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Overview

Scott J. Moeller is affiliated with Stony Brook University in the United States and has a research focus primarily in neuroscience and medicine. Their work spans various subfields including cognitive neuroscience, experimental and cognitive psychology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, neurology, and computer networks and communications.

Their research concentrates around several key topics, notably functional brain connectivity studies, neural and behavioral psychology studies, anxiety, depression, psychometrics, treatment, and cognitive processes. Other areas of focus include neurotransmitter receptor influence on behavior, substance abuse treatment and outcomes, mental health research topics, and opioid use disorder treatment.

Frequent publication venues for their work include Molecular Psychiatry, Drug and Alcohol Dependence, Biological Psychiatry, Neuropsychopharmacology, and World Psychiatry.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Scott J. Moeller include the following:

  • "Candidate biomarkers in psychiatric disorders: state of the field" (2023) published in World Psychiatry
  • "Attention bias modification in drug addiction: Enhancing control of subsequent habits" (2021) published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "The potential role of cocaine and heroin co-use in the opioid epidemic in the United States" (2020) published in Addictive Behaviors
  • "Deep rTMS of the insula and prefrontal cortex in smokers with schizophrenia: Proof-of-concept study" (2022) published in Schizophrenia
  • "Neural and Behavioral Correlates of Impaired Insight and Self-awareness in Substance Use Disorder" (2021) published in Current Behavioral Neuroscience Reports

They have collaborated extensively with several co-authors, most notably Anissa Abi-Dargham, Greg Perlman, Jodi J. Weinstein, Roberto Gil, and Rita Z. Goldstein.

Among book contributions, Scott J. Moeller has published titles with Frontiers Media, including "Brain and cognition for addiction prevention and treatment" (2021).

Best Publications

  • Candidate biomarkers in psychiatric disorders: state of the field

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

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

  • The Neuropsychology of Cocaine Addiction: Recent Cocaine Use Masks Impairment

    Patricia A Woicik;Scott J Moeller;Nelly Alia-Klein;Thomas Maloney

  • Incubation of Cue-Induced Craving in Adults Addicted to Cocaine Measured by Electroencephalography

    Muhammad A. Parvaz;Scott J. Moeller;Rita Z. Goldstein

  • Creating Hostility and Conflict: Effects of Entitlement and Self-Image Goals.

    Scott J. Moeller;Jennifer Crocker;Brad J. Bushman;Brad J. Bushman

  • Trends in Daily Cannabis Use Among Cigarette Smokers: United States, 2002–2014

    Renee D. Goodwin;Lauren R. Pacek;Jan Copeland;Scott J. Moeller

  • Impaired self-awareness in human addiction: deficient attribution of personal relevance

    Scott J. Moeller;Rita Z. Goldstein

  • Toward biomarkers of the addicted human brain: Using neuroimaging to predict relapse and sustained abstinence in substance use disorder.

    Scott J. Moeller;Scott J. Moeller;Martin P. Paulus

  • Enhanced choice for viewing cocaine pictures in cocaine addiction.

    Scott J. Moeller;Thomas Maloney;Muhammad A. Parvaz;Jonathan P. Dunning;Jonathan P. Dunning

  • Effects of Methylphenidate on Resting-State Functional Connectivity of the Mesocorticolimbic Dopamine Pathways in Cocaine Addiction

    Anna B. Konova;Anna B. Konova;Scott J. Moeller;Dardo Tomasi;Nora D. Volkow;Nora D. Volkow

  • Impaired insight in cocaine addiction: laboratory evidence and effects on cocaine-seeking behaviour

    Scott J. Moeller;Thomas Maloney;Muhammad A. Parvaz;Muhammad A. Parvaz;Nelly Alia-Klein

  • Functional, Structural, and Emotional Correlates of Impaired Insight in Cocaine Addiction

    Scott J. Moeller;Anna B. Konova;Anna B. Konova;Muhammad A. Parvaz;Dardo Tomasi

  • Impaired Neural Response to Negative Prediction Errors in Cocaine Addiction

    Muhammad A. Parvaz;Anna B. Konova;Greg H. Proudfit;Jonathan P. Dunning

  • Cognitive interventions for addiction medicine: Understanding the underlying neurobiological mechanisms.

    Anna Zilverstand;Muhammad A. Parvaz;Scott J. Moeller;Rita Z. Goldstein

  • Sweets, Sex, or Self-Esteem? Comparing the Value of Self-Esteem Boosts With Other Pleasant Rewards

    Brad J. Bushman;Scott J. Moeller;Jennifer Crocker

  • Common and distinct neural targets of treatment: changing brain function in substance addiction

    Anna B. Konova;Scott J. Moeller;Rita Z. Goldstein

  • Neural mechanisms of anger regulation as a function of genetic risk for violence.

    Nelly Alia-Klein;Rita Z. Goldstein;Dardo Tomasi;Patricia A. Woicik

  • A Roadmap for Integrating Neuroscience Into Addiction Treatment: A Consensus of the Neuroscience Interest Group of the International Society of Addiction Medicine.

    Antonio Verdejo-Garcia;Valentina Lorenzetti;Victoria Manning;Victoria Manning;Hugh Piercy;Hugh Piercy

  • Methylphenidate enhances executive function and optimizes prefrontal function in both health and cocaine addiction.

    Scott J. Moeller;Jean Honorio;Dardo Tomasi;Muhammad A. Parvaz

  • Psychophysiological prediction of choice: relevance to insight and drug addiction

    Scott J. Moeller;Greg Hajcak;Muhammad A. Parvaz;Jonathan P. Dunning

  • Liking and wanting of drug and non-drug rewards in active cocaine users: the STRAP-R questionnaire:

    RZ Goldstein;PA Woicik;SJ Moeller;F. Telang

  • Gene x abstinence effects on drug cue reactivity in addiction: multimodal evidence.

    Scott J. Moeller;Muhammad A. Parvaz;Elena Shumay;Nicasia Beebe-Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

Rita Z. Goldstein
Rita Z. Goldstein Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Nelly Alia-Klein
Nelly Alia-Klein Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Nora D. Volkow
Nora D. Volkow National Institutes of Health
Dardo Tomasi
Dardo Tomasi National Institutes of Health
Gene-Jack Wang
Gene-Jack Wang National Institutes of Health
Frank Telang
Frank Telang National Institutes of Health
Edythe D. London
Edythe D. London University of California, Los Angeles
Brad J. Bushman
Brad J. Bushman The Ohio State University
Jennifer Crocker
Jennifer Crocker The Ohio State University
Thomas Maloney
Thomas Maloney Cornell University

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