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Overview

John Monterosso is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States. Their research expertise spans multiple intersecting fields, including psychology, medicine, and neuroscience, with a particular concentration on clinical psychology, cognitive neuroscience, nutrition and dietetics, as well as endocrine and autonomic systems.

The scientist's work covers a broad range of topics, with notable focus areas including regulation of appetite and obesity, biochemical analysis and sensing techniques, eating disorders and behaviors, diet and metabolism studies, anxiety, depression, psychometrics, cognitive processes, obesity combined with physical activity and diet, and neural and behavioral psychology studies.

John Monterosso has contributed to scholarly literature with numerous papers published in reputable journals. Recent publications include:

  • Obesity and Sex-Related Associations With Differential Effects of Sucralose vs Sucrose on Appetite and Reward Processing (2021, JAMA Network Open)
  • Adolescent emotional disorder symptoms and transdiagnostic vulnerabilities as predictors of young adult substance use during the COVID-19 pandemic: mediation by substance-related coping behaviors (2021, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy)
  • Essential Role of Social Context and Self-Efficacy in Daily Paretic Arm/Hand Use After Stroke: An Ecological Momentary Assessment Study With Accelerometry (2022, Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation)
  • Associations Between Exposure to Gestational Diabetes Mellitus In Utero and Daily Energy Intake, Brain Responses to Food Cues, and Adiposity in Children (2020, Diabetes Care)
  • A Novel Combination of Accelerometry and Ecological Momentary Assessment for Post-Stroke Paretic Arm/Hand Use: Feasibility and Validity (2021, Journal of Clinical Medicine)

Frequent co-authors in their research include Shan Luo, Kathleen A. Page, Brendan Angelo, Alexandra G. Yunker, and Adam M. Leventhal.

Publications are often found in specific journals such as Obesity, Diabetes Care, Tobacco Control, Substance Use & Misuse, and Human Brain Mapping, reflecting a focus on both clinical and behavioral health aspects.

Best Publications

  • Maximizing versus satisficing: happiness is a matter of choice

    Barry Schwartz;Andrew Ward;John Monterosso;Sonja Lyubomirsky

  • Deficits in response inhibition associated with chronic methamphetamine abuse

    John R. Monterosso;Adam R. Aron;Xochitl Cordova;Jiansong Xu

  • Beyond discounting: possible experimental models of impulse control

    John Monterosso;George Ainslie

  • Striatal Dopamine D2/D3 Receptor Availability Is Reduced in Methamphetamine Dependence and Is Linked to Impulsivity

    Buyean Lee;Edythe D. London;Russell A Poldrack;Judah Farahi

  • Frontoparietal cortical activity of methamphetamine-dependent and comparison subjects performing a delay discounting task.

    John R. Monterosso;George Ainslie;Jiansong Xu;Xochitl Cordova

  • Comparing attentional bias to smoking cues in current smokers, former smokers, and non-smokers using a dot-probe task

    Ronald N Ehrman;Steven J Robbins;Melissa A Bromwell;Megan E Lankford

  • Neural substrates of resisting craving during cigarette cue exposure.

    Arthur L. Brody;Mark A. Mandelkern;Richard E. Olmstead;Jennifer Jou

  • Three decision-making tasks in cocaine-dependent patients: do they measure the same construct?

    John Monterosso;Ronald Ehrman;Kimberly L. Napier;Charles P. O'Brien

  • Different Forms of Self-Control Share a Neurocognitive Substrate

    Golnaz Tabibnia;John R. Monterosso;Kate Baicy;Adam R. Aron;Adam R. Aron

  • Striatal Dopamine D2/D3 Receptors Mediate Response Inhibition and Related Activity in Frontostriatal Neural Circuitry in Humans

    Dara G. Ghahremani;Buyean Lee;Chelsea L. Robertson;Golnaz Tabibnia

  • Leptin replacement alters brain response to food cues in genetically leptin-deficient adults

    Kate Baicy;Edythe D. London;John Monterosso;Ma-Li Wong

  • Predicting treatment response to naltrexone: the influence of craving and family history.

    John R. Monterosso;Barbara A. Flannery;Helen M. Pettinati;David W. Oslin

  • Neural Components Underlying Behavioral Flexibility in Human Reversal Learning

    Dara G. Ghahremani;John Monterosso;J. David Jentsch;Robert M. Bilder

  • Building blocks of self-control: increased tolerance for delay with bundled rewards.

    George Ainslie;John R. Monterosso

  • Working memory in cigarette smokers: comparison to non-smokers and effects of abstinence.

    Adrianna Mendrek;John Monterosso;Sara L. Simon;Murray Jarvik

  • Cerebral metabolic dysfunction and impaired vigilance in recently abstinent methamphetamine abusers.

    Edythe D. London;Steven M. Berman;Bradley Voytek;Sara L. Simon

  • Prefrontal hypoactivation during cognitive control in early abstinent methamphetamine-dependent subjects.

    Liam J. Nestor;Dara G. Ghahremani;John Monterosso;Edythe D. London

  • Neuroeconomics: A Bridge for Translational Research

    Carla Sharp;John Monterosso;P. Read Montague

  • Explaining Away Responsibility: Effects of Scientific Explanation on Perceived Culpability

    John Monterosso;Edward B. Royzman;Barry Schwartz

  • The fragility of cooperation: A false feedback study of a sequential iterated prisoner's dilemma

    John Monterosso;George Ainslie;P.A.-C Pamela Toppi Mullen;Barbara Gault

  • Ventral Striatal Dopamine Release in Response to Smoking a Regular vs a Denicotinized Cigarette

    Arthur L Brody;Mark A Mandelkern;Richard E Olmstead;Zoe Allen-Martinez

  • Short communication Deficits in response inhibition associated with chronic methamphetamine abuse

    John R. Monterosso;Adam R. Aron;Xochitl Cordova;Jiansong Xu

Frequent Co-Authors

Edythe D. London
Edythe D. London University of California, Los Angeles
Adam M. Leventhal
Adam M. Leventhal University of Southern California
Monique Ernst
Monique Ernst National Institutes of Health
Carrie E. Bearden
Carrie E. Bearden University of California, Los Angeles
Robert M. Bilder
Robert M. Bilder University of California, Los Angeles
Matthew D. Lieberman
Matthew D. Lieberman University of California, Los Angeles
John Sabini
John Sabini University of Pennsylvania
Gerhard Hellemann
Gerhard Hellemann University of California, Los Angeles
Stephen J. Read
Stephen J. Read University of Southern California
Antoine Bechara
Antoine Bechara University of Southern California

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