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Overview

Wendy Berry Mendes is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco in the United States. Their research spans primarily the fields of Psychology and Medicine, with a particular focus on several subfields including General Health Professions, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Social Psychology, Clinical Psychology, and Applied Psychology.

Their scholarly output addresses multiple interconnected topics. Key research themes include:

  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health

Their recent published papers illustrate the range and focus of their work. Notable papers include:

  • A Multisite Preregistered Paradigmatic Test of the Ego-Depletion Effect, 2021, Psychological Science
  • Correlation of sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system activity during rest and acute stress tasks, 2021, International Journal of Psychophysiology
  • Predicting mortality from 57 economic, behavioral, social, and psychological factors, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • A large-scale study of stress, emotions, and blood pressure in daily life using a digital platform, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Psychological and physiological stress and burnout among maternity providers in a rural county in Kenya: individual and situational predictors, 2021, BMC Public Health

Wendy Berry Mendes frequently publishes in several journals, with multiple works appearing in the following venues:

  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Emotion
  • Health Psychology
  • Psychological Science
  • BMC Public Health

Collaboration is a significant aspect of their research, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Amie M. Gordon
  • Patience A. Afulani
  • Tessa V. West
  • Linnet Ongeri
  • Jaffer Okiring

This profile reflects Wendy Berry Mendes' research trajectory emphasizing physiological and psychological aspects of stress, health disparities, and behavioral interventions, as seen through interdisciplinary approaches spanning psychological science and health professions.

Best Publications

  • More than a feeling: A unified view of stress measurement for population science.

    Elissa S. Epel;Alexandra D. Crosswell;Stefanie E. Mayer;Aric A. Prather

  • Cardiovascular reactivity and the presence of pets, friends, and spouses: the truth about cats and dogs.

    Karen Allen;Jim Blascovich;Wendy B. Mendes

  • Perceiver threat in social interactions with stigmatized others.

    Jim Blascovich;Wendy Berry Mendes;Sarah B. Hunter;Brian Lickel

  • Physiological Arousal, Distress Tolerance, and Social Problem-Solving Deficits among Adolescent Self-Injurers.

    Matthew K. Nock;Wendy Berry Mendes

  • Challenge and Threat Appraisals: The Role of Affective Cues

    Jim Blascovich;Wendy Berry Mendes

  • Cell Aging in Relation to Stress Arousal and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors

    Elissa S. Epel;Jue Lin;Frank H. Wilhelm;Owen M. Wolkowitz

  • Mind over matter: reappraising arousal improves cardiovascular and cognitive responses to stress.

    Jeremy P. Jamieson;Matthew K. Nock;Wendy Berry Mendes

  • Social “Facilitation” as Challenge and Threat

    Jim Blascovich;Wendy Berry Mendes;Sarah B. Hunter;Kristen Salomon

  • Turning the knots in your stomach into bows: Reappraising arousal improves performance on the GRE

    Jeremy P. Jamieson;Wendy Berry Mendes;Erin Blackstock;Toni Schmader

  • Discrimination and the Stress Response: Psychological and Physiological Consequences of Anticipating Prejudice in Interethnic Interactions

    Pamela J. Sawyer;Brenda Major;Bettina J. Casad;Sarah S. M. Townsend

  • How Attributional Ambiguity Shapes Physiological and Emotional Responses to Social Rejection and Acceptance

    Wendy Berry Mendes;Brenda Major;Shannon McCoy;Jim Blascovich

  • Threatened by the unexpected: physiological responses during social interactions with expectancy-violating partners.

    Wendy Berry Mendes;Jim Blascovich;Sarah B. Hunter;Brian Lickel

  • Challenge and Threat During Social Interactions With White and Black Men

    Wendy Berry Mendes;Jim Blascovich;Brian Lickel;Sarah B. Hunter

  • Improving Acute Stress Responses: The Power of Reappraisal

    Jeremy P. Jamieson;Wendy Berry Mendes;Matthew K. Nock

  • The Dark Side of Creativity: Biological Vulnerability and Negative Emotions Lead to Greater Artistic Creativity

    Modupe Akinola;Wendy Berry Mendes

  • Simulating Murder: The Aversion to Harmful Action

    Fiery Cushman;Kurt Gray;Allison Gaffey;Wendy Berry Mendes

  • Social Psychophysiology and Embodiment

    Jim Blascovich;Wendy Berry Mendes

  • Intergroup relations and health disparities: a social psychological perspective.

    Brenda Major;Wendy Berry Mendes;John F. Dovidio

  • Stress Contagion Physiological Covariation Between Mothers and Infants

    Sara F. Waters;Tessa V. West;Wendy Berry Mendes

  • Decisions Under Distress Stress Profiles Influence Anchoring and Adjustment

    Karim S. Kassam;Katrina Koslov;Wendy Berry Mendes

Frequent Co-Authors

Jim Blascovich
Jim Blascovich University of California, Santa Barbara
Brenda Major
Brenda Major University of California, Santa Barbara
Elissa S. Epel
Elissa S. Epel University of California, San Francisco
Tessa V. West
Tessa V. West New York University
Brian Lickel
Brian Lickel University of Massachusetts Amherst
Matthew K. Nock
Matthew K. Nock Harvard University
Scott O. Lilienfeld
Scott O. Lilienfeld Emory University
Toni Schmader
Toni Schmader University of British Columbia
Sandra J. Weiss
Sandra J. Weiss University of California, San Francisco
Laura D. Kubzansky
Laura D. Kubzansky Harvard University

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