Publications

Cognitive Control and Emotion Processing

Macatee, R.J., Burkhouse, K.L., Afshar, K.,* Schroth, C., Aase, D.M., Greenstein, J.E., Proescher, E., & Phan, K.L. (2021). Psychometrics of the Late Positive Potential in in Combat-Exposed Veterans. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 161, 13-26.
Macatee, R.J., Burkhouse, K.L., Afshar, K.,* Schroth, C., Aase, D.M., Greenstein, J.E., Proescher, E., & Phan, K.L. (2020). Non-linear Relations between Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms and Electrocortical Reactivity during Emotional Face Processing in Combat-Exposed Veterans. Psychophysiology, 57(1), e13423.
Macatee, R.J., Albanese, B.J., Clancy, K., Allan, N. P., Bernat, E., Cougle, J.R., & Schmidt, N. B. (2018). Distress Intolerance Modulation of Neurophysiological Markers of Cognitive Control during a Complex Go/No-Go Task. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 127(1), 12-29.
Albanese, B. J., Macatee, R. J., Allan, N. P., Short, N. A., Norr, A. M., & Schmidt, N. B. (2018). Interactive Effects of Anxiety Sensitivity and Attentional Control on Post-traumatic Stress in Community and Clinical Populations. Psychiatry: Interpersonal and Biological Processes, 81(1). doi: 10.1080/00332747.2017.1309867  
Macatee, R. J., Albanese, B. J., Schmidt, N. B., & Cougle, J. R. (2017). Attentional Bias towards Negative Emotional Information and its Relationship with Daily Worry in the Context of Acute Stress: An Eye-Tracking Study. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 90, 96-110.
Macatee, R.J., Albanese, B. J., Schmidt, N. B., & Cougle, J. R. (2017). The Moderating Influence of Heart Rate Variability on Stressor-Elicited Change in Pupillary and Attentional Indices of Emotional Processing: An Eye-Tracking Study. Biological Psychology, 123, 83-93.

Cannabis Use Disorder

Macatee, R.J., Preston, T.J.,* Afshar, K.,* Blaine, S.K., & Schermitzler, B.* (2023). Temporal stability of neurophysiological drug cue reactivity before and after acute stress in cannabis users: a test of incentive sensitization. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 247, 109862.
Schermitzler, B.S.,* Minieri, J.,* & Macatee, R.J. (2023). Emotional Salience of Positive and Negative Aspects of Cannabis Use in Cannabis Use Disorder: The Development of a Novel Self-referential Processing Task Using the Late Positive Potential. Addiction Neuroscience, 5, 100061.
Preston, T.J.,* Albanese, B.J., Schmidt, N.B., & Macatee, R.J. (2022). Impact of acute stress on neural indices of positive and negative reinforcement processing in cannabis users. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 36(8), 1036-47.
Macatee, R.J., Carr, M.,* Afshar, K.,* & Preston, T.J.* (2021). Development and Validation of a Cannabis Cue Stimulus Set. Addictive Behaviors, 112, 106643.
Macatee, R.J., Okey, S. A., Albanese, B. J., Schmidt, N. B., & Cougle, J. R. (2019). Distress intolerance moderation of motivated attention to cannabis and negative stimuli after induced stress among cannabis users: An ERP study. Addiction Biology, 24, 717-29.
Macatee, R.J., Albanese, B.J., Crane, N.A., Okey, S.A., Cougle, J.R., & Schmidt, N.B. (2018). Distress intolerance moderation of neurophysiological markers of response inhibition after induced stress: Relations with Cannabis Use Disorder. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 32(8), 944-955.  
Richard J. Macatee, Mallory J. Cannon, Brandon S. Schermitzler, Thomas J. Preston, Kaveh Afshar. (2024). Biological sex and hormonal contraceptive associations with drug cue reactivtiy in cannabis use disorder. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 174, 121-28.
Preston, T.J., Cougle, J.R., Schmidt, N.B., Macatee, R.J. (2024). Decomposing the late positive potential to cannabis cues in regular cannabis users: A temporal-spatiam principal component analysis. Psychophysiology, 61(4), e14471.

Computerized Interventions

Macatee, R.J., Preston, T.J.,* Afshar, K.,* Schmidt, N.B., & Cougle, J.R. (2022). Impact of a Computerized Distress Intolerance Intervention on Electrocortical Reactivity to Cannabis and Threat Cues: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 36(7), 920-29.
Macatee, R.J., Albanese, B.J., Okey, S.A., Afshar, K.,* Carr, M.,* Rosenthal, M.Z., Schmidt, N.B., & Cougle, J.R. (2021). Impact of a Computerized Intervention for High Distress Intolerance on Cannabis Use Outcomes: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 121, 108194.
Macatee, R.J., & Cougle, J.R. (2015). Development and Evaluation of a Computerized Intervention for Low Distress Tolerance and its Effect on Performance on a Neutralization Task. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 48, 33-39.
Norr, A.M., Allan, N.P., Macatee, R.J., Keough, M.E., & Schmidt, N.B. (2014). Effect of a computerized anxiety sensitivity intervention on anxiety, depression, and worry: Mediation through affect tolerances. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 59, 12-19.