MY Research
My research is aimed at understanding the neural and cognitive basis of empathy, altruism, aggression, and psychopathy. How do we understand what others think and feel? What drives us to help other people? What prevents us from harming them? My lab’s research on these topics uses functional and structural brain imaging in children and adults, as well as behavioral, cognitive, and neurohormonal approaches.
Research Topics
Empathy is the internal representation or attempted simulation of another individual’s sensory, sensory, or...
Altruism is any behavior aimed at improving the welfare of another individual. Altruistic behaviors...
Psychopathy is a personality construct that is associated with low empathy and remorse, a...
Publications
Marsh, A. A.
In: In press, Emotion Review..
2022-04-30.
O’Connell* K., Walsh, M., Padgett, B., Connell, C. Marsh, A. A.
In: In press, Affective Science..
2022-04-04.
Freeburg, P. A., Van Cappellen, P., Ratchford, J. L., & Schnitker, S. A.
In: Psychology of Religion and Spirituality.
2022-02-01.
Shawn A Rhoads, Jo Cutler, Abigail A Marsh
In: Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, Volume 16, Issue 12, December 2021, Pages 1214–1233.
2021-07-23.
Rhoads, S. A., Ryan, R. M., & Marsh, A. A.
In: Psychological Science.
2021-07-08.
Hammer, J. L. & Marsh, A. A.
In: Emotion, 15, 223-31.
2021-04-15.
Cardinale, E. M., Ryan, R. M., & Marsh, A. A.
In: Journal of Personality Disorders, 34, 486.
2021-03-21.
Tierney, W., Hardy, J. H., III., Ebersole, C., Viganola, D., Clemente, E., Gordon, M., Hoogeveen, S., Haaf, J., Dreber, A.A., Johannesson, M., Pfeiffer, T., Chapman, H., Gantman, A., Vanaman, M., DeMarree, K., Igou, E., Wylie, J., Storbeck J., Andreychik, M.R., McPhetres, J., Vaughn, L.A., Culture and Work Forecasting Collaboration, & Uhlmann, E. L.
In: Journal of Experimental Social Psychology.
2021-03-01.
O’Connell, K., Marsh, A. A., Edwards, D. F., Dromerick, A. W., Seydell-Greenwald, A.
In: Neuropsychological Rehabilitation.
2021-02-08.
Cardinale, Elise M; Reber, Justin; O’Connell, Katherine; Turkeltaub, Peter E; Tranel, Daniel; Buchanan, Tony W; Marsh, Abigail A
In: The Royal Society, 288 (1943), pp. 20202651.
2021-01-27.
O’Connell, K., Berluti, K., Rhoads, S. A., & Marsh, A. A.
In: PLoS One, 16(1): e0244974.
2021-01-07.
Rhoads, S. A., Cardinale, E. M., O’Connell, K., Palmer, A. L., VanMeter, J. W., & Marsh, A. A.
In: Personality Neuroscience, 3,
e12, 1–18.
2020-11-10.
Berluti, K., O’Connell, K., Rhoads, S. A., Brethel-Haurwitz, K. M., Cardinale, E. M., Vekaria, K. M., Robertson, E. L., Walitt, B., VanMeter, J. W., & Marsh A. A.
In: Journal of Personality Disorders, 34, 628–649.
2020-10-01.
Marsh, N., Marsh, A. A., Lee, M. R., & Hurlemann, R.
In: The Neuroscientist.
2020-09-26.
Brethel-Haurwitz, K. M., Stoianova, M. & Marsh, A. A.
In: Cognition & Emotion, 34(8), 1532-1548.
2020-05-28.
Vekaria, K. M., Hammell, A. E., Vincent, L., Smith, M., Rogers, T., Switzer, G. E. & Marsh, A. A.
In: Health Psychology, 39, 316-324.
2020-04-01.
Vekaria, K. M., O’Connell, K., Rhoads, S. A., Brethel-Haurwitz, K. M., Cardinale, E. M., Robertson, E. L., Walitt, B., VanMeter, J.W., Marsh, A. A.
In: Cortex, 127, 67-77.
2020-02-18.
Marsh, A. A., Rhoads, S. A., & Ryan, R. M.
In: Emotion, 19, 1500-1504.
2019-12-19.
O’Connell, K., Brethel-Haurwitz, K. M., Rhoads, S. A., Cardinale, E. M., Vekaria, K. M., Robertson, E. L., Walitt, B., VanMeter, J. W., & Marsh, Abigail A.
In: Scientific Reports, 9, 10774.
2019-07-24.
Marsh, A.A.
In: Annual Review of Psychology, 70, 347-371.
2019-01-18.
Cardinale, E. M., O’Connell, K., Robertson, E. L., Meena, L. B., Breeden, A. L., Lozier, L. M., VanMeter, J. W. & Marsh, A. A.
In: Psychological Medicine, 49, 1449-1458.
2018-08-24.
Brethel-Haurwitz, K. M., Cardinale, E. M., Vekaria, K. M., Robertson, E. L., Walitt, B., VanMeter, J. W., & Marsh, A. A.
In: Psychological Science, 29, 1631-1641.
2018-08-21.
Marsh, A. A.
In: Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 19, 110-115.
2018-05-05.
Wygant, D. B., Pardini, D. A., Marsh, A. A., & Patrick, C. J.
In: In C. J. Patrick (Ed.), Handbook of Psychopathy (2nd ed.). New York: Guilford.
2018-04-14.
Cardinale, E. M., Breeden, A. L., Robertson, E. L., Lozier, L. M., VanMeter, J. W., & Marsh, A. A.
In: Development & Psychopathology, 30, 191-201.
2018-02-18.
Cardinale, E. M. & Marsh, A. A.
In: Assessment, 27, 57-71.
2017-12-14.
Brethel-Haurwitz, K. M., O’Connell, K., Cardinale, E. M., Stoianova, M., Stoycos, S. A., Leah Lozier, L. M., VanMeter, J. W., & Marsh, A. A.
In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B – Biological Sciences, 284 (1865).
2017-10-25.
Commentary: Carney, E.
In: Nature Reviews Nephrology, 13, 383.
2017-05-17.
Marsh, A. A.
In: Behavioral & Brain Sciences, 40, e90.
2017-05-11.
Vekaria, K. M., Brethel-Haurwitz, K. M., Cardinale, E. M., Stoycos, S. A., Marsh, A. A.
In: Nature Human Behaviour, 1, 0100.
2017-04-27.
Commentary: Kalenscher, T.
In: Nature Human Behaviour, 1, 0108.
2017-04-17.
Vieira, J. B., Tavares, T. P., Marsh, A. A., & Mitchell, D. G. V.
In: Human Brain Mapping, 38, 1492-1506.
2017-03-17.
Marsh, A. A.
In: Neuroprediction. In J. Brockman (Ed.), New York: Harper Perennial (pp. 481-483).
2017-02-07.
Marsh, A. A.
In: Evidence Based Mental Health, 4, 96.
2016-11-13.
Marsh, A. A.
In: In J. D. Greene, I. Morrison, & M. E. P. Seligman (Eds.) Positive Neuroscience. New York: Oxford University Press (pp. 138-154).
2016-11-01.
Lozier, L. M., Brethel, K. M., & Marsh, A. A.
In: In L. Freund, S. McCune, L. Esposito, N. R. Gee, & P. McCardle. (Eds.) The Social Neuroscience of Human-Animal Interaction. Washington DC: APA Books.
2016-11-01.
Brethel-Haurwitz, K. M., Stoycos, S. A., Cardinale, E. M., Huebner, B., & Marsh, A. A.
In: Scientific Reports, 6, 18974.
2016-01-07.
Marsh, A. A.
In: WIREs Cognitive Science, 7, 59-71.
2015-12-20.
Marsh, A.
In: In J. Brockman (Ed.) This Idea Must Die: Scientific Theories That Are Blocking Progress (Edge Question Series). New York: Harper Perennial, pp. 503-505.
2015-11-11.
Brewer, R., Marsh, A. A., Catmur, C., Cardinale, E. M., Stoycos, S. A., Cook, R., & Bird, G.
In: Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 124, 589-595.
2015-11-02.
Marsh, A. A.
In: Caring machines. In J. Brockman (Ed.) New York: Harper Perennial, pp. 415-417.
2015-10-06.
Marsh, A. A.
In: Journal of Neuroscience Research, 94, 513-525.
2015-09-14.
Breeden, A. L., Cardinale, E. M., Lozier, L. M., VanMeter, J. W., & Marsh, A. A.
In: Psychological Medicine, 45, 3033-3046.
2015-06-19.
Cardinale, E. M. & Marsh, A. A.
In: PLoS ONE, 10, e0125708.
2015-05-20.
Vieira, J. B., Ferreira-Santos, F., Almeida, P. R., Barbosa, F., Marques-Teixeira, J., Marsh, A. A.
In: Social Cognitive & Affective Neuroscience, 10, 1693-704.
2015-05-13.
Markowitz, A. J., Ryan, R. M., & Marsh, A. A.
In: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 24, 1103-1118.
2014-12-23.
Marsh, A. A.
In: H. Maibom (Ed.) Empathy & Morality. (pp. 138-154). New York: Oxford University Press.
2014-11-04.
Cardinale, E. M., Finger, E. C., Schechter, J. C., Jurkowitz, I. T. N., Blair, R. J. R. & Marsh, A. A.
In: J. Knobe, T. Lombrozo, & S. Nichols (Eds.) Oxford Studies in Experimental Philosophy, Vol. 1. New York: Oxford University Press. (pp. 138-154).
2014-11-02.
Commentary: Greene, J. D.
In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 111, 14966-7.
2014-10-09.
Marsh, A. A., Stoycos, S. A., Brethel-Haurwitz, K. M., Robinson, P. VanMeter, J. W. & Cardinale, E. M.
In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 111, 15036-41.
2014-09-15.
Lozier, L. M., Cardinale, E. M., VanMeter, J. W., & Marsh A. A.
In: JAMA Psychiatry, 71, 627-636.
2014-06-14.
Lozier, L. M., VanMeter, J. W., & Marsh, A. A.
In: Development & Psychopathology, 26, 933-45.
2014-06-10.
Marsh, A. A., Cardinale, E. M., Chentsova-Dutton, Y. E., Grossman, M. R., & Krumpos, K. A.
In: Social & Personality Psychological Science, 5, 684-690.
2014-02-04.
Brethel-Haurwitz, K. M. & Marsh, A. A.
In: Psychological Science, 25, 762-771.
2014-01-29.
Vieira, J. B. & Marsh, A. A.
In: Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 7, 907.
2014-01-10.
Vieira, J. B., Almeida, P. R., Ferreira-Santos, F., Barbosa, F., Marques-Teixeira, J. & Marsh, A. A.
In: Social Cognitive & Affective Neuroscience, 9, 1099-1107.
2013-07-16.
Marsh, A. A.
In: Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 7, 181.
2013-05-10.
Thomas, L. A., Kim, P., Bones, B. L., Hinton, K. E., Milch, H. S., Reynolds, R. C., Adleman, N. E., Marsh, A. A., Blair, R. J. R., Pine, D. S., & Leibenluft, E.
In: Neuroimage: Clinical, 2, 637-645.
2013-04-21.
Marsh, A. A., Finger, E. C., Fowler, K. A., Adalio, C. J., Jurkowitz, I. T. N., Schechter, J. C., Pine, D. S., Decety, J., & Blair, R. J. R.
In: Journal of Child Psychology & Psychiatry, 54, 900-910.
2013-03-12.
Marsh, A. A. & Cardinale, E. M.
In: Emotion, 12, 892-898.
2012-11-06.
Marsh, A. A., & Cardinale, E. M.
In: Social Cognitive & Affective Neuroscience, 9, 3-11.
2012-09-23.
Tovar-Moll, F., Pine, D. S., & Blair, R. J. R.
In: Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, 202, 239-244.
2012-07-21.
White, S. F., Marsh, A. A., Fowler, K. A., Schechter, J. C., Adalio, C., Pope, K., Sinclair, S., Pine, D. S., & Blair, R. J. R.
In: American Journal of Psychiatry, 169, 750-758.
2012-07-12.
Marsh, A. A., Yu, Henry, H. H., Pine, D. S., Gorodetsky, E., Goldman, D., & Blair, R. J. R.
In: Psychopharmacology, 224, 469-76.
2012-07-05.
Marsh, A. A., Finger, E. C., Fowler, K. A., Jurkowitz, I. T., Schechter, J. C., Yu, H. H., Pine, D. S., & Blair, R. J. R.
In: Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, 194, 279-286.
2011-12-30.
Marsh, A. A.
In: J. Decety (Ed.) Empathy: From Bench to Bedside. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
2011-11-09.
Marsh, A. A., Crowe, S. L., Yu, H. H., Gorodetsky, E. K., Goldman, D., & Blair, R. J.
In: PLoS ONE, 6, e25148.
2011-10-05.
Commentary: Fairchild, G.
In: Journal of Child Psychology & Psychiatry, 52, 842-843.
2011-08-12.
Finger, E. C., Marsh, A. A., Blair, K. S., Reid, M. E., Sims, C., Ng, P., Pine, D. S., & Blair, R. J. R.
In: American Journal of Psychiatry, 168, 152-162.
2011-02-01.
Marsh, A. A., Finger, E. C., Schechter, J. C., Jurkowitz, I. T. N., Reid, M. E., & Blair, R. J. R.
In: Journal of Child Psychology & Psychiatry, 52, 834-841.
2010-12-14.
Marsh, A. A., Yu, H. H., Pine, D. S., & Blair, R. J. R.
In: Psychopharmacology, 209, 225-32.
2010-04-09.
Marsh, A. A. Kozak, M. N., Wegner, D. M., Reid, M. E., Yu, H. H., & Blair, R. J. R.
In: Social Cognitive & Affective Neuroscience, 5, 392-403.
2010-02-11.
Blair, R. J. R., Finger, E. C., & Marsh, A. A.
In: M. de Haan & M. R. Gunnar (Eds.) Handbook of Developmental Social Neuroscience. New York: Guilford, pp. 419-34.
2009-11-03.
Marsh, A. A., Yu, H. H., Schechter, J. C., & Blair, R. J. R.
In: PLoS ONE, 4, e5707.
2009-05-27.
Marsh, A. A., Blair, K. S., Jones, M. M., Soliman, N. & Blair, R. J. R.
In: Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 21, 713-24.
2009-04-01.
Marsh, A. A., Finger, E. C., Mitchell, D. G. V., Reid, M. E., Sims, C., Kosson, D. S., Towbin, K. E., Leibenluft, E., Pine, D. S., & Blair, R. J. R.
In: American Journal of Psychiatry, 165, 712-20. (Cover article).
2008-06-10.
Commentary: Dolan, M.
In: American Journal of Psychiatry, 165, 668-670.
2008-06-01.
Finger, E. C., Marsh, A. A., Mitchell, D. G. V., Reid, M. E., Sims, C., Budhani, S., Kosson, D. S., Chen, G. Towbin, K. E., Leibenluft, E., Pine, D. S., & Blair, R. J. R.
In: Archives of General Psychiatry, 65, 586-94.
2008-05-08.
Marsh, A. A., Blair R. J. R.
In: Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 32, 454-65.
2008-03-03.
Blair, K. S., Finger, E., Marsh, A. A., Morton, J., Mondillo, K., Buzas, B., Kamel, N., Goldman, D., Drevets, W. C., & Blair, R. J. R.
In: Psychopharmacology, 196, 29-38.
2008-01-03.
Marsh, A. A., Kozak, M. N., Ambady, N.
In: Emotion, 7, 239-51.
2007-11-18.
Marsh, A. A., Elfenbein, H. A., Ambady, N.
In: Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 38, 284-301.
2007-05-07.
Budhani, S., Marsh, A. A., Pine, D. S., & Blair, R. J. R.
In: NeuroImage, 34, 1754-65.
2007-02-15.
Marsh, A. A., Blair, K. S., Vythilingam, M., Busis, S. & Blair, R. J. R.
In: Neuroimage, 35, 979-88.
2007-02-09.
Marsh, A. A., Ambady, N.
In: Cognition & Emotion, 21, 225-47.
2007-02-01.
Marsh, A. A., Finger, E., Buzas, B., Kamel, N., Richell, R., Vythilingham, M., Pine, D. S., Goldman, D., & Blair, R. J. R.
In: Psychopharmacology, 189, 387-94.
2006-12-08.
Blair, K. S., Marsh, A. A., Morton, J., Vythilingam, M., Mondillo, K., Jones, M. M., Pine, D. S., Drevets, W.C., & Blair, R. J. R.
In: Journal of Neuroscience, 26, 11379-86.
2006-11-01.
Finger, E., Marsh, A. A., Mitchell, D. G. V., & Blair, R. J. R.
In: NeuroImage, 33, 414-21.
2006-10-15.
Blair, R. J. R., Marsh, A. A., Finger, E., Blair, K. S., & Luo, J.
In: Philosophical Explorations, 9, 13-27.
2006-08-21.
Finger, E., Marsh, A. A., Buzas, B., Kamel, N., Richell, R., Vythilingham, M. Pine, D. S., Goldman, D., & Blair, R. J. R.
In: Neuropsychopharmacology, 32, 206-15.
2006-08-09.
Kozak, M., Marsh, A. A., & Wegner, D. M.
In: Journal of Personality & Social Psychology, 90, 543-55.
2006-04-01.
Marsh, A. A., Ambady, N., Kleck, R. E.
In: Emotion, 5, 119-24.
2005-03-11.
Marsh, A. A., Adams, R. B. Jr, Kleck, R. E.
In: Personality & Social Psychology Bulletin, 31, 73-86.
2005-01-05.
Marsh, A. A., Elfenbein, H. A., Ambady, N.
In: Psychological Science, 14, 373-6.
2003-08-03.
Elfenbein, H. A., Marsh, A. A., &. Ambady, N. A.
In: L. Feldman-Barrett & P. Salovey (Eds.) The Wisdom in Feeling: Psychological Processes in Emotional Intelligence (pp. 37-59). New York: Guilford.
2002-11-03.
Phillips, K. A., Morin, S., Coates, T., Fernyak, S., Marsh, A., & Ramos-Irizarry, L.
In: JAMA, 283, 198-199.
2000-01-01.