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Stephen Wilson, PhD

Stephen Wilson, PhD

Professor, Psychology
Associate Professor, Psychology
Penn State Neuroscience Institute
Scientific Program:Cancer Control
SJW42@psu.edu

Research Interests

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  • Brain
  • Cues
  • Tobacco Products
  • Smoking
  • Smokers
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Craving
  • Nicotine
  • Smoke
  • Food
  • Child
  • Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems
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Recent Publications

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2024

Fuchs, BA, Pearce, AL, Rolls, BJ, Wilson, SJ, Rose, EJ, Geier, CF & Keller, KL 2024, 'Does ‘portion size’ matter? Brain responses to food and non-food cues presented in varying amounts', Appetite, vol. 196, 107289. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2024.107289
Keller, KL, Pearce, AL, Fuchs, B, Rolls, BJ, Wilson, SJ, Geier, C, Rose, EJ & Garavan, H 2024, 'PACE: a Novel Eating Behavior Phenotype to Assess Risk for Obesity in Middle Childhood', Journal of Nutrition, vol. 154, no. 7, pp. 2176-2187. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tjnut.2024.05.019
Sangchooli, A, Zare-Bidoky, M, Fathi Jouzdani, A, Schacht, J, Bjork, JM, Claus, ED, Prisciandaro, JJ, Wilson, SJ, Wüstenberg, T, Potvin, S, Ahmadi, P, Bach, P, Baldacchino, A, Beck, A, Brady, KT, Brewer, JA, Childress, AR, Courtney, KE, Ebrahimi, M, Filbey, FM, Garavan, H, Ghahremani, DG, Goldstein, RZ, Goudriaan, AE, Grodin, EN, Hanlon, CA, Haugg, A, Heilig, M, Heinz, A, Holczer, A, Van Holst, RJ, Joseph, JE, Juliano, AC, Kaufman, MJ, Kiefer, F, Khojasteh Zonoozi, A, Kuplicki, RT, Leyton, M, London, ED, MacKey, S, McClernon, FJ, Mellick, WH, Morley, K, Noori, HR, Oghabian, MA, Oliver, JA, Owens, M, Paulus, MP, Perini, I, Rafei, P, Ray, LA, Sinha, R, Smolka, MN, Soleimani, G, Spanagel, R, Steele, VR, Tapert, SF, Vollstädt-Klein, S, Wetherill, RR, Witkiewitz, K, Yuan, K, Zhang, X, Verdejo-Garcia, A, Potenza, MN, Janes, AC, Kober, H, Zilverstand, A & Ekhtiari, H 2024, 'Parameter Space and Potential for Biomarker Development in 25 Years of fMRI Drug Cue Reactivity: A Systematic Review', JAMA Psychiatry, vol. 81, no. 4, pp. 414-425. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2023.5483
Fuchs, BA, Pearce, AL, Rolls, BJ, Wilson, SJ, Rose, EJ, Geier, CF, Garavan, H & Keller, KL 2024, 'The Cerebellar Response to Visual Portion Size Cues Is Associated with the Portion Size Effect in Children', Nutrients, vol. 16, no. 5, 738. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu16050738

2023

Pearce, AL, Hallisky, K, Rolls, BJ, Wilson, SJ, Rose, E, Geier, CF, Garavan, H & Keller, KL 2023, 'Children at high familial risk for obesity show executive functioning deficits prior to development of excess weight status', Obesity, vol. 31, no. 12, pp. 2998-3007. https://doi.org/10.1002/oby.23892
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
Wilson, S 2022, 'The persecuted - psychiatry in pictures', British Journal of Psychiatry, vol. 221, no. 6, pp. 713. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2022.78

2021

Wilson, S 2021, 'Chained and unchained - Psychiatry in history', British Journal of Psychiatry, vol. 218, no. 1, pp. 10-19. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2020.208
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
Wilson, S 2021, 'Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose', British Journal of Psychiatry, vol. 218, no. 4, pp. 209. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2020.230
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
Wilson, S 2021, 'The lady of the house - Psychiatry in literature', British Journal of Psychiatry, vol. 219, no. 3, pp. 514. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2021.62
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
Wilson, S 2020, 'An extraordinary sleepy person - Psychiatry in history', British Journal of Psychiatry, vol. 217, no. 6, pp. 725. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2020.206
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
Wilson, S 2020, 'The Amsterdam Suggestive Psychotherapy Clinic - psychiatry in history', British Journal of Psychiatry, vol. 216, no. 3, pp. 131. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2020.6
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