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*Denotes UCF student or postdoc<\/span><\/p>\n

In Press<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Frei V, Lighthall NR, Faulkner R, El-Shafie D, Lin T, ten Brinke L, Wilson RC, Ebner NC. The Social Iowa Gambling Task: A promising tool for assessing deception detection in real-world contexts in adulthood. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B.<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

2026<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Lighthall NR, *Doheny MM, *Wang S. (2026). Decision neuroscience of aging: 20 years in. In DV Smith, D Fareri, & P Lockwood (Eds.). Neuroeconomics: Core topics and current directions<\/em>. Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

2025<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Abubshait A, Pak R, Rogers WA, \u0160abanovi\u0107 S, Lighthall, NR, Baldwin CL. (2025). Robotics and AI: Challenges and opportunities for aging populations. Robotics and AI: Challenges and Opportunities for Aging Populations. In\u00a0Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting<\/i>\u00a0(Vol. 69, No. 1, pp. 692-694). Sage CA: Los Angeles, CA: SAGE Publications.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

*Doheny MM, Roque NA, Lighthall, NR.(2025). Effects of maximum and minimum offers on reciprocity and trust perceptions during economic decision making. Frontiers in Cognition<\/i>,\u00a04<\/i>, 1576987.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Ebner C, Lighthall NR, *El-Shafie D. (2024). Affective neuroscience of aging: An interplay of organic brain changes and shifting goals. In J. Armony & P. Vuilleumier (Eds.), Handbook of Human Affective Neuroscience<\/em> (2nd Edition). Cambridge University Press.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Horta M, Wright K, Lighthall NR, Fillingim RB. (2025). Choosing well: A scoping review on chronic pain and decision-making. The Journal of Pain, 35<\/em>, 105525.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

*Maynard M, Dvorak RD, Paulson D, Burr EK, Allen Q, Lighthall NR, Lysandrou AE. (2025). Daily impact of medical cannabis on anxiety and sleep quality in older adults. Psychiatry,<\/em> 88<\/i>(4), 380\u2013394.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

*Roman D, Follese H, Schotz J, Wang S, Mell J, Lighthall, N. (2025). Deciphering trust: Multi-modal affective analysis in dynamic decision-making games. In Proceedings of the AAAI Symposium Series<\/i>\u00a0(Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 79-86).<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

*Schotz J, *Lam T, Ebner NC, Lighthall NR. (2025). Social versus nonsocial visual cues of trustworthiness uniquely influence trust related behavior and memory. Scientific Reports<\/i>,\u00a015<\/i>, 36153.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

*Suarez JRM, *Blount A, Kworweinski L, Park J, Xie R, Lighthall NR, Thiamwong L. (2025). Association between prevention focus and sedentary behavior in older adults: A cross-sectional study. Interactive Journal of Medical Research<\/em>, 14<\/em>(1), e63280.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

*Suarez JRM, Decker VB, Park JH, Lighthall NR, Dino MJS, Thiamwong L.<\/i> (2025). Directional postural sway tendencies and static balance among community-dwelling older adults with depression and without cognitive impairment. Aging Clinical and Experimental Research<\/i>, 37<\/em>, 255.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

*Wang S, Lighthall NR. (2025). The role of age-related changes to memory in judgment and decision making involving artificial agents. European Psychologist<\/em>,\u00a029<\/em>(4), 257\u2013269.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

*Wang S, Wilson RC, Ebner NC, Lighthall NR. (2025). Modeling value integration during decision making under uncertainty with the Florida and Georgia gambling task. Scientific Reports<\/i>,\u00a015<\/i>, 36826.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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2024<\/strong><\/p>\n

Horta M, Shoenfelt A, Lighthall NR, Perez E, Frazier I, Heemskerk A, Lin T, Wilson RC, <\/span>Ebner NC.<\/span> (2024). Age-group differences in trust-related decision-making and learning. Scientific Reports,<\/i>\u00a014<\/em>, 68. <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Kworweinski L, *Blount A, Suarez J, Fukuda DH, Stout JR, Trahan E, Lighthall NR, Park J, Xie R, Ladda Thiamwong L. (2024). Comparing sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy of fall risk assessments in community-dwelling older adults. Clinical Interventions in Aging, <\/em>19 581\u2013588.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

*Minks T, Cassisi JE, Lighthall NR, Proctor M, Mendelson S. (2024). Impact of upper limb amputation and prostheses on perceptions of competence, warmth, and functional abilities. Rehabilitation Psychology,<\/em> 69(1), 14-23.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

*Wan X, Lighthall NR, Roque N. (2024). Predictors of technology use: Evidence from elite older adults. Activities, Adaptation & Aging<\/em>, 48<\/em>(4), 648-669.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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2023<\/strong><\/p>\n

*Doheny, M., Lighthall, NR. (2023). Social cognitive neuroscience in the digital age. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 17: <\/em>1168788<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

McCartney M, *Wan X, *Griep CD, Lighthall NR. (2023, Special Series: Scientific Literacy). Primary scientific literature is not just for students and academics! A study of primary source modalities and predictors of learning across adulthood. Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education, <\/em><\/a>24<\/em> (1), <\/a>DOI<\/span>:\u00a0<\/a>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1128\/jmbe.00122-22.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Pehlivanoglu D, Lin T, Lighthall NR, <\/span>Heemskerk A, Harber<\/span> A, Wilson R, Turner GR, Spreng RN, Ebner NC. (2023). Facial trust<\/span>worthiness perceptions across the adult lifespan. <\/span>Journal of Gerontology: Psychological<\/em> Sciences, 78<\/em>(3), 434\u2013444.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Thiamwong L, Xie R, Park J; Lighthall N, Loerzel V, Stout J. (2023). Optimizing a technology-based body and mind intervention to prevent falls and reduce health disparities in low-income populations: Protocol for a clustered randomized controlled trial, JMIR Research Protocols<\/em>, 12<\/em>: e51899.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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2022<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pehlivanoglu D, Lighthall NR, Lin T, Chi K, Perez E, Polk R, Cahill B, Ebner, N. (2022). Aging in an \u201cinfodemic\u201d: The role of analytical reasoning, affect, and news consumption frequency on news veracity detection. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 28<\/em>(3), 468-485.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

*Wan X, Lighthall NR, Paulson D. (2022). Subjective markers of successful aging and change in Internet use among older adults: The distinctive role of subjective health. Computers in Human Behavior<\/em>, 127<\/em>, 107064.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

*Wan X, Lighthall NR, Xie R. (2022). Consistent and robust predictors of Internet use among older adults over time identified by machine learning. Computers in Human Behavior<\/em>, 137<\/em>, 107413.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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2021<\/strong><\/p>\n

*Conner L, Horta M, Ebner NC, Lighthall NR. (2021). Value network engagement and effects of memory-related processing during encoding and retrieval of value. Brain and Cognition,<\/em>\u00a0152<\/em>, 105754.<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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2020<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lighthall NR. (2020). Neural mechanisms of decision making in aging. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Cognitive Science, 11<\/em>(1), e1519.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

*Farahani FV, Karwowski W, Lighthall NR. (2019). Application of graph theory for identifying connectivity patterns in human brain networks: A systematic review. Frontiers in Neuroscience<\/em>, 13<\/em>(585), 1-27.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

*Fernandez KN, Lighthall NR. (2019). Reward responsiveness and inhibition traits differentially predict economic biases in gain and loss contexts. Frontiers in Psychology, <\/em>10<\/em>(1948), 1-14.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Frazier I, Lighthall NR, Horta M, Perez E, Ebner NC. (2019). CISDA: Changes in integration for social decisions in aging. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Cognitive Science, 10<\/em>(3), e1490.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Lighthall NR, *Conner LB, Giovanello KS. (2019). Learning and memory in the aging brain: The function of declarative and nondeclarative memory over the lifespan. In G Samanez-Larkin (Ed.) The Aging Brain<\/em>. Washington: DC: APA Books.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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2018<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lighthall NR, Pearson JM, Huettel, SA, Cabeza, R. (2018). Feedback-based learning in aging: Contributions and trajectories of change in striatal and hippocampal systems. Journal of Neuroscience,\u00a038<\/span><\/em>(39), <\/span>8453-8462.<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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2014 an earlier<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lighthall NR, Huettel S, Cabeza R. (2014). Functional compensation in the ventromedial prefrontal cortex improves memory-dependent decisions in older adults. Journal of Neuroscience, 34<\/em>(47), 15648-15657.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Lighthall NR, Gorlick MA, Schoeke A, Frank MJ, Mather M. (2013). Stress modulates reinforcement learning in younger and older adults. Psychology and Aging, 28<\/em>(1), 35-46.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Mather M, Lighthall NR. (2012). Risk and reward are processed differently in decisions made under stress. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 21<\/em>(2), 36-41.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Mather M, Mazar N, Gorlick MA, Lighthall NR, Burgeno J, Schoeke A, Ariely D. (2012). Risk preferences and aging: The \u201cCertainty Effect\u201d in older adults\u2019 decision making. Psychology and Aging, 27<\/em>(4), 801-816.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Lighthall NR, Sakaki M, Vasunilashorn F, Nga L, Somayajula S, Chen EY, Samii N, Mather M. (2012). Gender differences in reward-related decision processing under stress. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 7<\/em>(4), 476-484.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Mather M, Lighthall NR, Nga L, Gorlick MA. (2010). Sex differences in how stress affects brain activity during face viewing. NeuroReport, 21<\/em>(14), 933-937.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Lighthall NR, Mather M, Gorlick MA. (2009). Acute stress increases sex differences in risk seeking in the Balloon Analogue Risk Task. PLoS ONE, 4<\/em>(7), e6002.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Mather M, Gorlick MA, Lighthall NR. (2009). To brake or accelerate when the light turns yellow? Stress reduces older adults\u2019 risk taking in a driving game. Psychological Science, 20<\/em>(2), 174-176.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Kryla-Lighthall N, Mather M. (2009). The role of cognitive control in older adults\u2019 emotional well-being. In V. Bengtson, M. Silverstein, N. Putney, and D. Gans (Eds.) Handbook on theories of agin<\/em>g (pp. 323-344). New York: Springer Press.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

O\u2019Hara R, Schr\u00f6der C, Kraemer H, Kryla N, Cao C, Miller E, Schatzberg A, Yesavage J, Murphy G. (2005). Nocturnal sleep apnea\/hypopnea is associated with lower memory performance in APOE e4 allele carriers. Neurology, 65<\/em>(4), 642-644.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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