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Journal articles
2017, 'The shared and unique genetic relationship between mental well-being, depression and anxiety symptoms and cognitive function in healthy twins', Cognition and Emotion, 31, pp. 1465 - 1479, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2016.1232242
,2017, 'Genetic and environmental influences on emotion regulation: A twin study of cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression', Emotion, 17, pp. 772 - 777, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/emo0000300
,2017, 'Quantifying person-level brain network functioning to facilitate clinical translation', Translational Psychiatry, 7, pp. e1248 - e1248, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/TP.2017.204
,2016, 'Shared versus distinct genetic contributions of mental wellbeing with depression and anxiety symptoms in healthy twins', Psychiatry Research, 244, pp. 65 - 70, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2016.07.016
,2016, 'Failure to differentiate between threat-related and positive emotion cues in healthy adults with childhood interpersonal or adult trauma', Journal of Psychiatric Research, 78, pp. 31 - 41, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2016.03.006
,2016, 'EEG alpha asymmetry as a gender-specific predictor of outcome to acute treatment with different antidepressant medications in the randomized iSPOT-D study', Clinical Neurophysiology, 127, pp. 509 - 519, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clinph.2015.05.032
,2015, 'Sex differences in the shared genetics of dimensions of self-reported depression and anxiety', Journal of Affective Disorders, 188, pp. 35 - 42, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2015.08.053
,2015, 'Cognitive and emotional biomarkers of melancholic depression: An iSPOT-D report', Journal of Affective Disorders, 176, pp. 141 - 150, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2015.01.061
,2015, 'Specific and common genes implicated across major mental disorders: A review of meta-analysis studies', Journal of Psychiatric Research, 60, pp. 1 - 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2014.09.014
,2014, 'The heritability of mental health and wellbeing defined using COMPAS-W, a new composite measure of wellbeing', Psychiatry Research, 219, pp. 204 - 213, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2014.04.033
,2014, 'Establishing the resting state default mode network derived from functional magnetic resonance imaging tasks as an endophenotype: A twins study', Human Brain Mapping, 35, pp. 3893 - 3902, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hbm.22446
,2014, 'Establishing the resting state default mode network derived from functional magnetic resonance imaging tasks as an endophenotype: A twins study', Human Brain Mapping, 35, pp. 3893 - 3902, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hbm.22446
,2014, 'Variation in the oxytocin receptor gene is associated with increased risk for anxiety, stress and depression in individuals with a history of exposure to early life stress', Journal of Psychiatric Research, 59, pp. 93 - 100, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2014.08.021
,2013, 'Early Exposure to Traumatic Stressors Impairs Emotional Brain Circuitry', PLoS ONE, 8, pp. e75524, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0075524
,2013, 'Early life trauma predicts self-reported levels of depressive and anxiety symptoms in nonclinical community adults: Relative contributions of early life stressor types and adult trauma exposure', Journal of Psychiatric Research, 47, pp. 23 - 32, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2012.08.006
,2012, 'Sensitivity, specificity, and predictive power of the "Brief Risk-resilience Index for SCreening," a brief pan-diagnostic web screen for emotional health', Brain and Behavior, 2, pp. 576 - 589, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/brb3.76
,2012, 'The TWIN-E Project in Emotional Wellbeing: Study Protocol and Preliminary Heritability Results Across Four MRI and DTI Measures', Twin research and human genetics, 15, pp. 419 - 441, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/thg.2012.12
,2010, 'Resting posterior versus frontal delta/theta EEG activity is associated with extraversion and the COMT VAL158MET polymorphism', Neuroscience Letters, 478, pp. 88 - 92, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neulet.2010.04.071
,2010, 'COMT Val108/158Met polymorphism effects on emotional brain function and negativity bias', Neuroimage, 53, pp. 918 - 925
,2010, 'Early life stress combined with serotonin 3A receptor and brain-derived neurotrophic factor valine 66 to methionine genotypes impacts emotional brain and arousal correlates of risk for depression', Biological Psychiatry, 68, pp. 818 - 824
,2010, 'Impact of depression and antidepressant treatment on heart rate variability: A review and meta-analysis', Biological Psychiatry, 67, pp. 1067 - 1074
,2010, 'Impact of the HTR3A gene with early life trauma on emotional brain networks and depressed mood.', Depression and Anxiety, 27, pp. 752 - 759
,2009, '`Negativity bias` in risk for depression and anxiety: Brain-body fear circuitry correlates, 5-HTT-LPR and early life stress', Neuroimage, 47, pp. 804 - 814
,2009, 'A polymorphism of the MAOA gene is associated with emotional brain markers and personality traits on an antisocial index', Neuropsychopharmacology, 34, pp. 1797 - 1809
,2009, 'Brain derived neurotrophic factor Val66Met polymorphism, the five factor model of personality and hippocampal volume: Implications for depressive illness', Human Brain Mapping, 30, pp. 1246 - 1256
,2009, 'Disturbances in selective information processing associated with the BDNF Val66Met polymorphism: Evidence from cognition, the P300 and fronto-hippocampal systems', Biological Psychology, 80, pp. 176 - 188
,2009, 'Interactions between BDNF Val66Met polymorphism and early life stress predict brain and arousal pathways to syndromal depression and anxiety', Molecular Psychiatry, 14, pp. 681 - 695
,2008, 'Association between BDNF Val66Met polymorphism and trait depression is mediated via resting EEG alpha band activity', Biological Psychology, 79, pp. 275 - 284
,2008, 'The integrate model of emotion, thinking and self regulation: an application to the `paradox of aging`', Journal of Integrative Neuroscience, 7, pp. 367 - 404
,2007, 'A genotype-endophenotype-phenotype path model of depressed mood: Integrating cognitive and emotional markers', Journal of Integrative Neuroscience, 6, pp. 75 - 104
,2007, 'Integrating objective gene-brain-behavior markers of psychiatric disorders', Journal of Integrative Neuroscience, 6, pp. 1 - 34
,2007, 'Investigation of MCPH1 G37995C and ASPM A44871G polymorphisms and brain size in a healthy cohort', Neuroimage, 37, pp. 394 - 400
,2007, 'The contribution of apolipoprotein E alleles on cognitive performance and dynamic neural activity over six decades', Biological Psychology, 75, pp. 229 - 238
,Conference Papers
2021, 'Phenotypic and Genetic Study of a Wellbeing Factor Score in the UK Biobank and the Impact of Childhood Maltreatment', in BEHAVIOR GENETICS, SPRINGER, pp. 712 - 713, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000709342700075&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,Conference Presentations
2004, 'The effects of assertiveness training and relaxation on disease-prone personality types, coping, mood and cortisol in a community sample', presented at 28th International Congress of Psychology, Beijing, China, 08 August 2004 - 13 August 2004
,Conference Abstracts
2021, 'Distinct Electrophysiological Markers of Mental Wellbeing and Mental Illness Symptoms in 422 Healthy Adults', in BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY, ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, Vol. 89, pp. S163 - S164, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000645683800394&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,2019, 'Genetic factors influencing quantitative measures of subjective and psychological wellbeing using the COMPAS-W scale in a healthy Australian twin cohort', in Behavior Genetics, Stockholm, Vol. 49, pp. 511 - 511, presented at Behavior Genetics Association, Stockholm
,2019, 'Neuropsychological correlates of wellbeing using a twin design', in Behavior Genetics, Springer (part of Springer Nature), Stockholm, Vol. 49, pp. 509 - 510, presented at Behavior Genetics Association, Stockholm
,2016, 'Functional connectivity in the default mode network: Establishing reproducibility and individual norms', in Neuropsychopharmacology, Springer Nature [academic journals on nature.com], Vol. 41, pp. S299 - S300, presented at ACNP
,2015, 'Wellbeing and Resilience in the Healthy Twin Brain (chair)', in BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY, ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, CANADA, Toronto, Vol. 77, presented at 70th Annual Scientific Convention and Meeting of the Society-of-Biological-Psychiatry on Stress, Emotion, Neurodevelopment and Psychopathology, CANADA, Toronto, 14 May 2015 - 16 May 2015, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000352207501085&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,2013, 'UNRAVELLING THE CONNECTION BETWEEN ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION', in AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY, SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD, Vol. 47, pp. 76 - 76, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000329542900182&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,2012, 'Genetic approaches to understanding the etiology of mood disorders', in JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR NEUROSCIENCE, HUMANA PRESS INC, ISRAEL, Eilat, Vol. 51, pp. S107 - S107, presented at 21st Annual Meeting of the Israel-Society-for-Neuroscience / 1st Binational Australian-Israeli Meeting on Neuroscience, ISRAEL, Eilat, 15 December 2012 - 15 December 2012
,2012, 'Identifying Risk and Resilience Gene-Brain Markers of Emotional Wellbeing: The TWIN-E Project', in BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY, ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, PA, Philadelphia, Vol. 71, pp. 14S - 14S, presented at 67th Annual Scientific Convention and Meeting of the Society-of-Biological-Psychiatry, PA, Philadelphia, 03 May 2012 - 05 May 2012, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000302466000045&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,2008, 'Neuroimaging endophenotypes for emotion perception? Variation with COMT Val108/158Met genotypes and level of awareness', in NeuroImage, Elsevier, Vol. 41, pp. S1 - S1, presented at Human Brain Mapping
,2008, 'The impact of gene-environment interactions on neural pathways in risk for syndromal depression and anxiety', in NeuroImage, Elsevier, Vol. 41, pp. S1 - S1, presented at Human Brain Mapping
,2007, 'Disturbances in task-relevant information processing associated with the brain-derived neurotrophic factor Val66Met polymorphism: Evidence from cognition, the P300 endophenotype and neuroimaging', in NEUROLOGY, LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, MA, Boston, Vol. 68, pp. A402 - A402, presented at 59th Annual Meeting of the American-Academy-of-Neurology, MA, Boston, 28 April 2007 - 05 May 2007, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000245175002548&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,2007, 'Genotypes and neural binding in negative affect: The contribution of genetic polymorphisms to 40 hz gamma phase synchrony', in Biological Psychiatry, Elsevier Science Inc, Vol. 61, pp. 265S - 265S
,2007, 'Genotypes and neural binding in negative affect: The contribution of genetic polymorphisms to 40 hz gamma phase synchrony', in Biological Psychiatry, Elsevier, Vol. 61, pp. 265S - 265S, presented at Society of Biological Psychiatry
,2006, '10-01 Understanding genotype-phenotype relationships using the Brain Resource International Database: Implications for psychiatric conditions.', in Acta Neuropsychiatr, England, Vol. 18, pp. 335 - 336, England, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0924270800032403
,2006, '10-02 The neurodevelopmental effects of apolipoprotein E alleles on brain function.', in Acta Neuropsychiatr, England, Vol. 18, pp. 336, England, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0924270800032415
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