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.
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.
Rhoads, S. A., Ryan, R. M., & Marsh, A. A.
In: Psychological Science.
2021-07-08.
O’Connell, K., Berluti, K., Rhoads, S. A., & Marsh, A. A.
In: PLoS One, 16(1): e0244974.
2021-01-07.
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.
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.
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.
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, 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.
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.
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.
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.
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., 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.
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.
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.
Marsh, A. A.
In: Behavioral & Brain Sciences, 40, e90.
2017-05-11.
Cardinale, E. M. & Marsh, A. A.
In: Assessment, 27, 57-71.
2017-12-14.
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.
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.
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: In J. D. Greene, I. Morrison, & M. E. P. Seligman (Eds.) Positive Neuroscience. New York: Oxford University Press (pp. 138-154).
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: Evidence Based Mental Health, 4, 96.
2016-11-13.
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.
Breeden, A. L., Cardinale, E. M., Lozier, L. M., VanMeter, J. W., & Marsh, A. A.
In: Psychological Medicine, 45, 3033-3046.
2015-06-19.
Marsh, A. A.
In: Caring machines. In J. Brockman (Ed.) New York: Harper Perennial, pp. 415-417.
2015-10-06.
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.
Cardinale, E. M. & Marsh, A. A.
In: PLoS ONE, 10, e0125708.
2015-05-20.
Marsh, A. A.
In: Journal of Neuroscience Research, 94, 513-525.
2015-09-14.
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.
Marsh, A. A.
In: WIREs Cognitive Science, 7, 59-71.
2015-12-20.
Brethel-Haurwitz, K. M. & Marsh, A. A.
In: Psychological Science, 25, 762-771.
2014-01-29.
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.
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.
Vieira, J. B. & Marsh, A. A.
In: Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 7, 907.
2014-01-10.
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., 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.
Marsh, A. A.
In: Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 7, 181.
2013-05-10.
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.
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., 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. & Cardinale, E. M.
In: Emotion, 12, 892-898.
2012-11-06.
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: Social Cognitive & Affective Neuroscience, 9, 3-11.
2012-09-23.
Marsh, A. A.
In: J. Decety (Ed.) Empathy: From Bench to Bedside. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
2011-11-09.
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., Crowe, S. L., Yu, H. H., Gorodetsky, E. K., Goldman, D., & Blair, R. J.
In: PLoS ONE, 6, e25148.
2011-10-05.
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. 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.
Marsh, A. A., Yu, H. H., Pine, D. S., & Blair, R. J. R.
In: Psychopharmacology, 209, 225-32.
2010-04-09.
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., 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.
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., 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.
Marsh, A. A., Blair R. J. R.
In: Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 32, 454-65.
2008-03-03.
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.
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., Ambady, N.
In: Cognition & Emotion, 21, 225-47.
2007-02-01.
Marsh, A. A., Blair, K. S., Vythilingam, M., Busis, S. & Blair, R. J. R.
In: Neuroimage, 35, 979-88.
2007-02-09.
Budhani, S., Marsh, A. A., Pine, D. S., & Blair, R. J. R.
In: NeuroImage, 34, 1754-65.
2007-02-15.
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.
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.
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.
Kozak, M., Marsh, A. A., & Wegner, D. M.
In: Journal of Personality & Social Psychology, 90, 543-55.
2006-04-01.
Blair, R. J. R., Marsh, A. A., Finger, E., Blair, K. S., & Luo, J.
In: Philosophical Explorations, 9, 13-27.
2006-08-21.
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.