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Richard W. J. Neufeld

Richard W. J. Neufeld

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Psychology

D-Index
64
Citations
15491
World Ranking
2976
National Ranking
185

Overview

Richard W. J. Neufeld is affiliated with the University of Western Ontario in Canada. Their research spans several interconnected fields, primarily focusing on neuroscience, medicine, and psychology. Within these domains, their subfields of study include cognitive neuroscience, clinical psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, psychiatry and mental health, and epidemiology.

The scientist's work extensively covers topics related to brain function and mental health. Notably, their research addresses functional brain connectivity studies, traumatic brain injury research, mental health research topics, posttraumatic stress disorder research, psychosomatic disorders and their treatments, memory and neural mechanisms, as well as stress responses and cortisol.

Their recent published papers include:

  • Classifying heterogeneous presentations of PTSD via the default mode, central executive, and salience networks with machine learning, 2020, NeuroImage Clinical
  • A randomized, controlled trial of alpha-rhythm EEG neurofeedback in posttraumatic stress disorder: A preliminary investigation showing evidence of decreased PTSD symptoms and restored default mode and salience network connectivity using fMRI, 2020, NeuroImage Clinical
  • Assessment of brain age in posttraumatic stress disorder: Findings from the ENIGMA PTSD and brain age working groups, 2021, Brain and Behavior
  • Predicting youth aggression with empathy and callous unemotional traits: A Meta-analytic review, 2022, Clinical Psychology Review
  • The vicious cycle of psychopathology and stressful life events: A meta-analytic review testing the stress generation model., 2023, Psychological Bulletin

The scholar frequently collaborates with several researchers, including Maria Densmore, Ruth A. Lanius, Jean Théberge, Seth G. Disner, and Richard J. Davidson.

Their publications appear repeatedly in prominent scientific journals and venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), NeuroImage Clinical, Brain and Behavior, NeuroImage, and Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging.

Best Publications

  • Neural Correlates of Traumatic Memories in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Functional MRI Investigation

    Ruth A. Lanius;Peter C. Williamson;Maria Densmore;Kristine Boksman

  • Spontaneous Low-Frequency Fluctuations in the BOLD Signal in Schizophrenic Patients: Anomalies in the Default Network

    Robyn L. Bluhm;Jodi Miller;Ruth A. Lanius;Elizabeth A. Osuch

  • Brain activation during script-driven imagery induced dissociative responses in PTSD: a functional magnetic resonance imaging investigation.

    Ruth A Lanius;Peter C Williamson;Kristine Boksman;Maria Densmore

  • Alterations in default network connectivity in posttraumatic stress disorder related to early-life trauma.

    Robyn L Bluhm;Peter C Williamson;Elizabeth A Osuch;Paul A Frewen

  • “I’ll go to therapy, eventually”: Procrastination, stress and mental health

    Rebecca Stead;Matthew J. Shanahan;Richard W.J. Neufeld

  • Glutamate and glutamine measured with 4.0 T proton MRS in never-treated patients with schizophrenia and healthy volunteers.

    Jean Théberge;Robert Bartha;Dick J. Drost;Ravi S. Menon

  • The Nature of Traumatic Memories: A 4-T fMRI Functional Connectivity Analysis

    Ruth A. Lanius;Peter C. Williamson;Maria Densmore;Kristine Boksman

  • Functional connectivity of dissociative responses in posttraumatic stress disorder: a functional magnetic resonance imaging investigation.

    Ruth A. Lanius;Ruth A. Lanius;Peter C. Williamson;Robyn L. Bluhm;Maria Densmore

  • Meta-analysis of alexithymia in posttraumatic stress disorder.

    Paul A. Frewen;David J. A. Dozois;Richard W. J. Neufeld;Ruth A. Lanius

  • Resting state default-mode network connectivity in early depression using a seed region-of-interest analysis: Decreased connectivity with caudate nucleus

    Robyn Bluhm;Peter Williamson;Ruth Lanius;Jean Théberge

  • Default mode network connectivity as a predictor of post-traumatic stress disorder symptom severity in acutely traumatized subjects

    R. A. Lanius;R. L. Bluhm;N. J. Coupland;K. M. Hegadoren

  • Measurement of glutamate and glutamine in the medial prefrontal cortex of never-treated schizophrenic patients and healthy controls by proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy.

    R. Bartha;P. C. Williamson;D. J. Drost;A. Malla

  • Selective attention to threat versus reward: Meta-analysis and neural-network modeling of the dot-probe task

    Paul A Frewen;David J A Dozois;Marc F Joanisse;Richard W J Neufeld

  • Glutamate and glutamine in the anterior cingulate and thalamus of medicated patients with chronic schizophrenia and healthy comparison subjects measured with 4.0-T proton MRS.

    Jean Théberge;Yousef Al-Semaan;Peter C. Williamson;Ravi S. Menon

  • The neurobiology of emotion regulation in posttraumatic stress disorder: Amygdala downregulation via real-time fMRI neurofeedback.

    Andrew A. Nicholson;Daniela Rabellino;Maria Densmore;Paul A. Frewen

  • Longitudinal grey-matter and glutamatergic losses in first-episode schizophrenia

    Jean Théberge;Kate E. Williamson;Naoko Aoyama;Dick J. Drost

  • Clinical and neural correlates of alexithymia in posttraumatic stress disorder.

    Paul A. Frewen;Ruth A. Lanius;David J. A. Dozois;Richard W. J. Neufeld

  • Clear danger: situational determinants of the appraisal of threat.

    Randolph J. Paterson;Richard W. J. Neufeld

  • Default mode network connectivity: effects of age, sex, and analytic approach.

    Robyn L. Bluhm;Elizabeth A. Osuch;Ruth A. Lanius;Kristine Boksman

  • A short echo 1H spectroscopy and volumetric MRI study of the corpus striatum in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder and comparison subjects

    Robert Bartha;Murray B. Stein;Peter C. Williamson;Dick J. Drost

  • Advances in the investigation of psychological stress

    Richard W. J. Neufeld

Frequent Co-Authors

Ruth A. Lanius
Ruth A. Lanius University of Western Ontario
Margaret C. McKinnon
Margaret C. McKinnon McMaster University
Paul A. Frewen
Paul A. Frewen University of Western Ontario
Ashok Malla
Ashok Malla McGill University
David J. A. Dozois
David J. A. Dozois University of Western Ontario
Derek G.V. Mitchell
Derek G.V. Mitchell University of Western Ontario
Graham J. Reid
Graham J. Reid University of Western Ontario
Christian Schmahl
Christian Schmahl Heidelberg University
Robert C. Gardner
Robert C. Gardner University of Western Ontario
Martha E. Shenton
Martha E. Shenton Harvard University

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