Publications

Schuman*, I., Wang*, J., Ballard, I. C., Lapate, R. C. (under review) Waiting for it: Anorexia risk, future orientation, and intertemporal discounting.  (*shared first authorship)

Göktepe-Kavis, P., Gani-zana, J., Lapate, R. C., Fedele, T., Tzovara, A. (under review). Neural predictions of probabilistic sequences of natural sounds.

Lapate, R. C., Heckner, M. K., Phan, A., Tambini, A., D’Esposito, M. (in press). Information-based TMS to lateral prefrontal cortex disrupts action goals during emotional processing. Nature Communications.

Wang, J. & Lapate, R. C. (in press). Emotional state dynamics impacts temporal memory. Cognition & Emotion. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.07.25.550412v1 

Li, M. & Lapate, R. C. (2024). The emotion filmmaker: temporal memory, time-emotion integration, and affective style. Emotion.

Wang, J., Tambini, A., & Lapate, R. C. (2022). The tie that binds: Temporal coding and adaptive emotion. Trends in Cognitive Sciences.

Lapate, R. C., Ballard, I. C., Heckner, M. K., D’Esposito, M. (2022). Emotional context sculpts action goal representations in the lateral frontal pole. Journal of Neuroscience.

Kral, T. R. A., Lapate, R. C., Imhoff-Smith, T., Patsenko, E., Grupe, D., Goldman, R., Rosenkranz, M. A., Davidson, R. J. (2022). Long-term meditation training is associated with enhanced attention and stronger posterior cingulate–rostrolateral prefrontal cortex resting connectivity. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience.

Lapate, R. C., Samaha, J., Rokers, B., Postle, B. R., Davidson, R. J. (2020). Perceptual metacognition of human faces is causally supported by function of the lateral prefrontal cortex. Communications Biology, 3, 360.

Lapate, R. C. & Heller, A. S. (2020). Context matters for affective chronometry. Nature Human Behaviour, 4, 688-689.

Ashburn, S., Abugaber, D., Antony, J., Bennion, K., Bridwell, D., Cardenas-Iniguez, C., Doss, M., Fernández, L., Huijsmans, I., Krisst, L., Lapate, R. C., Layher, E., Leong, J., Li, Y., Marquez, F., Munoz-Rubke, F.,Musz, L., Patterson, T., Powers, J., Proklova, D., Rapuano, K., Robinson, S., Ross, J., Samaha, J., Sazma, M., Stewart, A., Stickel, A., Stolk, A., Vilgis, V., Zirnstein, M. (2020). Towards a socially responsible, transparent, and reproducible cognitive neuroscience. In M. Gazzaniga & R. Mangun (Eds.), The Cognitive Neurosciences VI. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

Grupe, D. W., Schaefer, S. M., Lapate, R. C., Schoen, A. J., Gresham, L. K., Mumford, J. A., Davidson. R. J. (2018). Temporal dynamics of amygdala responses reveal differential contributions of emotional valence and arousal. Social, Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 13, 310-20.

van Reekum, C., Schaefer, S. M., Lapate, R. C., Norris, C., Tun, P., Lachman, M., Ryff, C., Davidson,R. J. (2018). Lateral-medial shift in prefrontal cortex engagement underlies intact emotional functioning in aging. Social, Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 13, 156-63

Weng, H. Y., Lapate, R.C., Stodola, D. E., Rogers, G. M., & Davidson, R. J. (2018). Visual attention to suffering after compassion training is associated with decreased amygdala responses Frontiers in Psychology, 9.

Lapate, R. C. (2018). Regulatory benefits of conscious awareness: insights from the emotion misattribution paradigm and a role for lateral prefrontal cortex. In: Fox, A.S., Lapate, R.C., Shackman, A.J. & Davidson, R.J. (Eds.), The Nature of Emotion: Fundamental Questions (2nd edition). New York: Oxford University Press.

Schaefer, S. M., van Reekum, C. M., Lapate, R. C., Heller, A. S., Grupe, D. W., & Davidson, R. J. (2018). The temporal dynamics of emotional responding: Implications for well-being and health from the MIDUS Neuroscience Project. In C.D. Ryff & R.F. Krueger (Eds.), Oxford Handbook of Integrative Health Science. New York: Oxford University Press.

Lapate, R. C., Samaha, J., Rokers, B., Hamzah, H., Postle, B. R., Davidson, R.  J. (2017). Inhibition of lateral prefrontal cortex produces emotionally biased first impressions: A TMS/EEG study. Psychological Science, 28, 942-53. 

Lapate, R. C., Rokers, B., Tromp, D. P. M., Orfali, N. S., Oler, J. A., Doran, S., Adluru, N., Alexander, A. L., Davidson, R. J. (2016). Awareness of emotional stimuli determines the behavioral consequences of amygdala activation and amygdala-prefrontal connectivity. Scientific Reports, 6, 25826.

Lapate, R. C., Rokers, B., Li, T., Davidson, R. J. (2014). Nonconscious emotional activation colors first impressions: A regulatory role for conscious awareness. Psychological Science, 25, 349-357.

Heller, A. S., Lapate, R. C., Mayer, K., & Davidson, R. J. (2014). The face of negative affect: Trial-by-trial corrugator responses to negative pictures are positively associated with amygdala and negatively associated with ventromedial prefrontal cortex activity. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 2102–2110.

Lapate, R. C., van Reekum, C. M., Schaefer, S. M., Greischar, L. L., Norris, C. J., Bachhuber, D. R. W., Ryff, C. D., & Davidson, R. J. (2014). Prolonged marital stress is associated with short-lived responses to positive stimuli. Psychophysiology, 51(6), 499–509.

Heller, A. S., van Reekum, C. M., Schaefer, S. M., Lapate, R. C., Radler, B. T., Ryff, C. D., & Davidson, R. J. (2013). Sustained striatal activity predicts eudaimonic well-being and cortisol output. Psychological Science, 24(11) 2191–2200.

Schaefer, S. M., Boylan J. M., van Reekum C. M., Lapate R. C., Norris C. J., Ryff C. D., & Davidson R. J. (2013). Purpose in life predicts better emotional recovery from negative stimuli. PLoS ONE, 8(11), e80329.

Lapate, R. C., Lee, H., Salomons, T. V., van Reekum, C. M., Greischar, L. L., & Davidson, R. J. (2012). Amygdalar function reflects common individual differences in emotion and pain regulation success. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 24(1), 148-158.

Javaras, K. N., Schaefer, S. M., van Reekum, C. M., Lapate, R. C., Greischar, L. L., Bachhuber, D. R., Dienberg Love, G., Ryff, C. D., & Davidson, R. J. (2012). Conscientiousness predicts greater recovery from negative emotion. Emotion, 12(5), 875-881.

van Reekum, C. M., Schaefer, S., Lapate, R. C., Norris, C., Greischar, L. L., & Davidson, R. J. (2011). Aging is associated with positive responding to neutral information but reduced recovery from negative information. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 6(2), 177-85.

Fox, A. S., Lapate, R. C., Davidson, R. J., & Shackman, A. J. (submitted). Challenges and opportunities for the affective sciences. https://psyarxiv.com/ftmde

Schaefer, S. M., Mogle, J., Almeida, D. M., van Reekum, C., Friedman, E. M., Lapate, R. C., Nacewicz, B. M., Seeman, T. E., Gruenewald, T. L., & Davidson, R. J. (submitted). Amygdala volume mediates the effect of cumulative severe lifetime stress events on diurnal cortisol slope in older adults.

Book

Fox, A. S., Lapate, R. C., Shackman, A. J. & Davidson, R. J. (Eds.). (2018). The nature of emotion: Fundamental questions (2nd edition). New York: Oxford University Press.

Contributed integrative chapters:
Lapate, R. C. & Shackman, A. J. (2018). Afterword: What is an emotion?

Lapate, R. C. & Fox, A. S. (2018). Afterword: What is the role of conscious awareness in emotion?

Lapate, R. C. & Shackman, A. J. (2018). Afterword: What develops in emotional development?

Lapate, R. C. & Fox, A. S. (2018). Afterword: How and why are emotions communicated?

Fox, A. S. & Lapate, R. C.  (2018). Afterword: When and in what ways are emotions adaptive and maladaptive?

Fox, A. S. & Lapate, R. C.  (2018). Afterword: How are emotions integrated into choice?

Shackman, A. J. & Lapate, R. C. (2018). Afterword: What is the added value of studying the brain for understanding emotion?

Shackman, A. J. & Lapate, R. C. (2018). Afterword: How are emotions regulated by context and cognition?

Shackman, A. J. & Lapate, R. C. (2018). Afterword: How do emotion and cognition interact?

Shackman, A. J., Lapate, R. C. & Fox, A. S. (2018). Afterword: How are emotions, mood and temperament related?

Recent conference abstracts

Wang, J., Tambini, A., Pritschet, L., Taylor, C. M., Jacobs, E. G., Lapate, R. C. (2022). Time is represented by global changes in entorhinal and hippocampal whole-brain functional connectivity patterns. In: 51st Annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA.

Li, M. & Lapate, R. C. (2022). Temporal memory, time-emotion integration, and wellbeing. In: 29th Annual meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, San Francisco, CA.

Wang, J. & Lapate, R. C. (2022). Emotional state dynamics impacts temporal memory. In: 29th Annual meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, San Francisco, CA. *Selected for data blitz/conference highlight.

Li, M. & Lapate, R.C. (2021). Time-emotion integration and affective style. In: 8th Annual meeting of the Society for Affective Science. [preregistration] [Mengsi’s talk]

Lapate, R. C., Ballard, I. C., Heckner, M., Sakkas, J., D’Esposito, M. (2019). Representation and integration of goals and emotional valence in the amygdala-prefrontal circuitry. In: 25th Annual meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping, Rome, Italy.

Lapate, R. C., Heckner, M., & D’Esposito, M. (2018). The rostro-caudal organization of lateral prefrontal cortex: Functional coupling with the amygdala and implications for affective style. In: Bay Area Affective Science Meeting, Stanford, CA.