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Communication Neuroscience Lab

Publications

Communication Neuroscience Lab
Publications

2024 & In Press

Ahn, J., Falk, E. B., & Kang, Y. (2024). Relationships between physical activity and loneliness: A systematic review of intervention studies. Current Research in Behavioral Sciences, 6, 100141. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crbeha.2023.100141. Supplementary Materials

Hameiri, B., Moore-Berg, S. L., Guillard, C., Falk, E. B., & Bruneau, E. (2024). Perceived victimhood shapes support for interpartisan political violence in the United States. Psychology of Violence. Advanced online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/vio0000503

2023

Andrews, M., Cooper, N., Mattan, B. D., Carreras-Tartak, J., Paul, A. M., Strasser, A. A., Henriksen, L., & Falk, E. B. (2023). Causal effects of point-of-sale cigarette promotions and subjective social status on cigarette craving: a randomised within-person experiment. Tobacco Control. Advanced online publication. https://doi.org/10.1136/tc-2023-058069.
Supplementary Materials

Andrews, M. E., Pei, R., Lauharatanahirun, N., Paul, A. M., & Falk, E. B. (2023). Social media and the social brain. In R. L. Nabi & J. G. Myrick (Eds.), Emotions in the digital world: Exploring affective experience and expression in online interactions (pp. 94–C5P118). Oxford Academic. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197520536.003.0006

Chan, H.-Y., Boksem, M. A. S., Venkatraman, V., Dietvorst, R. C., Scholz, C., Vo, K., Falk, E. B., & Smidts, A. (2023). Neural signals of video advertisement liking: Insights into psychological processes and their temporal dynamics. Journal of Marketing Research. Advanced online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/00222437231194319
Supplementary Materials (data on GitHub and code on OSF)

Chan, H.-Y., Scholz, C., Cosme, D., Martin, R. E., Benitez, C., Resnick, A., Carreras-Tartak, J., Cooper, N., Paul, A. M., & Falk, E. B. (2023). Neural signals predict information sharing across cultures. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 120(44), e2313175120. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2313175120
Supplementary Materials (data and code on OSF)

Cosme, D., Scholz, C., Chan, H.-Y., Doré, B. P., Pandey, P., Carreras-Tartak, J., Cooper, N., Paul, A., Burns, S. M., & Falk, E. B. (2023). Message self and social relevance increases intentions to share content: Correlational and causal evidence from six studies. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 152(1), 253–267. https://doi.org/10.1037/xge0001270
Supplementary Materials (data and code on GitHub)

Jovanova, M., Cosme, D., Doré, B., Kang, Y., Stanoi, O., Cooper, N., Helion, C., Lomax, S., McGowan, A. L., Boyd, Z. M., Bassett, D. S., Mucha, P. J., Ochsner, K. N., Lydon-Staley, D. M., & Falk, E. B. (2023). Psychological distance intervention reminders reduce alcohol consumption frequency in daily life. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 12045. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-38478-y
Supplementary Materials (data and code on GitHub)

Kang, Y., Ahn, J., Cosme, D., Mwilambwe-Tshilobo, L., McGowan, A., Zhou, D., Boyd, Z. M., Jovanova, M., Stanoi, O., Mucha, P. J., Ochsner, K. N., Bassett, D. S., Lydon-Staley, D., & Falk, E. B. (2023). Frontoparietal functional connectivity moderates the link between time spent on social media and subsequent negative affect in daily life. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 20501. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-46040-z
(data and code on GitHub)

Kang, Y., Cakar, M. E., Shumaker, K., O’Donnell, M. B., & Falk, E. B. (2023). Experience similarity, mindful awareness, and accurate interpersonal understanding. Mindfulness, 14(10), 2443–2453. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-022-01859-x. Supplementary Materials

McGowan, A. L., Sayed, F., Boyd, Z. M., Jovanova, M., Kang, Y., Speer, M. E., Cosme, D., Mucha, P. J., Ochsner, K. N., Bassett, D. S., Falk, E. B., & Lydon-Staley, D. M. (2023). Dense sampling approaches for psychiatry research: Combining scanners and smartphones. Biological Psychiatry, 93(8), 681–689. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2022.12.012.
Supplementary Materials

Minich, M., Falk, E. B., Cooper, N., Cosme, D., Chan, H.-Y., Pei, R., O’Donnell, M. B., & Cascio, C. N. (2023). Neural correlates associated with conformity in adolescent and young adult men. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 60, 101215. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dcn.2023.101215
Supplementary Materials

Moore-Berg, S. L., Hameiri, B., Falk, E., & Bruneau, E. (2023). Reducing Islamophobia: An assessment of psychological mechanisms that underlie anti-Islamophobia media interventions. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 26(3), 555–578. https://doi.org/10.1177/13684302221085832
(data and code on OSF)

Pei, R., Cosme, D., Andrews, M. E., Mattan, B. D., Carreras-Tartak, J., & Falk, E. B. (2023). Cultural influence on COVID-19 cognitions and growth speed: The role of collectivism. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 17(12), e12908. https://doi.org/10.1111/spc3.12908
Supplementary Materials

Scholz, C., Baek, E., & Falk, E. B. (2023). Invoking self-related and social thoughts impacts online information sharing. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 18(1), nsad013. https://doi.org/10.1093/scan/nsad013
Supplementary Materials (data and code on OSF)

Zhou, D., Kang, Y., Cosme, D., Jovanova, M., He, X., Mahadevan, A., Ahn, J., Stanoi, O., Brynildsen, J. K., Cooper, N., Cornblath, E. J., Parkes, L., Mucha, P. J., Ochsner, K. N., Lydon-Staley, D. M., Falk, E. B., & Bassett, D. S. (2023). Mindful attention promotes control of brain network dynamics for self-regulation and discontinues the past from the present. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 120(2), e2201074119. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2201074119
Supplementary Materials (data and code on GitHub)

2022

Andrews, M. E., Mattan, B. D., Richards, K., Moore-Berg, S. L., & Falk, E. B. (2022). Using first-person narratives about healthcare workers and people who are incarcerated to motivate helping behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic . Social Science & Medicine, 299, 114870. PDF Supplementary Materials

Cascio, C. N., Lauharatanahirun, N., Lawson, G. M., Farah, M. J., & Falk, E. B. (2022). Parental education is associated with differential engagement of neural pathways during inhibitory control. Scientific Reports, 12(1), 260. PDF Supplementary Materials

Coronel, J. C., O’Donnell, M. B., Beard, E. C., Hamilton, R. H., & Falk, E. B.(2022). Evaluating didactic and exemplar information: Noninvasive brain stimulation reveals message-processing mechanisms. Communication Research, 49(2), 268–295. PDF Supplementary Materials

Drake, A., Doré, B. P., Falk, E. B., Zurn, P., Bassett, D. S., & Lydon-Staley, D. M. (2022). Daily stressor-related negative mood and its associations with flourishing and daily curiosity. Journal of Happiness Studies, 23, 423–438. PDF (data and R code on OSF)

Jovanova, M., Falk, E. B., Pearl, J. M., Pandey, P., Brook O’Donnell, M., Kang, Y., Bassett, D. S., & Lydon-Staley, D. M. (2022). Brain system integration and message consistent health behavior change. Health Psychology, 41(9), 611–620. PDF

Kang, Y., Cosme, D., Lydon-Staley, D., Ahn, J., Jovanova, M., Corbani, F., Lomax, S., Stanoi, O., Strecher, V., Mucha, P. J., Ochsner, K., Bassett, D. S., & Falk, E. B. (2022). Purpose in life, neural alcohol cue reactivity and daily alcohol use in social drinkers. Addiction, 117(12), 3049–3057.

McGowan, A. L., Boyd, Z. M., Kang, Y., Mucha, P. J., Ochsner, K. N., Bassett, D. S., Falk, E. B., & Lydon-Staley, D. M. (2022). Within-person associations among physical activity, sleep, and well-being in situ: Opportunities for whole-person well-being. Iproceedings, 8(1), e39268. PDF

McGowan, A. L., Falk, E. B., Zurn, P., Bassett, D. S., & Lydon-Staley, D. M. (2022). Daily sensation-seeking and urgency in young adults: Examining associations with alcohol use and self-defined risky behaviors. Addictive Behaviors, 127, 107219. PDF

McGowan, A. L., Parkes, L., He, X., Stanoi, O., Kang, Y., Lomax, S., Jovanova, M., Mucha, P. J., Ochsner, K. N., Falk, E. B., Bassett, D. S., & Lydon-Staley, D. M. (2022). Controllability of structural brain networks and the waxing and waning of negative affect in daily life. Biological Psychiatry: Global Open Science, 2(4), 432–439. PDF

Parelman, J. M., Doré, B. P., Cooper, N., O’Donnell, M. B., Chan, H.-Y., & Falk, E. B. (2022). Overlapping functional representations of self- and other-related thought are separable through multivoxel pattern classification. Cerebral Cortex, 32(6), 1131–1141. PDF Supplementary Materials

Tsoi, L., Burns, S. M., Falk, E. B., & Tamir, D. I. (2022). The promises and pitfalls of functional magnetic resonance imaging hyperscanning for social interaction research. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 16(10), e12707. PDF

2021

Baek, E. C., O’Donnell, M. B., Scholz, C. Pei, R., Garcia, J. O., Vettel, J. M., & Falk, E. B. (2021). Activity in the brain’s valuation and mentalizing networks is associated with propagation of online recommendation. Scientific Reports, 11, 11196. PDF Supplementary Material

Bayer, J. B., Triệu, P., Ellison, N., Schoenebeck, S. Y., & Falk, E. B. (2021).Rejection sensitivity and interaction quality in everyday life. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 38(12), 3646–3668. PDF Supplementary Materials

Chan, H. Y., Scholz, C., Baek, E., O’Donnell, M. B., & Falk, E. B. (2021). Being the gatekeeper: How thinking about sharing affects neural encoding of information. Cerebral Cortex, 31(8), 3939–3949. PDF

Coronel, J. C., O’Donnell, M. B., Pandey, P., Delli Carpini, M. X., & Falk, E. B. (2021). Political humor, sharing, and remembering: Insights from neuroimaging. Journal of Communication, 71(1), 129-161. PDF Supplementary Material

Dieffenbach, M. C., Gillespie, G. S. R., Burns, S. M., McCulloh, I. A., Ames, D. L., Dagher, M. M., Falk, E. B., & Lieberman, M. D. (2021). Neural reference groups: A synchrony-based classification approach for predicting attitudes using fNIRS. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 16(1-2), 117–128. PDF

Johnson, D. G., Mattan, B. D., Flores, N., Lauharatanahirun, N., & Falk, E. B. (2021). Social-cognitive and affective antecedents of code switching and the consequences of linguistic racism for Black people and people of color. Affective Science. PDF

Kang, Y., Cosme, D., Pei, R., Pandey, P., Carreras-Tartak, J., & Falk, E. B. (2021). Purpose in life, loneliness, and protective health behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Gerontologist, 61(6), 878–887. PDF Supplementary Material

Liu, J., O’Donnell, M. B., & Falk, E. B. (2021). Deliberation and valence as dissociable components of counterarguing among smokers: Evidence from neuroimaging and quantitative linguistic analysis. Health Communication, 36(6), 752-763. PDF Supplementary Material

Lydon-Staley, D. M., MacLean, R. R., Falk, E. B., Bassett, D. S., & Wilson, S. J. (2021). The feasibility of an in-scanner smoking lapse paradigm to examine the neural correlates of lapses. Addiction Biology, 26(4), e13001. PDFfor The feasibility of an in-scanner smoking lapse paradigm to examine the neural correlates of lapses Supplementary Materialfor The feasibility of an in-scanner smoking lapse paradigm to examine the neural correlates of lapses

Pandey, P., Kang, Y., Cooper, N., O’Donnell, M. B., & Falk, E. B. (2021). Social networks and neural receptivity to persuasive health messages. Health Psychology, 40(4), 285–294. PDFfor Social networks and neural receptivity to persuasive health messages Supplementary Materialfor Social networks and neural receptivity to persuasive health messages.

Parelman, J., Doré, B., & Falk, E. B. (2021). The role of mentalizing in communication behaviors. In M. Gilead & K. Ochsner (Eds.), The neural basis of mentalizing (pp. 579-595). Springer. PDF

Wang, X. Y., Dworkin, J., Zhou, D., Stiso, J., Falk, E. B., Bassett, D. S., Zurn, P., & Lydon-Staley, D. M. (in press). Gendered Citation Practices in the Field of Communication. Annals of the International Communication Association. PDFfor Gendered Citation Practices in the Field of Communication

Wang, X., Scholz, C., Falk, E. B., & Lydon-Staley, D. M. (in press). Neuroimaging. In E. Ho, C. Bylund, J. van Weert, I. Basnyat, N. Bol, & M. Dean (Eds.), International encyclopedia of health communication. Wiley-Blackwell. PDFfor Neuroimaging

2020

Baek, E., Scholz, C., & Falk, E. B. (2020). The neuroscience of persuasion and information propagation: The key role of the mentalizing system. In K. Floyd & R. Weber (Eds.), Handbook of Communication Science and Biology (pp. 122-133). Routledge. PDFfor The neuroscience of persuasion and information propagation: The key role of the mentalizing system

Doré, B. P., Scholz, C., Baek, E. C., & Falk, E. B. (2020). Health news sharing is reflected in distributed reward-related brain activity. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 15(10), 1111–1119. PDFfor Health news sharing is reflected in distributed reward-related brain activity Supplementary Materialfor Health news sharing is reflected in distributed reward-related brain activity

Kang, Y., & Falk, E. B. (2020). Neural mechanisms of attitude change toward stigmatized individuals: Temporoparietal junction activity predicts bias reduction. Mindfulness, 11(6), 1378–1389. PDFfor Neural mechanisms of attitude change toward stigmatized individuals: Temporoparietal junction activity predicts bias reduction Supplementary Material

Lydon-Staley, D. M., Falk, E. B., Bassett, D. S. (2020). Within-person variability in sensation-seeking during daily life: Positive associations with alcohol use and self-defined risky behaviors. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 34(2), 257–268. PDFfor Within-person variability in sensation-seeking during daily life: Positive associations with alcohol use and self-defined risky behaviors Supplementary Materialfor Within-person variability in sensation-seeking during daily life: Positive associations with alcohol use and self-defined risky behaviors

Moore-Berg, S. L., Parelman, J. M., Lelkes, Y., & Falk, E. B. (2020). Neural polarization and routes to depolarization. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 117(46), 28552–28554. PDFfor Neural polarization and routes to depolarization

Pei, R., Lauharatanahirun, N., Cascio, C., O’Donnell, M. B., Shope, J., Simons-Morton, B. G., Vettel, J., Falk, E. B. (2020). Neural processes during adolescent risky decision making are associated with conformity to peer influence. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 44, 100794. PDFfor Neural processes during adolescent risky decision making are associated with conformity to peer influence Supplementary Materialfor Neural processes during adolescent risky decision making are associated with conformity to peer influence

Schmälzle, R., Cooper, N., O’Donnell, M. B., Tompson, S., Lee, S., Cantrell, J., Vettel, J. M., & Falk, E. B. (2020). The effectiveness of online messages for promoting smoking cessation resources: Predicting nationwide campaign effects from neural responses in the EX Campaign. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 14, 381. PDFfor The effectiveness of online messages for promoting smoking cessation resources: Predicting nationwide campaign effects from neural responses in the EX Campaign Supplementary Materialfor The effectiveness of online messages for promoting smoking cessation resources: Predicting nationwide campaign effects from neural responses in the EX Campaign

Scholz, C., Baek, E. C., O’Donnell, M. B., & Falk, E. B. (2020). Decision making about broad and narrowcasting a neuroscientific perspective. Media Psychology, 23(1), 131–155. PDFfor Decision making about broad and narrowcasting a neuroscientific perspective

Scholz, C. & Falk, E. B. (2020) The neuroscience of information sharing. In S. González-Bailón, Foucault Welles (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Networked Communication (pp. 285-307). Oxford University Press. PDFfor The neuroscience of information sharing

Scholz, C., Jovanova, M., Baek, E. C., & Falk, E. B. (2020). Media content sharing as a value-based decision. Current Opinion in Psychology, 31, 83–88. PDFfor Media content sharing as a value-based decision

Tompson, S. H., Falk, E. B., O’Donnell, M. B., Cascio, C. N., Bayer, J. B., Vettel, J. M., & Bassett, D. S. (2020). Response inhibition in adolescents is moderated by brain connectivity and social network structure. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 15(8), 827–837. PDFfor Response inhibition in adolescents is moderated by brain connectivity and social network structure

Tompson, S. H., Kahn, A. E., Falk, E. B., Vettel, J. M., Bassett, D. S. (2020). Functional brain network architecture supporting the learning of social networks in humans. NeuroImage, 210, 116498. PDFfor Functional brain network architecture supporting the learning of social networks in humans Supplementary Materialfor Functional brain network architecture supporting the learning of social networks in humans

2019

Bayer, J. B., Hauser, D. J., Shah, K., O’Donnell, M. B., Falk, E. B. (2019). Social exclusion shifts personal network scope. Frontiers in Psychology, 10, 1619. PDFfor Social exclusion shifts personal network scope Data on OSFfor Social exclusion shifts personal network scope

Burns, S. M., Barnes, L. N., McCulloh, I. A., Dagher, M. M., Falk, E. B., Storey, J. S., & Lieberman, M. D. (2019). Making social neuroscience less WEIRD: Using fNIRS to measure neural signatures of persuasive influence in a Middle East participant sample. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 116(3), e1-e11. PDFfor Making social neuroscience less WEIRD: Using fNIRS to measure neural signatures of persuasive influence in a Middle East participant sample Supplementary Materialfor Making social neuroscience less WEIRD: Using fNIRS to measure neural signatures of persuasive influence in a Middle East participant sample

Cooper, N., Garcia, J. O., Tompson, S. H., O’Donnell, M. B., Falk, E. B., & Vettel, J. M. (2019). Time-evolving dynamics in brain networks forecast responses to health messaging. Network Neuroscience, 3(1), 138–156. PDFfor Time-evolving dynamics in brain networks forecast responses to health messaging

Coronel, J. C., O’Donnell, M. B., Beard, E. C., Hamilton, R. H., & Falk, E. B. (2019). Evaluating didactic and exemplar information: Noninvasive brain stimulation reveals message-processing mechanisms. Communication Research, 0093650219876844. PDFfor Evaluating didactic and exemplar information: Noninvasive brain stimulation reveals message-processing mechanisms Supplementary Materialfor Evaluating didactic and exemplar information: Noninvasive brain stimulation reveals message-processing mechanisms

Doré, B. P., Cooper, N., Scholz, C., O’Donnell, M. B., & Falk, E. B. (2019). Cognitive regulation of ventromedial prefrontal activity evokes lasting change in the perceived self-relevance of persuasive messaging. Human Brain Mapping, 40(9), 2571-2580. PDFfor Cognitive regulation of ventromedial prefrontal activity evokes lasting change in the perceived self-relevance of persuasive messaging Supplementary Materialfor Cognitive regulation of ventromedial prefrontal activity evokes lasting change in the perceived self-relevance of persuasive messaging

Doré, B. P., Scholz, C., Baek, E. C., Garcia, J. O., O’Donnell, M. B., Bassett, D. S., Vettel, J. M., & Falk, E. B. (2019). Brain activity tracks population information sharing by capturing consensus judgments of value. Cerebral Cortex, 29(7), 3102–3110. PDFfor Brain activity tracks population information sharing by capturing consensus judgments of value

Doré, B. P., Tompson, S. H., O’Donnell, M. B., An, L., Strecher, V., & Falk, E. B. (2019). Neural mechanisms of emotion regulation moderate the predictive value of affective and value-related brain responses to persuasive messages. Journal of Neuroscience, 39(7), 1293-1300. PDFfor Neural mechanisms of emotion regulation moderate the predictive value of affective and value-related brain responses to persuasive messages

Kang, Y., Strecher, V. J., Kim, E., & Falk, E. B. (2019). Purpose in life and conflict-related neural responses during health decision-making. Health Psychology, 38(6), 545-552. PDFfor Purpose in life and conflict-related neural responses during health decision-making Supplementary Materialfor Purpose in life and conflict-related neural responses during health decision-making

Kranzler, E. C., Schmälzle, R., O’Donnell, M. B., Pei, R., & Falk, E. B. (2019). Adolescent neural responses to antismoking messages, perceived effectiveness, and sharing intention. Media Psychology, 22(2), 323-349. PDFfor Adolescent neural responses to antismoking messages, perceived effectiveness, and sharing intention

Kranzler, E. C., Schmälzle, R., Pei, R., Hornik, R. C., & Falk, E. B. (2019). Message-elicited brain response moderates the relationship between opportunities for exposure to anti-smoking messages and self-reported message recall. Journal of Communication, 69(6), 589–611. PDFfor Message-elicited brain response moderates the relationship between opportunities for exposure to anti-smoking messages and self-reported message recall Supplementary Materialfor Message-elicited brain response moderates the relationship between opportunities for exposure to anti-smoking messages and self-reported message recall

Pei, R., Kranzler, E. C., Suileman, A. B., & Falk, E. B. (2019). Promoting adolescent health: Insights from developmental and communication neuroscience. Behavioural Public Policy, 3(1), 47–71. PDF for Promoting adolescent health: Insights from developmental and communication neuroscience

Pei, R., Schmälzle, R., O’Donnell, M. B., Kranzler, E., & Falk, E. B. (2019). Adolescents’ neural responses to tobacco prevention messages and sharing engagement. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 56(2S1), S40–S48. PDFfor Adolescents’ neural responses to tobacco prevention messages and sharing engagement

Scholz, C., Doré, B. P., Cooper, N., & Falk, E. B. (2019). Neural valuation of anti-drinking campaigns and risky peer influence in daily life. Health Psychology, 38(7), 658-667. PDFfor Neural valuation of anti-drinking campaigns and risky peer influence in daily life Supplementary Materialfor Neural valuation of anti-drinking campaigns and risky peer influence in daily life

Simons-Morton, B. G., Bingham, C. R., Li, K., Zhu, C., Buckley, L., Falk, E. B., & Shope, J. T. (2019). The effect of teenage passengers on simulated risky driving among teenagers: A randomized trial. Frontiers in Psychology, 10, 923. PDFfor The effect of teenage passengers on simulated risky driving among teenagers: A randomized trial Supplementary Materialfor The effect of teenage passengers on simulated risky driving among teenagers: A randomized trial

Tompson, S. H., Falk, E. B., Bassett, D. S., & Vettel, J. M. (2019). Using neuroimaging to predict behavior: An overview with a focus on the moderating role of sociocultural context. In P. K. Davis, A. O’Mahony, & J. Pfautz (Eds.), Social-Behavioral Modeling for Complex Systems (pp. 205–230). John Wiley and Sons, Inc. PDFfor Using neuroimaging to predict behavior: An overview with a focus on the moderating role of sociocultural context

Trieu, P., Bayer, J. B., Ellison, N. B., Schoenebeck, S., & Falk, E. (2019). Who likes to be reachable? Availability preferences, weak ties, and bridging social capital. Information, Communication and Society, 22(8), 1096–1111. PDFfor Who likes to be reachable? Availability preferences, weak ties, and bridging social capital

Vettel, J. M., Lauharatanahirun, N., Wasylyshyn, N., Roy, H., Fernandez, R., Cooper, N., Paul, A., O’Donnell, M. B., Johnson, T., Metcalfe, J., Falk, E. B., & Garcia, J. O. (2019). Translating driving research from simulation to interstate driving with realistic traffic and passenger interactions. In D. N. Cassenti (Ed.), Advances in Human Factors in Simulation and Modeling. AHFE 2018. AISC(Vol. 780, pp. 126–138). Springer, Cham. PDFfor Translating driving research from simulation to interstate driving with realistic traffic and passenger interactions

2018

Baek, E. C. & Falk, E. B. (2018). Persuasion and Influence: What makes a successful persuader? Current Opinion in Psychology, 24, 53-57. PDFfor Persuasion and Influence: What makes a successful persuader?

Bayer, J. B., Ellison, N. B., Schoenebeck, S. Y., Brady, E., & Falk, E. B. (2018). Facebook in context(s): Measuring emotional responses across time and space. New Media & Society, 20(3), 1047–1067 PDFfor Facebook in context(s): Measuring emotional responses across time and space

Bayer, J. B., O’Donnell, M. B., Cascio, C. N., & Falk, E. B. (2018). Brain sensitivity to exclusion is associated with core network closure. Scientific Reports, 8, 16037. PDFfor Brain sensitivity to exclusion is associated with core network closure

Bruneau, E., Kteily, N., & Falk, E. (2018). Interventions highlighting hypocrisy reduce collective blame of Muslims for individual acts of violence and assuage anti-Muslim hostility. Personality & Social Psychology Bulletin, 44(3), 430–448. PDFfor Interventions highlighting hypocrisy reduce collective blame of Muslims for individual acts of violence and assuage anti-Muslim hostility

Burns, S. M., Barnes, L., Katzman, P. L., Ames, D. L., Falk, E. B., & Lieberman, M. D. (2018). A functional near infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) replication of the sunscreen persuasion paradigm. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 13(6), 628–636. PDFfor A functional near infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) replication of the sunscreen persuasion paradigm

Cooper, N., Tompson, S., O’Donnell, M. B., Vettel, J. M., Bassett, D. S., & Falk, E. B. (2018). Associations between coherent neural activity in the brain’s value system during antismoking messages and reductions in smoking. Health Psychology: Official Journal of the Division of Health Psychology, 37(4), 375-384. PDFfor Associations between coherent neural activity in the brain’s value system during antismoking messages and reductions in smoking Supplementary Materialfor Associations between coherent neural activity in the brain’s value system during antismoking messages and reductions in smoking

Falk, E. & Scholz, C. (2018). Persuasion, influence, and value: Perspectives from communication and social neuroscience. Annual Review of Psychology, 69(18), 329–356. PDFfor Persuasion, influence, and value: Perspectives from communication and social neuroscience

Kang, Y., Cooper, N., Pandey, P., Scholz, C., O’Donnell, M. B., Lieberman, M. D., Taylor, S. E., Strecher, V. J., Dal Cine, S., Konrath, S., Polk, T. A., Resnicow, K., Anh, L., & Falk, E. B. (2018). Effects of self-transcendence on neural responses to persuasive messages and health behavior change. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 115(40), 9974-9979. PDFfor Effects of self-transcendence on neural responses to persuasive messages and health behavior change

Tompson, S. H., Falk, E. B., Vettel, J. M., & Bassett, D. S. (2018). Network approaches to understand individual differences in brain connectivity: Opportunities for personality neuroscience. Personality Neuroscience, 1(e5), 1–12. PDFfor Network approaches to understand individual differences in brain connectivity: Opportunities for personality neuroscience

Tompson, S. H., Kahn, A. E., Falk, E. B., Vettel, J. M., & Bassett, D. S. (2018). Individual differences in learning social and non-social network structures. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 45(2), 253–271. PDFfor Individual differences in learning social and non-social network structures

Wasylyshyn, N., Hemenway Falk, B., Garcia, J. O., Cascio, C. N., O’Donnell, M. B., Bingham, C. R., Simons-Morton, B., Vettel, J. M., & Falk, E. B. (2018). Global brain dynamics during social exclusion predict subsequent behavioral conformity. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 13(2), 182–191. PDFfor Global brain dynamics during social exclusion predict subsequent behavioral conformity Supplementary Materialfor Global brain dynamics during social exclusion predict subsequent behavioral conformity

2017

Baek, E. C., Scholz, C., O’Donnell M. B., & Falk, E. B. (2017). The value of sharing information: A neural account of information transmission. Psychological Science, 28(7), 851-861. PDFfor The value of sharing information: A neural account of information transmission Supplementary Materialfor The value of sharing information: A neural account of information transmission

Cascio, C. N., O’Donnell, M. B., Simons-Morton, B. G., Bingham, C. R., & Falk., E. B. (2017) Cultural context moderates neural pathways to social influence. Culture and Brain, 5(1), 50–70. PDFfor Cultural context moderates neural pathways to social influence Supplementary Materialfor Cultural context moderates neural pathways to social influence

Cooper N., Bassett D. S., & Falk E. B. (2017). Coherent activity between brain regions that code for value is linked to the malleability of human behavior. Scientific Reports, 7, 43250. PDFfor Coherent activity between brain regions that code for value is linked to the malleability of human behavior

Coronel, J. C., & Falk, E. B. (2017). Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Communication Science. In J. Matthes, C. S. Davis, & R. F. Potter (Eds.), The International Encyclopedia of Communication Research Methods (Vol. 15, pp. 1–9). John Wiley & Sons, Inc. PDFfor Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Communication Science

Falk, E. B., & Bassett, D. S. (2017) Brain and social networks: Fundamental building blocks of human experience. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 21(9), 674–690. PDFfor Brain and social networks: Fundamental building blocks of human experience

Kang, Y. K., O’Donnell, M. B., Strecher, V. J., Taylor, S. E., Lieberman, M. D., & Falk, E. B. (2017) Self-transcendent values and neural responses to threatening health messages. Psychosomatic Medicine, 79(4), 379-387. PDFfor Self-transcendent values and neural responses to threatening health messages Supplementary Materialfor Self-transcendent values and neural responses to threatening health messages

Liu, J., Zhao, S., Chen, X., Falk, E., & Albarracín, D. (2017). The influence of peer behavior as a function of social and cultural closeness: A meta-analysis of normative influence on adolescent smoking initiation and continuation. Psychological Bulletin, 143(10), 1082–1115. PDFfor The influence of peer behavior as a function of social and cultural closeness: A meta-analysis of normative influence on adolescent smoking initiation and continuation

O’Donnell, M. B., Bayer, J., Cascio, C. N., & Falk, E. B. (2017) Neural bases of recommendations differ according to social network structure. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 12(1), 61-69. PDFfor Neural bases of recommendations differ according to social network structure

Pegors, T. K., Tompson, S., O’Donnell, M. B., & Falk, E. B. (2017). Predicting behavior change from persuasive messages using neural representational similarity and social network analyses. NeuroImage, 157, 118–128. PDFfor Predicting behavior change from persuasive messages using neural representational similarity and social network analyses Supplementary Materialfor Predicting behavior change from persuasive messages using neural representational similarity and social network analyses

Schmälzle, R., O’Donnell, M. B, Garcia, J. O., Cascio, C. N., Bayer, J., Bassett, D. S., Vettel, J., & Falk, E. B. (2017). Brain connectivity dynamics during social interaction reflect social network structure. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 114(20), 5153–5158. PDFfor Brain connectivity dynamics during social interaction reflect social network structure Supplementary Materialfor Brain connectivity dynamics during social interaction reflect social network structure

Scholz, C., Baek, E. C., O’Donnell, M. B., Kim, H. S., Cappella, J. N., & Falk, E. B. (2017). A neural model of valuation and information virality. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 114(11), 2881–2886. PDFfor A neural model of valuation and information virality Supplementary Materialfor A neural model of valuation and information virality

Vezich, I. S., Katzman, P. L., Ames, D. L., Falk, E. B., & Lieberman, M. D. (2017). Modulating the neural bases of persuasion: Why/how, gain/loss, and users/non-users. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 12(2), 283–297. PDFfor Modulating the neural bases of persuasion: Why/how, gain/loss, and users/non-users Supplementary Materialfor Modulating the neural bases of persuasion: Why/how, gain/loss, and users/non-users

2016

Bayer, J. B., Ellison, N. B., Schoenebeck, S. Y., & Falk, E. B. (2016). Sharing the small moments: ephemeral social interaction on Snapchat. Information, Communication & Society, 19(7), 956–977. PDFfor Sharing the small moments: ephemeral social interaction on Snapchat

Bingham, C. R., Simons-Morton, B. G., Pradhan, A. K., Li, K., Almani, F., Falk, E. B., Shope, J. T., Buckley, L., Ouimet, M. C., & Albert, P. S. (2016). Peer passenger norms and pressure: Experimental effects on simulated driving among teenage males. Transportation Research Part F, Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 41, 124–137. PDFfor Peer passenger norms and pressure: Experimental effects on simulated driving among teenage males

Cascio, C. N., & Falk, E. B. (2016). Neuroscience. In K. B. Jensen & R. T. Craig (Eds.), The International Encyclopedia of Communication Theory and Philosophy (pp. 1351–1359). Wiley-Blackwell. PDFfor Neuroscience

Cascio, C., O’Donnell, M. B., Tinney, F., Lieberman, M., Taylor, S., Stretcher, V., & Falk, E. B. (2016). Self-affirmation activates brain systems associated with self-related processing and reward and is reinforced by future orientation. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 11(4), 621-629. PDFfor Self-affirmation activates brain systems associated with self-related processing and reward and is reinforced by future orientation Supplementary Materialfor Self-affirmation activates brain systems associated with self-related processing and reward and is reinforced by future orientation

Falk, E. B., O’Donnell, M. B., Tompson, S., Gonzalez, R., Dal Cin, S., Strecher, V., Cummings, K.M., & An, L. (2016). Functional brain imaging predicts public health campaign success. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 11(2), 204-214. PDFfor Functional brain imaging predicts public health campaign success

Green, A. E., Mays, D., Falk, E. B., Vallone, D., Gallgher, N., Richardson, A., Tercyak, K. P., Abrams, D., & Niaura, R. S. (2016). Young adult smokers’ neural response to graphic cigarette warning labels. Addictive Behaviors Reports, 3, 28-32. PDFfor Young adult smokers’ neural response to graphic cigarette warning labels Supplementary Materialfor Young adult smokers’ neural response to graphic cigarette warning labels

Kang, Y. K., O’Donnell, M. B., Strecher, V. J., & Falk, E. B. (2016). Dispositional Mindfulness Predicts Adaptive Affective Responses to Health Messages and Increased Exercise Motivation. Mindfulness, 8(2), 387–397. PDFfor Dispositional Mindfulness Predicts Adaptive Affective Responses to Health Messages and Increased Exercise MotivationM/span> Supplementary Materialfor Dispositional Mindfulness Predicts Adaptive Affective Responses to Health Messages and Increased Exercise MotivationM/span>

Schoenebeck, S., Ellison, N. B., Blackwell, L., Bayer, J. B., & Falk, E. B. (2016) Playful backstalking and serious impression management: How young adults reflect on their past identities on Facebook. In Proceedings of the 19th ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work & Social Computing (pp. 1475–1487). New York, NY, USA: ACM. PDFfor Playful backstalking and serious impression management: How young adults reflect on their past identities on Facebook

Vezich, I. S., Falk, E. B., & Lieberman, M. D. (2016). Persuasion Neuroscience: New Potential to Test Dual Process Theories. In E. Harmon-Jones & M. Inzlicht (Eds.), Social Neuroscience: Biological Approaches to Social Psychology (pp. 34-58). Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group. PDFfor Persuasion Neuroscience: New Potential to Test Dual Process Theories

2015

Cascio, C. N., Carp, J., O’Donnell, M. B., Tinney, Jr, F. J., Bingham, R., Shope, J. T., Ouimet, M. C., Pradhan, A. K., Simons-Morton, B. G., & Falk, E. B. (2015) Buffering social influence: Neural correlates of response inhibition predict driving safety in the presence of a peer. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 27(1), 83-95. PDFfor Buffering social influence: Neural correlates of response inhibition predict driving safety in the presence of a peer

Cascio, C. N., Konrath, S., & Falk, E. B. (2015). Narcissists’ social pain seen only in the brain. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 10(3), 335-341. PDFfor Narcissists’ social pain seen only in the brain Supplementary Materialfor Narcissists’ social pain seen only in the brain

Cascio, C., O’Donnell, M. B., Bayer, J., Tinney, F. J., & Falk, E. B. (2015). Neural correlates of susceptibility to group opinions in online word-of-mouth recommendations. Journal of Marketing Research, 52(4), 559-575. PDFfor Neural correlates of susceptibility to group opinions in online word-of-mouth recommendations Supplementary Materialfor Neural correlates of susceptibility to group opinions in online word-of-mouth recommendations

Cascio, C. N., Scholz, C., & Falk, E. B. (2015). Social influence and the brain: persuasion, susceptibility to influence and retransmission. Current Opinions in Behavioral Sciences, 3, 51-57. PDFfor Social influence and the brain: persuasion, susceptibility to influence and retransmission

Cooper, N., Tompson, S., O’Donnell, M. B., & Falk, E. B. (2015) Brain activity in self-and value-related regions in response to online antismoking messages predicts behavior change. Journal of Media Psychology, 27(3), 93-108. PDFfor Brain activity in self-and value-related regions in response to online antismoking messages predicts behavior change ROI Masksfor Brain activity in self-and value-related regions in response to online antismoking messages predicts behavior change

Hyde, L. W., Tompson, S., Creswell, J. D., & Falk, E. B. (2015). Cultural neuroscience: New directions as the field matures – What do cultural neuroscience findings mean? Culture and Brain, 3(2), 75–92. PDFfor Cultural neuroscience: New directions as the field matures – What do cultural neuroscience findings mean?

Falk, E. B., Cascio, C. N., & Coronel, J. (2015). Neural Prediction of Communication Relevant Outcomes. Communication Methods and Measures, 9(1-2), 30-54. PDFfor Neural Prediction of Communication Relevant Outcomes Supplementary Materialfor Neural Prediction of Communication Relevant Outcomes

Falk, E. B., O’Donnell, M. B., Cascio, C. N., Tinney, F., Kang, Y., Lieberman, M. D., Taylor, S. E., An, L., Resnicow, K., & Strecher, V. J. (2015). Self-affirmation alters the brain’s response to health messages and subsequent behavior change. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 112(7), 1977–1982. PDFfor Self-affirmation alters the brain’s response to health messages and subsequent behavior change Supplementary Materialfor Self-affirmation alters the brain’s response to health messages and subsequent behavior change Study Stimulifor Self-affirmation alters the brain’s response to health messages and subsequent behavior change

Konrath, S., Falk, E., Fuhrel-Forbis, A., Liu, M., Swain, J., Tolman, R., Cunningham, R., & Walton, M. (2015). Can text messages increase empathy and prosocial behavior?: The development and initial validation of Text to Connect. PLoS ONE, 10(9), e0137585. PDFfor Can text messages increase empathy and prosocial behavior?: The development and initial validation of Text to Connect Supplementary Materialfor Can text messages increase empathy and prosocial behavior?: The development and initial validation of Text to Connect

O’Donnell, M. B. & Falk, E. B. (2015). Big data under the microscope and brains in social context: Integrating methods from computational social science and neuroscience. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 659(1), 274-289. PDFfor Big data under the microscope and brains in social context: Integrating methods from computational social science and neuroscience

O’Donnell, M. B. & Falk, E. B. (2015) Linking neuroimaging with functional linguistic analysis to understand processes of successful communication. Communication Methods and Measures, 9(1-2), 55-77. PDFfor Linking neuroimaging with functional linguistic analysis to understand processes of successful communication

O’Donnell, M. B., Falk, E. B., & Lieberman, M. D. (2015). Social in, social out: How the brain responds to social language with more social language. Communication Monographs, 82(1), 31-63. PDFfor Social in, social out: How the brain responds to social language with more social language

Simons-Morton, B., Bingham, C. R., Li, K., Shope, J., Pradhan, A. K., Falk, E., & Albert, P. S. (2015). Experimental effects of pre-drive arousal on teenage simulated driving performance in the presence of a teenage passenger. Paper presented at Eighth International Driving Symposium on Human Factors in Driver Assessment, Training and Vehicle Design, Salt Lake City, Utah. PDFfor Experimental effects of pre-drive arousal on teenage simulated driving performance in the presence of a teenage passenger

Tompson, S., Lieberman, M. D., & Falk, E. B. (2015). Grounding the neuroscience of behavior change in the sociocultural context. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 5, 58-63. PDFfor Grounding the neuroscience of behavior change in the sociocultural context

2014

Falk, E. B. (2014). Mindfulness and the Neuroscience of Influence. In The Wiley Blackwell Handbook of Mindfulness (pp. 387–403). John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. PDFfor Mindfulness and the Neuroscience of Influence

Falk, E. B., Cascio, C. N., O’Donnell, M. B., Carp, J., Tinney, Jr, F. J., Bingham, C. R., Shope, J. T., Ouimet, M. C., Pradhan, A. K., & Simons-Morton, B. G. (2014). Neural responses to exclusion predict susceptibility to social influence. Journal of Adolescent Health, 54(5), S22-S31. PDFfor Neural responses to exclusion predict susceptibility to social influence Supplementary Material for Neural responses to exclusion predict susceptibility to social influence

O’Donnell, M. B., Konrath, S. H., & Falk, E. B. (2014). Big data in the new media environment: Commentary on Mapping collective behavior in the big-data era. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 37(1), 94-95. PDFfor Big data in the new media environment: Commentary on Mapping collective behavior in the big-data era

Simons-Morton, B. G., Bingham, C. R., Falk, E. B., Kaigang, L., Pradhan, A. K., Ouimet, M. C., Almani, F., & Shope, J. T. (2014). Experimental effects of injunctive norms on simulated risky driving among teenage males. Health Psychology, 33(7), 616-627. PDFfor Experimental effects of injunctive norms on simulated risky driving among teenage males

2013

*Berkman, E. T., & *Falk, E. B. (2013). Beyond Brain Mapping: Using Neural Measures to Predict Real-world Outcomes. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 22(1), 45-50. PDFfor Beyond Brain Mapping: Using Neural Measures to Predict Real-World Outcomes *equal author contributions

Cascio, C. N., Dal Cin, S., & Falk, E. B. (2013). Health communications: Predicting behavior change from the brain. In P. Hall (Ed.), Social Neuroscience and Public Health: Foundations of an Emerging Discipline (pp. 57-51). Springer New York. PDFfor Health communications: Predicting behavior change from the brain

Falk, E. B., Hyde, L. W., Mitchell, C., Faul, J., Gonzalez, R., Heitzeg, M. M., Keating, D. P., Langa, K. M., Martz, M. E., Maslowsky, J., Morrison, F. J., Noll, D. C., Patrick, M. E., Pfeffer, F. T., Reuter-Lorenz, P. A., Thomason, M. E., Davis-Kean, P., Monk, C. S., & Schulenberg, J. (2013). What is a representative brain? Neuroscience meets population science. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 110(44), 17615-17622. PDFfor What is a representative brain? Neuroscience meets population science

Falk, E. B., & Lieberman, M. D. (2013). The neural bases of attitudes, evaluation and behavior change. In F. Krueger & J. Grafman (Eds.), The Neural Basis of Human Belief Systems (Contemporary Topics in Cognitive Neuroscience) (1 edition, pp. 71–94). New York, NY: Psychology Press. PDFfor The neural bases of attitudes, evaluation and behavior change

Falk, E. B., Morelli, S. A., Welborn, B. L, Dambacher, K., & Lieberman, M. D. (2013). Creating buzz: The neural correlates of effective message propagation. Psychological Science, 24(7), 1234-1242. PDFfor Creating buzz: The neural correlates of effective message propagation

2012

Antonucci, T. C., Ashton-Miller, J. A., Brandt, J., Falk, E. B., Halter, J. B., Hamdemir, L., Konrath, S. H., Lee, J. M., McCullough, W. R., Persad, C. C., Seydel, R., Smith, J. & Webster, N. J. (2012). The right to move: A multidisciplinary lifespan conceptual framework. Current Gerontology and Geriatrics Research, 2012, 873937. PDFfor The right to move: A multidisciplinary lifespan conceptual framework

Berkman, E. T., Falk, E. B., & Lieberman, M. D. (2012). Interactive effects of three core goal pursuit processes on brain control systems: Goal maintenance, performance monitoring, and response inhibition. PLoS ONE, 7(6), e40334. PDFfor Interactive effects of three core goal pursuit processes on brain control systems: Goal maintenance, performance monitoring, and response inhibition

Egol, M., McEuen, M. B., & Falk, E. B. (2012) The social life of brands. Strategy and Business, 68. PDFfor The social life of brands

Falk, E. B. (2012). Can neuroscience advance our understanding of core questions in communication studies? An overview of communication neuroscience. In. S. Jones (Ed.). Communication @ the Center. Hampton Press. ISBN:9781612890821. PDFfor Can neuroscience advance our understanding of core questions in communication studies? An overview of communication neuroscience

Falk, E. B., Berkman, E., & Lieberman, M. D. (2012). From neural responses to population behavior: Neural focus groups predicts population-level media effects. Psychological Science, 23(5), 439-445. PDFfor From neural responses to population behavior: Neural focus groups predicts population-level media effects Supplementary Materialfor From neural responses to population behavior: Neural focus groups predicts population-level media effects

Falk, E. B., O’Donnell, M. B. & Lieberman, M. D. (2012). Getting the word out: Neural correlates of enthusiastic message propagation. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 6(313). PDFfor Getting the word out: Neural correlates of enthusiastic message propagation

Falk, E. B., Spunt, R. P., & Lieberman, M. D. (2012). Ascribing beliefs to ingroup and outgroup political candidates: Neural correlates of perspective taking, issue importance, and days until the election. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 367(1589), 731-743. PDFfor Ascribing beliefs to ingroup and outgroup political candidates: Neural correlates of perspective taking, issue importance, and days until the election Supplementary Materialfor Ascribing beliefs to ingroup and outgroup political candidates: Neural correlates of perspective taking, issue importance, and days until the election

Falk, E. B., Way, B., & Jasinska, A. (2012). An imaging genetics approach to understanding social influence. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 6(168). PDFfor An imaging genetics approach to understanding social influence

Jasinska, A. J., Yasuda, M., Burant, C. F., Gregor, N., Khatri, S., Sweet, M. & Falk, E. B. (2012) Impulsivity and inhibitory control deficits are associated with unhealthy eating in young adults. Appetite, 59(3), 738-747. PDFfor Impulsivity and inhibitory control deficits are associated with unhealthy eating in young adults

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(3), 1771-1777. PDFfor Social status modulates neural activity in the mentalizing network Supplementary Materialfor Social status modulates neural activity in the mentalizing network