Below you can find the work of the Social Neuroscience and Health Laboratory from peer-reviewed journal articles, manuscripts, and book chapters. Authors indicated with an asterisk are students or trainees of the Social Neuroscience and Health Lab.

In Press

  • Alvarez, G.M.,* Jolink, T.J.,* West, T.N.,* Cardenas, M.N.,* Feldman, M.J.,* & Muscatell, K. A. (in press). Differential effects of social versus monetary incentives on inhibitory control under acute inflammation. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity.

 

Manuscripts Under Review

  • Alvarez, G.M.,* Lindquist, K.A., & Muscatell, K.A. Previous exposure to racial discrimination and current affective context modulate Black individuals’ neural connectivity during social cue processing. Under review.

  • Antenucci, M.N.,* Feldman, M.J.,* Jolink, T.A.,* West, T.N.,* Cardenas, M.N.,* Alvarez, G.M.,* & Muscatell, K.A. Uniting the behavioral and biological immune systems: Inflammatory reactivity to the influenza vaccine is associated with decreased trust of racialized outgroup members. Under review.

  • Cardenas, M. N.,* Antenucci, N.,* & Muscatell, K. A. Associations between discrimination and markers of systemic inflammation: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Under review.

  • Galvan, M. J.,* Alvarez, G. M.,* Cipolli, W., Cooley, E., Muscatell, K. A., & Payne, K. Widespread or concentrated? Evaluating the distribution of hiring and housing discrimination against Black Americans. Under review.

  • West, T.N.,* Berman, C.J., Payne, B.K., Muscatell, K.A., & Fredrickson, B.L. Generalized trust shapes the emotional quality of social interactions with strangers in one’s community. Under review.

  • West, T.N.,* Jolink, T.A.,* Feldman, M.J.,* Alvarez, G.M.,* Cardenas, M.N.,* Fredrickson, B.L., & Muscatell, K.A. Seeking positive connection: Is inflammation associated with anticipated and experienced shared positive affect with close vs. non-close others? Under review.

 

2024

  • Merritt, C. C. & Muscatell, K. A. (2024). Discrimination and cardiovascular health in Black Americans: Exploring inflammation as a mechanism and perceived control as a protective factor. Psychosomatic Medicine, 86, 81-91. PDF

  • Jolink, T.J.,* West, T.N.,* Alvarez, G.M.,* Carednas, M.N.,* Feldman, M.J.,* Algoe, S.B., & Muscatell, K.A. (2024). Associations between interleukin-6 and daily social connection in close relationships. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 164, 107020. PDF

  • Figueroa, D. G., Hunger, J. M., Kraus, M. W., Muscatell, K. A., & Tomiyama, A. J. (2024). Social class stigma and poorer health behaviors: Evidence from the Eating in America Study. Social Science and Medicine, 347, 116765. PDF

 

2023

  • Galvan, M. J.,* Payne, K., Hannay, J., Gerogeson, A., & Muscatell, K. A. (2023). What does the MacArthur Scale of Subjective Social Status measure? Separating economic circumstances and social status to predict health. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 57, 929-941. PDF

  • Feldman, M. J.,* Jolink, T. A.,* Alvarex, G. M.,* Fendinger, N. J., Gaudier-Diaz, M. M.,* Lindquist, K. A., & Muscatell, K. A. (2023). The roles of inflammation, affect, and interoception in predicting social perception. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 112, 246-253. PDF

  • Jorgensen, N. A., Muscatell, K. A., McCormick, E. M., Lindquist, K. A., Prinstein, M. J., & Telzer, E. H. (2023). Neighborhood disadvantage, race, and neural sensitivity to social threat and reward among adolescents. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 18, 1-12. PDF

  • Inagaki, T. K., Alvarez, G. M.,* Orehek, E., Ferrer, R. A., Manuck, S. B., Abaya, N. M., & Muscatell, K. A. (2023). Support-giving relates to lower systemic inflammation. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 57(6), 499-507. PDF

 

2022

  • Muscatell, K. A., Alvarez, G. M.,* Bonar, A. S.,* Cardenas, M.,* Galvan, M. J., Merritt, C. C.,* & Starks, M. D. (2022). Brain-body pathways linking racism and health. American Psychologist, 77(9), 1049-1060. PDF

  • Gray, K., MacCormack, J. K.,* Henry, T., Banks, E., Schein, C., Armstrong-Carter, E. A.,* Abrams, S., & Muscatell, K. A. (2022). The Affective Harm Account (AHA) of moral judgment: Reconciling cognition and affect, dyadic morality and disgust, harm and purity. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 123(6), 1199-1222. PDF

  • Alvarez, G. M.,* Rudolph, M., Cohen, J. R., & Muscatell, K. A. (2022). Lower socioeconomic status position is associated with greater activity in and integration within an allostatic-interoceptive brain system in response to affective stimuli. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 34(10), 1906-1927. PDF

  • Parrish, M. P., Dutcher, J. M., Muscatell, K. A., Inagaki, T. K., Irwin, M. R., & Eisenberger, N. I. (2022). Frontostriatal functional connectivity underlies self-enhancement during social evaluation. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 17(8), 723-731. PDF

  • Inagaki, T. K., MacCormack, J. K.,* & Muscatell, K. A. (2022). Prosocial and positive health behaviors during a period of chronic stress protect socioemotional well-being. Affective Science, 3(1), 160-167. PDF

  • Jolink, T. A.,* Fendinger, N. J.,* Alvarez, G. M.,* Feldman, M. J.,* Gaudier-Diaz, M. M.,* & Muscatell K. A. (2022) Inflammatory reactivity to the influenza vaccine is associated with changes in automatic social behavior. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 99, 339-349. PDF

  • Steinmetz, K. R. M., Gaudier-Diaz, M. M.,* Huber, E. C.,* Edwards, B. H., & Muscatell, K. A. (2022). Investigating social connection as a protective factor against exam stress in college students. Journal of American College Student Health, DOI

  • Alvarez, G. M.* & Muscatell, K. A. (2022). A cultural neuroscience perspective on socioeconomic disparities in global mental health. In J. Chiao, S. C. Li, R. Turner, S. Lee-Tauler, & B. Pringle (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Cultural Neuroscience and Global Mental Health (pp. 220). Oxford University Press. DOI

 

2021

  • MacCormack, J. K.,* Armstrong-Carter, E. A.,* Gaudier-Diaz, M. M.,* Meltzer-Brody, S., Sloan, E., Lindquist, K. A., & Muscatell, K. A. (2021). β-adrenergic contributions to emotion and physiology during an acute psychosocial stressor. Psychosomatic Medicine, 83(9), 959-968. PDF

  • Muscatell, K. A. & Inagaki, T. K. (2021). Beyond social withdrawal: New perspectives on the effects of inflammation on social behavior. Brain, Behavior, and Immunology - Health, 16, 100302. PDF

  • Merritt, C. M.,* MacCormack, J. K.,* Stein, A. G., Lindquist, K. A. & Muscatell, K. A. (2021). The neural underpinnings of intergroup social cognition: An fMRI meta-analysis. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 16(9), 903-914. PDF

  • MacCormack, J. K.,* Armstrong-Carter, E. A., Humphreys, K. L., & Muscatell, K. A. (2021). Neurophysiological contributors to advantageous risk-taking: An experimental psychopharmacological investigation. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 16(9), 926-936. PDF

  • Salomon, R.,* Muscatell, K. A., Crandell, J., Anderson, R., & Beeber, L. (2021). Psychoneurological symptoms in low-income mothers: A preliminary investigation. Nursing Research, 70(5), 325-333. PDF

  • Muscatell, K. A. (2021). Social psychoneuroimmunology: Understanding bi-directional links between social experiences and the immune system. Brain, Behavior, and Immunology, 93, 1-3. PDF

  • MacCormack, J. K.,* Gaudier-Diaz, M. M.,* Armstrong-Carter, E. A.,* Arevalo, J. M. G., Meltzer-Brody, S., Sloan, E. K., Cole, S. W., & Muscatell, K. A. (2021). Beta-adrenergic blockade blunts inflammatory and antiviral/antibody gene expression responses to acute psychosocial stress. Neuropsychopharmacology, 46, 756-762. PDF

  • Brosso, S. M.,* Sheeran, P., Lazard, A. J., & Muscatell, K. A. (2021). Harnessing neuroimaging to reduce socioeconomic disparities in chronic disease: A conceptual framework for improving health messaging. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 15, 576749. PDF

  • Ballard, P. J., Muscatell, K. A., Hoyt, L. T., Flores, A. D., & Mendes, W. B. (2021). An experimental laboratory examination of the psychological and physiological effects of civic empowerment: A novel methodological approach. Nonprofit and Volunteer Sector Quarterly, 50(1), 118-142. PDF

  • Muscatell, K. A., Merritt, C. M.*, Cohen, J. R., Chang, L., & Lindquist, K. A. (2021). The Stressed Brain: Neural Underpinnings of Social Stress Processing in Humans. In R. Sinha & K. A. Miczek (Eds.), Neuroscience of Social Stress: Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences (Vol. 53, pp. 373-392). Springer, Cham. DOI

 

2020

  • Alvarez, G. M.,* Hackman, D. A., Miller, A. B., & Muscatell, K.A. (2020). Systemic inflammation is associated with differential neural reactivity and connectivity to affective images. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 15, 1024-1033. PDF

  • Muscatell, K. A., Brosso, S. M., & Humphreys, K. L. (2020). Socioeconomic status and inflammation: A meta-analysis. Molecular Psychiatry, 25(9), 2189-2199. PDF

  • Armstrong-Carter, E. A.,* Ivory, S., Lin, L. C., Muscatell, K. A., & Telzer, E. H. (2020). Role fulfillment mediates the association between daily family assistance and cortisol awakening response in adolescents. Child Development, 91(3), 754-768. PDF

  • Salomon, R.,* Tan, K. R., Vaughan, A., & Muscatell, K. A. (2020). Minimally invasive methods for examining biological changes in response to chronic stress: A scoping review. International Journal of Nursing Research, 103, 103419. PDF

  • Salomon, R.,* Crandell, J., Muscatell, K. A., Santos, H. P. Jr., Anderson, R. A., & Beeber, L. S. (2020). Comparing two methods for creating symptom scores in symptom cluster research. Nursing Research, 69(2), 133-141. PDF

  • Cundiff, J. M., Boylan, J. M., & Muscatell, K. A. (2020). Social status and physical health: Taking a closer look at stress as a pathway. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 29(2), 147-153. PDF

 

2019

  • MacCormack, J. K.* & Muscatell, K.A. (2019). The metabolic mind: A role for leptin and ghrelin in affect and social cognition. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 13(9), e12496. PDF

  • Gaudier-Diaz, M. M.,* Sinisterra, M.,* & Muscatell, K.A. (2019) Motivation, belongingness, and anxiety in neuroscience undergraduates: Emphasizing first-generation college students. The Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience Education, 17(2), A145-A152. PDF

  • Moieni, M., Muscatell, K. A., Jevtic, I., Breen, E. C., Irwin, M. R., & Eisenberger, N. I. (2019). Sex differences in the effect of inflammation on subjective social status: a randomized controlled trial of endotoxin in healthy young adults. Frontiers in Psychology, 10, 2167. PDF

  • Moieni, M., Tan, K. M., Inagaki, T. N., Muscatell, K. A., Dutcher, J. D., Jevtic, I., Breen, E. C., Irwin, M. R., & Eisenberger, N. I. (2019). Sex differences in the relationship between inflammation and reward sensitivity: A randomized controlled trial of endotoxin. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, 4(7), 619-626. PDF

 

2018

  • Muscatell, K. A. (2018). Socioeconomic influences on brain function: Implications for health. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1428(1), 14-32. PDF

  • Muscatell, K. A., McCormick, E., & Telzer, E. H. (2018). Subjective social status and neural processing of race in Mexican American adolescents. Development & Psychopathology, 30(5), 1837-1848. PDF

  • Parrish, M. P., Inagaki, T. K., Muscatell, K. A., Haltom, K. E. B., Leary, M. R., & Eisenberger, N. I. (2018). Self-compassion and responses to negative social feedback: The role of fronto-amygdala circuit connectivity. Self and Identity, 17(6), 723-738 PDF

  • Mendes, W. B. & Muscatell, K. A. (2018). Emotions and emotion regulation as mediators of the relationship between stigma and health. In B. Major, J. F. Dovidio, & B. G. Link (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Stigma, Discrimination, and Health (pp. 265-284). Oxford University Press. PDF

 

2017

  • Eisenberger, N. I., Moieni, M., Inagaki, T. K., Muscatell, K. A., & Irwin, M. R. (2017). In sickness and in health: The co-regulation of inflammation and social behavior. Neuropsychopharmacology Reviews, 42, 242-253. PDF

 

2016

  • Muscatell, K. A., Moeini, M., Inagaki, T. K., Dutcher, J. D., Jevtic, I., Breen, E. C., Irwin, M. R., & Eisenberger, N. I. (2016). Exposure to an inflammatory challenge enhances neural sensitivity to negative and positive social feedback. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 57, 21-29. PDF

  • Muscatell, K.A., Dedovic, K., Slavich, G. M., Jarcho, M. R., Breen, E. C., Bower, J. E., Irwin, M. R., & Eisenberger, N. I. (2016). Neural mechanisms linking social status and inflammatory responses to social stress. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 11(6), 915-922. PDF

  • Muscatell, K. A., Eisenberger, N. I., Dutcher, J. D., Cole, S. W., & Bower, J E. (2016). Links between inflammation, amygdala reactivity, and social support in breast cancer survivors. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 53, 34-38. PDF

  • Inagaki, T. K., Muscatell, K. A., Moieni, M., Dutcher, J. D., Jevtic, I., Breen, E. C., Irwin, M. R., & Eisenberger, N. I. (2016). Yearning for connection? Loneliness is associated with increased ventral striatum activity to close others. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 11(7), 1096-1101. PDF

  • Dedovic, K., Slavich, G. M., Muscatell, K. A., Irwin, M. R., & Eisenberger, N. I. (2016). Dorsal anterior cingulate cortex responses to repeated social evaluative feedback in young women with and without past history of major depressive disorder. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 10, 64. PDF

  • Dutcher, J., Creswell, J. D., Pacilio, L. E., Harris, P. R., Klein, W. M. P., Levine, J. M., Bower, J. E., Muscatell, K. A., & Eisenberger, N. I. (2016). Self-affirmation activates the ventral striatum: A possible reward-related mechanism for self-affirmation. Psychological Science, 27(4), 455-466. PDF

  • Miklowitz, D. J., Portnoff, L. C., Armstrong, C. C., Keenan-Miller, D., Breen, E. C., Muscatell, K. A., Eisenberger, N. I., & Irwin, M. R. (2016). Inflammatory cytokines and nuclear factor-kappa B activation in adolescents with bipolar and major depressive disorder. Psychiatry Research, 241, 315-322. PDF

 

2015

  • Muscatell, K. A., Dedovic, K., Slavich, G. M., Jarcho, M. R., Breen, E. C., Bower, J. E., Irwin, M. R., & Eisenberger, N. I. (2015). Greater amygdala activity and dorsomedial prefrontal-amygdala coupling are associated with enhanced inflammatory responses to stress. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 43, 46-53. PDF

  • Inagaki, T. K., Muscatell, K. A., Moieni, M., Dutcher, J. D., Jevtic, I., Breen, E. C., Irwin, M. R., & Eisenberger, N. I. (2015). The role of the ventral striatum in inflammatory-induced approach toward support figures. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 44, 247-252. PDF

  • Muscatell, K. A. & Eisenberger, N. I. (2015). Neurocognitive and physiological mechanisms linking stress and health. In A. W. Toga (Ed.), Brain Mapping: An Encyclopedic Reference, Volume 3: Reference Module in Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Psychology (pp. 29-33). Academic Press. DOI

 

2013

  • Eisenberger, N. I. & Muscatell, K. A. (2013). The pleasures and pains of social interactions: A social cognitive neuroscience perspective. In S. Kosslyn & K. N. Oshener (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Cognitive Neuroscience, Volume 2: The Cutting Edges (pp. 214-227). Oxford University Press. PDF

 

2012

  • Muscatell, K. A., & Eisenberger, N. I. (2012). A social neuroscience perspective on stress and health. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 6(12), 890-904. PDF

  • Muscatell, K. A., Morelli, S. A., Falk, E. B., Way, B. M., Pfeifer, J. H., Galinsky, A. D., Lieberman, M. D., Dapretto, M., & Eisenberger, N. I. (2012). Social status modulates neural activity in the mentalizing network. NeuroImage, 60, 1771-1777. PDF

  • Inagaki, T. K., Muscatell, K. A., Cole, S. W., Irwin, M. R., & Eisenberger, N. I. (2012). Inflammation selectively enhances amygdala activity to socially threatening images. NeuroImage, 59, 3222-3226. PDF

 

2011

  • Eisenberger, N. I., Inagaki, T. K., Muscatell, K. A., Haltom, K. E. B., & Leary, M. R. (2011). The neural sociometer: Brain mechanisms underlying state self-esteem. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 23(11), 3448-3455. PDF

  • Murray, B. D., Muscatell, K. A., & Kensinger, E. A. (2011). Effects of emotion and age on performance during a think/no-think memory task. Psychology and Aging, 26(4), 940-955. PDF

 

2010

  • Muscatell, K. A., Addis, D. R., & Kensinger, E. A. (2010). Self-involvement modulates the effective connectivity of the autobiographical memory network. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 5(1), 68-76. PDF

  • Mickley, K. R., Muscatell, K. A., & Kensinger, E. A. (2010). The effect of valence on young and older adults’ attention in a rapid serial visual presentation task. Psychology and Aging, 25, 239-245. PDF

  • Addis, D. R., Leclerc, C. M., Muscatell, K. A., & Kensinger, E. A. (2010). There are age-related changes in neural connectivity during the successful encoding of positive, but not negative, information. Cortex, 46(4), 425-433. PDF

 

2009

  • Muscatell, K. A., Slavich, G. M., Monroe, S. M., & Gotlib, I. H. (2009). Stressful life events, chronic difficulties, and symptoms of clinical depression. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 197(3), 154-160. PDF