Publications

Amey, R., Leitner, J., Liu, M., & Forbes, C. (2018). Neural Mechanisms Associated with Semantic and Basic Self-Oriented Memory Processes Interact to Modulate Self-Esteem. bioRxiv, 350926.

Forbes, C. E., Amey, R., Magerman, A. B., Duran, K., & Liu, M. (2018). Stereotype-based stressors facilitate emotional memory neural network connectivity and encoding of negative information to degrade math self-perceptions among women. Social cognitive and affective neuroscience.

Liu, M., Amey, R. C., & Forbes, C. E. (2017). On the Role of Situational Stressors in the Disruption of Global Neural Network Stability during Problem Solving. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience.

Leitner, J. B., Ayduk, O., Mendoza-Denton, R., Magerman, A., Amey, R., Kross, E., & Forbes, C. E. (2016). Self-distancing improves interpersonal perceptions and behavior by decreasing medial prefrontal cortex activity during the provision of criticism. Social cognitive and affective neuroscience, 12(4), 534-543.

Manuscripts Under Review

Amey, R., Magerman, A. B., Liu, M., Jaremka, L.M. & Forbes, C. (under review). Stereotype Based Stressors in Group Contexts: The Role of Stress Contagion. Cerebral Cortex.

Liu, M., Backer, R., Amey, R., Magerman, A. B., Splan, E., & Forbes, C. (under review). Context matters: Situational stress impedes functional reorganization of intrinsic brain connectivity during problem solving. Nature Communications.

Forbes C. E., Amey R. C., Duran K. A., West T. V., Aversive responses to stereotypic STEM images predicts women’s underperformance in math. R&R in Psychological Science.

Manuscripts in Preparation

Amey, R., Liu, M., & Forbes, C. E. (in prep). Social and Biological Threats Share Common Brain Resources.  

Amey, R., Emich, K., & Forbes, C. E. (in prep). Approach Avoidance Behavior and Minority Group Perceptions, Keys to Successful Group Outcomes.

Magerman, A. B., Amey, R., Okten, I.O.,  & Forbes, C. E. (in prep). Memories as Self–Threats: Social Identity-Threatening Memories and Maladaptive Self-Perception among Stigmatized Individuals.

Book Chapters

Amey R. C., Forbes C. E., The role of top-down and bottom-up mechanisms in the maintenance of the self-concept: A behavioral and neuroscience review (In Press).  Handbook of Categorization: Social Categorization and Social Knowledge.