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
Berluti, K., Ploe, M. L., Doherty, H., Jones, D. N., Patrick, C. J., Marsh, A. A.
(2025).
In: Journal of Personality Disorders. In press.
Amormino, P., Kagel, A., Li, J. L., & Marsh, A. A.
(2024).
In: Communications Psychology, 2(1), 1–11.
O’Connell, K., Marsh, A. A. & Seydell-Greenwald, A.
(2024).
In: Scientific Reports, 14, 27293.
Elsey, J. W. B., Manheim, D., Marsh, A., Schmit, V., & Moss, D.
(2024).
In: Plos ONE, 19(10), e0307808.
Doell, K., Todorova, B., Vlasceanu, M., Coleman, J., Pronizius, E., Schumann, P., et al
(2024).
In: Scientific Data, 11, 1066.
Gao, Y., Staginnus, M., and The ENIGMA Antisocial Behavior Working Group
(2024).
In: Lancet Psychiatry, 11(8), 620-632.
Smith, P., Mann, J., Marsh, A. A.
(2024).
In: Ambio, 53, 1269–1280.
O'Connell, K., Rhoads, S. A., Marsh, A. A.
(2024).
In: The Oxford Handbook of Evolution and the Emotions, pp. 500-519. Oxford University Press.
Vlasceanu, M., Doell, K., Bak-Coleman, J., Bavel, J. J. V., et al.
(2024).
In: Science Advances, 10(6), eadj5778.
Law, K.F., Amormino, P., Marsh, A. A., O’Connor, B.B.
(2024).
In: Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 28(1), 1-4.
Rhoads, S. A., Marsh, A. A.
(2024).
In: Encyclopedia of Heroism Studies
Rhoads, S. A., O'Connell, K., Berluti, K., Ploe, M. L., Elizabeth, H. S., Amormino, P., Li, J., Dutton, M. A., VanMeter, A. S., Marsh, A. A.
(2023).
In: PNAS Nexus, pgad199
Marsh, A. A.
(2023).
In: Behavioral & Brain Sciences, 8 (46): e71
Rhoads, S. A., & Marsh, A. A.
(2023).
In: World Happiness Report 2023 (11th ed., Chapter 4). Sustainable Development Solutions Network
Ploe, M. L., Berluti, K., Ibonie, S. G., Villanueva, C. M., Marsh, A., Gruber, J.
(2023).
In: Journal of Research in Personality 103, 104357
Rhoads, S. A., Vekaria, K., O'Connell, K., Elizabeth, H. S., Rand, D., Williams, M. K. & Marsh, A. A.
(2023).
In: Nature Communications, 14, 1807
Berluti, K., Ploe, M., & Marsh, A. A.
(2023).
In: Translational Psychiatry, 13, 105
Grossmann, I., Rotella, A., Hutcherson, C. A., Sharpinskyi, K., Varnum, M. E. W., Achter, S. et al.
(2023).
In: Nature Human Behavior, 7, 484–501
Amormino, P., Ploe, M. L., & Marsh, A. A.
(2022).
In: Scientific Reports, 12, 22111
Amormino, P., O’Connell, K., Vekaria, K. M., Robertson, E. L., Meena, L., & Marsh, A. A.
(2022).
In: Journal of Research in Personality 101, 104313
Vieira, J. B., Pierzchajlo, S., Jangard, S., Marsh, A. A., & Olsson, A.
(2022).
In: Scientific Reports, 12:18619
Marsh, A. A., Magalhaes, M., Peeler, M., Rose, S., Darton, T. C., Eyal, N., Morrison, J., Shah, Seema K., & Schmit, V.
(2022).
In: PLoS ONE, 17(11): e0275823
Marsh, A. A.
(2022).
In: Emotion Review, 14(3), 184-187
O’Connell, K., Walsh, M., Padgett, B., Connell, C. Marsh, A. A.
(2022).
In: Affective Science, 3, 603–615
Shawn A Rhoads, Jo Cutler, Abigail A Marsh
(2021).
In: Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, Volume 16, Issue 12, December 2021, Pages 1214–1233
Rhoads, S. A., Ryan, R. M., & Marsh, A. A.
(2021).
In: Psychological Science
Cardinale, E. M., Ryan, R. M., & Marsh, A. A.
(2021).
In: Journal of Personality Disorders, 34, 486
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.
(2021).
In: Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
O’Connell, K., Marsh, A. A., Edwards, D. F., Dromerick, A. W., Seydell-Greenwald, A.
(2021).
In: Neuropsychological Rehabilitation
Cardinale, Elise M; Reber, Justin; O’Connell, Katherine; Turkeltaub, Peter E; Tranel, Daniel; Buchanan, Tony W; Marsh, Abigail A
(2021).
In: The Royal Society, 288 (1943), pp. 20202651
O’Connell, K., Berluti, K., Rhoads, S. A., & Marsh, A. A.
(2021).
In: PLoS One, 16(1): e0244974
Rhoads, S. A., Cardinale, E. M., O’Connell, K., Palmer, A. L., VanMeter, J. W., & Marsh, A. A.
(2020).
In: Personality Neuroscience, 3,
e12, 1–18
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.
(2020).
In: Journal of Personality Disorders, 34, 628–649
Marsh, N., Marsh, A. A., Lee, M. R., & Hurlemann, R.
(2020).
In: The Neuroscientist
Brethel-Haurwitz, K. M., Stoianova, M. & Marsh, A. A.
(2020).
In: Cognition & Emotion, 34(8), 1532-1548
Vekaria, K. M., Hammell, A. E., Vincent, L., Smith, M., Rogers, T., Switzer, G. E. & Marsh, A. A.
(2020).
In: Health Psychology, 39, 316-324
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.
(2020).
In: Cortex, 127, 67-77
Marsh, A. A., Rhoads, S. A., & Ryan, R. M.
(2019).
In: Emotion, 19, 1500-1504
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.
(2019).
In: Scientific Reports, 9, 10774
Marsh, A.A.
(2019).
In: Annual Review of Psychology, 70, 347-371
Cardinale, E. M., O’Connell, K., Robertson, E. L., Meena, L. B., Breeden, A. L., Lozier, L. M., VanMeter, J. W. & Marsh, A. A.
(2018).
In: Psychological Medicine, 49, 1449-1458
Brethel-Haurwitz, K. M., Cardinale, E. M., Vekaria, K. M., Robertson, E. L., Walitt, B., VanMeter, J. W., & Marsh, A. A.
(2018).
In: Psychological Science, 29, 1631-1641
Marsh, A. A.
(2018).
In: Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 19, 110-115
Wygant, D. B., Pardini, D. A., Marsh, A. A., & Patrick, C. J.
(2018).
In: In C. J. Patrick (Ed.), Handbook of Psychopathy (2nd ed.). New York: Guilford
Cardinale, E. M., Breeden, A. L., Robertson, E. L., Lozier, L. M., VanMeter, J. W., & Marsh, A. A.
(2018).
In: Development & Psychopathology, 30, 191-201
Cardinale, E. M. & Marsh, A. A.
(2017).
In: Assessment, 27, 57-71
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.
(2017).
In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B – Biological Sciences, 284 (1865)
Marsh, A. A.
(2017).
In: Behavioral & Brain Sciences, 40, e90
Vekaria, K. M., Brethel-Haurwitz, K. M., Cardinale, E. M., Stoycos, S. A., Marsh, A. A.
(2017).
In: Nature Human Behaviour, 1, 0100
Vieira, J. B., Tavares, T. P., Marsh, A. A., & Mitchell, D. G. V.
(2017).
In: Human Brain Mapping, 38, 1492-1506
Marsh, A. A.
(2017).
In: Neuroprediction. In J. Brockman (Ed.), New York: Harper Perennial (pp. 481-483)
Marsh, A. A.
(2016).
In: Evidence Based Mental Health, 4, 96
Marsh, A. A.
(2016).
In: In J. D. Greene, I. Morrison, & M. E. P. Seligman (Eds.) Positive Neuroscience. New York: Oxford University Press (pp. 138-154)
Lozier, L. M., Brethel, K. M., & Marsh, A. A.
(2016).
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
Brethel-Haurwitz, K. M., Stoycos, S. A., Cardinale, E. M., Huebner, B., & Marsh, A. A.
(2016).
In: Scientific Reports, 6, 18974
Marsh, A. A.
(2015).
In: WIREs Cognitive Science, 7, 59-71
Marsh, A.
(2015).
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
Brewer, R., Marsh, A. A., Catmur, C., Cardinale, E. M., Stoycos, S. A., Cook, R., & Bird, G.
(2015).
In: Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 124, 589-595
Marsh, A. A.
(2015).
In: Caring machines. In J. Brockman (Ed.) New York: Harper Perennial, pp. 415-417
Marsh, A. A.
(2015).
In: Journal of Neuroscience Research, 94, 513-525
Breeden, A. L., Cardinale, E. M., Lozier, L. M., VanMeter, J. W., & Marsh, A. A.
(2015).
In: Psychological Medicine, 45, 3033-3046
Cardinale, E. M. & Marsh, A. A.
(2015).
In: PLoS ONE, 10, e0125708
Vieira, J. B., Ferreira-Santos, F., Almeida, P. R., Barbosa, F., Marques-Teixeira, J., Marsh, A. A.
(2015).
In: Social Cognitive & Affective Neuroscience, 10, 1693-704
Hammer, J. L. & Marsh, A. A.
(2015).
In: Emotion, 15, 223-31
Markowitz, A. J., Ryan, R. M., & Marsh, A. A.
(2014).
In: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 24, 1103-1118
Marsh, A. A.
(2014).
In: H. Maibom (Ed.) Empathy & Morality. (pp. 138-154). New York: Oxford University Press
Cardinale, E. M., Finger, E. C., Schechter, J. C., Jurkowitz, I. T. N., Blair, R. J. R. & Marsh, A. A.
(2014).
In: J. Knobe, T. Lombrozo, & S. Nichols (Eds.) Oxford Studies in Experimental Philosophy, Vol. 1. New York: Oxford University Press. (pp. 138-154)
Marsh, A. A., Stoycos, S. A., Brethel-Haurwitz, K. M., Robinson, P. VanMeter, J. W. & Cardinale, E. M.
(2014).
In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 111, 15036-41
Lozier, L. M., Cardinale, E. M., VanMeter, J. W., & Marsh A. A.
(2014).
In: JAMA Psychiatry, 71, 627-636
Lozier, L. M., VanMeter, J. W., & Marsh, A. A.
(2014).
In: Development & Psychopathology, 26, 933-45
Marsh, A. A., Cardinale, E. M., Chentsova-Dutton, Y. E., Grossman, M. R., & Krumpos, K. A.
(2014).
In: Social & Personality Psychological Science, 5, 684-690
Brethel-Haurwitz, K. M. & Marsh, A. A.
(2014).
In: Psychological Science, 25, 762-771
Vieira, J. B. & Marsh, A. A.
(2014).
In: Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 7, 907
Vieira, J. B., Almeida, P. R., Ferreira-Santos, F., Barbosa, F., Marques-Teixeira, J. & Marsh, A. A.
(2013).
In: Social Cognitive & Affective Neuroscience, 9, 1099-1107
Marsh, A. A.
(2013).
In: Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 7, 181
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.
(2013).
In: Neuroimage: Clinical, 2, 637-645
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.
(2013).
In: Journal of Child Psychology & Psychiatry, 54, 900-910
Marsh, A. A. & Cardinale, E. M.
(2012).
In: Emotion, 12, 892-898
Marsh, A. A., & Cardinale, E. M.
(2012).
In: Social Cognitive & Affective Neuroscience, 9, 3-11
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.
(2012).
In: American Journal of Psychiatry, 169, 750-758
Marsh, A. A., Yu, Henry, H. H., Pine, D. S., Gorodetsky, E., Goldman, D., & Blair, R. J. R.
(2012).
In: Psychopharmacology, 224, 469-76
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.
(2011).
In: Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, 194, 279-286
Marsh, A. A.
(2011).
In: J. Decety (Ed.) Empathy: From Bench to Bedside. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press
Marsh, A. A., Crowe, S. L., Yu, H. H., Gorodetsky, E. K., Goldman, D., & Blair, R. J.
(2011).
In: PLoS ONE, 6, e25148
Finger, E. C., Marsh, A. A., Blair, K. S., Reid, M. E., Sims, C., Ng, P., Pine, D. S., & Blair, R. J. R.
(2011).
In: American Journal of Psychiatry, 168, 152-162
Marsh, A. A., Finger, E. C., Schechter, J. C., Jurkowitz, I. T. N., Reid, M. E., & Blair, R. J. R.
(2010).
In: Journal of Child Psychology & Psychiatry, 52, 834-841
Marsh, A. A., Yu, H. H., Pine, D. S., & Blair, R. J. R.
(2010).
In: Psychopharmacology, 209, 225-32
Marsh, A. A. Kozak, M. N., Wegner, D. M., Reid, M. E., Yu, H. H., & Blair, R. J. R.
(2010).
In: Social Cognitive & Affective Neuroscience, 5, 392-403
Blair, R. J. R., Finger, E. C., & Marsh, A. A.
(2009).
In: M. de Haan & M. R. Gunnar (Eds.) Handbook of Developmental Social Neuroscience. New York: Guilford, pp. 419-34
Marsh, A. A., Yu, H. H., Schechter, J. C., & Blair, R. J. R.
(2009).
In: PLoS ONE, 4, e5707
Marsh, A. A., Blair, K. S., Jones, M. M., Soliman, N. & Blair, R. J. R.
(2009).
In: Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 21, 713-24
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.
(2008).
In: American Journal of Psychiatry, 165, 712-20. (Cover article)
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.
(2008).
In: Archives of General Psychiatry, 65, 586-94
Marsh, A. A., Blair R. J. R.
(2008).
In: Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 32, 454-65
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.
(2008).
In: Psychopharmacology, 196, 29-38
Marsh, A. A., Kozak, M. N., Ambady, N.
(2007).
In: Emotion, 7, 239-51
Marsh, A. A., Elfenbein, H. A., Ambady, N.
(2007).
In: Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 38, 284-301
Budhani, S., Marsh, A. A., Pine, D. S., & Blair, R. J. R.
(2007).
In: NeuroImage, 34, 1754-65