Publications

2026

1. Cooper, S. E., Keller, N. E., Bauer, E. A., Lambert, S. R., Hennings, A. C., Azar, A. A., Bibb, S. A., Nemeroff, C. B., Cisler, J. M., Lewis-Peacock, J. A., & Dunsmoor, J. E. (2026). Augmenting extinction with counterconditioning strengthens and sustains neural safety representations in PTSD. Translational Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-026-03966-y

2025

1. Bauer, E. A., Cooper, S. E., Keller, N. E., Cisler, J. M., & Dunsmoor, J. E. (2025). Encoding-retrieval similarity reveals distinct neural reinstatement of safety memories following counterconditioning in posttraumatic stress disorder. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, 10(11). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpsc.2025.07.007

2024

1. Bauer, E. A., Laing, P. A. F., Cooper, S. E., Cisler, J. M., & Dunsmoor, J. E. (2024). Out with the bad, in with the good: A review on augmented extinction learning in humans. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 215. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nlm.2024.107994 

2. Watanabe, B., Bauer, E. A., & MacNamara, A. (2024). Error monitoring under working memory load: An electrocortical investigation. Psychophysiology. https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.14694 

2023

1. Bauer, E. A., Watanabe, B. & MacNamara, A. (2023). Reinforcement learning and the reward positivity (RewP) with aversive outcomes. Psychophysiology. https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.14460. 

2. Ruchensky, J. R., Bauer, E. A., Edens, J. F., & MacNamara, A. (2023). Triarchic psychopathy and affective picture processing: An event-related potential study. Biological Psychology, 182. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2023.108628. 

3. Bauer, E. A., Wilson, K. A., Phan, K. L., Shankman, S. A., & MacNamara, A. (2023). A neurobiological profile underlying comorbidity load and prospective increases in dysphoria in a focal fear sample. Biological Psychiatry, 93(4). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2022.08.009. 

2022

1. Braitman, A. L., Strowger, M., Shipley, J. L., Ortman, J., MacIntyre, R. I., & Bauer, E. A. (2022). Data quality and study compliance among college students across two recruitment sources: A two-study investigation. Journal of Medical Internet Research: Formative Research, 6(12), e39488. https://doi.org/10.2196/39488. 

2. Bauer, E. A., & MacNamara, A. (2022). Group differences in agency modulate error monitoring. Psychophysiology, 59(7), e14011. https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.14011. 

3. Bautista, F., MacDonald, S. E., Bauer, E. A., Cheng, Y., & MacNamara, A. (2022). Generalization of reappraisal to novel negative stimuli as evidenced by the LPP. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 176. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2022.04.006 

Book Chapter:

1. Bauer, E. A., Wilson, K. A., & MacNamara, A. (2022). Cognitive and affective psychophysiology. In Admunson, G. (Ed). Comprehensive Clinical Psychology. (2nd Ed.). New York: Elsevier.

2021

1. Bauer, E. A., & MacNamara, A. (2021). Comorbid anxiety and depression: Opposing effects on the electrocortical processing of negative imagery in a focal fear sample. Depression and Anxiety, 38(7), 690-699. https://doi.org/10.1002/da.23160 

2. Bauer, E. A., Thomas, G., & MacNamara, A. (2021). The controllability of aversive and neutral pictures: An event-related potential study. Behavioural Brain Research, 408. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2021.113265 

3. Barley, B., Bauer, E. A., Wilson, K. A., & MacNamara, A. (2021). Working memory load reduces the electrocortical processing of positive pictures. Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience, 21(2), 347–354. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13415-021-00875-z 

2020

*denotes shared first-authorship

1. Bauer, E. A.*, MacNamara, A.*, Sandre, A., Lonsdorf, T. B., Weinberg, A., Morriss, J., & van Reekum, C. M. (2020). Intolerance of uncertainty and threat generalization: A replication and extension. Psychophysiology, 57(5), e13546. https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.13546 

2. Ruchensky, J. R., Bauer, E. A., & MacNamara, A. (2020). Intolerance of uncertainty, depression and the error-related negativity. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 153, 45–52. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2020.04.015 

3. Bauer, E. A., Braitman, A. L., Judah, M. R., & Cigularov, K. P. (2020). Worry as a mediator between psychosocial stressors and emotional sequelae: Moderation by contrast avoidance. Journal of Affective Disorders, 266, 456–464. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2020.01.092