*Indicates current or former lab member
Campbell, J. K., *Joseph, A.-L. C., Rothman, E., & Valera, E. M. (2022). Prevalence of brain injury in survivors and perpetrators of intimate-partner violence: A systematic review. Current Epidemiology Reports. (link to text)
*Quiroz Molinares, N., Navarro Segura, M. C., De los Reyes-Aragón, C. J., *Joseph, A.-L. C., Vangel, M., & Valera, E. M. (2022). Intimate-partner violence related brain injury among Colombian women. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation. (link to text)
Saadi, A., Chibnik, L., & Valera, E. (2022). Examining the Association Between Childhood Trauma, Brain Injury, and Neurobehavioral Symptoms Among Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence: A Cross-Sectional Analysis. The Journal of head trauma rehabilitation, 37(1), 24–33. (link to text)
Valera, E. M., *Daugherty, J. C., *Scott, O. C., & Berenbaum, H. (2022). Strangulation as an Acquired Brain Injury in Intimate-Partner Violence and Its Relationship to Cognitive and Psychological Functioning: A Preliminary Study. The Journal of head trauma rehabilitation, 37(1), 15–23. (link to text)
Colantonio, A., & Valera, E. M. (2022). Brain Injury and Intimate Partner Violence. The Journal of head trauma rehabilitation, 37(1), 2–4. (link to text)
*Kucyi, A., Esterman, M., Capella, J., Green, A., Uchida, M., Biederman, J., Gabrieli, J., Valera, E. M., & Whitfield-Gabrieli, S. (2021). Prediction of stimulus-independent and task-unrelated thought from functional brain networks. Nature communications, 12(1), 1793. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22027-0 (pdf)
Saleem, G. T., Fitzpatrick, J. M., Haider, M. N., & Valera, E. M. (2021). COVID-19-induced surge in the severity of gender-based violence might increase the risk for acquired brain injuries. SAGE open medicine, 9, 20503121211050197. https://doi.org/10.1177/20503121211050197 (pdf)
Yamashita, A., Rothlein, D., *Kucyi, A., Valera, E. M., Germine, L., Wilmer, J., DeGutis, J., & Esterman, M. (2021). Variable rather than extreme slow reaction times distinguish brain states during sustained attention. Scientific reports, 11(1), 14883. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-94161-0 (pdf)
Yamashita, A., Rothlein, D., *Kucyi, A., Valera, E. M., & Esterman, M. (2021). Brain state-based detection of attentional fluctuations and their modulation. NeuroImage, 236, 118072. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.118072
Zuberer, A., *Kucyi, A., Yamashita, A., Wu, C. M., Walter, M., Valera, E. M., & Esterman, M. (2021). Integration and segregation across large-scale intrinsic brain networks as a marker of sustained attention and task-unrelated thought. NeuroImage, 229, 117610. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.117610
*Kucyi A, Esterman M, Capella J, Green A, Uchida M, Biederman J, Gabrieli J, Valera EM*, Whitfield-Gabrieli S*. Prediction of stimulus-independent and task-unrelated thought from functional brain networks. Nature Communications; In Press. *These authors share senior authorship.
Valera EM, *Joseph ALC, Snedaker K, Breiding MJ, Robertson CL, Colantonio A, Levin H, Pugh MJ, Yurgelun-Todd D, Mannix R, Bazarian JJ, Turtzo LC, Turkstra, LS, Begg, L, Cummings DM, Bellgowan, PSF. Understanding Traumatic Brain Injury in Females: A State-of-the-Art Summary and Future Directions. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation; 2021; 36(1): E1-E17. doi: 10.1097/HTR.0000000000000652 (link to full text)
Valera EM. When pandemics clash: Gendered violence-related traumatic brain injuries in women since COVID-19; EClinical Medicine:A Lancet Journal; 2020; 24: June 27, 100423. (download pdf)
*Adra, N., *Cao, A., Makris, N., & Valera, E. M. (2021). Sensory Modulation Disorder and its Neural Circuitry in Adults with ADHD: A Pilot Study. Brain imaging and behavior, 15(2), 930–940. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11682-020-00302-w
Valera EM, Campbell J, Gill J, Iverson K. Correlates of brain injuries in women subjected to intimate partner violence: Identifying the dangers and raising awareness. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment and Trauma; 2019; 28 (6): 695-713.(link to full text)
*Daugherty JC, Querido L, Quiroz N, Wang D, Hidalgo-Ruzzante N, Fernandes S, Pérez-García M, De los Reyes-Aragon CJ, Pires R, Valera EM. The Coin in Hand-extended version: Development and validation of a multicultural performance validity test. Assessment; 2019 Jul 26 online ahead of print. (link to full text)
Valera EM, *Cao A, Pasternak O, Shenton M, Kubicki M, Makris N, Adra N. White matter correlates of mild traumatic brain injuries in women subjected to intimate-partner violence: A preliminary study. Journal of Neurotrauma 2019 Mar; 1;36(5):661-668. (download PDF)
Hoche F, Daly MP, Chutake TK, Valera EM, Sherman JC, Schmahmann JD. The cerebellar cognitive affective syndrome in ataxia-telangiectasia. Cerebellum; 2019; 18:225-244. (link to full text)
Valera EM. Increasing our understanding of an overlooked public health epidemic: Traumatic brain injuries in intimate partner violence. Journal of Women’s Health; 2018; 27: 735-736.
*Hove MJ, Gravel N, Spencer RMC, Valera EM. Finger tapping and pre-attentive sensorimotor timing in adults with ADHD. Experimental Brain Research; 2017; 235:3663-3672.
*Kucyi A, Esterman M, Valera EM. Reply to Csifcsák and Mittner: Fitting data to neural models of mind-wandering. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences; 2017; 114(30):E6033.
*Kucyi A, Esterman M, Riley CS, Valera EM. Spontaneous default network activity reflects behavioral variability independent of mind-wandering Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences; 2016; 113:13899-904.
Valera EM, *Kucyi A. Brain injury in women experiencing intimate partner-violence: Neural mechanistic evidence of an “invisible” trauma.” Brain Imaging and Behavior; 2017; 11:1664-1677 PMID: 27766587.
Sawyer K, Oscar-Berman M, Ruiz SM, Gálvez DA, Makris N, Harris GJ, Valera EM. Associations between cerebellar subregional morphometry and alcoholism history in men and women. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research; 2016; 40:1262-72. PMID: 27130832
*Kucyi A, *Hove MJ, Esterman M, Hutchison RM, Valera EM. Dynamic brain-network correlates of spontaneous fluctuations in attention. Cerebral Cortex; 2016; Feb 13 [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 26874182
*Hove MJ, Zeffiro T, Biederman J, Li Z, Schmahmann J, Valera EM. Postural sway and regional cerebellar volume in adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. NeuroImage: Clinical: 2015; 21: 422-8. PMID: 26106567
*Kucyi A, *Hove MJ, Biederman J, Van Dijk KRA, Valera EM. Disrupted functional connectivity of cerebellar default network areas in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Human Brain Mapping; 2015; 36: 3373-86. PMID: 26109476
Kurdziel LB, Dempsey K, Zahara M, Valera E, Spencer RMC. Impaired visuomotor adaptation in adults with ADHD. Experimental Brain Research; 2015; 233: 1145-1153.
Makris N, Liang L, Biederman J, Valera EM, Brown A, Petty C, Spencer T, Faraone S, Seidman LJ. Toward Defining the Neural Substrates of ADHD: A Controlled Structural MRI Study in Medication-Naïve Adults. Journal of Attention Disorders; 2015 Nov;19(11):944-53. PMID: 24189200
Spencer TJ, Brown A, Seidman LJ, Valera EM, Makris N, Lomedico A, Faraone SV, Biederman J. Effect of psychostimulants on brain structure and function in ADHD: a qualitative literature review of magnetic resonance imaging-based neuroimaging studies. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry; 2013; 74(9):902-17.
Makris N, Seidman LJ, Brown A, Valera EM, Kaiser JR, Petty CR, Liang L, Aleardi M, Boriel D, Henderson CS, Giddens M, Faraone SV, Spencer TS, Biederman J. Further understanding of the comorbidity between attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and bipolar disorder in adults: An MRI study of cortical thickness. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging; 2012; 202:1-11. PMID: 2264068
Brown A, Biederman J, Valera EM, Lomedico A, Aleardi M, Makris N, Seidman LJ. Working memory network alterations and associated symptoms in adults with ADHD and Bipolar Disorder. Journal of Psychiatric Research; 2012; 46: 476-483. PMID: 22272986
Stoodley CJ, Valera EM, Schmahmann JD. Functional topography of the cerebellum for motor and cognitive tasks: An fMRI study. NeuroImage; 2012; 59: 1560-1570. PMID: 21907811
Brown AB, Biederman J, Valera EM, Makris N, Doyle A, Whitfield-Gabrieli S, Mick E, Spencer T, Faraone S, Seidman L. Relationship of DAT1 and adult ADHD to task-positive and task-negative working memory networks. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging; 2011; 193: 7-16. PMID: 21596533
Seidman LJ, Biederman J, Liang L, Valera EM, Monuteaux MC, Brown A, Kaiser J, Spencer T, Faraone SV, Makris N. Gray matter alterations in adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity disorder identified by voxel based morphometry. Biological Psychiatry; 2011; 69: 857-866. (download PDF)
Brown AB, Biederman J, Valera EM, Doyle AE, Bush G, Spencer T, Monuteaux MC, Mick E, Whitfield-Gabrieli S, Makris N, LaViolette PS, Oscar-Berman M, Faraone SV, Seidman LJ. Effect of dopamine transporter gene (SLC6A3) variation on dorsal anterior cingulate function in ADHD. American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part B Neuropsychiatric Genetics; 2010; 153B:365-75. (download PDF)
Makris N, Seidman LJ, Valera EM, Monuteaux M, Kennedy DN, Caviness VS Jr, Crum K, Brown AB, Bush G, Faraone S, Biederman J. Anterior cingulate volumetric alterations in treatment-naïve adults with ADHD: A pilot study. Journal of Attention Disorders; 2010; 13:407-413. (download PDF)
Stoodley CJ, Valera EM, Schmahmann JD. An fMRI case study of functional topography in the human cerebellum. Behavioral Neurology; 2010; 23:65-79.
Valera EM, Brown A, Biederman J, Faraone SV, Makris N, Monuteaux MC, Whitfield-Gabrieli S, Vitulano M, Schiller M, Seidman LJ. Sex differences in the functional neuroanatomy of working memory in adults with ADHD. American Journal of Psychiatry; 2010; 167:86-94. (download PDF)
Valera EM, Spencer RMC, Zeffiro TA, Makris N, Spencer TJ, Faraone SV, Biederman J, Seidman LJ. Neural substrates of impaired sensorimotor timing in adult attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Biological Psychiatry; 2010; 68:359-367. (download PDF)
Biederman J, Makris N, Valera EM, Monuteaux MC, Goldstein JM, Buka S, Boriel DL, Bandyopadhyay S, Kennedy DN, Caviness VS, Bush G, Aleardi M, Hammerness P, Faraone SV, Seidman LJ. Towards further understanding of the co-morbidity between attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and bipolar disorder: An MRI study of brain volumes. Psychological Medicine; 2008; 38; 1045-1056. (download PDF)
Bush G, Spencer T, Holmes J, Shin LM, Surman C, Valera EM, Seidman LJ, Makris N, Aleardi M, Mick E, Biederman J. Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Methylphenidate and Placebo in Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder during the Multi-Source Interference Task; Archives of General Psychiatry; 2008; 65; 102-114. (download PDF)
Makris NM, Buka SL, Biederman J, Papadimitriou GM, Hodge SM, Valera EM, Brown AB, Bush G, Monuteaux MC, Caviness VS, Kennedy DN, Seidman LJ. Attention and executive systems abnormalities in adults with childhood ADHD: A DT-MRI study of connections. Cerebral Cortex,2008; 18(5): 1210-1220. (download PDF)
Monuteaux MC, Seidman LJ, Faraone SV, Makris N, Spencer T, Valera EM, Brown A, Bush G, Doyle AE, Hughes S, Helliesen M, Mick E, Biederman J. A preliminary study of dopamine D4 receptor genotype and structural brain alterations in adults with ADHD. American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part B Neuropsychiatric Genetics; 2008, 147B: 1436-1441. (download PDF)
Makris N, Biederman J, Valera EM, Bush G, Kaiser J, Kennedy DN, Caviness VS, Faraone SV, Seidman LJ. Cortical thinning of the attention and executive function networks in adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Cerebral Cortex; 2007; 17; 1364-1375. (download PDF)
Valera EM, Faraone SV, Murray K, Seidman LJ. Meta-analysis of structural imaging findings in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Biological Psychiatry; 2007; 61; 1361-1369. (download PDF)
Makris N, Kaiser JR, Haselgrove C, Seidman LJ, Biederman J, Boriel D, Valera EM, Papadimitriou GM, Fischl B, Caviness VS, Kennedy DN. Human Cerebral Cortex: A System for the Integration of Volume- and Surface-Based Representations. Neuroimage; 2006; 33; 139-153. (download PDF)
Seidman LJ, Biederman J, Valera EM, Monuteaux MC, Doyle AE, Faraone SV. Neuropsychological functioning in girls with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder with and without learning disabilities. Neuropsychology 2006; 20: 166-177. (download PDF) PMID: 16594777
Seidman LJ, Valera EM, Makris N, Monuteaux MC, Boriel DL, Kelkar K, Kennedy DN, Caviness VS, Bush G, Aleardi M, Faraone SV, Biederman J. Dorsolateral prefrontal and anterior cingulate cortex volumetric abnormalities in adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder identified by magnetic resonance imaging. Biological Psychiatry; 2006; 60; 1071-1080. (download PDF) PMID: 16876137.
Seidman LJ, Biederman J, Monuteaux MC, Valera EM, Doyle AE, Faraone SV. Impact of Gender and Age on Executive Functioning: Do Girls and Boys with and without Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Differ Neuropsychologically in Pre-Teen and Teenage Years? Developmental Neuropsychology 2005; 27: 79-105. (download PDF) PMID: 15737943
Valera EM, Faraone SF, Biederman J, Poldrack RA, Seidman LJ. Functional neuroanatomy of working memory in Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. Biological Psychiatry 2005; 57: 439-447. (download PDF) PMID: 15737657
Seidman LJ, Doyle A, Fried R, Valera EM, Crum K, Matthews L. Neuropsychological Function in Adults with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Psychiatric Clinics of North America 2004; 27: 261-282. (download PDF) PMID: 15063997
Berenbaum H, Valera EM, Kerns JG. Psychological trauma and schizotypal symptoms. Schizophrenia Bulletin 2003; 29: 143-152. (download PDF)
Valera EM, Berenbaum H. Brain injury in battered women. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 2003; 71, 797-804. (download PDF)
Valera EM, Berenbaum H. A twin study of alexithymia. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics 2001; 70: 239-246.
Valera EM, Heller WH, Berenbaum H. A twin study of individual differences in perceptual asymmetry. Laterality 1999; 4: 299-312. (download PDF)
Turrisi R, Jaccard J, Kelly SQ, Valera EM. Parent and teen perceptions regarding parental efforts at controlling teen drunk driving. Journal of Applied Social Psychology 1994; 24: 1387-1406. (download PDF)
Reviews and Chapters
Valera EM, Brown AB, Seidman LJ. Neuropsychology of ADHD and other disorders of childhood. Neuropsychology of Mental Disorders. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press; 2009. pp. 285-299.
Valera EM, Seidman LJ. Neurobiology of ADHD in preschoolers. Infants and Young Children 2006; 19: 94-108.
Bush G, Valera EM, Seidman LJ. Functional neuroimaging of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A review and suggested future directions. Biological Psychiatry 2005; 57: 1273-1284. (download PDF)
Seidman LJ, Valera EM, Makris, N. Structural brain imaging of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. Biological Psychiatry 2005; 57: 1263-1272. (download PDF)
Seidman LJ, Valera EM, Bush G. Brain Function and Structure in Adults with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Psychiatric Clinics of North America 2004; 27: 323-347. (download PDF)
Seidman LJ, Valera EM. The ADHD Brain. In: Biederman J, ed. ADHD: Current understanding of etiology, diagnosis, and neurobiology. Hasbrouck Heights, NJ: Veritas Institute 2003, pp. 25-34.
Mukherjee D, Kerns J, Valera EM, Heller W. Schizophrenia: Past, present, and future [invited review of the book, Psychopathology: The evolving science of mental disorder]. Contemporary Psychology 1998; 43: 858-859.