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Moria J. Smoski

Moria J. Smoski

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
42
Citations
11875
World Ranking
7409
National Ranking
4003

Moria J. Smoski publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Psychology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Moria J. Smoski sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 105 publications — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

Moria J. Smoski D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Moria J. Smoski sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 42 D-Index — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Overview

Moria J. Smoski is affiliated with Duke University in the United States and has made contributions primarily in the fields of psychology and medicine. Their research spans several subfields, including experimental and cognitive psychology, cognitive neuroscience, clinical psychology, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, and pharmacology.

Their work addresses various topics, with notable focus areas including mental health research topics, functional brain connectivity studies, anxiety, depression, psychometrics, treatment, and cognitive processes. Other topics include treatment of major depression, heart rate variability and autonomic control, psychosomatic disorders and their treatments, as well as mindfulness and compassion interventions.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Moria J. Smoski include:

  • A randomized proof-of-mechanism trial applying the 'fast-fail' approach to evaluating κ-opioid antagonism as a treatment for anhedonia, 2020, Nature Medicine
  • Selective kappa-opioid antagonism ameliorates anhedonic behavior: evidence from the Fast-fail Trial in Mood and Anxiety Spectrum Disorders (FAST-MAS), 2020, Neuropsychopharmacology
  • Do interoceptive accuracy and interoceptive sensibility predict emotion regulation?, 2020, Psychological Research
  • 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, Journal of Affective Disorders
  • Enhancing cognitive restructuring with concurrent fMRI-guided neurostimulation for emotional dysregulation-A randomized controlled trial, 2022, Journal of Affective Disorders

Frequent co-authors in Smoski's publications include:

  • Gabriel S. Dichter
  • Paul Cernasov
  • Jessica L. Kinard
  • Erin C. Walsh
  • Rachel Phillips

Their work has been published in various venues, with the highest number of publications appearing in UNC Libraries, followed by Journal of Affective Disorders, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Biological Psychiatry, and Neuropsychopharmacology.

Best Publications

  • Effects of Mindfulness on Psychological Health: A Review of Empirical Studies

    Shian-Ling Keng;Moria J. Smoski;Clive J. Robins

  • Visual Recognition of Biological Motion is Impaired in Children With Autism

    Randolph Blake;Lauren M. Turner;Moria J. Smoski;Stacie L. Pozdol

  • The acoustic features of human laughter

    Jo-Anne Bachorowski;Moria J. Smoski;Michael J. Owren

  • 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

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

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

  • Staying Cool when Things Get Hot: Emotion Regulation Modulates Neural Mechanisms of Memory Encoding

    Jasmeet Pannu Hayes;Rajendra A. Morey;Rajendra A. Morey;Christopher M. Petty;Srishti Seth

  • Decision-making and risk aversion among depressive adults

    Moria J. Smoski;Thomas R. Lynch;M. Zachary Rosenthal;Jennifer S. Cheavens

  • Mechanisms of Change in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction: Self-Compassion and Mindfulness as Mediators of Intervention Outcomes

    Shian-Ling Keng;Moria J. Smoski;Clive J. Robins;Andrew G. Ekblad

  • Changes in spirituality partly explain health-related quality of life outcomes after Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction.

    Jeffrey M. Greeson;Daniel M. Webber;Daniel M. Webber;Moria J. Smoski;Jeffrey G. Brantley

  • Psychological and Neural Mechanisms of Trait Mindfulness in Reducing Depression Vulnerability

    Natalie A. Paul;Steven J. Stanton;Jeffrey M. Greeson;Moria J. Smoski

  • Prefrontal mechanisms for executive control over emotional distraction are altered in major depression.

    Lihong Wang;Kevin S. LaBar;Moria Smoski;M. Zachary Rosenthal

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

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

  • Antiphonal laughter between friends and strangers.

    Moria J. Smoski;Jo-Anne Bachorowski

  • A randomized proof-of-mechanism trial applying the ‘fast-fail’ approach to evaluating κ-opioid antagonism as a treatment for anhedonia

    Andrew D. Krystal;Andrew D. Krystal;Diego A. Pizzagalli;Moria Smoski;Sanjay J. Mathew;Sanjay J. Mathew

  • Decreased Symptoms of Depression After Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction: Potential Moderating Effects of Religiosity, Spirituality, Trait Mindfulness, Sex, and Age

    Jeffrey M. Greeson;Moria J. Smoski;Edward C. Suarez;Jeffrey G. Brantley

  • 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

  • The effects of Brief Behavioral Activation Therapy for Depression on cognitive control in affective contexts: An fMRI investigation

    Gabriel S. Dichter;Jennifer N. Felder;Moria J. Smoski

  • Association of five-factor model personality domains and facets with presence, onset, and treatment outcomes of major depression in older adults.

    R. David Hayward;Warren D. Taylor;Moria J. Smoski;David C. Steffens

Frequent Co-Authors

Gabriel S. Dichter
Gabriel S. Dichter University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Thomas R. Lynch
Thomas R. Lynch University of Southampton
Jeffrey M. Greeson
Jeffrey M. Greeson Rowan University
Andrew D. Krystal
Andrew D. Krystal University of California, San Francisco
Sanjay J. Mathew
Sanjay J. Mathew Baylor College of Medicine
David C. Steffens
David C. Steffens University of Connecticut
Jennifer S. Cheavens
Jennifer S. Cheavens The Ohio State University
Diego A. Pizzagalli
Diego A. Pizzagalli Harvard University
Kevin S. LaBar
Kevin S. LaBar Duke University
Lihong Wang
Lihong Wang University of Connecticut Health Center

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