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Overview

Gabriel S. Dichter is affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Psychology and Neuroscience, with particular specialization in Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Behavioral Neuroscience, and Developmental and Educational Psychology.

Their work covers several critical topics including:

  • Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
  • Menopause: Health Impacts and Treatments

Dichter has contributed to numerous publications, frequently appearing in venues such as UNC Libraries, Biological Psychiatry, Journal of Affective Disorders, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and Autism Research.

Key recent papers include:

  • "Social Stimuli Induce Activation of Oxytocin Neurons Within the Paraventricular Nucleus of the Hypothalamus to Promote Social Behavior in Male Mice" (2020) in Journal of Neuroscience
  • "A simultaneous [11C]raclopride positron emission tomography and functional magnetic resonance imaging investigation of striatal dopamine binding in autism" (2021) in Translational Psychiatry
  • "Multilevel growth curve analyses of behavioral activation for anhedonia (BATA) and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy effects on anhedonia and resting-state functional connectivity: Interim results of a randomized trial" (2021) in Journal of Affective Disorders
  • "Neural Mechanisms of Social and Nonsocial Reward Prediction Errors in Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder" (2020) in Autism Research
  • "Beliefs in vaccine as causes of autism among SPARK cohort caregivers" (2020) in Vaccine

Dichter collaborates frequently with several co-authors, including Moria J. Smoski, Erin C. Walsh, Jessica L. Kinard, Crystal Edler Schiller, and Joshua Bizzell, demonstrating strong collaborative ties within their research community.

Best Publications

  • SPARK: A US Cohort of 50,000 Families to Accelerate Autism Research

    Pamela Feliciano;Amy M. Daniels;LeeAnne Green Snyder;Amy Beaumont

  • Dynamic Resting-State Functional Connectivity in Major Depression.

    Roselinde H Kaiser;Susan Whitfield-Gabrieli;Daniel G Dillon;Franziska Goer

  • fMRI of alterations in reward selection, anticipation, and feedback in major depressive disorder.

    Moria J. Smoski;Jennifer Felder;Joshua Bizzell;Joshua Bizzell;Steven R. Green

  • A systematic review of relations between resting-state functional-MRI and treatment response in major depressive disorder.

    Gabriel S. Dichter;Devin Gibbs;Moria J. Smoski

  • Reward circuitry dysfunction in psychiatric and neurodevelopmental disorders and genetic syndromes: animal models and clinical findings.

    Gabriel S Dichter;Cara A Damiano;John A Allen

  • The effects of psychotherapy on neural responses to rewards in major depression.

    Gabriel S. Dichter;Jennifer N. Felder;Christopher Petty;Joshua Bizzell;Joshua Bizzell

  • Dopamine Transmission in the Human Striatum during Monetary Reward Tasks

    David H. Zald;Isabelle Boileau;Wael El-Dearedy;Roger Gunn

  • Reward circuitry function in autism spectrum disorders

    Gabriel S. Dichter;Jennifer N. Felder;Steven R. Green;Alison M. Rittenberg

  • Reward Circuitry Function in Autism During Face Anticipation and Outcomes

    Gabriel S. Dichter;Gabriel S. Dichter;J. Anthony Richey;Alison M. Rittenberg;Antoinette Sabatino

  • Social-cognitive, physiological, and neural mechanisms underlying emotion regulation impairments: understanding anxiety in autism spectrum disorder

    Susan W. White;Carla A. Mazefsky;Gabriel S. Dichter;Pearl H. Chiu

  • Functional magnetic resonance imaging of autism spectrum disorders

    Gabriel S Dichter

  • The neural circuitry mediating shifts in behavioral response and cognitive set in autism.

    Keith M. Shafritz;Keith M. Shafritz;Gabriel S. Dichter;Gabriel S. Dichter;Grace T. Baranek;Aysenil Belger;Aysenil Belger

  • Unipolar depression does not moderate responses to the Sweet Taste Test.

    Gabriel S. Dichter;Moria J. Smoski;Alexey B. Kampov-Polevoy;Robert Gallop

  • Brief Report: Feasibility of Social Cognition and Interaction Training for Adults with High Functioning Autism

    Lauren M. Turner-Brown;Timothy D. Perry;Gabriel S. Dichter;Gabriel S. Dichter;James W. Bodfish

  • Brief Report: Circumscribed Attention in Young Children with Autism

    Noah J. Sasson;Jed T. Elison;Lauren M. Turner-Brown;Gabriel S. Dichter;Gabriel S. Dichter

  • Phenomenology and measurement of circumscribed interests in autism spectrum disorders

    Lauren M. Turner-Brown;Kristen S.L. Lam;Tia N. Holtzclaw;Gabriel S. Dichter

  • Resting frontal brain activity: linkages to maternal depression and socio-economic status among adolescents.

    Andrew J. Tomarken;Gabriel S. Dichter;Judy Garber;Christopher Simien

  • Remitted major depression is characterized by reward network hyperactivation during reward anticipation and hypoactivation during reward outcomes

    Gabriel S. Dichter;Rachel V. Kozink;F. Joseph McClernon;F. Joseph McClernon;Moria J. Smoski

  • Assessing the effects of bupropion SR on mood dimensions of depression.

    Andrew J. Tomarken;Gabriel S. Dichter;Cathryn Freid;Stephanie Addington

  • Early- and late-onset startle modulation in unipolar depression

    Gabriel S. Dichter;Andrew J. Tomarken;Richard C. Shelton;Steven K. Sutton

Frequent Co-Authors

Moria J. Smoski
Moria J. Smoski Duke University
James W. Bodfish
James W. Bodfish Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Noah J. Sasson
Noah J. Sasson The University of Texas at Dallas
F. Joseph McClernon
F. Joseph McClernon Duke University
Michael T. Treadway
Michael T. Treadway Emory University
Carla A. Mazefsky
Carla A. Mazefsky University of Pittsburgh
Tyler M. Moore
Tyler M. Moore University of Pennsylvania
Andrew J. Tomarken
Andrew J. Tomarken Vanderbilt University
Diego A. Pizzagalli
Diego A. Pizzagalli Harvard University
Susan W. White
Susan W. White University of Alabama

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