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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2019 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

David H. Zald is affiliated with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in the United States. Their research spans multiple domains within psychology, medicine, and neuroscience, with significant contributions to understanding psychopathology, mental health, and neurobehavioral processes.

The scientist's work covers primary fields such as Psychology, Medicine, and Neuroscience. Subfields include Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, and Neurology.

The main research topics explored include:

  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Mental Health and Psychiatry
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
  • Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications

David H. Zald has been involved in publishing in several scientific venues, notably:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • World Psychiatry
  • Emotion
  • Molecular Psychiatry
  • Journal of Neuroscience

Some of their recent papers include:

  • Validity and utility of Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP): I. Psychosis superspectrum, 2020, World Psychiatry
  • Validity and utility of Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP): II. Externalizing superspectrum, 2021, World Psychiatry
  • Hierarchical models of psychopathology: empirical support, implications, and remaining issues, 2021, World Psychiatry
  • Emotion dynamics across adulthood in everyday life: Older adults are more emotionally stable and better at regulating desires., 2020, Emotion
  • Influences of dopaminergic system dysfunction on late-life depression, 2021, Molecular Psychiatry

Frequent collaborators in their work have included:

  • Roman Kotov
  • Robert F. Krueger
  • Nicholas R. Eaton
  • Daniel O. Claassen
  • Bennett A. Landman

David H. Zald received the designation of Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2019.

Best Publications

  • Clinical versus mechanical prediction: a meta-analysis.

    William M. Grove;David H. Zald;Boyd S. Lebow;Beth E. Snitz

  • Reconsidering anhedonia in depression: lessons from translational neuroscience.

    Michael T. Treadway;David H. Zald

  • The human amygdala and the emotional evaluation of sensory stimuli.

    David H. Zald

  • Emotion, olfaction, and the human amygdala: Amygdala activation during aversive olfactory stimulation

    David H. Zald;José V. Pardo

  • Worth the 'EEfRT'? The effort expenditure for rewards task as an objective measure of motivation and anhedonia.

    Michael T. Treadway;Joshua W. Buckholtz;Ashley N. Schwartzman;Warren E. Lambert

  • A meta-analysis of neuropsychological change to clozapine, olanzapine, quetiapine, and risperidone in schizophrenia

    Neil D. Woodward;Scot E. Purdon;Herbert Y. Meltzer;David H. Zald

  • Effort-Based Decision-Making in Major Depressive Disorder: A Translational Model of Motivational Anhedonia

    Michael T. Treadway;Nicholas A. Bossaller;Richard C. Shelton;David H. Zald

  • Is there a general factor of prevalent psychopathology during adulthood

    Benjamin B. Lahey;Brooks Applegate;Jahn K. Hakes;David H. Zald

  • Dopaminergic Network Differences in Human Impulsivity

    Joshua W. Buckholtz;Michael T. Treadway;Ronald L. Cowan;Neil D. Woodward

  • Mesolimbic dopamine reward system hypersensitivity in individuals with psychopathic traits

    Joshua W. Buckholtz;Michael T. Treadway;Ronald L. Cowan;Neil D. Woodward

  • Attentional Rubbernecking: Cognitive Control and Personality in Emotion-Induced Blindness

    Steven B. Most;Marvin M. Chun;David M. Widders;David H. Zald

  • Emotional Responses to Pleasant and Unpleasant Olfactory, Visual, and Auditory Stimuli: a Positron Emission Tomography Study

    Jean-P. Royet;David Zald;Rémy Versace;Nicolas Costes

  • Activation of Prefrontal Cortex by Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Reduces Appetite for Risk during Ambiguous Decision Making

    Shirley Fecteau;Alvaro Pascual-Leone;David H. Zald;Paola Liguori

  • Fearful expressions gain preferential access to awareness during continuous flash suppression.

    Eunice Yang;David H. Zald;Randolph Blake

  • Progress in achieving quantitative classification of psychopathology

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

  • Anatomical insights into the interaction of emotion and cognition in the prefrontal cortex

    Rebecca D. Ray;David H. Zald

  • Human cortical gustatory areas: a review of functional neuroimaging data.

    Dana M. Small;David H. Zald;Marilyn Jones-Gotman;Robert J. Zatorre

  • Functional neuroimaging of the olfactory system in humans.

    David H Zald;José V Pardo;José V Pardo

  • The Neural Correlates of Third-Party Punishment

    Joshua W. Buckholtz;Christopher L. Asplund;Paul E. Dux;David H. Zald

  • A hierarchical causal taxonomy of psychopathology across the life span.

    Benjamin B. Lahey;Robert F. Krueger;Paul J. Rathouz;Irwin D. Waldman

Frequent Co-Authors

Benjamin B. Lahey
Benjamin B. Lahey University of Chicago
Michael T. Treadway
Michael T. Treadway Emory University
Robert F. Krueger
Robert F. Krueger University of Minnesota
Irwin D. Waldman
Irwin D. Waldman Emory University
Bunmi O. Olatunji
Bunmi O. Olatunji Vanderbilt University
Roman Kotov
Roman Kotov Stony Brook University
Christopher J. Patrick
Christopher J. Patrick Florida State University
David Watson
David Watson University of Notre Dame
Nicholas R. Eaton
Nicholas R. Eaton Stony Brook University

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