Stephen Wilson, PhD - Penn State Cancer Institute
Researcher Profile
Stephen Wilson, PhD
Professor, Psychology
Associate Professor, Psychology
Penn State Neuroscience Institute
Associate Professor, Psychology
Penn State Neuroscience Institute
Scientific Program:Cancer Control
Research Interests
- Brain
- Cues
- Tobacco Products
- Smoking
- Smokers
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Craving
- Nicotine
- Smoke
- Food
- Child
- Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems
Recent Publications
2023
Keller, KL, Pearce, AL, Fuchs, B, Hallisky, K, Rolls, BJ, Wilson, SJ, Geier, C & Rose, EJ 2023, 'Children with lower ratings of executive functions have a greater response to the portion size effect', Appetite, vol. 186, 106569. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2023.106569
Huang, S, Furer, ML, Smyth, JM & Wilson, SJ 2023, 'Momentary associations between affect and craving as a function of perceived smoking opportunity in young adults smoking 1–5 cigarettes per day: An ecological momentary assessment study', Drug and alcohol dependence, vol. 243, 109717. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2022.109717
Woods, WC, Edershile, EA, Ringwald, WR, Sharpe, BM, Himmelstein, PH, Newman, MG, Wilson, SJ, Ellison, WD, Levy, KN, Pincus, AL, Creswell, JD & Wright, AGC 2023, 'Psychometric Evaluation of a Visual Interpersonal Analog Scale', Psychological Assessment, vol. 35, no. 4, pp. 311-324. https://doi.org/10.1037/pas0001210
Chung, YI, White, R, Geier, CF, Johnston, SJ, Smyth, JM, Delgado, MR, McKee, SA & Wilson, SJ 2023, 'Testing the efficacy of real-time fMRI neurofeedback for training people who smoke daily to upregulate neural responses to nondrug rewards', Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 440-456. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13415-023-01070-y
2022
Ekhtiari, H, Zare-Bidoky, M, Sangchooli, A, Janes, AC, Kaufman, MJ, Oliver, JA, Prisciandaro, JJ, Wüstenberg, T, Anton, RF, Bach, P, Baldacchino, A, Beck, A, Bjork, JM, Brewer, J, Childress, AR, Claus, ED, Courtney, KE, Ebrahimi, M, Filbey, FM, Ghahremani, DG, Azbari, PG, Goldstein, RZ, Goudriaan, AE, Grodin, EN, Hamilton, JP, Hanlon, CA, Hassani-Abharian, P, Heinz, A, Joseph, JE, Kiefer, F, Zonoozi, AK, Kober, H, Kuplicki, R, Li, Q, London, ED, McClernon, J, Noori, HR, Owens, MM, Paulus, MP, Perini, I, Potenza, M, Potvin, S, Ray, L, Schacht, JP, Seo, D, Sinha, R, Smolka, MN, Spanagel, R, Steele, VR, Stein, EA, Steins-Loeber, S, Tapert, SF, Verdejo-Garcia, A, Vollstädt-Klein, S, Wetherill, RR, Wilson, SJ, Witkiewitz, K, Yuan, K, Zhang, X & Zilverstand, A 2022, 'A methodological checklist for fMRI drug cue reactivity studies: development and expert consensus', Nature Protocols, vol. 17, no. 3, pp. 567-595. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41596-021-00649-4
Wilson, SJ 2022, 'Constructing Craving: Applying the Theory of Constructed Emotion to Urge States', Current Directions in Psychological Science, vol. 31, no. 4, pp. 347-354. https://doi.org/10.1177/09637214221098055
Yingst, JM, Lester, C, Livelsberger, C, Allen, SI, Hammett, E, Veldheer, S, Hummer, B, Bordner, C, Zhu, J, Sciamanna, CN, Trushin, N, Tan, HS, Wilson, SJ, Twining, RC, Foulds, J & Grigson, PS 2022, 'Pilot randomized controlled trial evaluating the effect of random nicotine delivery on cigarettes per day and smoke exposure', Brain Research Bulletin, vol. 188, pp. 30-37. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brainresbull.2022.07.017
2021
Baker, AN, Wilson, SJ & Hayes, JE 2021, 'Flavor and product messaging are the two most important drivers of electronic cigarette selection in a choice-based task', Scientific reports, vol. 11, no. 1, 4689. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-84332-4
Weigard, A, Wilson, SJ, Shapiro, Z, Galloway-Long, H & Huang-Pollock, C 2021, 'Neural correlates of working memory’s suppression of aversive olfactory distraction effects', Brain Imaging and Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11682-020-00419-y
Beltz, AM, Demidenko, MI, Wilson, SJ & Berenbaum, SA 2023, 'Prenatal androgen influences on the brain: A review, critique, and illustration of research on congenital adrenal hyperplasia', Journal of Neuroscience Research, vol. 101, no. 5, pp. 563-574. https://doi.org/10.1002/jnr.24900
Lydon-Staley, DM, MacLean, RR, Falk, EB, Bassett, DS & Wilson, SJ 2021, 'The feasibility of an in-scanner smoking lapse paradigm to examine the neural correlates of lapses', Addiction Biology, vol. 26, no. 4, e13001. https://doi.org/10.1111/adb.13001
Ashe, ML & Wilson, SJ 2021, 'Very Light Daily Smoking in Young Adults: Relationships between Nicotine Dependence and Lapse', Nicotine and Tobacco Research, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 327-333. https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntaa169
2020
Ashe, ML & Wilson, SJ 2020, 'A brief review of choice bundling: A strategy to reduce delay discounting and bolster self-control', Addictive Behaviors Reports, vol. 11, 100262. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.abrep.2020.100262
Kling, SMR, Pearce, AL, Reynolds, ML, Garavan, H, Geier, CF, Rolls, BJ, Rose, EJ, Wilson, SJ & Keller, KL 2020, 'Development and Pilot Testing of Standardized Food Images for Studying Eating Behaviors in Children', Frontiers in Psychology, vol. 11, 1729. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01729
2019
Dawood, S, Hallquist, MN, Pincus, AL, Ram, N, Newman, MG, Wilson, SJ & Levy, KN 2020, 'Comparing Signal-Contingent and Event-Contingent Experience Sampling Ratings of Affect in a Sample of Psychotherapy Outpatients', Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, vol. 42, no. 1, pp. 13-24. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10862-019-09766-7
Wilson, SJ & Sayette, MA 2019, Craving in substance use disorders with a focus on cigarette smoking. in Neuroscience of Nicotine: Mechanisms and Treatment. Elsevier, pp. 199-204. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-813035-3.00025-3
Ellison, WD, Levy, KN, Newman, MG, Pincus, AL, Wilson, SJ & Molenaar, PCM 2019, 'Dynamics Among Borderline Personality and Anxiety Features in Psychotherapy Outpatients: An Exploration of Nomothetic and Idiographic Patterns', Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment. https://doi.org/10.1037/per0000363
Yingst, JM, Foulds, J, Veldheer, S, Hrabovsky, S, Trushin, N, Eissenberg, TT, Williams, J, Richie, JP, Nichols, TT, Wilson, SJ & Hobkirk, AL 2019, 'Nicotine absorption during electronic cigarette use among regular users', PloS one, vol. 14, no. 7, e0220300. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0220300