Petro, N. M., Tong, T. T., Henley, D. J., & Neta, M. (2018). Individual differences in valence bias: fMRI evidence of the initial negativity hypothesis. Social, Cognitive, and Affective Neuroscience, 13 (7), 687-698. https://doi.org/10.1093/scan/nsy049.
Neta, M. & Dodd, M. D. (2018). Through the eyes of the beholder: Simulated Eye-movement Experience ("SEE") modulates valence bias in response to emotional ambiguity. Emotion. doi:10.1037/emo0000421.
Neta, M., Tong, T. T., & Henley, D. J. (2018). It’s a matter of time (perspectives): Shifting valence responses to emotional ambiguity. Motivation & Emotion, 42, 258-266. doi:10.1007/s11031-018-9665-7.
+Brown, C. C., +Raio, C. M., & Neta, M. (2017). Cortisol response enhance negative valence perception for ambiguous facial expressions. Nature: Scientific Reports, 7, article number: 15107. doi:10.1038/s41598-017-14846-3 (+co-first authors)
Neta, M., Cantelon, J., Mahoney, C. R., Taylor, H. A., & Davis, F. C. (2017). The impact of uncertain threat on affective bias: Individual differences in response to ambiguity. Emotion, 17(8):1137-1143. doi: 10.1037/emo0000349.
Neta, M., Tong, T. T., Rosen, M. L., Enersen, A., Kim, M. J., & Dodd, M. D. (2017). All in the first glance: First fixation predicts individual differences in valence bias. Cognition & Emotion, 31(4), 772-780. doi: 10.1080/02699931.2016.1152231.
Neta, M., Nelson, S. M., & Petersen, S. E. (2017). Dorsal anterior cingulate, medial superior frontal cortex, and anterior insula show performance reporting-related late task control signals. Cerebral Cortex, 27(3), 2154-2165. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhw053.
Gratton, C., Neta, M., Sun, H., Ploran, E. J., Schlaggar, B.L., Wheeler, M. E., Petersen, S. E., & Nelson, S. M. (2017). Distinct stages of moment-to-moment processing in the cinguloopercular and frontoparietal networks. Cerebral Cortex, 27(3), 2403-2417. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhw092.
Neta, M. & Tong, T. T. (2016). Don't like what you see? Give it time: Longer reaction times associated with increased positive affect. Emotion, 16(5), 730-739. doi: 10.1037/emo0000181.
Davis, F. C., Neta, M., Kim, M. J., Moran, J. M., & Whalen, P. J. (2016). Interpreting ambiguous social cues in unpredictable contexts. Social, Cognitive, and Affective Neuroscience, 11(5):775-82. doi: 10.1093/scan/nsw003.
Kim, M. J., Solomon, K. M., Neta, M., Davis, F. C., Oler, J. A., Mazzulla, E. C., & Whalen, P. J. (2016). A face versus non-face context influences amygdala responses to masked fearful eye whites. Social, Cognitive, and Affective Neuroscience.
Dubis, J. W., Siegel, J. S., Neta, M., Visscher, K. M., & Petersen, S. E. (2016). Tasks driven by perceptual information do not recruit sustained BOLD activity in cingulo-opercular regions. Cerebral Cortex, 26(1):192-201. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhu187.
Neta, M., Miezin, F. M., Nelson, S. M., Dubis, J. W., Dosenbach, N. U. F., Schlaggar, B. L., & Petersen, S. E. (2015). Spatial and temporal characteristics of error-related activity in the human brain. Journal of Neuroscience, 35(1), 253-266.
Kim, M. J., Neta, M., Davis, F. C., Ruberry, E. J., Dinescu, D., Heatherton, T. F., Stotland, M. A., & Whalen, P. J. (2014). Botulinum toxin-induced facial muscle paralysis affects amygdala responses to the perception of emotional expressions: Preliminary findings from an A-B-A design. Biology of Mood and Anxiety Disorders, 4(11).
Neta, M., Schlaggar, B. L., & Petersen, S. E. (2014). Separable responses to error, ambiguity, and reaction time in cingulo-opercular task control regions. NeuroImage, 99, 59 - 68.
Greene, D. J., Laumann, T. O., Dubis, J. W., Ihnen, S. K., Neta, M., Power, J. D., Pruett, J. R., Black, K. J., & Schlaggar, B. L. (2014). Developmental changes in the organization of functional connections between the basal ganglia and cerebral cortex. Journal of Neuroscience, 34(17), 5842-5854.
Neta, M., Kelley, W. M., & Whalen, P. J. (2013). Neural responses to ambiguity involve domain-general and specific emotion processing systems. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 25(4), 547-557.
Neta, M., Davis, F. C., & Whalen, P. J. (2011). Valence resolution of facial expressions using an emotional oddball task. Emotion, 11(6), 1425-1433.
Neta, M. & Whalen, P. J. (2011). Individual differences in neural activity during a facial expression vs. identity working memory task. NeuroImage, 56(3), 1685-1692.
Neta, M., & Whalen, P. J. (2010). The primacy of negative interpretations when resolving the valence of ambiguous facial expressions. Psychological Science, 21(7), 901-907.
Kim, M. J., Loucks, R. A., Neta, M., Davis, F. C., Oler, J. A., Mazzulla, E. C., & Whalen, P. J. (2010). Behind the mask: The influence of mask-type on amygdala response to fearful faces. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 5(4): 363-368.
Neta, M., Norris, C. J., & Whalen, P. J. (2009). Corrugator muscle responses to surprised facial expressions are associated with individual differences in positivity-negativity bias. Emotion, 9(5), 640-648.
Bar, M. & Neta, M. (2008). The proactive brain: Using little information to make predictive judgments. Journal of Consumer Behavior, 7(4-5), 319-330.
Gronau, N., Neta, M., & Bar, M. (2008). Integrated contextual representation for objects’ identities and their locations. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 20(3), 371-388.
Greene, D.J., Barnea, A., Herzberg, K., Rassis, A., Neta, M., Raz, A., & Zaidel, E. (2007). Measuring attention in the hemispheres: The Lateralized Attention Network Test (LANT). Brain & Cognition, 66(1), 21-31.
Bar, M. & Neta, M. (2007). Visual elements of subjective preference modulate amygdala activation. Neuropsychologia, 45, 2191-2200.
Bar, M. & Neta, M. (2006). Humans prefer curved visual objects. Psychological Science, 17(8), 645-648
Bar, M., Neta, M., & Linz, H. (2006). Very first impressions. Emotion, 6, 269-278.
Manuscripts in preparation or review
Petro, N. M., Tottenham, N., & Neta, M. (under review). Development of amygdala-mPFC pathway supporting individual differences in valence bias and depression.
Neta, M., *Henley, D. J., Beckford, S., & Koehler, K. (under review). One step at a time: Physical activity is linked to positive responses to ambiguity.
Neta, M., *Tong, T. T., *Brown, C. C., & Davis, F. C. (under review). Think again: Reappraisal promotes positivity and resilience in the ‘face’ of uncertainty.
Levy, N., Neta, M., Harmon-Jones, C., & Harmon-Jones, E. (under review). Expectancy violations and interpretation of surprised faces: An integration of perspectives related to cognitive dissonance theory.
Neta, M. & Brock, R. L. (in preparation). A novel approach to testing affective bias: Individual differences in response to emotional ambiguity.
Neta, M., Berkebile, M., & Freeman, J. B. (in preparation). The dynamic process of ambiguous emotion perception.