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Natasha B. Lasko is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of psychology and neuroscience, with a notable focus on cognitive neuroscience and experimental and cognitive psychology. Clinical psychology, endocrine and autonomic systems, and developmental and educational psychology also contribute to their body of work.

The scientist's research centers on sleep and wakefulness, including sleep-related disorders and the mechanisms of memory and neural processes. They have also contributed to studies on anxiety, depression, psychometrics, cognitive processes, and posttraumatic stress disorder. Additional research topics include the neuroscience of respiration and sleep as well as child abuse and trauma.

Lasko has published extensively, with frequent contributions to the following venues:

  • SLEEP
  • Biological Psychiatry
  • Psychological Medicine
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Psychiatry

Notable recent papers include:

  • "Fear extinction memory is negatively associated with REM sleep in insomnia disorder," 2020, SLEEP
  • "Sleep Power Spectral Density and Spindles in PTSD and Their Relationship to Symptom Severity," 2021, Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • "Associations of sleep measures with neural activations accompanying fear conditioning and extinction learning and memory in trauma-exposed individuals," 2021, SLEEP
  • "Autonomic activity, posttraumatic and nontraumatic nightmares, and PTSD after trauma exposure," 2021, Psychological Medicine
  • "Rapid eye movement sleep parasympathetic activity predicts wake hyperarousal symptoms following a traumatic event," 2022, Journal of Sleep Research

Frequent collaborators who have coauthored at least nine publications with Lasko include:

  • Edward F. Pace-Schott
  • Katelyn I. Oliver
  • Scott P. Orr
  • Jeehye Seo
  • Carolina Daffre

Best Publications

  • Smaller hippocampal volume predicts pathologic vulnerability to psychological trauma

    Mark Gilbertson;Martha Elizabeth Shenton;Martha Elizabeth Shenton;Martha Elizabeth Shenton;Aleksandra Ciszewski;Kiyoto Kasai

  • Neurobiological basis of failure to recall extinction memory in posttraumatic stress disorder.

    Mohammed R. Milad;Roger K. Pitman;Cameron B. Ellis;Andrea L. Gold

  • Exaggerated amygdala response to masked facial stimuli in posttraumatic stress disorder: a functional MRI study.

    Scott L Rauch;Paul J Whalen;Lisa M Shin;Lisa M Shin;Sean C McInerney

  • Pilot study of secondary prevention of posttraumatic stress disorder with propranolol

    Roger K. Pitman;Kathy M. Sanders;Randall M. Zusman;Anna R. Healy

  • Magnetic resonance imaging study of hippocampal volume in chronic, combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder.

    Tamara V. Gurvits;Martha Elizabeth Shenton;Martha Elizabeth Shenton;Hiroto Hokama;Hiroto Hokama;Hirokazu Ohta;Hirokazu Ohta

  • A functional magnetic resonance imaging study of amygdala and medial prefrontal cortex responses to overtly presented fearful faces in posttraumatic stress disorder.

    Lisa M. Shin;Christopher I. Wright;Paul A. Cannistraro;Michelle M. Wedig

  • Regional Cerebral Blood Flow in the Amygdala and Medial Prefrontal Cortex During Traumatic Imagery in Male and Female Vietnam Veterans With PTSD

    Lisa M. Shin;Scott P. Orr;Margaret A. Carson;Scott L. Rauch

  • Regional cerebral blood flow during script-driven imagery in childhood sexual abuse-related PTSD: A PET investigation.

    Lisa M. Shin;Richard J. McNally;Stephen M. Kosslyn;William L. Thompson

  • An fMRI study of anterior cingulate function in posttraumatic stress disorder

    Lisa M Shin;Lisa M Shin;Paul J Whalen;Roger K Pitman;George Bush

  • De novo conditioning in trauma-exposed individuals with and without posttraumatic stress disorder

    Scott P. Orr;Linda J. Metzger;Natasha B. Lasko;Michael L. Macklin

  • Autobiographical memory disturbance in combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder

    Richard J. McNally;Natasha B. Lasko;Natasha B. Lasko;Michael L. Macklin;Michael L. Macklin;Roger K. Pitman;Roger K. Pitman

  • Presence and acquired origin of reduced recall for fear extinction in PTSD: Results of a twin study

    Mohammed R. Milad;Scott P. Orr;Scott P. Orr;Natasha B. Lasko;Yuchiao Chang

  • Lower precombat intelligence is a risk factor for posttraumatic stress disorder.

    Michael L. Macklin;Linda J. Metzger;Brett T. Litz;Richard J. McNally

  • Hippocampal function in posttraumatic stress disorder.

    Lisa M. Shin;Lisa M. Shin;Patrick S. Shin;Stephan Heckers;Terri S. Krangel

  • Psychophysiological assessment of posttraumatic stress disorder imagery in World War II and Korean combat veterans.

    Scott P. Orr;Roger K. Pitman;Natasha B. Lasko;Lawrence R. Herz

  • Multivariate assessment of explicit memory function in combat veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder.

    Mark W. Gilbertson;Tamara V. Gurvits;Natasha B. Lasko;Scott P. Orr

  • Physiologic responses to loud tones in Vietnam veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder.

    Scott P. Orr;Natasha B. Lasko;Arieh Y. Shalev;Roger K. Pitman

  • Directed forgetting of trauma cues in adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse with and without posttraumatic stress disorder

    Richard J. McNally;Linda J. Metzger;Natasha B. Lasko;Susan A. Clancy

  • Neurocognitive function in monozygotic twins discordant for combat exposure: relationship to posttraumatic stress disorder.

    Mark W. Gilbertson;Lynn A. Paulus;Stephanie K. Williston;Tamara V. Gurvits

  • Psychophysiologic assessment of women with posttraumatic stress disorder resulting from childhood sexual abuse.

    Scott P. Orr;Natasha B. Lasko;Linda J. Metzger;Nancy J. Berry

Frequent Co-Authors

Scott P. Orr
Scott P. Orr Harvard University
Michael L. Macklin
Michael L. Macklin Veterans Health Administration
Lisa M. Shin
Lisa M. Shin Tufts University
Martha E. Shenton
Martha E. Shenton Harvard University
Richard J. McNally
Richard J. McNally Harvard University
Mohammed R Milad
Mohammed R Milad The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Marie-France Marin
Marie-France Marin University of Quebec at Montreal
Naomi M. Simon
Naomi M. Simon New York University
Suzanne L. Pineles
Suzanne L. Pineles Boston University
Rachel Yehuda
Rachel Yehuda United States Department of Veterans Affairs

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