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James K. Rilling

James K. Rilling

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Neuroscience

D-Index
67
Citations
25810
World Ranking
2824
National Ranking
1312

Overview

James K. Rilling is affiliated with Emory University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of psychology, with a focus on subfields including social psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, clinical psychology, cognitive neuroscience, and radiology, nuclear medicine, and imaging. The work conducted by James K. Rilling addresses a variety of topics related to neuroendocrine regulation and behavior, evolutionary psychology and human behavior, as well as child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development.

Key topics explored in Rilling's research include:

  • Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
  • Evolutionary psychology and human behavior
  • Child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development
  • Infant health and development
  • Attachment and relationship dynamics
  • Functional brain connectivity studies
  • Neural dynamics and brain function

Some of the recent publications authored or co-authored by James K. Rilling encompass a range of neuroscience and psychological perspectives. Notable examples include:

  • The neural correlates of grandmaternal caregiving, 2021, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Scaling Principles of White Matter Connectivity in the Human and Nonhuman Primate Brain, 2021, Cerebral Cortex
  • Distribution of brain oxytocin and vasopressin V1a receptors in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes): comparison with humans and other primate species, 2021, Brain Structure and Function
  • The role of oxytocin signaling in depression and suicidality in returning war veterans, 2020, Psychoneuroendocrinology
  • Oxytocin and vasopressin modulation of prisoner's dilemma strategies, 2020, Journal of Psychopharmacology

Frequently, James K. Rilling collaborates with other researchers in the field. Some of the frequent co-authors in their work include:

  • Minwoo Lee
  • Martijn P. van den Heuvel
  • Todd M. Preuss
  • Elissar Andari
  • Carolyn Zhou

Their publications are often found in journals specializing in neuropsychology and brain behavior, such as:

  • Psychoneuroendocrinology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cerebral Cortex
  • Genes Brain & Behavior
  • Neuropsychopharmacology

Best Publications

  • The neural basis of economic decision-making in the Ultimatum Game.

    Alan G. Sanfey;James K. Rilling;Jessica A. Aronson;Leigh E. Nystrom

  • Placebo-induced changes in FMRI in the anticipation and experience of pain.

    Tor D. Wager;James K. Rilling;Edward E. Smith;Alex Sokolik

  • A neural basis for social cooperation

    James K. Rilling;David A. Gutman;Thorsten R. Zeh;Giuseppe Pagnoni

  • The Neuroscience of Social Decision-Making

    James K. Rilling;Alan G. Sanfey

  • The evolution of the arcuate fasciculus revealed with comparative DTI.

    James K Rilling;Matthew F Glasser;Todd M Preuss;Todd M Preuss;Xiangyang Ma

  • The neural correlates of theory of mind within interpersonal interactions

    James K Rilling;Alan G Sanfey;Jessica A Aronson;Leigh E Nystrom

  • DTI Tractography of the Human Brain's Language Pathways

    Matthew F. Glasser;James K. Rilling

  • The biology of mammalian parenting and its effect on offspring social development

    James K. Rilling;Larry J. Young

  • Neural correlates of social cooperation and non-cooperation as a function of psychopathy.

    James K. Rilling;Andrea L. Glenn;Meeta R. Jairam;Giuseppe Pagnoni

  • The primate neocortex in comparative perspective using magnetic resonance imaging

    James K. Rilling;Thomas R. Insel

  • Predicting individual differences in placebo analgesia: Contributions of brain activity during anticipation and pain experience

    Tor D. Wager;Lauren Y. Atlas;Lauren A. Leotti;James K Rilling

  • Effects of intranasal oxytocin and vasopressin on cooperative behavior and associated brain activity in men.

    James K. Rilling;Ashley C. DeMarco;Patrick D. Hackett;Richmond Thompson

  • Sex differences in the neural and behavioral response to intranasal oxytocin and vasopressin during human social interaction

    James K. Rilling;Ashley C. DeMarco;Patrick D. Hackett;Xu Chen

  • Compassion meditation enhances empathic accuracy and related neural activity

    Jennifer S. Mascaro;James K. Rilling;Lobsang Tenzin Negi;Charles L. Raison

  • Planum temporale asymmetries in great apes as revealed by magnetic resonance imaging (mri)

    William D. Hopkins;Lori Marino;James K. Rilling;Leslie A. MacGregor

  • Differential rearing affects corpus callosum size and cognitive function of rhesus monkeys.

    M.Mar Sánchez;Elizabeth F Hearn;Dung Do;James K Rilling

  • Quantitative assessment of prefrontal cortex in humans relative to nonhuman primates.

    Chad J Donahue;Matthew F Glasser;Matthew F Glasser;Todd M Preuss;James K Rilling

  • The neurobiology of social decision-making.

    James K Rilling;Brooks King-Casas;Alan G Sanfey

  • Opposing BOLD responses to reciprocated and unreciprocated altruism in putative reward pathways.

    James K. Rilling;Alan G. Sanfey;Jessica A. Aronson;Leigh E. Nystrom

  • Human and NonHuman Primate Brains: Are They Allometrically Scaled Versions of the Same Design?

    James K. Rilling

  • FEATURE ARTICLE DTI Tractography of the Human Brain's Language Pathways

    Matthew F. Glasser;James K. Rilling

Frequent Co-Authors

Todd M. Preuss
Todd M. Preuss Emory University
Giuseppe Pagnoni
Giuseppe Pagnoni University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Martijn P. van den Heuvel
Martijn P. van den Heuvel Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Xiaoping Hu
Xiaoping Hu University of California, Riverside
Jonathan D. Cohen
Jonathan D. Cohen Princeton University
Larry J. Young
Larry J. Young Emory University
Matthew F. Glasser
Matthew F. Glasser Washington University in St. Louis
James G. Herndon
James G. Herndon Emory University
Tor D. Wager
Tor D. Wager Dartmouth College
Danielle Posthuma
Danielle Posthuma Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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