Abigail A Marsh
Title
Associate Professor
Department
Department of Psychology
Publications
Publications
Articles in journals
- Marsh, A. A., Cardinale, E. M.. "When psychopathy impairs moral judgments: neural responses during judgments about causing fear." Social Cognitive & Affective Neuroscience 9 (2014): 3-11.
- Marsh, A. A. "Commentary: When viewing empathy-eliciting scenarios, incarcerated men with high psychopathy display differences in brain activity compared to those with low psychopathy.." Evidence Based Mental Health 4 (2014): 96.
- Vieira, J. B. & Marsh, A. A. "Don’t stand so close to me: Psychopathy and the regulation of interpersonal distance." Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 7 (2014): 907.
- Brethel-Haurwitz, K. M. & Marsh, A. A. "Geographical differences in subjective well-being predict extraordinary altruism." Psychological Science 25 (2014): 762-771.
- Lozier, L. M., Cardinale, E. M., VanMeter, J. W., & Marsh A. A. "Amygdala response to fear mediates the relationship between callous-unemotional traits and proactive aggression among children with conduct problems." JAMA Psychiatry 71 (2014): 627-636.
- Marsh, A. A., Cardinale, E. M., Chentsova-Dutton, Y. E., Grossman, M. R., & Krumpos, K. A. "Power plays: Expressive mimicry of valid agonistic cues." Social & Personality Psychological Science 5 (2014): 684-690.
- Vieira, J. B., Almeida, P. R., Ferreira-Santos, F., Barbosa, F., Marques-Teixeira, J. & Marsh, A. A. "Distinct neural activation patterns underlie economic decisions in high and low psychopathy scorers." Social Cognitive & Affective Neuroscience 9 (2014): 1099-1107.
- Lozier, L. M., VanMeter, J. W., & Marsh, A. A. "Impairments in facial affect recognition associated with autism spectrum disorders: A meta-analysis." Development & Psychopathology (2014).
- Thomas, L. A., Kim, P., Bones, B. L., Hinton, K. E., Milch, H. S., Reynolds, R. C., Adleman, N. E., Marsh, A. A., Blair, R. J. R., Pine, D. S., & Leibenluft, E.. "Elevated amygdala responses to emotional faces in youths with chronic irritability or bipolar disorder." Neuroimage: Clinical 2 (2013): 637-645.
- Marsh, A. A., Finger, E. C., Fowler, K. A., Adalio, C. J., Jurkowitz, I. T. N., Schechter, J. C., Pine, D. S., Decety, J., & Blair, R. J. R. "Empathic responsiveness in amygdala and anterior cingulate cortex in youths with psychopathic traits." Journal of Child Psychology & Psychiatry (2013).
- Marsh, A. A. "What can we learn about emotion by studying psychopathy?." Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 7 (2013): 181.
- Marsh, A. A., Yu, H. H., Pine, D. S. Gorodetsky, E. K., Goldman, D., Blair, R. J. R. . "The influence of oxytocin administration on responses to infant faces and potential moderation by OXTR genotype." (In press) Psychopharmacology (2012).
- Finger, E. C., Marsh, A. A., Blair, K. S., Majestic, C., Evangelou, I., Gupta, K., Schneider, M. R., Sims, C. S., Pope, K., Fowler, K., Sinclair, S., Tovar-Moll, F., Pine, D. S., & Blair, R. J. R. "Impaired functional but preserved structural connectivity in limbic white matter tracts in youth with conduct disorder or oppositional defiant disorder plus psychopathic traits." Psychiatry Research 202 (2012): 239-44.
- White, S. F., Marsh, A. A., Fowler, K. A., Schechter, J. C., Adalio, C., Pope, K., Sinclair, S., Pine, D. S., & Blair, R. J. R. "Reduced amygdala response in youths with disruptive behavior disorders and psychopathic traits: decreased emotional response versus increased top-down attention to nonemotional features." American Journal of Psychiatry 169 (2012): 750-758.
- Marsh, A. A., & Cardinale, E. M. "Psychopathy and fear: Specific impairments in judging behaviors that frighten others." Emotion 12 (2012): 892-898.
- Marsh, A. A., Crowe, S. L., Yu, H. H., Gorodetsky, E. K., Goldman, D., & Blair, R. J. R. "Serotonin transporter genotype (5-HTTLPR) predicts utilitarian moral judgments." PLoS ONE 6 (2011): e25148.
- Marsh, A. A., Finger, E. C., Fowler, K. A., Jurkowitz, I. N., Schechter, J. C., Yu, H. H., Pine, D. S., & Blair, R. J. R. "Reduced amygdala-orbitofrontal connectivity during moral judgments in youths with disruptive behavior disorders and psychopathic traits." Psychiatry Research 194 (2011): 279-286.
- Finger, E. C., Marsh, A. A., Blair, K. S., Reid, M. E., Sims, C, Ng, P., Pine, D. S., Blair, R. J. "Disrupted reinforcement signaling in the orbitofrontal cortex and caudate in youths with conduct disorder or oppositional defiant disorder and a high level of psychopathic traits." Am J Psychiatry 168 (2011): 152-62.
- Marsh, A. A., Finger, E. E., Schechter, J. C., Jurkowitz, I. T., Reid, M. E., Blair, R.J. "Adolescents with psychopathic traits report reductions in physiological responses to fear." J Child Psychol Psychiatry 52 (2011): 834-841.
- Marsh, A. A., Yu, H. H., Pine, D. S., Blair, R. J. R . "Oxytocin improves specific recognition of positive facial expressions." Psychopharmacology 209 (2010): 225-32.
- Marsh, A. A., Kozak, M. N., Wegner, D. M., Reid, M. E., Yu, H. H., Blair, R.J. "The neural substrates of action identification." Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci 5 (2010): 392-403.
- Marsh, A. A., Yu, H. H., Schechter, J. C., Blair, R. J. R. "Larger than life: Humans’ nonverbal status cues alter perceived size.." PLoS ONE 4 (2009): e5707.
- Marsh, A. A., Blair, K. S., Jones, M. M., Soliman, N., Blair, R. J. "Dominance and submission: The ventrolateral prefrontal cortex and responses to status cues." J Cogn Neurosci 21 (2009): 713-24.
- Marsh, A.A., Finger, E.C., Mitchell, D.G., Reid, M.E., Sims, C., Kosson, D.S., Towbin, K.E., Leibenluft, E., Pine, D.S., Blair, R.J. "Reduced amygdala response to fearful expressions in children and adolescents with callous-unemotional traits and disruptive behavior disorders.." Am J Psychiatry 165 (2008): 712-20.
- Marsh, A. A., Blair, R. J. "Deficits in facial affect recognition among antisocial populations: a meta-analysis." Neurosci Biobehav Rev 32 (2008): 454-65.
- Blair, K.S., Finger, E., Marsh, A.A., Morton, J., Mondillo, K,, Buzas, B., Goldman, D., Drevets, W.C., Blair, R.J. "The role of 5-HTTLPR in choosing the lesser of two evils, the better of two goods: examining the impact of 5-HTTLPR genotype and tryptophan depletion in object choice." Psychopharmacology 196 (2008): 29-38.
- Finger, E. C., Marsh, A. A, Mitchell, D. G. V., Reid, M.E., Sims, C., Budhani, S., Kosson, D. S., Chen, G., Towbin, K. E., Leibenluft, E., Pine, D. S., Blair, R. J. R. "Abnormal ventromedial prefrontal cortex function in children with psychopathic traits during reversal learning.." Arch Gen Psychiatry 65 (2008): 586-94.
- Finger, E., Marsh, A. A., Buzas, B., Kamel, N., Richell, R., Vythilingham, M.. Pine, D. S., Goldman, D., & Blair, R. J. R. "The impact of tryptophan depletion and 5-HTTLPR genotype on passive avoidance and response reversal instrumental learning tasks." Neuropsychopharmacology 32 (2007): 206-215.
- Budhani, S, Marsh, A. A., Pine, D. S., Blair, R. J. "Neural correlates of response reversal: considering acquisition." Neuroimage 34 (2007): 1754-65.
- Marsh, A.A., Elfenbein, H.A., Ambady, N. "Separated by a common language: Nonverbal accents and cultural stereotypes about Americans and Australians ." J Cross Cultural Psychol 38 (2007): 284-301.
- Marsh, A.A., Ambady, N. "The influence of the fear facial expression on prosocial responding ." J Cogn Emot 21 (2007): 225-247.
- Marsh, A.A., Blair, K.S., Vythilingam, M., Busis, S., Blair, R.J. "Response options and expectations of reward in decision-making: The differential roles of dorsal and rostral anterior cingulate cortex." Neuroimage 35 (2007): 979-88.
- Marsh, A. A., Kozak, M. N., Ambady, N. "Accurate identification of fear facial expressions predicts prosocial behavior." Emotion 7 (2007): 239-51.
- Marsh, A. A., Finger, E. C., Buzas, B, Soliman, N., Richell, R. A., Vythilingham, M., Pine, D. S, Goldman, D., Blair, R. J. "Impaired recognition of fear facial expressions in 5-HTTLPR S-polymorphism carriers following tryptophan depletion." Psychopharmacology 189 (2006): 387-94.
- Kozak, M. N., Marsh, A. A., Wegner, D. M. "What do I think you’re doing? Action identification and mind attribution." J Pers Soc Psychol 90 (2006): 543-55.
- Finger, E., Marsh, A. A., Mitchell, D. G. V., & Blair, R. J. R. "Caught in the act: The impact of audience on the neural response to morally and socially inappropriate behavior." NeuroImage 33 (2006): 414-421.
- Marsh, A. A., Ambady, N., Kleck, R. E. "The effects of fear and anger facial expressions on approach- and avoidance-related behaviors." Emotion 5 (2005): 119-24.
- Marsh, A. A., Adams, R. B. Jr, Kleck, R. E. "Why do fear and anger look the way they do? Form and social function in facial expressions." Pers Soc Psychol Bull 31 (2005): 73-86.
- Marsh, A.A., Elfenbein, H.A., Ambady, N. "Nonverbal ’accents’: cultural differences in facial expressions of emotion." Psychol Sci 14 (2003): 373-6.
- Phillips, K. A., Morin, S., Coates, T., Fernyak, S., Marsh, A., & Ramos-Irizarry, L. "Home sample collection for HIV testing." Journal of the American Medical Association 283 (2000): 182.
Articles in books
- Marsh, A. A.. "Empathic and moral deficits in psychopathy." Empathy & Morality . Ed. H. Maibom. New York: Oxford University Press, 2014: 138-154
- Marsh, A.A. "Empathic and moral deficits in psychopathy." (untitled). Ed. H. Maibom. New York: Oxford University Press (in preparation), 2012.
- Marsh, A.A. "Empathy and compassion: A cognitive neuroscience perspective." Empathy: From Bench to Bedside. Ed. J. Decety. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2011.
- Blair, R. J. R., Finger, E. C., Marsh, A. A. "The development and neural bases of psychopathy." Handbook of Developmental Social Neuroscience. Ed. M de Haan & MR Gunnar . New York: Guilford, 2009: 419-434
- Elfenbein, H. A., Marsh, A. A., &. Ambady, N. A. "Emotional intelligence and the recognition of emotion from facial expressions." The Wisdom in Feeling: Psychological Processes in Emotional Intelligence. Ed. L. Feldman-Barrett & P. Salovey. New York: Guilford, 2002: 37-59
Op eds
- Marsh AA. "Less guilty by reason of neurological defect: Should psychopaths serve more or less prison time than other criminals?." Slate 16 Oct. 2012: .