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Psychology

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Adriana Galván publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Neuroscience in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Adriana Galván sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 216 publications — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.

Adriana Galván D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Neuroscience scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Adriana Galván sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 71 D-Index — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2019 - Troland Research Awards, United States National Academy of Sciences For her experimental advances characterizing the neurobiological mechanisms underlying adaptive and risky adolescent behavior, elucidating theoretical models of adolescence and the impact of this research on decisions of juvenile justice.

Overview

Adriana Galván is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Psychology and Neuroscience, with a notable focus on Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Their work also engages with the subfields of Social Psychology and Cardiovascular Medicine.

The scientist's studies concentrate on topics including Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, Functional Brain Connectivity Studies, and Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, and Cognitive Processes. Additional areas of investigation cover Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies, Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control, as well as Sleep and related disorders.

Galván has contributed to a variety of publication venues. Frequent outlets include Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature, Journal of Research on Adolescence, and Journal of Youth and Adolescence.

Frequent coauthors across their body of work are:

  • Andrew J. Fuligni
  • Sarah M. Tashjian
  • Naomi I. Eisenberger
  • Maira Karan
  • Amanda E. Baker

Several recent papers showcase the scope of Galván's research contributions:

  • "Variability in the analysis of a single neuroimaging dataset by many teams" (2020), published in Nature
  • "Baseline brain function in the preadolescents of the ABCD Study" (2021), published in Nature Neuroscience
  • "Adolescent Brain Development and Contextual Influences: A Decade in Review" (2021), published in Journal of Research on Adolescence
  • "Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial that Altruism Moderates the Effect of Prosocial Acts on Adolescent Well-being" (2020), published in Journal of Youth and Adolescence
  • "Exploring Disproportionate Minority Contact in the Juvenile Justice System Over the Year Following First Arrest" (2020), published in Journal of Research on Adolescence

Galván has been recognized with the Troland Research Award from the United States National Academy of Sciences in 2019. The award citation highlights their experimental advances in characterizing neurobiological mechanisms underlying adaptive and risky adolescent behavior. It also notes the elucidation of theoretical models of adolescence and the impact on decisions within juvenile justice.

Best Publications

  • Earlier development of the accumbens relative to orbitofrontal cortex might underlie risk-taking behavior in adolescents.

    Adriana Galvan;Todd A Hare;Cindy E Parra;Jackie Penn

  • The adolescent brain

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  • Biological substrates of emotional reactivity and regulation in adolescence during an emotional go-nogo task.

    Todd A. Hare;Nim Tottenham;Adriana Galvan;Henning U. Voss

  • Image processing and analysis methods for the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study.

    Donald J. Hagler;Sean N. Hatton;M. Daniela Cornejo;Carolina Makowski

  • Variability in the analysis of a single neuroimaging dataset by many teams

    Rotem Botvinik-Nezer;Rotem Botvinik-Nezer;Felix Holzmeister;Colin F. Camerer;Anna Dreber;Anna Dreber

  • Prolonged institutional rearing is associated with atypically large amygdala volume and difficulties in emotion regulation.

    Nim Tottenham;Todd A. Hare;Brian T. Quinn;Thomas W. McCarry

  • A shift from diffuse to focal cortical activity with development.

    Sarah Durston;Matthew C. Davidson;Nim Tottenham;Adriana Galvan

  • Risk-taking and the adolescent brain: who is at risk?

    Adriana Galvan;Todd Hare;Henning Voss;Gary Glover

  • Pathophysiology of Parkinsonism

    Adriana Galvan;Thomas Wichmann

  • Changes in cerebral functional organization during cognitive development

    BJ Casey;Adriana Galvan;Todd A Hare

  • Adolescent Development of the Reward System

    Adriana Galvan

  • The effects of poor quality sleep on brain function and risk taking in adolescence.

    Eva H. Telzer;Andrew J. Fuligni;Matthew D. Lieberman;Adriana Galván

  • Measurement and reliability of response inhibition.

    Eliza Congdon;Jeanette A. Mumford;Jessica R. Cohen;Adriana Galvan

  • Stress and the adolescent brain: Amygdala-prefrontal cortex circuitry and ventral striatum as developmental targets.

    Nim Tottenham;Adriana Galván

  • Peer influence in involuntary social groups: Lessons from research on bullying.

    Jaana Juvonen;Adriana Galván

  • Differential effects of DRD4 and DAT1 genotype on fronto-striatal gray matter volumes in a sample of subjects with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, their unaffected siblings, and controls.

    S. Durston;S. Durston;J.A. Fossella;B.J. Casey;H.E. Hulshoff Pol

  • When Is an Adolescent an Adult? Assessing Cognitive Control in Emotional and Nonemotional Contexts

    Alexandra O. Cohen;Kaitlyn Breiner;Laurence Steinberg;Richard J. Bonnie

  • An Upside to Reward Sensitivity: The Hippocampus Supports Enhanced Reinforcement Learning in Adolescence

    Juliet Y. Davidow;Juliet Y. Davidow;Karin Foerde;Adriana Galván;Daphna Shohamy

  • The Role of Ventral Frontostriatal Circuitry in Reward-Based Learning in Humans

    Adriana Galvan;Todd A. Hare;Matthew Davidson;Julie Spicer

  • The thalamostriatal system in normal and diseased states

    Y Smith;A Galvan;T J Ellender;N Doig

  • The Thalamostriatal Systems: Anatomical and Functional Organization in Normal and Parkinsonian States

    Yoland Smith;Dinesh Raju;Bijli Nanda;Jean-Francois Pare

Frequent Co-Authors

Yoland Smith
Yoland Smith Emory University
Thomas Wichmann
Thomas Wichmann Emory University
B. J. Casey
B. J. Casey Barnard College
Andrew J. Fuligni
Andrew J. Fuligni University of California, Los Angeles
Eva H. Telzer
Eva H. Telzer University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Nim Tottenham
Nim Tottenham Columbia University
Matthew D. Lieberman
Matthew D. Lieberman University of California, Los Angeles
Todd A. Hare
Todd A. Hare University of Zurich
Russell A. Poldrack
Russell A. Poldrack Stanford University
Jeanette A. Mumford
Jeanette A. Mumford University of Wisconsin–Madison

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