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Overview

Alexander J. Shackman is affiliated with the University of Maryland, College Park in the United States. Their research primarily spans psychology and neuroscience, with a focus on areas that intersect experimental, cognitive, and clinical psychology as well as behavioral neuroscience. Their work involves topics such as anxiety, depression, psychometrics, treatment, and cognitive processes, among others related to mental health and brain function.

Shackman's recent publications illustrate their research interests and contributions to the field. These include:

  • Anxiety and the Neurobiology of Temporally Uncertain Threat Anticipation (2020), published in Journal of Neuroscience
  • Precision behavioral phenotyping as a strategy for uncovering the biological correlates of psychopathology (2023), published in Nature Mental Health
  • The Amygdala and Depression: A Sober Reconsideration (2022), published in American Journal of Psychiatry
  • The nature and neurobiology of fear and anxiety: State of the science and opportunities for accelerating discovery (2023), published in Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • Personality neuroscience: An emerging field with bright prospects (2022), published in Personality Science

Their frequent collaborators include Kathryn A. DeYoung, Jason F. Smith, Rachael M. Tillman, Juyoen Hur, and Allegra S. Anderson, reflecting ongoing partnerships in research endeavors.

Shackman has contributed regularly to several publication venues including Biological Psychiatry, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), American Journal of Psychiatry, Journal of Neuroscience, and Clinical Psychological Science.

Their academic focus includes multiple subfields such as:

  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Behavioral Neuroscience
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Core topics of Shackman's research emphasize:

  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development

Best Publications

  • The integration of negative affect, pain and cognitive control in the cingulate cortex

    Alexander J. Shackman;Timothy V. Salomons;Heleen A. Slagter;Andrew S. Fox

  • Compassion Training Alters Altruism and Neural Responses to Suffering

    Helen Y. Weng;Andrew S. Fox;Alexander J. Shackman;Diane E. Stodola

  • Frontal midline theta reflects anxiety and cognitive control: meta-analytic evidence.

    James F. Cavanagh;Alexander J. Shackman

  • Reduced capacity to sustain positive emotion in major depression reflects diminished maintenance of fronto-striatal brain activation

    Aaron S. Heller;Tom Johnstone;Alexander J. Shackman;Sharee N. Light

  • Anxiety selectively disrupts visuospatial working memory.

    Alexander J. Shackman;Issidoros Sarinopoulos;Jeffrey S. Maxwell;Diego A. Pizzagalli

  • Progress in achieving quantitative classification of psychopathology

    Robert F. Krueger;Roman Kotov;David Watson;Miriam K. Forbes

  • On the relationship between anxiety and error monitoring: a meta-analysis and conceptual framework.

    Jason S. Moser;Tim P. Moran;Hans S. Schroder;M. Brent Donnellan

  • A Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology Can Transform Mental Health Research

    Christopher C. Conway;Miriam K. Forbes;Kelsie T. Forbush;Eiko I. Fried

  • The neurobiology of emotion-cognition interactions: fundamental questions and strategies for future research.

    Hadas Okon-Singer;Talma Hendler;Luiz Pessoa;Alexander J. Shackman

  • Physical abuse amplifies attention to threat and increases anxiety in children.

    Jessica E. Shackman;Alexander J. Shackman;Seth D. Pollak

  • Integrating the Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP) into clinical practice

    Camilo J. Ruggero;Roman Kotov;Christopher J. Hopwood;Michael First

  • Contributions of the Central Extended Amygdala to Fear and Anxiety.

    Alexander J. Shackman;Andrew S. Fox

  • Individual Differences in the Effects of Perceived Controllability on Pain Perception: Critical Role of the Prefrontal Cortex

    Tim V. Salomons;Tom Johnstone;Misha-Miroslav Backonja;Alexander J. Shackman

  • Right Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortical Activity and Behavioral Inhibition

    Alexander J. Shackman;Brenton W. McMenamin;Jeffrey S. Maxwell;Jeffrey S. Maxwell;Lawrence L. Greischar

  • Validation of ICA-Based Myogenic Artifact Correction for Scalp and Source-Localized EEG

    Brenton W McMenamin;Alexander J Shackman;Jeffrey S Maxwell;David R W Bachhuber

  • Dispositional negativity: An integrative psychological and neurobiological perspective

    Alexander J. Shackman;Do P. M. Tromp;Melissa D. Stockbridge;Claire M. Kaplan

  • The central extended amygdala in fear and anxiety: Closing the gap between mechanistic and neuroimaging research.

    Andrew S. Fox;Andrew S. Fox;Alexander J. Shackman

  • Stress potentiates early and attenuates late stages of visual processing.

    Alexander J. Shackman;Jeffrey S. Maxwell;Brenton W. McMenamin;Lawrence L. Greischar

  • The role of asymmetrical frontal cortical activity in aggression

    Carly K Peterson;Alexander J Shackman;Eddie Harmon-Jones

  • Pain in the ACC

    Tor D. Wager;Lauren Y. Atlas;Matthew M. Botvinick;Luke J. Chang

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew S. Fox
Andrew S. Fox University of California, Davis
Richard J. Davidson
Richard J. Davidson University of Wisconsin–Madison
Ulrich Reininghaus
Ulrich Reininghaus Heidelberg University
Andrew L. Alexander
Andrew L. Alexander University of Wisconsin–Madison
Stephanie N. Mullins-Sweatt
Stephanie N. Mullins-Sweatt Oklahoma State University
Miriam K. Forbes
Miriam K. Forbes Macquarie University
Christopher J. Patrick
Christopher J. Patrick Florida State University
David Watson
David Watson University of Notre Dame
Robert F. Krueger
Robert F. Krueger University of Minnesota
Bo Bach
Bo Bach University of Copenhagen

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