Publications

Published

Pedersen, W. S., Balderston, N. L., Miskovich, T. A., Belleau, E. L., Schultz, D. H., Helmstetter, F. J., & Larson, C. L. (in press). The effects of stimulus novelty and negativity in the amygdala, hippocampus, and bed nucleus of the stria terminalis. Social, Cognitive and Affective NeuroscienceAbstract

Pedersen, W. S., & Larson, C. L. (2016). State anxiety carried over from prior threat increases LPP amplitude during an instructed emotion regulation task. Emotion 16(5), 719-729. Abstract

Miskovich T.A., Pedersen, W.S., Belleau, E. L., Shollenbarger, S., Lisdahl, K. M. & Larson, C. L. (2016). Cortical gyrification patterns associated with trait anxiety. PLoS ONE, 11(2): e0149434. Abstract

Taubitz, L.E., Pedersen, W.S., & Larson, C.L. (2015). BAS reward responsiveness: A unique predictor of positive psychological functioning. Personality and Individual Differences, 80, 107-112. Abstract

Pedersen, W. S. (2013). Using BIS and BAS sensitivity to predict psychopathology, emotion regulation and well-being. Theses and Dissertations, 145. Abstract

Under Review

Belleau, E.L., Pedersen, W.S., Miskovich, T., & Larson, C.L. (under review at Neuropsychopharmacology). Fear extinction-related neural plasticity in cortico-limbic pathways and relationships with trait anxiety.

Pedersen, W. S., Muftuler, L. T. & Larson, C. L. (under revision at Neuroimage). Disentangling the effects of novelty, valence and trait anxiety in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis, amygdala and hippocampus with high resolution 7T fMRI. Abstract

Stout, D.M., Shackman, A.J., Pedersen, W.S., Miskovich, T., & Larson, C.L. (under review at Neuropsychopharmacology). A neural circuit governing individual differences in the short-term retention of task-irrelevant threat in working memory.

In Preparation

Pedersen, W. S., Haworth, K. M. & Larson, C. L. (in prep.). Resting state connectivity of the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis while under threat of unpredictable shock and while safe: a high resolution 7T fMRI study.

Pedersen, W. S. & Larson, C. L. (in prep.). Negative slow wave ERP amplitude altered by threat of unpredictable shock during the suppression of implicit race bias.