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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1970 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Raul Gonzalez is affiliated with Florida International University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Psychology, with a notable focus on Clinical Psychology, Pharmacology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Epidemiology, and Cognitive Neuroscience.

Their work explores several major topics including Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research, Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Functional Brain Connectivity Studies, Schizophrenia Research and Treatment, and Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects.

Raul Gonzalez has contributed to multiple scholarly publications, with frequent appearances in the following venues:

  • Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society
  • Development and Psychopathology

Key recent papers authored or co-authored by Raul Gonzalez include:

  • "Baseline brain function in the preadolescents of the ABCD Study," 2021, Nature Neuroscience
  • "An update on the assessment of culture and environment in the ABCD Study®: Emerging literature and protocol updates over three measurement waves," 2021, Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
  • "Rates of Incidental Findings in Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Children," 2021, JAMA Neurology
  • "Reward Processing in Children With Disruptive Behavior Disorders and Callous-Unemotional Traits in the ABCD Study," 2020, American Journal of Psychiatry
  • "Substance use patterns in 9-10 year olds: Baseline findings from the adolescent brain cognitive development (ABCD) study," 2021, Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Raul Gonzalez frequently collaborates with other researchers, notably:

  • Samuel W. Hawes
  • Angela R. Laird
  • Matthew T. Sutherland
  • Ashley R. Adams
  • Anthony Steven Dick

Their publication record includes 76 works classified under Medicine and 40 under Psychology. Within subfields, Clinical Psychology accounts for 27 publications, Pharmacology 19, Psychiatry and Mental Health 16, Epidemiology 13, and Cognitive Neuroscience 10.

Their scientific contributions focus considerably on research areas such as cannabis-related studies, developmental aspects of children and adolescents, substance abuse outcomes, and neuropsychological disorders including ADHD and schizophrenia.

Raul Gonzalez was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1970.

Best Publications

  • Image processing and analysis methods for the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study.

    Donald J. Hagler;Sean N. Hatton;M. Daniela Cornejo;Carolina Makowski

  • Effects of Cannabis Use on Human Behavior, Including Cognition, Motivation, and Psychosis: A Review

    Nora D. Volkow;James M. Swanson;A. Eden Evins;Lynn E. DeLisi

  • Predictive validity of global deficit scores in detecting neuropsychological impairment in HIV infection.

    Catherine L. Carey;Steven Paul Woods;Raul Gonzalez;Emily Conover

  • Non-acute (residual) neurocognitive effects of cannabis use: a meta-analytic study.

    Igor Grant;Raul Gonzalez;Catherine L. Carey;Loki Natarajan

  • Adolescent neurocognitive development and impacts of substance use: Overview of the adolescent brain cognitive development (ABCD) baseline neurocognition battery.

    Monica M Luciana;J. M. Bjork;B. J. Nagel

  • Methamphetamine dependence increases risk of neuropsychological impairment in HIV infected persons.

    Julie D. Rippeth;Robert K. Heaton;Catherine L. Carey;Thomas D. Marcotte

  • Effects of Cannabis on Neurocognitive Functioning: Recent Advances, Neurodevelopmental Influences, and Sex Differences

    Natania A. Crane;Randi Melissa Schuster;Paolo Fusar-Poli;Raul Gonzalez

  • Adolescent brain cognitive development (ABCD) study: Overview of substance use assessment methods

    Krista M. Lisdahl;Kenneth J. Sher;Kevin P. Conway;Raul Gonzalez

  • Medical cannabis and mental health: A guided systematic review

    Zach Walsh;Raul Gonzalez;Kim Crosby;Michelle S. Thiessen

  • Cortical and subcortical neurodegeneration is associated with HIV neurocognitive impairment.

    David J. Moore;Eliezer Masliah;Julie D. Rippeth;Raul Gonzalez

  • Initial validation of a screening battery for the detection of HIV-associated cognitive impairment.

    Catherine L Carey;Steven Paul Woods;Julie D Rippeth;Raul Gonzalez

  • A transdiagnostic dimensional approach towards a neuropsychological assessment for addiction: an international Delphi consensus study

    Murat Yücel;Erin Oldenhof;Serge H. Ahmed;David Belin

  • Assessment of culture and environment in the Adolescent Brain and Cognitive Development Study: Rationale, description of measures, and early data

    Robert A. Zucker;Raul Gonzalez;Sarah W. Feldstein Ewing;Martin P. Paulus

  • The structure of cognition in 9 and 10 year-old children and associations with problem behaviors: Findings from the ABCD study’s baseline neurocognitive battery

    Wesley K. Thompson;M Deanna;James M. Bjork;Raul Gonzalez

  • No evidence for a bilingual executive function advantage in the nationally representative ABCD study

    Anthony Steven Dick;Nelcida L Garcia;Shannon M Pruden;Wesley K Thompson

  • Acute and non-acute effects of cannabis on brain functioning and neuropsychological performance.

    Raul Gonzalez

  • Performance of Young Adult Cannabis Users on Neurocognitive Measures of Impulsive Behavior and their Relationship to Symptoms of Cannabis Use Disorders

    Raul Gonzalez;Randi Melissa Schuster;Robin J. Mermelstein;Jasmin Vassileva

  • Brain mitochondrial injury in human immunodeficiency virus-seropositive (HIV+) individuals taking nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors

    Brian C Schweinsburg;Michael J Taylor;Omar M Alhassoon;Raul Gonzalez

  • A multimodal assessment of driving performance in HIV infection.

    T. D. Marcotte;T. Wolfson;T. J. Rosenthal;R. K. Heaton

  • Effects of Alcoholism and Gender on Brain Metabolism

    Brian C. Schweinsburg;Omar M. Alhassoon;Michael J. Taylor;Raul Gonzalez

Frequent Co-Authors

Eileen M. Martin
Eileen M. Martin Rush University Medical Center
Samuel W. Hawes
Samuel W. Hawes Florida International University
Anthony Steven Dick
Anthony Steven Dick Florida International University
Robert K. Heaton
Robert K. Heaton University of California, San Diego
Antoine Bechara
Antoine Bechara University of Southern California
Wesley K. Thompson
Wesley K. Thompson University of California, San Diego
Joanna Jacobus
Joanna Jacobus University of California, San Diego
Steven Paul Woods
Steven Paul Woods University of Houston
Sara Jo Nixon
Sara Jo Nixon University of Florida
Susan F. Tapert
Susan F. Tapert University of California, San Diego

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