch, W. T., Hilmert, C. J., Lehman, B. J., & Eisenberger, N. I. (2006). Early family environment, current adversity, the serotonin transporter (5-HTTLPR) polymorphism, and depressive symptomatology. Biological Psychiatry, 60, 671-676. Taylor_5_HTTLPR (2006).pdf
Eisenberger, N. I. (2006). Identifying the neural correlates underlying social pain: Implications for developmental processes. Human Development, 49, 273-293. Eisenberger_development (2006).pdf
Taylor, S. E., Eisenberger, N. I., Saxbe, D., Lehman, B. J., & Lieberman, M. D. (2006). Neural responses to emotional stimuli are associated with childhood family stress. Biological Psychiatry, 60, 296-301. Taylor_familystress (2006).pdf
2004-2005
Altshuler, L., Bookheimer, S. Y., Townsend, J. Proenza, M. A., Eisenberger, N. I., Stabb, F., Mintz, J., & Cohen, M. (2005). Blunted activation in orbitofrontal cortex during mania: A functional magnetic imaging study. Biological Psychiatry, 58, 763-769. Altshuler (2005).pdf
Lieberman, M. D., Eisenberger, N. I. (2005). A pain, by any other name (rejection, exclusion, ostracism), still hurts the same: The role of dorsal anterior cingulate cortex in social and physical pain. In J. T. Cacioppo P. Visser, & C. Pickett (Eds.), Social neuroscience: People thinking about people. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. LiebermanEisenberger(2005).pdf
Eisenberger, N. I., Lieberman, M. D., & Satpute, A. B. (2005). Personality from a controlled processing perspective: An fMRI study of neuroticism, extraversion, and self-consciousness. Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience, 5, 169-181. Eisenberger_CABN (2005).pdf
Eisenberger, N. I., & Lieberman, M. D. (2005). Why it hurts to be left out: The neurocognitive overlap between physical and social pain. In K. D. Williams, J. P. Forgas, & W. van Hippel (Eds.), The Social Outcast: Ostracism, Social Exclusion, Rejection, and Bullying. New York: Cambridge University Press, pp. 109-127. Eisenberger_ch7 (2005).pdf
Lieberman, M. D., Hairi, A., Jarcho, J. M., Eisenberger, N, I., & Bookheimer, S. Y. (2005). An fMRI investigation of race-related amygdala activity in African-American and Caucasian-American individuals. Nature Neuroscience, 8, 720-722. Lieberman_race (2005).pdf
Lieberman, M. D., Eisenberger, N. I. (2004). The neural alarm system: Behavior and beyond. Reply to Ullsperger et al. Trends in Cognitive Psychology, 8, 446-447. Lieberman_reply (2004).pdf
Eisenberger, N. I., Lieberman, M. D. (2004). Why rejection hurts: A common neural alarm system for physical and social pain. Trends in Cognitive Psychology, 8, 264-300. Eisenberger_TICS (2004).pdf
Lieberman, M. D., & Eisenberger, N. I. (2004). Conflict and Habit: A Social Cognitive Neuroscience Approach to the Self. In A. Tesser, J. V. Wood, D. A. Stapel (Eds.), On building, defending and regulating the self: A psychological perspective (p. 77–102). Psychology Press. LiebermanEisenberger(2005).pdf
2000-2003
Eisenberger, N. I., Lieberman, M. D., Williams, K. D., (2003). Does rejection hurt? An fMRI study of social exclusion. Science, 302, 290-292. Eisenberger_rejection (2003).pdf
Eisenberger, N. I., Kemeny, M. E., & Wyatt, G. E. (2003). Psychological inhibition and CD4 T-cell levels in HIV-seropositive women. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 54, 213-224. EisenbergerCD4 (2003).pdf
Caskey, N. H., Jarvik, M. E., Wirshing, W. C., Madsen, D. C., Iwamoto-Schaap, P. N., Eisenberger, N. I., Huerta, L., Terrance, S. M., & Olmstead, R. E. (2002). Modulating tobacco smoking rates drop by dopaminergic stimulation and blockade. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 4, 259-266. Caskey_tobacco (2002).pdf
Jarvik, M. E., Caskey, N. H., Wirshing, W. C., Madsen, D. C., Iwamoto-Schaap, P. N., Elins, J. L., Eisenberger, N. E., & Olmstead, R. E. (2000). Bromocriptine reduces cigarette smoking. Addiction, 95, 1173-1183. Jarvik_addiction (2000).pdf