Amanda Levinson
Stony Brook University
18 Papers
44 Citations
Amanda Levinson is an academic researcher from Stony Brook University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Hoarding disorder & Stroop effect. The author has an hindex of 11, co-authored 18 publications. Previous affiliations of Amanda Levinson include Columbia University & Haverford College.
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Papers
Randomized Controlled Crossover Trial of Ketamine in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Proof-of-Concept
Carolyn I. Rodriguez,Lawrence S. Kegeles,Lawrence S. Kegeles,Amanda Levinson,Tianshu Feng,Tianshu Feng,Sue M. Marcus,Sue M. Marcus,Donna Vermes,Donna Vermes,Pamela Flood,Helen Blair Simpson,Helen Blair Simpson +12 more
TL;DR: This is the first randomized, controlled trial to demonstrate that a drug affecting glutamate neurotransmission can reduce OCD symptoms without the presence of an SRI and is consistent with a glutamatergic hypothesis of OCD.
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A comparison of the electrocortical response to monetary and social reward.
Amanda Distefano,Felicia Jackson,Amanda Levinson,Zachary P. Infantolino,Johanna M. Jarcho,Brady D. Nelson +5 more
TL;DR: This study employed a within-subject design and compared the reward positivity (RewP), an event-related potential component that is present following favorable feedback and absent or reduced following unfavorable feedback, during monetary and social reward tasks.
Neural Response to Rewards, Stress and Sleep Interact to Prospectively Predict Depressive Symptoms in Adolescent Girls.
TL;DR: Adolescents characterized by low reward response were at an increased risk of developing depressive symptoms if they experienced increased stressful life events or sleep problems; moreover, risk was greatest among adolescents characterized by all 3.
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Is "conflict adaptation" driven by conflict? Behavioral and EEG evidence for the underappreciated role of congruent trials
TL;DR: Results imply that trial-by-trial changes in performance may not be driven solely by conflict, but rather by changes in attention triggered by congruent information.
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Neural Response to Pleasant Pictures Moderates Prospective Relationship Between Stress and Depressive Symptoms in Adolescent Girls.
TL;DR: It is suggested that the LPP to pleasant pictures may represent a useful biomarker in identifying individuals at greatest risk of experiencing depressive symptoms following stress.