Publications

 ** Denotes BEAN Lab Graduate Student, Undergraduate Student, or Postdoctoral Fellow

**Csölle,   K., Amlung, M., Bravo, A.J., Ortet-Walker, J., Vidal Arenas, V.,   Michelini, Y., Romano E., & Cross-Cultural Addictions Study Team. (In   Press). Risk perceptions related to driving after use of alcohol and cannabis   in a cross-national sample of university students in six countries.  Substance Use & Addiction Journal.

**Miller,   B.M., Aston, E.R., Spindle, T.R., & Amlung, M. (In Press). Pass   the keys: Using behavioral economics to explore driving after cannabis use. Substance   Use & Addiction Journal.

Elsayed,   M., Syan, S.K., Belisario, K., MacKillop, E., Amlung, M., Sweet, L.H.,   & MacKillop, J. (In Press). Resting state functional connectivity   patterns in alcohol use disorder: A case-control study. Journal of   Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences. 

Syan,   S.K., Belisario, K., Rahaman, L., Levitt, E.E., McCarron, C., Radman, H., Amlung,   M., Praecht, A., George, T.P., MacKillop, J. (In Press). Smoking in   substance use disorder patients: Prevalence, comorbidities, impulsivity, and   patterns of readiness to change. Nicotine & Tobacco Research. 

Najdzionek,   P., Amlung, M., Sweet, L., & MacKillop, J. (In Press). Diagnostic   validity of alcohol demand and monetary discounting in relation to alcohol   use disorder. Alcohol and Alcoholism. 

**Weinsztok,   S.C. & Amlung, M. (2025). Research synthesis in behavior analysis   I: An introductory guide to conducting systematic reviews. Journal of the   Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 124(1): e70040. 

Gendy,   M.N.S., Rahman, L., Brasch, J., Stead, V., Costello, J., Raymond, H., Amlung,   M., & MacKillop, J. (2024). Using latent profile analysis to   characterize heterogeneity in an outpatient concurrent disorders program: A   quality improvement study. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science.

Boyd,   J.E., Cameron, D.H., Naudé, G.P., Rowa, K., Soreni, N., Amlung, M.,  & McCabe, R.E. (In Press) Delay discounting in individuals with anxiety   and related disorders compared to healthy controls. Canadian Journal of   Behavoiural Science.

Hargreaves   TL, McIntyre-Wood C, Vandehei E, Love D, Garber M, Levitt E, Syan SK,   MacKillop E, Amlung M, Sweet L, MacKillop J. (2025). Brain structural   magnetic resonance imaging predictors of brief intervention response in   individuals with alcohol use disorder. Alcohol and Alcoholism, 60(3),   agaf009

**Miller,   B.P., **Csölle, K., **Chen, C., **Lester, A., **Weinsztok, S.C., Aston, E.R.,   Amlung, M. (2025). Exploring the suitability of cannabis use with   next-day responsibilities: A behavioral-economic and qualitative study. Journal   of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 123, 41-56.

Elsayed,   M., Marsden, E., Hargreaves, T., Syan, S.K., MacKillop, J., & Amlung,   M. (2024). Triple network resting-state functional connectivity patterns   of alcohol heavy drinking. Alcohol and Alcoholism. 59(5),   agae056.

**Weinsztok,   S.C., Reed, D.D., **Miller, B.P., & Amlung, M. (2024). Adaptation   of commodity purchase tasks to identify substitutable substance-free   alternative activities for alcohol use. Experimental and Clinical   Psychopharmacology, 32(4), 398-409.

Bird,   B.M., Belisario, K., Minhas, M., Acuff, S.F., Ferro, M.A., Amlung, M.T.,  Murphy, J.G., & MacKillop, J. (2024). Longitudinal examination of alcohol   demand and alcohol-related reinforcement as predictors of heavy drinking and   adverse alcohol consequences in emerging adults. Addiction, 119(6),   1090-1099

Acuff,   S.F., Belisario, K., Dennhardt, A., Amlung, M., Tucker, J. A.,   MacKillop, J., & Murphy, J.G. (2024). Applying behavioral economics to   understand changes in alcohol outcomes during the transition to adulthood:   Longitudinal relations and differences by sex and race. Psychology of   Addictive Behaviors, 38(4), 424-436.

Amlung, M., Marsden, E., Hargreaves, T., Sweet, L.H., Murphy, J.G.,   & MacKillop, J. (2024). Neural correlates of increased alcohol demand   following alcohol cue exposure in adult heavy drinkers. Psychiatry   Research: Neuroimaging. 340, 111809

**Miller,   B.P., Aston, E.R., **Davis, W., Berey, B.L., Dowd, A.N., & Amlung, M.  (2024). Examining the effect of cannabis cues on cannabis demand in sleep,   driving, and typical drug-use contexts. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 251,  111057.

Halladay,   J., MacKillop, J., Acuff, S., Amlung, M., Munn, C., Georgiades, K.   (2024). Early substance use and the school environment: A multilevel latent   class analysis. The Journal of the Canadian Academy of Child and   Adolescent Psychiatry, 33(1), 33-56.

**Davis,   W., **Miller, B.P., & Amlung, M. (2024). Perceptions and attitudes   related to driving after cannabis use in Canadian and U.S. adults. Substance   Use and Addiction. 45(1):114-123.

**Marsden, E., Murphy, J.G., MacKillop, J.,   & Amlung, M. (2023). Alcohol cues increase behavioral economic   demand and craving for alcohol in non-treatment seeking and treatment-seeking   heavy drinkers. Alcohol: Clinical and Experimental Research, 47, 2149-2160.

Gelino, B.W., Reed, D.D., Spindle, T.R., Amlung,   M., and Strickland, J.C. (2023). Association of electronic nicotine   delivery system (ENDS) and cigarette solo and dual use with alcohol-related   consequences among US adults. Addictive Behaviors, 146, 107806.

Syan, S.K., McIntyre-Wood, C., Vandehei, E.,   Vidal, M.L., Hargreaves, T., Levitt, E.E., Scarfe, M., Marsden, E.,   MacKillop, E., Sarles-Whittesley, H., Amlung, M., Sweet, L., &   MacKillop, J. (2023). Resting state functional connectivity as a predictor of   brief intervention response in adults with alcohol use disorder: A   preliminary study. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 47(8),   1590-1602.

**Miller, B.P., Reed, D.D., & Amlung, M.   (2023). Reliability and validity of behavioral economic measures: a   review and synthesis of discounting and demand. Journal of the   Experimental Analysis of Behavior. 120(2), 263-280.

**Weinsztok, S.C., Reed, D. D., & Amlung,   M. (2023) Identifying substitute activities for alcohol consumption: a   preliminary analysis. Addiction Research and Theory. 31, 209-219.

**Miller, B.P., Murphy, J.G., MacKillop, J.,   & Amlung, M. (2023). Next-day responsibilities attenuate demand   for alcohol among a crowdsourced sample of community adults. Experimental   and Clinical Psychopharmacology. 31(3), 633-642.

**Patel, H.N. & Amlung, M. (2023).   Income shock increases preferences for smaller immediate rewards and reduces   alcohol demand among a sample of crowd-sourced adults. Experimental and   Clinical Psychopharmacology. 31(3), 605-611.

Najdzionek, P., McIntyre-Wood, C., Amlung,   M., & MacKillop, J. (2023). Incorporating socioeconomic status into   studies on delay discounting and health via subjective financial status: An   initial validation in tobacco use. Experimental and Clinical   Psychopharmacology, 31(2), 475-481.

**Weinsztok,   S.C., Reed, D. D., & Amlung, M. (2023). Substance-related   cross-commodity purchase tasks: A systematic review. Psychology of   Addictive Behaviors, 37(1), 72-86.

Amlung, M., Owens, M.   M., Hargreaves, T., Gray, J. C., Murphy, C. M., MacKillop, J., & Sweet,   L. H. (2022). Neuroeconomic predictors of smoking cessation outcomes: A   preliminary study of delay discounting in treatment-seeking adult smokers. Psychiatry   Research: Neuroimaging, 327, 111555.

Halladay, J., MacKillop, J., Amlung, M.,  Munn, C., Georgiades, K. (2022). Individual- and school-level patterns of   substance use and mental health symptoms in a population-based sample of   secondary students: A multilevel latent profile analysis. Drug and Alcohol   Dependence, 240, 109647.

Naudé, G.P., Strickland, J.C., & Reed, D.D. & Amlung, M. (2022). Delay discounting   and neurocognitive performance in young adults with differential patterns of   substance use: Findings from the Human Connectome Project. Experimental and Clinical   Psychopharmacology, 30, 682-691.

**Morris, V., Bock, N., Minuzzi, L., MacKillop,   J., & Amlung, M (2022). Intracortical myelin in individuals   with alcohol use disorder: An initial proof-of-concept study. Brain &   Behavior. e2762.

Strickland, J.C., Amlung, M., &   Reed, D.D. (2022). Crowdsourcing methods in addiction science: Emerging   research and best practices. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology.   30, 379-380.

Rahman, L., Raymond, H., Labuguen, B.,   Gladysz, H., Holshausen, K., Brasch, J., Amlung, M., & MacKillop,   J. (2022). Perceptions of prevalence, consequences, and strategies for managing   contraband substance use in an inpatient concurrent disorders program: A   qualitative study of patient perspectives and survey of clinician perspectives. Frontiers in   Psychiatry, 13:911552.

Gilroy, S.P., Strickland, J.C., Naudé, G.P.,   Johnson, M.W., Amlung, M., & Reed, D., (2022). Beyond systematic   and unsystematic responding: Latent class mixture models to characterize   response patterns in discounting research. Frontiers in Behavioral   Neuroscience, Special Issue "Behavioral Addictions, Risk-Taking, and   Impulsive Choice". 16: 806944.

Reed, D.D., Strickland, J.C., Gelino, B.W.,   Hursh, S.R., Jarmolowicz, D.P., Kaplan, B.A., & Amlung, M. (2022).   Applied behavioral economics and public health policies: Historical   precedence and translational promise. Behavioural Processes, 198:   104640.

Motschman, C., Amlung, M., &   McCarthy, D. M. (2022). Alcohol demand as a predictor of drinking behavior in   the natural environment. Addiction, 117: 1887-1896.

McIntyre-Wood, C., Madan, C., Owens, M., Amlung,   M., Sweet, L.H., MacKillop, J. (2022). Neuroanatomical foundations of   delayed reward discounting decision making II: Evaluation of sulcal   morphology and fractal dimensionality. NeuroImage, 257, 119309.

**Morris, V., Syan, S.K., MacKillop, J., & Amlung,   M. (2022). Resting state functional connectivity in alcohol users and   co-users of other substances. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging. 321:111461

**Patel, H., **Naish, K., Soreni, N., Amlung,   M. (2022). The effects of a single transcranial direct current   stimulation (tDCS) session on impulsivity and risk among a sample of adult   recreational cannabis users. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience,  16:758285

**Patel, H., O’Connor, C., Andrews, K., Amlung,   M., Lanius, R., & McKinnon, M. (2022). Dissociative symptomatology   mediates the relation between posttraumatic stress disorder severity and   alcohol-related problems. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research. 46(2):289-299.

Kinley, I., Amlung, M., & Becker S. (2022).   Pathologies of precision: a Bayesian account of goals, habits, and episodic   foresight in addiction. Brain and Cognition. 158:105843

Levitt, E. E., Oshri, A., Amlung, M.,  Ray, L.A., Sanchez-Roige, S., Palmer, A.A., & MacKillop, J. (2022)   Evaluation of delay discounting as a transdiagnostic Research Domain Criteria   indicator in 1388 general community adults. Psychological Medicine. 26;1-9

**Weinsztok, S., Brassard, S., Balodis, I.,   Martin, L., & Amlung, M. (2021). Delay discounting in established   and proposed behavioral addictions: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Frontiers   in Behavioral Neuroscience, Special Issue "Behavioral Addictions,   Risk-Taking, and Impulsive Choice". 15:786358.