Selected publications from the ART Lab are listed below.

2023

Zegel, M., McGrew, S. J., Wardle, M. C., & Vujanovic, A. A. (2023). The main and interactive effects of distress tolerance and reward function on posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms among firefighters. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 15(Suppl 2). https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0001240

Wardle, M., Hoots, J., Miloslavich, K., Nunez, C., Holden, C., Ahluwalia, A., Lane, S., & Schmitz, J. (2023). Domains of reward functioning in cocaine use disorder. Biological Psychiatry, 93(9). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2023.02.125

Webber, H. E., Yoon, J. H., de Dios, C., Suchting, R., Dang, V., Versace, F., Green, C. E., Wardle, M. C., Lane, S. D., & Schmitz, J. M. (2023). Assessing cocaine motivational value: Comparison of brain reactivity bias toward cocaine cues and cocaine demand. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 31(4), 861–867. https://doi.org/10.1037/pha0000622

Hamidovic, A., Davis, J., Wardle, M., Naveed, A., & Soumare, F. (2023). Periovulatory subphase of the menstrual cycle is marked by a significant decrease in heart rate variability. Biology, 12(6), 785. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology12060785

Miloslavich, K., Leonard, S. J., Wardle, M. C., & Vujanovic, A. A. (2023). Alcohol use severity, anger and drinking motives among firefighters. Substance Use & Misuse, 58(5), 601–609. https://doi.org/10.1080/10826084.2023.2177113

Wardle, M. C., Hoots, J. K., Miloslavich, K., Nunez, C., Dios, C. de, Holden, C., Ahluwahlia, A., Green, C. E., Lane, S. D., & Schmitz, J. M. (2023). Deficits in consummatory reward relate to severity of cocaine use. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 249, 109950. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2023.109950

Suchting, R., Razouq, D., Jose, L., Nascimento e Silva, F., Wardle, M. C., Soares, J. C., Teixeira, A. L., & Selvaraj, S. (2023). Effects of an experimentally induced inflammatory stimulus on motivational behavior in remitted depressed patients. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 161, 106–111. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2023.03.019

Hamidovic, A., Davis, J., Soumare, F., Naveed, A., Ghani, Y., Semiz, S., Khalil, D., & Wardle, M. (2023). Allopregnanolone is associated with a stress-induced reduction of heart rate variability in premenstrual dysphoric disorder. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 12(4), 1553. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12041553

2022

Webber, H. E., Yoon, J. H., de Dios, C., Suchting, R., Dang, V., Versace, F., Green, C. E., Wardle, M. C., Lane, S. D., & Schmitz, J. M. (2022). Assessing cocaine motivational value: Comparison of brain reactivity bias toward cocaine cues and cocaine demand. Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology, 10.1037/pha0000622. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/pha0000622

Nunez, C., Hoots, J. K., Schepers, S. T., Bower, M., de Wit, H., & Wardle, M. C. (2022). Pharmacological investigations of effort-based decision-making in humans: Naltrexone and nicotine. PloS one, 17(10), e0275027. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0275027

Wardle, M. C., Pabon, E., Webber, H. E., & de Wit, H. (2022). Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol reduces willingness to exert effort in women. Psychopharmacology, 239(5), 1487–1497. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-021-06032-1

2021

Hoots, J. K., Webber, H. E., Nunez, C., Cooper, J. A., Lopez-Gamundi, P., Lawlor, V. M., Lane, S. D., Treadway, M. T., & Wardle, M. C. (2021). Acute drug effects differentially predict desire to take dextroamphetamine again for work and recreation. Psychopharmacology, 238(10), 2815–2826. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-021-05897-6

Webber, H.E., Lopez-Gamundi, P., Stamatovich, S.N., de Wit, H., & Wardle, M.C. (2021). Using pharmacological manipulations to study the role of dopamine in human reward functioning: A review of studies in healthy adults. Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews, 120, 123–158. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2020.11.004

Stamatovich, S.N., Lopez-Gamundi, P., Suchting, R., Colpo, G.D., Walss-Bass, C., Lane, S.D., Schmitz, J.M., & Wardle, M.C. (2021). Plasma pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines may relate to cocaine use, cognitive functioning, and depressive symptoms in cocaine use disorder. The American journal of drug and alcohol abuse, 47(1), 52–64. https://doi.org/10.1080/00952990.2020.1828439

Soder, H.E., Cooper, J.A., Lopez-Gamundi, P., Hoots, J.K., Nunez, C., Lawlor, V.M., Lane, S.D., Treadway, M.T., & Wardle, M.C. (2021). Dose-response effects of d-amphetamine on effort-based decision-making and reinforcement learning. Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, 46(6), 1078–1085. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41386-020-0779-8

2020

Agurto, C., Cecchi, G.A., Norel, R., Ostrand, R., Kirkpatrick, M., Baggott, M.J., Wardle, M.C., Wit, H., & Bedi, G. (2020). Detection of acute 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) effects across protocols using automated natural language processing. Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, 45(5), 823–832. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41386-020-0620-4

Soder, H.E., Berumen, A.M., Gomez, K.E., Green, C.E., Suchting, R., Wardle, M.C., … Lane, S.D. (2020). Elevated Neutrophil to Lymphocyte Ratio in Older Adults with Cocaine Use Disorder as a Marker of Chronic Inflammation. Clinical psychopharmacology and neuroscience : the official scientific journal of the Korean College of Neuropsychopharmacology, 18(1), 32–40. https://doi.org/10.9758/cpn.2020.18.1.32

Addicott, M.A., Wardle, M.C., & Selig, J.P. (2020). Effort-based decision making varies by smoking status. Psychopharmacology, 10.1007/s00213-019-05437-3. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-019-05437-3

2019

Soder, H.E., Wardle, M.C., Schmitz, J.M., Lane, S.D., Green, C., & Vujanovic, A.A. (2019). Baseline resting heart rate variability predicts post-traumatic stress disorder treatment outcomes in adults with co-occurring substance use disorders and post-traumatic stress. Psychophysiology, 56(8), e13377. https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.13377

Suchting, R., Vincent, J.N., Lane, S.D., Green, C.E., Schmitz, J.M., & Wardle, M.C. (2019). Using a data science approach to predict cocaine use frequency from depressive symptoms. Drug and alcohol dependence, 194, 310–317. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2018.10.029

Fries, G.R., Khan, S., Stamatovich, S., Dyukova, E., Walss-Bass, C., Lane, S.D., … Wardle, M.C. (2018). Anhedonia in cocaine use disorder is associated with inflammatory gene expression. PloS one, 13(11), e0207231. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0207231

2018

Wardle, M.C., Lopez-Gamundi, P., & LaVoy, E.C. (2018). Effects of an acute bout of physical exercise on reward functioning in healthy adults. Physiology & behavior, 194, 552–559. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2018.07.010

Vujanovic, A.A., Wardle, M.C., Bakhshaie, J., Smith, L.J., Green, C.E., Lane, S.D., & Schmitz, J.M. (2018). Distress tolerance: Associations with trauma and substance cue reactivity in low-income, inner-city adults with substance use disorders and posttraumatic stress. Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors, 32(3), 264–276. https://doi.org/10.1037/adb0000362

Lopez-Gamundi, P., & Wardle, M.C. (2018). The cognitive effort expenditure for rewards task (C-EEfRT): A novel measure of willingness to expend cognitive effort. Psychological assessment, 30(9), 1237–1248. https://doi.org/10.1037/pas0000563

Wardle, M.C., Lopez-Gamundi, P., & Flagel, S.B. (2018). Measuring appetitive conditioned responses in humans. Physiology & behavior, 188, 140–150. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2018.02.004

2017

Vujanovic, A.A., Wardle, M.C., Smith, L.J., & Berenz, E.C. (2017). Reward functioning in posttraumatic stress and substance use disorders. Current opinion in psychology, 14, 49–55. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2016.11.004

Wardle, M.C., Vincent, J.N., Suchting, R., Green, C.E., Lane, S.D., & Schmitz, J.M. (2017). Anhedonia Is Associated with Poorer Outcomes in Contingency Management for Cocaine Use Disorder. Journal of substance abuse treatment, 72, 32–39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsat.2016.08.020