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Bowles, N.I., *Davies, J.N., & Van Dam, N.T. (2022/in press). Dose-response relationship of reported lifetime meditation practice with mental-health and wellbeing: A cross sectional study. Mindfulness Link to Full Text
Van Dam, N.T. & Galante, J. (2020/in press). Underestimating harm in Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR). Psychological Medicine. Link to Full Text
Ganesan, S., Beyer, E., Moffat, B., Lorenzetti, V., Van Dam, N.T., & Zalesky, A. (2022). Investigating the functional brain correlates of focused attention meditation in healthy adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis of functional MRI studies. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 141, 104846. Link to Full Text.
Xu, P., Hou, G., Zhang, Y., Zhang, Y., Ai, H., Van Dam, N.T., & Qian, L. (in press). Microstructural deficits in the thalamus of major depressive disorder. Brain Communications, 4, fcac236. Link to Full Text
Putica, A., Felmingham, L., O’Donnell, M., & Van Dam, N.T. (in press/2022). Emotion response discordance among trauma-exposed adults: The impact of alexithymia. Psychological Medicine PDF
Putica, A., Felmingham, K., Garrido, M.I., & O’Donnell, M., & Van Dam, N.T. (2022). A predictive coding account of value-based learning in PTSD: Implications for precision treatments. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 138, 104704. PDF
Sexton, E.T.S., Sheehan, J., Van Dam, N.T., Grobler, A., Phillips, L., Yaari, M., & Hiscock, H. (2022). Feasibility of the Early Minds program by Smiling Mind: A pilot cluster-randomised-controlled-trial. Mindfulness, 13, 409-429. Link to Full Text
Brown, L., Rando, A., Eichel, K., Van Dam, N.T., Celano, C.M., Huffman, J.C., & Morris, M. (2021). The effects of mindfulness and meditation on heart rate variability: A meta-analysis. Psychosomatic Medicine, 83, 631-640.
Padmanabham, S.S., Bilgrami, Z.R., Eisenlohr-Moul, T., & Van Dam, N.T. (2021). Refinement and Validation of the Balanced Inventory of Mindfulness-Related Skills (BIMS). Mindfulness, 12, 1208-1223. Link to Full Text
Putica, A., Van Dam, N.T., Steward, T., Agathos, J., Felmingham, K., & O’Donnell, M. (2021). Alexithymia in Post-traumatic stress disorder is not just emotion numbing: Systematic review of neural evidence and clinical implications. Journal of Affective Disorders, 278, 519-527. Link to Full Text
Duan, L., Van Dam, N.T., Ai, H., & Xu, P. (2020). Intrinsic organization of cortical networks predicts state anxiety: A functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) study. Translational Psychiatry, 10, 402. Link to Full Text
Xu, P., Van Dam, N.T., van Tol, M.-J., Shen, X., Cui, Z., Gu, R., Qin, S., Aleman, A., Fan, J., & Luo, Y.-J. (2020). Amygdala–prefrontal connectivity modulates loss aversion bias in anxious individuals. NeuroImage, 120, 116957. Link to Full Text
Payne, J.R., Baell, O., Beddes, H., Fitzgibbon, B., Emonson, M., Hill, A., Van Dam, N.T., Humble, G., Fitzgerald, P.B., & Bailey, N.W. (2020). Experienced meditators exhibit no differences to demographically-matched controls in theta phase synchronisation, P200, or P300 during an auditory oddball task. Mindfulness, 11, 643-659. Link to Full Text
Chao, T., Haney, M., Cooper, Z.D., Vadhan, N.P., Van Dam, N.T., Van Snellenberg, J., & Bedi, G. (2019). Cognitive function in aging cocaine smokers. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 33, 801-810. PDF
Bailey, N.W., Freedman, G., Raj, K., Sullivan, C.M., Rogasch, N.C., Chung, S.W., Hoy, K.E., Chambers, R., Hassed, C., Van Dam, N.T., & Fitzgerald, P.B. (2019). Mindfulness meditators show altered distributions of early and late neural activity makers of attention in a response inhibition task. PLoS ONE, 14(8), e0203096. Link to Full Text
Bailey NW, Raj K, Freedman G, Rogasch NC, Fitzgibbon B, Van Dam NT, & Fitzgerald PB (2019). Mindfulness meditators do not show differences in electrophysiological measures of error processing. Mindfulness, 10, 1360-1380. PDF
Oh, K.Y., Van Dam, N.T., Doucette, J.T., & Murrough, J.W. (2019/in press). Effects of Chronic Physical Disease and Systemic Inflammation on Suicide Risk in Patients with Depression: A Hospital-Based Case-Control Study. Psychological Medicine, 50, 29-37. PDF
Xu, J., Van Dam, N.T., Feng, C., Luo, Y., Ai, H., Gu, R., & Xu, P. (2019). Anxious brain networks: A coordinate-based activation likelihood estimation meta-analysis of resting-state functional connectivity studies. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 96, 21-30. PDF
Bedi, G., Hao, X., Van Dam, N.T., Cooper, Z., Rubin, E., Vadhan, N., Marino, L., & Haney, M. (2019). Social motivational processing and interpersonal function in aging cocaine smokers. Addiction Biology, 24, 1044-1055. PDF
Tan, A., Costi, S., Lorris, L.S., Van Dam, N.T., Kautz, M., Friedman, A.K., Collins, K.A., Ahle, G., Chadha, N., Whitton, A., Dunsky, K., Do, B., Pizzagalli, D.A., Iosifescu, D.V., Nestler, E.J., Han, M.-H., & Murrough, J.W. (2018/in press). Effects of the KCNQ channel opener ezogabine on functional connectivity of the ventral striatum and clinical symptoms in patients with major depressive disorder. Molecular Psychiatry. PDF
Perfors, A., Van Dam, N. (2018). Human decision making in black swan situations. In C Kalish, M Rau, J Zhu and T Rogers (Eds.) Proceedings of the 40th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society. PDF
Sayed, S., Van Dam, N.T., Horn, S.R., Kautz, M.M., Parides, M., Costi, S., Collins, K.A., Iacoviello, B., Iosifescu, D.V., Mathé, A.A., Southwick, S.M., Feder, A., Charney, D.S., Murrough, J.W. (2018). A randomized dose-ranging study of neuropeptide Y in patients with posttraumatic stress disorder. International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, 21, 3-11. Link to Full Text
Van Dam, N.T., van Vugt, M.K., Vago, D.R., Schmalzl, L., Saron, C., Olendzki, A., Meissner, T., Lazar, S.W., Kerr, C., Gorchov, J., Field, B.A., Fox, K.C.R., Britton, W.B., Brefczynski-Lewis, J.A., Meyer, D.E. (2018). Mind the hype: A critical evaluation and prescriptive agenda for research on mindfulness and meditation. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 13, 36-61. PDF
Commentary:
Davidson, R.J & Dahl, C.J. (2018). Outstanding challenges in scientific research on mindfulness and
meditation. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 13, 62-65. PDF
Reply to Commentary:
Van Dam, N.T., van Vugt, M.K., Vago, D.R., Schmalzl, L., Saron, C., Olendzki, A., Meissner, T., Lazar, S.W., Gorchov, J., Field, B.A., Fox, K.C.R., Britton, W.B., Brefczynski-Lewis, J.A., Meyer, D.E. (2018). Reiterated Concerns and Further Challenges for Mindfulness and Meditation Research: A Reply to Davidson and Dahl. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 13, 1, 66-69. Link to Full Text
Correction:
Van Dam, N.T., van Vugt, M.K., Vago, D.R., Schmalzl, L., Saron, C., Olendzki, A., Meissner, T., Lazar, S.W., Gorchov, J., Field, B.A., Fox, K.C.R.,
Britton, W.B., Brefczynski-Lewis, J.A., Meyer, D.E. (2020). Letter to the Editor: Miscommunicating Mindfulness. Perspectives on Psychological
Science. PDF
Kiraly, D.D., Horn, S.R., Van Dam, N.T., Costi, S., Schwartz, J., Kim-Shulze, S., Patel, M., Hodes, G.E., Russo, S.J., Merad, M., Iosifescu, D.V., Charney, D.S., & Murrough, J.W. Altered immune profiles in treatment-resistant depression – response to ketamine and prediction of treatment outcomes. (2017). Translational Psychiatry, 7, e1065. Link to Full Text
McDonald, A.R., Muraskin, J., Van Dam, N.T., Froehlich, C., Puccio, B., ...,Craddock, R.C. (2017).
The Real-time fMRI Neurofeedback Based Stratification of Default Network Regulation Neuroimaging Data Repository. NeuroImage, 146, 157-170. Link to Full Text
Van Dam, N.T., O'Connor, D., Marcell, E.T., Ho, E.J., Craddock, R.C., Tobe, R.H., Gabbay, V., Hudziak, J.J., Castellanos, F.X., Leventhal, B.L., Milham, M.P. (2017). Data-driven phenotypic categorization for neurobiological analyses: Beyond DSM-5 Labels. Biological Psychiatry, 81, 484-494. Link to Ful Text
Van Dam, N.T., Brown, A., Mole, T.B., Davis, J.H., Britton, W.B. & Brewer, J.A. (2015). Development and validation of the Behavioral Tendencies Questionnaire. PLoS ONE, 10(11), e0140867. Link to Full Text
Costi, S., Van Dam, N.T., & Murrough, J.W. (2015). Current status of ketamine and related therapies for mood and anxiety disorders. Current Behavioral Neuroscience Reports, 2, 216-225. Link to Full Text
Balsamo, M., Innamorati, M., Van Dam, N.T., Carlucci, L., & Saggino, A. (2015). Measuring anxiety in the elderly: Psychometric properties of the State Trait Inventory of Cognitive and Somatic Anxiety (STICSA) in an elderly Italian sample. International Psychogeriatrics, 27, 998-1008. PDF
Van Dam, N.T., Mallela, T., Eilam-Stock, T., Gu, X., Hof, P.R., & Fan, J. (2015). The embodied mind: Using psychophysiological signals to inform brain activity and connectivity during rest. Science, 350 (6256 Supplement).
Brewer, J.A., Van Dam, N.T., Davis, J.H. (2015). Mindfulness and the addictive process: Psychological methods and neurobiological mechanisms. (pp. 185-198). In B.D. Ostafin, M. Robinson, & B. Meier (Eds.). Handbook of mindfulness and self-regulation. Springer.
Van Dam, N.T., Hobkirk, A.L., Sheppard, S.C., Aviles-Andrews, R., & Earleywine, M. (2014). How does mindfulness reduce anxiety, depression, and stress? An exploratory examination of change processes in wait-list controlled mindfulness meditation training. Mindfulness, 5, 574-588. PDF
Van Dam, N.T., Rando, K., Potenza, M.N., Tuit, K., & Sinha, R. (2014). Childhood maltreatment prospectively predicts substance use relapse severity via trauma-specific reductions in limbic gray matter volume. JAMA Psychiatry, 71(8), 917-925. PDF Supplemental_Materials
Fan, J., Van Dam, N.T., Gu, X., Liu, X., Wang,H., Tang, C.Y., & Hof, P. R. (2014). Quantitative characterization of functional anatomical contributions to cognitive control under uncertainty. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 26, 1490-1506. PDF
Xu, P., Huang, R., Wang, J., Van Dam, N.T., Xie, T., Dong, Z., Chen, C., Gu, R., Zang, Y., He, Y., Fan, J., & Luo, Y. (2014). Eyes open and eyes closed: altering topological organization of human brain functional networks. Neuroimage, 90, 246-255. PDF
Eilam-Stock, T., Xu, P., Cao, M., Gu, X., Van Dam, N.T., Anagnostou, E., Kolevzon, A., Soorya, L., Park, Y., Siller, M., He, Y., Hof, P.R., & Fan, J. (2014). Abnormal associations between autonomic and brain activity during rest in autism spectrum disorders. Brain, 137, 153-171. PDF
Van Dam, N.T., Gros, D.F., Earleywine, M., & Antony, M.M. (2013). Establishing a Trait Anxiety Threshold that Signals Likelihood of Anxiety Disorders. Anxiety, Stress, & Coping, 26, 70-86. PDF
Van Dam, N.T., Sano, M., Mitsis, E.M., Grossman, H.T., Gu, X., Park, Y., Hof, P.R., & Fan, J. (2013). Functional neural correlates of attentional deficits in amnestic mild cognitive impairment, PLoS ONE, 8, e54035. Link to Full Text
Mackie, M.-A., Van Dam, N.T., & Fan, J. Cognitive control and attentional functions. (2013). Brain and Cognition, 82, 301-312. PDF
Xu, P., Gu, R., Broster, L., Wu, R., Van Dam, N.T., Jiang, Y., Fan, J., & Luo, Y. (2013). Neural basis of emotional decision making in trait anxiety. Journal of Neuroscience, 33, 18641-18653. PDF
Gu, X., Liu, X., Van Dam, N.T., Hof, P.R., & Fan, J. (2013). Cognition emotion integration in anterior insular cortex. Cerebral Cortex, 23, 20-27. PDF
Van Dam, N.T., Hobkirk, A.L., Danoff-Burg, S., & Earleywine, M. (2012). Mind your words: Positive and negative items create method effects on the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire. Assessment, 19, 196-202. PDF
Van Dam, N.T., Bedi, G., & Earleywine, M. (2012). Characteristics of clinically anxious versus non-anxious heavy, regular marijuana users. Addictive Behaviors, 37, 1217-1223. PDF
Van Dam, N.T., Earleywine, M., & Altarriba, J.A. (2012). Anxiety attenuates awareness of emotional faces during rapid serial visual presentation. Emotion, 12, 796-806. PDF
Fan, J., Xu, P., Van Dam, N.T., Eilam, T., Gu, X., Luo, Y., & Hof, P.R. (2012). Spontaneous brain fluctuations relate to autonomic arousal. Journal of Neuroscience, 15, 11176-11186. PDF
Fan, J., Bernardi, S., Van Dam, N.T., Anagnostou, E., Gu, X., Martin, L., Park, Y., Liu, X., Kolevzon, A., Soorya, L., Grodberg, D., Hollander, E., & Hof, P.R. (2012). Deficits of attentional networks in autism. Brain and Behavior, 2, 647-660. Link to Full Text
Bedi, G., Van Dam, N.T., & Munafo, M. (2012). Gender inequality in awarded research grants. The Lancet, 380(9840), 474. PDF
Van Dam, N.T., Sheppard, S.C., Forsyth, J.P, & Earleywine, M. (2011). Self-Compassion is a better predictor than mindfulness of symptom severity and quality of life in mixed anxiety and depression. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 25, 123-130. PDF
De Leo, J.A., Van Dam, N.T., Hobkirk, A.L., & Earleywine, M. (2011). Examining bias in the Impulsive Sensation Seeking Scale (ImpSS) using Differential Item Functioning (DIF) – an Item Response Analysis. Personality and Individual Differences, 50, 570-576. PDF
Van Dam, N.T. & Earleywine, M. (2011). Validation of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale - Revised (CESD-R): Pragmatic depression assessment in the general population. Psychiatry Research, 186, 128-132. PDF
Grossman, P. & Van Dam, N.T. (2011). Mindfulness, by any other name...:Trials and tribulations of satî in western psychology and science. Contemporary Buddhism, 12, 219-239. PDF
Bedi, G., Van Dam, N.T., & Redman, J. (2010). Ecstasy (MDMA) and high prevalence psychiatric symptomatology: Somatic anxiety symptoms are associated with polydrug, not ecstasy, use. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 24, 233-240. PDF
Childs, E., Van Dam, N.T., & de Wit, H. (2010). Effects of acute progesterone administration upon responses to acute psychosocial stress in men. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 18, 78-86. PDF
Earleywine, M. & Van Dam, N.T. (2010). Case studies in cannabis vaporization. Addiction Research & Theory, 18, 243-249. PDF
Van Dam, N.T., Earleywine, M., & Borders, A. (2010). Measuring mindfulness? An Item Response Theory analysis of the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale. Personality and Individual Differences, 49, 805-810. PDF
Van Dam, N.T. & Earleywine, M. (2010). Pulmonary function in cannabis users: Support for a clinical trial of the vaporizer. International Journal of Drug Policy, 21, 511-513. PDF
Van Dam, N.T., Earleywine, M., & Forsyth, J.P. (2009). Gender bias in sixteen-item anxiety sensitivity index: An application of polytomous differential item functioning. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 23, 256-259. PDF
Van Dam, N.T., Earleywine, M., & Danoff-Burg, S. (2009). Differential item function across meditators and non-meditators on the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire. Personality and Individual Differences, 47, 516-521. PDF
Van Dam, N.T., Earleywine, M., & DiGiacomo, G. (2008). Polydrug use, cannabis, and psychosis-like symptoms. Human Psychopharmacology: Clinical and Experimental, 23, 475-485. PDF