Publications
Publications
Smith, K.E. & Pollak, S.D. (2024). The need for new perspectives on arousal in emotion theory. Emotion Review. https://doi.org/10.1177/17540739241303503
Smith, K.E., Woodard, K., & Pollak, S.D. (2024). Arousal may not be anything to get excited about. Emotion Review. https://doi.org/10.1177/17540739241303499
Restrepo, A., Smith, K.E., Silver, E.M., & Norman, G.J. (2024). Ambiguity potentiates effects of loneliness on feelings of rejection. Cognition & Emotion, 1 – 11. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2024.2385006
Faig, K.E., Necka, E.A., Smith, K.E., Dimitroff, S.J., & Norman, G.J. (2023). Resting RSA predicts malodor-induced increase in perceived foreignness of outgroup speakers. Brain & Behavior, 13(11), e3249. https://doi.org/10.1002/brb3.3249
Smith, K.E., Graf, E., Faig, K.E., Dimitroff, S.J., Rockwood, F.M., Hernandez, M.W., & Norman, G.J. (2023). Perceived control, loneliness, early-life stress, and parents’ perceptions of stress. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 13037. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-39572-x
Faig, K. E.*, Smith, K. E.*, & Dimitroff, S. J.* (2023). Somatovisceral Influences on Emotional Development. Emotion Review, 15(2), 127 – 144. https://doi.org/10.1177/17540739231163180
Smith, KE & Pollak, SD (2022). Children’s value-based decision making. Scientific Reports, 12, 5953. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-09894-3
Smith, KE & Pollak, SD. (2022). Approach motivation and loneliness: Individual differences and parasympathetic activity. Psychophysiology, 59, e14036. https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.14036
Smith, KE & Pollak, SD. (2022). Early life stress and perceived social isolation influence how children use value information to guide behavior. Child Development. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13727.
Smith, KE, Norman, GJ, & Decety, J (2022). Increases in loneliness during medical school are associated with increases in individuals likelihood of mislabeling emotions as negative. Emotion, 22(4), 740-750. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/emo0000773
Pollak, SD & Smith, KE (2021). Thinking clearly about biology and childhood adversity: Next steps for continued progress. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 16(6), 1473-1477. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F17456916211031539
Smith, KE & Pollak, SD (2021). Social relationships and children’s perceptions of adversity. Child Development Perspectives, 15(4), 228-234. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdep.12427
Smith, KE & Pollak, SD (2021). Early life stress and neural development: Implications for understanding the developmental effects of COVID-19. Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13415-021-00901-0
Smith, KE & Pollak, SD (2021). Re-thinking concepts and categories for understanding the neurodevelopmental effects of early childhood adversity. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 16(1), 67-93. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F1745691620920725
Smith, KE & Pollak, SD (2020). Early life stress and development: Potential mechanisms for adverse outcomes. Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders, 12, 34. https://doi.org/10.1186/s11689-020-09337-y
Smith, KE, Leitzke, BT, & Pollak, SD (2020). Youth’s processing of emotion information: Responses to chronic and video-based laboratory stress. PNEC, 122, 104873. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2020.104873
Smith, KE, Norman, GJ, & Decety, J (2020). Medical students empathy positively predicts their charitable donation behavior. Journal of Positive Psychology, 15(6), 734-742. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2019.1651889
Dimitroff, SJ, Harrod, E, Smith, KE, Faig, KE, Decety, J, & Norman, GJ (2019). Third party punishment following observed social rejection. Emotion, 20(4), 713-720. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/emo0000607
Stenfors, CUD, Van Hedger SC, Schertz, KE, Meyer, F, Smith, KE, Norman, GJ, Bourrier, SC, Enns, JT, Karden, O, Jonides, J & Berman, MG (2019). Positive effects of nature on cognitive performance across multiple experiments: Test order but not affect modulates the effect. Frontiers in Psychology, 10, 1413. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01413
Decety, J, Smith, KE, & Norman, GJ (2018). Predictive utility cannot substitute for construct validity. Medical Education, 52(4), 456-548. https://doi.org/10.1111/medu.13506
Smith, KE, Norman, GJ, & Decety, J (2017). The complexity of empathy during medical school training: Evidence for positive changes. Medical Education, 51(11), 1146-1159. https://doi.org/10.1111/medu.13398
Smith, KE & Norman, GJ (2017). Brief relaxation training is not sufficient to alter tolerance to experimental pain in novices. PloSOne, 12(5), e017728. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0177228
Porges, EC, Smith, KE, & Decety J (2015). Individual differences in vagal regulation are related to testosterone responses to observed violence. Frontiers in Psychology, 6, 19. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00019
Smith, KE* & Faig, KE* (2014). The role of flexibility in personal space preferences. The Journal of Neuroscience, 34(31), 10135-10136. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1997-14.2014
Decety, J, Smith, KE, Norman, GJ, & Halpern, J (2014). A social neuroscience perspective on clinical empathy. World Psychiatry, 13(3), 233-237. https://doi.org/10.1002/wps.20146
Smith, KE*, Porges, EC*, Norman, GJ, Connelly, JJ, & Decety, J (2014). Oxytocin receptor gene variation predicts empathic concern and autonomic arousal while perceiving harm to others. Social Neuroscience, 9(1), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1080/17470919.2013.863223
Smith, K.E., Graf, E., Faig, K.E. et al. Perceived control, loneliness, early-life stress, and parents’ perceptions of stress. Sci Rep 13, 13037 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-39572-x
*Authors contributed equally to the manuscript