Author Archives: samweiss

Title: Tracking arousal responses under stress with biometric ocular photometry eyewear. Abstract: Nearly one in five U.S. adults currently live with a mental illness, yet few have access to adequate mental healthcare. Even with ample financial resources, the diagnosis, treatment, and support for these chronic and intermittent conditions are challenging...

Transgender and gender diverse (TGD) individuals face higher rates of stressors driving disproportionate health risks. Although psychiatric conditions are important to consider in the context of greater health-promoting efforts for TGD youth, any mental health concerns may or may not be related to gender identity or associated dysphoria. Nevertheless, it...

Persistent chronic stress can influence how the brain reacts to traumatic and stressful events; however, it was unclear how neighborhood-level stress impacts brain structure and function. Using AURORA neuroimaging data, we found neighborhood socioeconomic disadvantage, derived from U.S. Census data, had specific associations with threat-related neurobiology which varied with different...

Using rsfMRI data from over 100k individuals across private and public datasets, we identified replicable unique patterns of brain connectivity.

This paper presents a novel method for detecting ovulation in peripubertal adolescents and provides an openly accessible R-script to determine ovulatory status based on hormone profiles (estrogen, progesterone and LH) across the menstrual cycle.

Alcohol’s impairing effects on inhibitory control (a behavioral index of impulsivity) may partly account for heavy drinking and alcohol-related harms. This meta-analysis combined data from 69 human laboratory studies to establish the overall magnitude of alcohol’s effects on inhibitory control.