Research & Publications

Research

1 / Psychological and Brain Correlates of Risking Harm to Others

  • The overall purpose of this research study is to explore the neural mechanisms underlying tolerance of risk to others. This study uses online surveys and fMRI.

2 / Influence of TMS on Attention Modulation

  • The overall purpose of this research study is to explore the role of attention switching in alcohol attention bias and moral/emotional processing. This study uses TMS and fMRI and is funded by NIAAA (4R00AA027830).

3 / Beliefs about the Brain: Agency, Emotional Reactivity, and Neurofeedback

  • The purpose of this study is to examine the relationships between beliefs about agency (i.e., the ability to make one’s own decisions) and experiences of agency in terms of how they relate to emotional reactivity and how they predict responsivity to neurofeedback interventions. This study uses online surveys and fMRI neurofeedback.

4 / A Combined Neurofeedback-TMS Intervention for Alcohol Use Disorder

  • This is an fMRI/TMS/neurofeedback study that seeks to identify a neuroscientific intervention that works to decrease alcohol drinking and antisocial behavior in individuals with alcohol use disorder (AUD). The study will follow a randomized controlled trial (RCT) design.

5 / Future Projects

  • The effect of prison conditions on parolee success
  • Neural correlates of perceived affordances 

Publications

For the most up to date list of publications from Dr. Fede, check her Google Scholar page.

Co-first authors marked by asterisk* | SCAMPI team members in bold

  • Fede, S.J., Pearson, E.E., Kerich, M., & Momenan, R. (2021). Charity preferences and perceived effectiveness moderate charitable giving decisions and associated neural response. Neuropsychologia

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  • Kisner, M. A., Sussman, L., Manuweera, T., Grodin, E. N., Fede, S. J., Sarlls, J. E., & Momenan, R. (2021). Evaluating effects of sex and age on white matter microstructural alterations in alcohol use disorder: A diffusion tensor imaging study. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research.

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  • MacIlvane, N.*, Fede, S.J.*, Pearson, E.E., Diazgranados, N., & Momenan, R. (2020). Emotional Face Processing in Males with Alcohol Use Disorder and Comorbid Anxiety Symptoms: A Distinct Neurophenotype. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research. 

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  • Fede, S.J., Dean, S.F., Manuweera, T. & Momenan, R. (2020). A Guide to Literature Informed Decisions in the Design of Real Time fMRI Neurofeedback Studies: A Systematic Review. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience.

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  • Fede, S.J.*, Abrahao, K.P.*, Cortes, C.R.*, Grodin, E.N., Schwandt, M., George, D.T., Diazgranados, N., Ramchandani, V.A., Lovinger, D.M. & Momenan, R. (2020). Alcohol effects on the globus pallidus: Implications for impulsivity and binge drinking. PLOS One, 15, 3.

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  • Dean, S.F., Fede, S.J., Diazgranados, N., & Momenan, R. (2020). Addiction neurocircuitry and negative affect: A role for neuroticism in understanding amygdala connectivity and alcohol use disorder. Neuroscience Letters.

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  • Muench, C., Luo, A., Charlet, K., Lee, J., Rosoff, D.B., Sun, H., Fede, S.J., Jung, J., Momenan, R., & Lohoff, F.W. (2019) Lack of Association Between Serotonin Transporter Gene (SLC6A4) Promoter Methylation and Amygdala Response During Negative Emotion Processing in Individuals with Alcohol Dependence. Alcohol and Alcoholism; 54(3): 209-215.

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  • Fede, S.J., Grodin, E.N., Dean, S.F., Diazgranados, N., & Momenan, R. (2019). Resting state connectivity best predicts alcohol use severity in moderate to heavy alcohol users. NeuroImage: Clinical, 22, 101782.

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  • Fede, S.J. & Kiehl, K.A. (2019). Meta-analysis of the moral brain: Patterns of neural engagement assessed using Multilevel Kernel Density Analysis. Brain Imaging and Behavior, 1-14.

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  • Fede, S.J., Gowin, J., & Manza, P.X. (2018). An eye for an eye: Neural correlates of the preference for punishment-based justice. Journal of Neuroscience, 38, 7559-7561.

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  • Fede, S.J., Schaich Borg, J., Nyalakanti, P.K., Harenski, C.L., Cope, L.M., Sinnott-Armstrong, W., Koenigs, M., Calhoun, V.D., & Kiehl, K.A. (2016). Distinct neuronal activation patterns of positive and negative moral processing in psychopathy. Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience, 1-12.

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  • Fede, S.J., Harenski, C.L., Schaich Borg, J., Rao, V., Caldwell, B., Nyalakanti, P.K., Sinnott-Armstrong, W., Koenigs, M., Decety, J, Calhoun, V.D., & Kiehl, K.A. (2016). Abnormal fronto-limbic engagement in stimulant users during moral processing. Psychopharmacology, 233, 3077.

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  • Fink, B., Steele, V., Maurer, J.M., Fede, S.J., Calhoun, V.D., & Kiehl, K.A. (2016). Brain potentials predict substance abuse treatment completion in a prison sample. Brain and Behavior, 6(8).

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  • Caldwell, B.M., Harenski, C.L., Harenski, K., Fede, S.J., Steele, V., Koenigs, M., & Kiehl, K.A. (2015). Abnormal frontostriatal activity in recently abstinent cocaine users during implicit moral processing. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 9.

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  • Bickel, W.K., Wilson, A.G., Franck, C.T., Mueller, E.T., Jarmolowicz, D.P., Koffarnus, M.N., & Fede, S.J. (2014). Using crowdsourcing to compare temporal, social temporal, and probability discounting among obese and non-obese individuals. Appetite, 75, 82-89.