PUBLICATIONS

Books:

Cacioppo, J. T., Tassinary, L. G., & Berntson, G. G. (2007). Handbook of Psychophysiology ( 3rd Edition). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

Berntson, G. G. & Cacioppo, J. T. (2009). Handbook of Neuroscience for the Behavioral Sciences. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons

Recent Articles:

2013

Norman, G. J., Hawkley, L., Luhmann, M., Cacioppo, J.T. & Berntson G.G. (2013) Social neuroscience and the modern synthesis of social and biological levels of analysis. In Franks, D. & Turner, J. H. (Eds.), Handbook of Neurosociology. (pp. 67-82). New York: Springer.

Norman, G. J., Hawkley, G.J., Ball, A.B., Berntson, G.G., Cacioppo, J.T. (2013). Perceived social isolation moderates the relationship between early childhood trauma and pulse pressure in older adults: Implications for arterial stiffening. International Journal of Psychophysiology, in press.

2012

Cacioppo, J. T., Berntson, G. G., & J. Decety.  (2012). A history of social neuroscience. In A. W. Kruglanski & W. Stroebe (Eds.). Handbook of the history of social psychology. (pp. 123-136). New York: Psychology Press.

Norman, G. J.,  Cacioppo, J. T., & Berntson, G. G. (2012). Multilevel analysis and psychophysiological measurement. In V. S. Ramachandran (Editor-in-Chief) Encyclopedia of Human Behavior, 2nd Ed. New York: Elsevier.

Berntson, G. G., & Cacioppo, J. T.(2012). Reductionism. In L. L’Abate (Ed.) Paradigms in theory construction, (pp 365-374). New York: Springer.

Norman, G. J., Hawkley, L. C.,  Cole, S. W., Berntson, G. G., & Cacioppo, J. T. (2012). Social Neuroscience: The social brain, oxytocin and health. Social Neuroscience, 7, 18-29.

Berntson, G. G., Norman, G. J., Hawkley, L. C., & Cacioppo, J. T. (2012). Evolution of neuroarchitecture, multilevel analyses and calibrative reductionism. Interface Focus, 2, 65-73.

Norman, G. J., Hawkley, L., Luhmann, M.,  Ball, A. B., Cole, S. W.,  Berntson, G. G., & Cacioppo, J. T. (2012). Variation in the oxytocin receptor gene influences neurocardiac reactivity to social stress and HPA function: A population based study. Hormones and Behavior, 61, 134-139.

Norman, G., Karelina, K., Zhang, N., Morris, J., Berntson, G. & DeVries, C (2012). Heart rate variability predicts cell death and inflammatory responses to global cerebral ischemia. Frontiers in Physiology, 3, 131:1-6.

Decety, J., Norman, G., Berntson, G.G. & Cacioppo, J.T. (2012). A Neurobehavioral Evolutionary Perspective on the Mechanisms Underlying Empathy. Progress in Neurobiology, 98, 38–48.

Cacioppo, J.T & Berntson, G. G. (2012). Is Consciousness Epiphenomenal? Euresis, 3, 31-50.

Cloutier, J., Norman, G. & Berntson, G. G. (2012). Person Perception and Autonomic Nervous System Response: The Costs and Benefits of Possessing a High Social Status. Biological Psychology, 92, 301-305.

2011

Norman, G. J.  Cacioppo, J. T., Morris, J.S., Malarkey, W. B., Berntson, G. G., & DeVries, A. C. (2011). Oxytocin increases autonomic cardiac control: Moderation by loneliness. Biological Psychology, 86, 174-180.

Berntson, G. G. (2011). Psychosomatic relations: From superstition to mortality. In The Chicago Social Brain Network (Eds.) Invisible forces and powerful beliefs. (pp 61-70). Upper Saddle River, NJ: FT Press Science.

Cacioppo, J. T. Berntson, G. G., Bechara, A., Tranel, D., & Hawkley, L. C. (2011). Could an aging brain contribute to subjective well being: The value added by a social neuroscience perspective. In A. Todorov, S. T. Fiske, & D. Prentice (Eds), Social Neuroscience: Toward Understanding the Underpinnings of the Social Mind. (pp.249-262). New York: Oxford University Press.

Norman, G. J., DeVries, A. C., Cacioppo, J. T. & Berntson, G. B. (2011).  Multilevel analysis of stress. In R. J. Contrada & A. Baum (eds.) Handbook of Stress Science:  Psychology, Biology, and Health. (pp. 619-634). New York: Springer.

Berntson, G.G., Bechara, A., Damasio, H., Tranel, D., Norman, G. J. & Cacioppo, J. T. (2011). The insula and evaluative processes. Psychological Science, 22, 80-86.

Hawkley, L. C., Lavelle, L. A., Berntson, G. G., & Cacioppo, J. T. (2011). Mediators of the relationship between socioeconomic status and allostatic load in the Chicago Health, Aging, and Social Relations Study (CHASRS). Psychophysiology, 48, 1134-1145.

Norman, G. J., Norris, C. J., Gollan, J., Ito, T. A., Hawkley, L.C., Larsen, J.T., Cacioppo, J. T., & Berntson, G. G. (2011).  The neurobiology of Evaluative bivalence. Emotion Review. 3,  349-359.

Norman, G. J., Cacioppo, J. T., Morris, J. S., Karelina, K. Malarkey, W. B., DeVries, A. C. & Berntson, G. G. (2011).  Selective influences of oxytocin on the evaluative processing of social stimuli. Journal of Psychopharmacology. 25, 1313-1319.

Norman, G. J., Cacioppo, J.T., Berntson, G.G. (2011). Social neuroscience of motivation and health. In J. Decety & J. T. Cacioppo (Eds.), The Handbook of Social Neuroscience. New York: Oxford University Press.

Cacioppo, J. T., Hawkley, L. C., Norman, G. J., & Berntson, G. G. (2011). Social Isolation. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1231, 17-22.

Norman, G. J., Cacioppo, J. T., & Berntson, G. G. (2011). Neural basis of motivation. J. Decety & J.T. Cacioppo (Eds). The Oxford Handbook of Social Neuroscience. (pp. 164-177). New York: Oxford University Press.

Cacioppo, J. T., Berntson, G. G., Norris, C. J., & Gollan, J. K. (2011). The evaluative space model. In P. Van Lange, A. W. Kruglanski & E. T. Higgins (eds.) Handbook of theories of social psychology. (Vol. 1, pp. 50-72). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Press.

Norman, G.J., Deries, C., Hawkley, L., Cacioppo, J.T., & Berntson, G.G. (2011)  Social influences on cardiovascular processes: A focus on health. In R. Wright & G.H.E. Gendolla (Eds.). How motivation affects cardiovascular response: Mechanisms and applications. (pp. 307-326). Washington, DC: APA Press.

Cacioppo, J. T., & Berntson, G. G. (2011). The brain, homeostasis, and health: Balancing demands of the internal and external milieu. In H. S. Friedman (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Health Psychology. New York: Oxford University Press.

Norman, G. J., Cacioppo, J. T., & Berntson, G. G. (2011). Social neuroscience of evaluative motivation. (pp. 164-177). The Oxford Handbook of Social Neuroscience. New York: Oxford University Press.

Other Selected Publications:

Weil, Z. M., Norman, G. J., DeVries, A. C., Berntson, G. G. & Nelson, R. J. (2009). Photoperiod alters autonomic regulation of the heart. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 106, 4525-4530.

Berntson, G. G., & Cacioppo, J. T. (2008). The neuroevolution of motivation. In Shah, J. Y. & Gardner, W. L. (Eds.). Handbook of motivation science. (pp 188-200). New York: Guilford Press.


Cacioppo, J. T., Berntson, G. G. & Nusbaum, H. C. (2008). Neuroimaging as a new tool in the toolbox of psychological science. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 17, 62-67.

Berntson, G. G., Norman, G., Hawkley, L., & Cacioppo, J. T. (2008). Spirituality and autonomic cardiovascular control. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 35, 198-208.

Knox, D., Brothers, H., Norman, G., & Berntson, G. G. (2008). Nucleus basalis magnocellularis and substantia innominata corticopetal cholinergic lesions attenuate freezing induced by predator odor. Behavioral Neuroscience, 122, 601-610.

Berntson, G. G., Norman, G. J., Hawkley, L. C. & Cacioppo, J. T. (2008). Cardiac Autonomic Balance vs. Cardiac Regulatory Capacity. Psychophysiology, 45, 643-652.

Knox, D. & Berntson, G. G. (2008). Cortical modulation by nucleus basalis magnocellularis corticopetal cholinergic neurons during anxiety-like states are reflected by decreases in delta. Brain Research, 1227, 142-152.

Berntson, G. G., Cacioppo, J. T., & Grossman, P. (2007). Whither vagal control. Biological Psychology, 74, 295-300.

Lozano, D., Norman, G., Knox, D., Wood, B. L., Miller, B. D., Emery, C. L., & Berntson, G. G. (2007). Where to B in dZ/dt. Psychophysiology, 44, 113-119.

Berntson, G.G., Bechara, A., Damasio, H., Tranel, D., & Cacioppo, J. T. (2007). Amygdala contributions to selective dimensions of emotion. Social, Cognitive & Affective Neuroscience, 2, 123-129.

Knox, D. & Berntson, G. G. (2006). Effect of nucleus basalis magnocellularis cholinergic lesions on fear-like and anxiety-like behavior. Behavioral Neuroscience, 120, 307-312.


Mandrekar, S. J., Nagaraja, H. N., & Berntson, G. G. (2005). Statistical modeling of the differences between successive R-R intervals. Statistics in Medicine, 24, 437-451.

Berntson, G. G., Lozano, D. L., & Chen, Y-J. (2005). Filter properties of the root mean square successive difference (RMSSD) statistic in heart rate. Psychophysiology, 42, 246-252.

Bosch, J. A., Berntson, G. G., Cacioppo, J. T., & Marucha, P.T. (2005). Differential mobilization of functionally distinct Natural Killer subsets during acute psychological stress. Psychosomatic Medicine, 67, 366-375.

Berntson, G. G., & Cacioppo, J. T. (2004) Multilevel analyses and reductionism: Why social psychologists should care about neuroscience and vice versa. In Cacioppo, J. T. & Berntson, G. G. (eds) Essays in social neuroscience. (pp. 107-120) Cambrdige, MA: MIT Press.

Knox, D., Sarter, M., & Berntson, G. G. (2004). Visceral afferent bias on cortical processing: Role of adrenergic afferents to the basal forebrain cholinergic system. Behavioral Neuroscience, 118, 1455-1459.

Berntson, G. G., Lozano, D. L., Chen, Y-J, & Cacioppo, J. T. (2004). Where to Q in PEP: Reliability and Validity. Psychophysiology, 41, 333-337.

Cacioppo, J. T., Semin, G. R., & Berntson, G. G. (2004). Realism, instrumentalism, and scientific symbiosis: Psychological theory as a search for truth and the discovery of solutions. American Psychologist, 59, 214-223.

Berntson, G. G., Shafi, R., Knox, D. & Sarter, M. (2003). Blockade of epinephrine priming of the cerebral auditory evoked response by cortical cholinergic deafferentation. Neuroscience, 116, 179-186.

Bosch, J. A., Berntson, G. G., Cacioppo, J. T., Dhabhar, F. S., & Marucha, P. T. (2003). Acute stress evokes a selective mobilization of T cells that differ in chemokine receptor expression: A potential pathway linking immunologic reactivity to cardiovascular disease. Brain, Behavior & Immunity, 17, 251-259.

Cacioppo, J. T, Hawkley, L. C., & Berntson, G. G. (2003). The Anatomy of Loneliness. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 12, 71-74.

Cacioppo, J. T. Berntson, G. G., Lorig, T. S., Norris, C. J., Ricket, E., & Nusbaum, H. (2003). Just because you are imaging the brain doesn't mean you can stop using your head: A primer and first set of principles. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 85, 650-661.

Berntson, G. G., Sarter, M. & Cacioppo, J. T. (2003). Ascending visceral regulation of cortical affective information processing. European Journal of Neuroscience, 18, 103-2109.

Cacioppo, J. T., Hawkley, L. C., Crawford, L. E., Ernst, J. M., Burleson, M. H., Kowalski, R. B., Malarkey, W. B., VanCauter, E., & Berntson, G. G. (2002). Loneliness and health: Potential mechanisms. Psychosomatic Medicine, 64, 407-417.

Cacioppo, J. T., Hawkley, L. C., Berntson, G. G., Ernst, J. M., Gibbs, A. C., Stickold, R. & Hobson, J. A. (2002). Do lonely days invade the nights?: The possible social modulation of sleep efficiency. Psychological Science, 13, 384-387.

Berntson, G. G., Shafi, R., & Sarter, M. (2002). Specific contributions of the basal forebrain corticopetal cholinergic system to electroencephalographic activity and sleep/waking behavior. European Journal of Neuroscience, 16, 2453-2461.

Sarter, M., Bruno, J. P., Berntson, G. G. (2001). Psychotogenic properties of benzodiazepine receptor inverse agonists. Psychopharmacology, 156, 1-13.

Berntson, G. G., Cacioppo, J. T. (2000). Psychobiology and social psychology: Past, present and future. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 4, 3-15.

Cacioppo, J. T., Ernst, J. M., Burleson, M. H., McClintock, M. K., Malarkey, W. B., Hawkley, L. C., Kowalewski, R. B., Paulsen, A., Hobson, J. A., Hugdahl, K.,
Spiegel, D., Berntson, G. G. (2000). Lonely traits and concomitant physiological processes: the MacArthur social neuroscience studies. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 35, 143-154.

Stowell, J. R., Berntson, G. G., Sarter, M. (2000). Attenuation of the bidirectional effects of chlordiazepoxide and FG 7142 on conditioned response suppression and associated cardiovascular reactivity by loss of cortical cholinergic inputs. Psychopharmacology, 150, 141-149.

Cacioppo, J. T., Burleson, M. H., Poehlmann, K. M., Malarkey, W. B., Kiecolt-Glaser, J. K., Berntson, G. G., Uchino, B., Glaser, R. (2000). Autonomic and neuroendocrine responses to mild psychological stressors: effects of chronic stress on older women. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 22, 140-148.

Cacioppo, J. T., Berntson, G. G., Sheridan, J. F., McClintock, M. K. (2000). Multi-level integrative analyses of human behavior: The complementing nature of social and biological approaches. Psychological Bulletin, 126, 829-843.

Ernst, J. M., Litvack, D. A., Lozano, D. L., Cacioppo, J. T., Berntson, G.G. (1999). Impedance pneumography: Noise as signal in impedance cardiography. Psychophysiology, 36, 333-338.

Cacioppo, J. T., Berntson, G. G. (1999). The affect system: Architecture and operating characteristics.Current Directions in Psychological Science. 8, 133-137.

Hart, S., Sarter, M., Berntson, G.G. (1999). Cholinergic inputs to the medial prefrontal cortex mediate potentiation of the cardiovascular defensive response by the anxiogenic benzodiazepine receptor partial inverse agonist FG 7142. Neuroscience, 94, 1029-1038.

Hart, S., Sarter, M., Berntson, G. G. (1998). Cardiovascular and somatic startle and defense: Concordant and discordant actions of benzodiazepine receptor agonists and inverse agonists. Behavioural Brain Research, 90, 175-186.

Padgett, D. A., Sheridan, J. F., Dorne, J., Berntson, G. G., Candelora, J., Glaser, R. (1998). Social stress and the reactivation of latent herpes simplex virus-type 1. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 95, 7231-7235.

Cacioppo, J. T., Berntson, G. G., Malarkey, W. B., Kiecolt-Glaser, J. K., Sheridan, J. F., Poehlmann, K. M., Burleson, M. H., Ernst, J. M., Hawkley, L. C., Glaser, R. (1998). Autonomic, neuroendocrine, and immune responses to psychological stress: The reactivity hypothesis. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 840, 664-673.

Burleson, M. H., Malarkey, W. B., Cacioppo, J. T., Poehlmann, K. M., Kiecolt-Glaser, J. K., Berntson, G. G. Glaser, R. (1998). Postmenopausal hormone replacement: Effects on autonomic, neuroendocrine, and immune reactivity to brief psychological stressors. Psychosomatic Medicine, 60, 17-25.

Berntson, G. G., Sarter, M., Cacioppo, J. T. (1998). Anxiety and cardiovascular reactivity: The basal forebrain cholinergic link. Behavioural Brain Research, 94, 225-248.

Berntson, G. G., Bigger, J. T., Eckberg, D. L., Grossman, P., Kaufmann, P. G., Malik, M., Nagaraja, H. N., Porges, S. W., Saul, J. P., Stone, P. H., van der Molen, M. W. (1997). Heart rate variability: Origins, methods, and interpretive caveats. Psychophysiology, 34, 623-648.