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Daniel Quintana

Daniel Quintana

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Psychology

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53
Citations
14941
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4739
National Ranking
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Overview

Daniel Quintana is a researcher affiliated with the University of Oslo in Norway with substantial contributions across medicine and psychology. Their work spans several subfields including social psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, cognitive neuroscience, clinical psychology, and neurology.

Their research topics cover a range of areas:

  • Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
  • Evolutionary psychology and human behavior
  • Attachment and relationship dynamics
  • Meningioma and schwannoma management
  • Neuroscience of respiration and sleep
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Autism spectrum disorder research

Quintana's work has been published in multiple venues, among which the most frequent are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Psychoneuroendocrinology
  • Journal of Neurological Surgery Part B Skull Base
  • Molecular Psychiatry
  • Operative Neurosurgery

Notable recent publications by Quintana include:

  • "Advances in the field of intranasal oxytocin research: lessons learned and future directions for clinical research", 2020, Molecular Psychiatry
  • "An Allostatic Theory of Oxytocin", 2020, Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Other significant papers in related fields but authored by different researchers include:

  • "A systematic review and meta-analysis of discrepancies between logged and self-reported digital media use", 2021, Nature Human Behaviour
  • "International Consensus Based Review and Recommendations for Minimum Reporting Standards in Research on Transcutaneous Vagus Nerve Stimulation (Version 2020)", 2021, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
  • "Misinformation About COVID-19 Vaccines on Social Media: Rapid Review", 2022, Journal of Medical Internet Research

Frequent collaborators of Quintana reflect a network of coauthorship involving key figures in related disciplines. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Ole A. Andreassen
  • Lars T. Westlye
  • Alina M. Sartorius
  • Ezequiel Goldschmidt
  • Nils Eiel Steen

The breadth of Quintana's work across psychology and medicine, along with their involvement in diverse research topics such as neuroendocrine regulation, cognitive neuroscience, and health disparities, demonstrate a multidisciplinary approach to scientific inquiry within the behavioral and clinical sciences.

Best Publications

  • Impact of depression and antidepressant treatment on heart rate variability: a review and meta-analysis

    Andrew H. Kemp;Daniel S. Quintana;Marcus A. Gray;Kim L. Felmingham

  • Anxiety Disorders are Associated with Reduced Heart Rate Variability: A Meta-Analysis

    John A. Chalmers;Daniel S. Quintana;Maree J.-Anne Abbott;Andrew H. Kemp

  • Autism spectrum disorders: a meta-analysis of executive function

    E A Demetriou;A Lampit;D S Quintana;D S Quintana;S L Naismith

  • The relationship between mental and physical health: Insights from the study of heart rate variability

    Andrew H. Kemp;Andrew H. Kemp;Daniel S. Quintana

  • A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Discrepancies Between Logged and Self-Reported Digital Media Use

    Douglas A. Parry;Brittany I. Davidson;Brittany I. Davidson;Craig J. R. Sewall;Jacob T. Fisher

  • Depression, comorbid anxiety disorders, and heart rate variability in physically healthy, unmedicated patients: implications for cardiovascular risk.

    Andrew H. Kemp;Daniel S. Quintana;Kim L. Felmingham;Slade Matthews

  • Autonomic nervous system dysfunction in psychiatric disorders and the impact of psychotropic medications: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Gail A. Alvares;Daniel S. Quintana;Ian B. Hickie;Adam J. Guastella

  • Cytokine aberrations in autism spectrum disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    A Masi;D S Quintana;N Glozier;A R Lloyd

  • Bayesian alternatives for common null-hypothesis significance tests in psychiatry: a non-technical guide using JASP

    Daniel S. Quintana;Donald R. Williams

  • Heart rate variability is associated with emotion recognition: Direct evidence for a relationship between the autonomic nervous system and social cognition

    Daniel S. Quintana;Adam J. Guastella;Tim Outhred;Ian B. Hickie

  • Guidelines for Reporting Articles on Psychiatry and Heart rate variability (GRAPH): recommendations to advance research communication

    D. S. S. Quintana;Gail A. Alvares;J. A. J. A. J. Heathers

  • Considerations in the assessment of heart rate variability in biobehavioral research

    Daniel S. Quintana;Daniel S. Quintana;James A. J. Heathers

  • Oxytocin pathway gene networks in the human brain

    Daniel S. Quintana;Jaroslav Rokicki;Jaroslav Rokicki;Dennis van der Meer;Dag Alnæs

  • International Consensus Based Review and Recommendations for Minimum Reporting Standards in Research on Transcutaneous Vagus Nerve Stimulation (Version 2020).

    Adam D. Farmer;Adam Strzelczyk;Alessandra Finisguerra;Alexander V. Gourine

  • The correlation between central and peripheral oxytocin concentrations: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Mathias Valstad;Gail A. Alvares;Maiken Egknud;Anna Maria Matziorinis

  • From pre-registration to publication: a non-technical primer for conducting a meta-analysis to synthesize correlational data.

    Daniel S. Quintana

  • Treatment outcomes for anorexia nervosa: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

    Stuart B Murray;Daniel S Quintana;Katharine L Loeb;Scott Griffiths

  • Matter Over Mind: A Randomised-Controlled Trial of Single-Session Biofeedback Training on Performance Anxiety and Heart Rate Variability in Musicians

    Ruth Wells;Tim Outhred;James A. J. Heathers;Daniel S. Quintana

  • Advances in the field of intranasal oxytocin research: lessons learned and future directions for clinical research

    Daniel S. Quintana;Alexander Lischke;Sally Grace;Dirk Scheele;Dirk Scheele

  • Statistical considerations for reporting and planning heart rate variability case-control studies.

    Daniel S. Quintana

  • Oxytocin increases heart rate variability in humans at rest: implications for social approach-related motivation and capacity for social engagement.

    Andrew H. Kemp;Daniel S. Quintana;Rebecca-Lee Kuhnert;Kristi Griffiths

  • Diurnal Variation and twenty-four hour sleep deprivation do not alter supine heart rate variability in healthy male young adults

    Daniel Quintana;Torbjørn Elvsåshagen;Torbjørn Elvsåshagen;Nathalia Zak;Nathalia Zak;Linn Christin Bonaventure Norbom

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew H. Kemp
Andrew H. Kemp Swansea University
Adam J. Guastella
Adam J. Guastella University of Sydney
Ian B. Hickie
Ian B. Hickie University of Sydney
Srdjan Djurovic
Srdjan Djurovic Oslo University Hospital
Ingrid Melle
Ingrid Melle University of Oslo
Scott Griffiths
Scott Griffiths University of Melbourne
Michael Kaess
Michael Kaess University of Bern
Daniel F. Hermens
Daniel F. Hermens University of the Sunshine Coast
Per Hoffmann
Per Hoffmann University of Bonn
Stuart B. Murray
Stuart B. Murray University of California, Los Angeles

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