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Lauren M. Bylsma is affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on psychology, with a significant number of publications in experimental and cognitive psychology, clinical psychology, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, cognitive neuroscience, and applied psychology.

Their published work addresses topics related to mental health research, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, anxiety, depression, psychometrics, treatment, cognitive processes, heart rate variability and autonomic control, digital mental health interventions, early childhood education and development, and schizophrenia research and treatment.

Lauren M. Bylsma's recent papers include:

  • Emotion context insensitivity in depression: Toward an integrated and contextualized approach (2020, Psychophysiology)
  • Daily Affective Dynamics Predict Depression Symptom Trajectories Among Adults with Major and Minor Depression (2020, Affective Science)
  • The Human Affectome (2023, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews)
  • Cross system autonomic balance and regulation: Associations with depression and anxiety symptoms (2020, Psychophysiology)
  • Social media use predicts later sleep timing and greater sleep variability: An ecological momentary assessment study of youth at high and low familial risk for depression (2020, Journal of Adolescence)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Bylsma include:

  • Cecile D. Ladouceur
  • Jennifer S. Silk
  • Holly A. Swartz
  • Jay C. Fournier
  • Jeffrey M. Girard

Their research has been published predominantly in the following venues:

  • Psychophysiology
  • Behavior Research Methods
  • International Journal of Psychophysiology
  • Affective Science
  • Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews

Best Publications

  • A meta-analysis of emotional reactivity in major depressive disorder.

    Lauren M. Bylsma;Bethany H. Morris;Johnathan Rottenberg

  • Viewing facial expressions of pain engages cortical areas involved in the direct experience of pain.

    Matthew Botvinick;Amishi P. Jha;Lauren M. Bylsma;Sara A. Fabian

  • Emotional Reactivity to Daily Events in Major and Minor Depression

    Lauren M. Bylsma;April M. Taylor-Clift;Johnathan Rottenberg

  • The conflict adaptation effect: it's not just priming.

    Markus Ullsperger;Lauren M. Bylsma;Matthew M. Botvinick

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  • Poor reported sleep quality predicts low positive affect in daily life among healthy and mood-disordered persons.

    Bethanne Bower;Lauren M. Bylsma;Bethany H. Morris;Johnathan Rottenberg

  • Swearing: A biopsychosocial perspective

    Ad J.J.M. Vingerhoets;Lauren M. Bylsma;Cornelis de Vlam

  • Does emotion predict the course of major depressive disorder? A review of prospective studies

    Bethany H. Morris;Lauren M. Bylsma;Jonathan Rottenberg

  • Why might poor sleep quality lead to depression? A role for emotion regulation

    Kimberly O’Leary;Lauren M. Bylsma;Jonathan Rottenberg

  • The riddle of human emotional crying : A challenge for emotion researchers

    Ad J. J. M. Vingerhoets;Lauren M. Bylsma

  • Is blunted cardiovascular reactivity in depression mood-state dependent? A comparison of major depressive disorder remitted depression and healthy controls

    Kristen Salomon;Lauren M. Bylsma;Kristi E. White;Vanessa Panaite

  • When is crying cathartic?: An international study

    Lauren M. Bylsma;Ad J. J. M. Vingerhoets;Johnathan Rottenberg

  • Distraction and action slips in an everyday task: evidence for a dynamic representation of task context.

    Matthew M. Botvinick;Lauren M. Bylsma

  • Respiratory sinus arrhythmia reactivity in current and remitted major depressive disorder.

    Lauren M. Bylsma;Kristen Salomon;April Taylor-Clift;Bethany H. Morris

  • Is crying a self-soothing behavior?

    Asmir Gračanin;Lauren M. Bylsma;Ad J. J. M. Vingerhoets

  • Emotion context insensitivity in depression: Toward an integrated and contextualized approach.

    Lauren M Bylsma

  • Regularization in short-term memory for serial order.

    Matthew Botvinick;Lauren M. Bylsma

  • Why Only Humans Shed Emotional Tears : Evolutionary and Cultural Perspectives.

    Asmir Gračanin;Asmir Gračanin;Lauren M. Bylsma;Ad J. J. M. Vingerhoets

  • Is Crying Beneficial

    Jonathan Rottenberg;Lauren M. Bylsma;Ad J. J. M. Vingerhoets

  • Combinations of resting RSA and RSA reactivity impact maladaptive mood repair and depression symptoms.

    Ilya Yaroslavsky;Lauren M. Bylsma;Jonathan Rottenberg;Maria Kovacs

  • The role of imagery in the maintenance and treatment of snake fear

    Melissa Hunt;Lauren Bylsma;Johanna Brock;Miriam Fenton

Frequent Co-Authors

Jonathan Rottenberg
Jonathan Rottenberg University of South Florida
Ad J. J. M. Vingerhoets
Ad J. J. M. Vingerhoets Tilburg University
Maria Kovacs
Maria Kovacs University of Pittsburgh
Jennifer S. Silk
Jennifer S. Silk University of Pittsburgh
Cecile D. Ladouceur
Cecile D. Ladouceur University of Pittsburgh
Brent J. Small
Brent J. Small University of South Florida
J. Richard Jennings
J. Richard Jennings University of Pittsburgh
Erika E. Forbes
Erika E. Forbes University of Pittsburgh
Amishi P. Jha
Amishi P. Jha University of Miami
Ronald E. Dahl
Ronald E. Dahl University of California, Berkeley

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