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.
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.
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.
Marsh, A. A., Elfenbein, H. A., Ambady, N.
In: Psychological Science, 14, 373-6.
2003-08-03.
Marsh, A. A., Adams, R. B. Jr, Kleck, R. E.
In: Personality & Social Psychology Bulletin, 31, 73-86.
2005-01-05.
Marsh, A. A., Ambady, N., Kleck, R. E.
In: Emotion, 5, 119-24.
2005-03-11.
Blair, R. J. R., Marsh, A. A., Finger, E., Blair, K. S., & Luo, J.
In: Philosophical Explorations, 9, 13-27.
2006-08-21.
Kozak, M., Marsh, A. A., & Wegner, D. M.
In: Journal of Personality & Social Psychology, 90, 543-55.
2006-04-01.
Finger, E., Marsh, A. A., Mitchell, D. G. V., & Blair, R. J. R.
In: NeuroImage, 33, 414-21.
2006-10-15.
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.
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.
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.
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., Elfenbein, H. A., Ambady, N.
In: Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 38, 284-301.
2007-05-07.
Marsh, A. A., Kozak, M. N., Ambady, N.
In: Emotion, 7, 239-51.
2007-11-18.
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.
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.
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.
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., 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., Yu, H. H., Schechter, J. C., & Blair, R. J. R.
In: PLoS ONE, 4, e5707.
2009-05-27.
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.
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., Crowe, S. L., Yu, H. H., Gorodetsky, E. K., Goldman, D., & Blair, R. J.
In: PLoS ONE, 6, e25148.
2011-10-05.
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.
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. & Cardinale, E. M.
In: Emotion, 12, 892-898.
2012-11-06.
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.
In: Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 7, 181.
2013-05-10.
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.
In: Evidence Based Mental Health, 4, 96.
2016-11-13.
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.
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.
Marsh, A. A., & Cardinale, E. M.
In: Social Cognitive & Affective Neuroscience, 9, 3-11.
2012-09-23.
Vieira, J. B. & Marsh, A. A.
In: Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 7, 907.
2014-01-10.
Marsh, A. A.
In: H. Maibom (Ed.) Empathy & Morality. (pp. 138-154). New York: Oxford University Press.
2014-11-04.
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.
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.
Lozier, L. M., VanMeter, J. W., & Marsh, A. A.
In: Development & Psychopathology, 26, 933-45.
2014-06-10.
Brethel-Haurwitz, K. M. & Marsh, A. A.
In: Psychological Science, 25, 762-771.
2014-01-29.
Lozier, L. M., Cardinale, E. M., VanMeter, J. W., & Marsh A. A.
In: JAMA Psychiatry, 71, 627-636.
2014-06-14.
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.
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.
Hammer, J. L. & Marsh, A. A.
In: Emotion, 15, 223-31.
2021-04-15.
Cardinale, E. M. & Marsh, A. A.
In: PLoS ONE, 10, e0125708.
2015-05-20.
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.
Markowitz, A. J., Ryan, R. M., & Marsh, A. A.
In: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 24, 1103-1118.
2014-12-23.
Marsh, A. A.
In: Caring machines. In J. Brockman (Ed.) New York: Harper Perennial, pp. 415-417.
2015-10-06.
Breeden, A. L., Cardinale, E. M., Lozier, L. M., VanMeter, J. W., & Marsh, A. A.
In: Psychological Medicine, 45, 3033-3046.
2015-06-19.
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.
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.
Marsh, A. A.
In: WIREs Cognitive Science, 7, 59-71.
2015-12-20.
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: Journal of Neuroscience Research, 94, 513-525.
2015-09-14.
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.
Marsh, A. A.
In: Neuroprediction. In J. Brockman (Ed.), New York: Harper Perennial (pp. 481-483).
2017-02-07.
Vieira, J. B., Tavares, T. P., Marsh, A. A., & Mitchell, D. G. V.
In: Human Brain Mapping, 38, 1492-1506.
2017-03-17.
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.
Marsh, A. A.
In: Behavioral & Brain Sciences, 40, e90.
2017-05-11.
Marsh, N., Marsh, A. A., Lee, M. R., & Hurlemann, R.
In: The Neuroscientist.
2020-09-26.
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., Berluti, K., Rhoads, S. A., & Marsh, A. A.
In: PLoS One, 16(1): e0244974.
2021-01-07.
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.
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.
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.
Marsh, A. A.
In: Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 19, 110-115.
2018-05-05.
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.
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.
Marsh, A.A.
In: Annual Review of Psychology, 70, 347-371.
2019-01-18.
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., Rhoads, S. A., & Ryan, R. M.
In: Emotion, 19, 1500-1504.
2019-12-19.
Rhoads, S. A., Ryan, R. M., & Marsh, A. A.
In: Psychological Science.
2021-07-08.
Cardinale, E. M. & Marsh, A. A.
In: Assessment, 27, 57-71.
2017-12-14.
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.
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.
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.
Cardinale, E. M., Ryan, R. M., & Marsh, A. A.
In: Journal of Personality Disorders, 34, 486.
2021-03-21.
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.
Brethel-Haurwitz, K. M., Stoianova, M. & Marsh, A. A.
In: Cognition & Emotion, 34(8), 1532-1548.
2020-05-28.
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., Marsh, A. A., Edwards, D. F., Dromerick, A. W., Seydell-Greenwald, A.
In: Neuropsychological Rehabilitation.
2021-02-08.