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**Patel, H. & Amlung, M. (In Press). Acute and extended exposure to episodic future thinking in a treatment seeking addiction sample: A pilot study. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment.
**Morris, V., Goodgame-Huffman, L., **Naish, K., Holshausen, K., Oshri, A., McKinnon, M., Amlung, M. (In Press). Impulsivity as a mediating factor in the association between post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms and substance use. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy.
Naudé, G.P., Reed, D.D., Thornton, T.J., & Amlung, M. (In Press). Dual use of alcohol and cannabis among college students: A reinforcer pathologies approach. Experimental & Clinical Psychopharmacology.
Petker, T., DeJesus, J., Lee, A., Gillard, J., Owens, M.M., Balodis, I.M., Amlung, M.T., George, T., Oshri, A., Hall, G., Schmidt, L. & MacKillop J. (in press). Cannabis use, cognitive performance, and symptoms of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder in community adults. Experimental & Clinical Psychopharmacology
**Patel, H., **Naish, K. R., & Amlung, M. (In Press). Discounting of delayed monetary and cannabis rewards in a crowdsourced sample of adults. Experimental & Clinical Psychopharmacology.
**Vedelago, L., Halladay, J., Munn, C., Georgiades, K., Amlung, M. (2020). Cannabis and the learning brain. Frontiers for Young Minds. Doi. 0.3389/frym.2020.00052.
**Vedelago, L., Metrik, J., & Amlung, M. (2020). Differentiating medicinal and recreational cannabis users via cannabis use motives. Cannabis, 3(1).
Acuff, S. F., Amlung, M. T., Dennhardt, A. A., MacKillop, J., & Murphy, J. G. (2020). Experimental manipulations of behavioral economic demand for addictive commodities: A meta-analysis. Addiction. 115, 817-831.
**Morris, V., Owens, M. M., Syan, S. K., Petker, T. D., Sweet, L. H., Oshri, A., MacKillop, J., & Amlung, M. (2019). Associations between drinking and cortical thickness in younger adults: Findings from the Human Connectome Project. Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research, 43(9), 1918-1927.
Amlung, M., Marsden, E., Holshausen, K., **Morris, V., **Patel, H., **Vedelago, L., **Naish, K. R., Reed, D. D., McCabe, R. E., (2019). Delay discounting as a transdiagnostic process in psychiatric disorders: A meta-analysis. JAMA Psychiatry, 76, 1176-1186.
Petker, T., Owens, M., Amlung, M., Oshri, A., Sweet, L. H., & MacKillop, J. (2019). Cannabis involvement and neuropsychological performance: findings from the Human Connectome Project. Journal of Psychiatry & Neuroscience, 44(5), 1-9.
**Vedelago, L., Amlung, M., **Morris, V., Petker, T., Balodis, I., McLachlan, K., Mamak, M., Moulden, H., Chaimowitz, G., & MacKillop, J. (2019). Technological Advances in the Assessment of Impulse Control in Offenders: A Systematic Review. Behavioral Sciences & The Law, 37, 435-451.
**Patel, H., Reed, D.D., MacKillop, J., & Amlung, M. (2019). Clarifying the Relation between Alcohol Demand and Alcohol-Related Relative Reinforcement and Driving after Drinking in a Canadian Community Sample. Canadian Journal of Addiction, 10(1), 16-23.
**Patel, H., & Amlung, M. (2019). Elevated cannabis demand is associated with driving after cannabis use in a crowdsourced sample of adults. Experimental & Clinical Psychopharmacology, 27, 109-114.
Amlung, M. & MacKillop, J., (2019). Availability of legalized cannabis reduces demand for illegal cannabis among Canadian cannabis users: Evidence from a behavioural economic substitution paradigm. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 110, 216-221.
Owens, M.M., Syan, S.K., Amlung, M., Beach, S.R.H., Sweet, L.H., MacKillop, J. (2019). Functional and structural neuroimaging studies of delayed reward discounting in addiction: A systematic review. Psychological Bulletin, 145, 141-164.
Owens, M., McNally, S., Petker, T., Amlung, M., Balodis, I.M. Sweet, L. & MacKillop, J. (2019). NPRC-Urinary Tetrahydrocannabinol is associated with poorer working memory performance and alterations in associated brain activity, Neuropsychopharmacology, 44, 613-619.
Athamneh, L., Stein, J. S., Amlung, M., & Bickel, W. K. (2019). Validation of a brief behavioral economic assessment of demand among cigarette smokers. Experimental & Clinical Psychopharmacology, 27, 96-102
Amlung, M., Reed, D.D., **Morris, V., Aston, E.R., Metrik, J., & MacKillop, J. (2019). Price Elasticity of Illegal vs Legal Cannabis: A Behavioral Economic Substitutability Analysis. Addiction, 114, 112-118.
**Naish, K., **Vedelago, L., MacKillop, J., & Amlung, M. (2018). Effects of neuromodulation on cognitive performance in individuals exhibiting addictive behaviors: A systematic review. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 192, 338-51.
**Morris, V., **Patel, H., **Vedelago, L., Reed, D.D., Metrik, J., Aston, E., MacKillop, J., & Amlung, M. (2018). Elevated behavioral economic demand for alcohol and co-users of alcohol and cannabis. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 79, 929-934.
Kaplan, B., Foster, R. N., Reed, D. D., Amlung, M., Murphy, J. G., MacKillop, J. (2018). Understanding alcohol motivation using the alcohol purchase task: A methodological systematic review. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 191, 117-140..
Athamneh, L., Stein, J. S., Amlung, M., & Bickel, W. K. (2018). Validation of a brief behavioral economic assessment of demand among cigarette smokers. Experimental & Clinical Psychopharmacology
**Naish, K.N., **Vedelago, L., MacKillop, J. & Amlung, M. (2018). Effects of neuromodulation on cognitive performance in individuals exhibiting addictive behaviour: A systematic review protocol. Systematic Reviews. [Link]
Owens, M.M., Amlung, M.T., Stojek, M.M.K., & MacKillop, J. (2018). Negative Urgency Moderates Reactivity to Laboratory Stress Inductions. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 127, 385-393. [Link}
Becirevec, A., Reed, D. D., Amlung, M., Stapleton, J. L., & Hillhouse, J. J. (2017). Demand for indoor tanning in regular users differs between behavioral addiction risk profiles. Experimental & Clinical Psychopharmacology, 25, 346-352.
Owens, M. M., Gray, J. G., Amlung, M., Oshri, A., Sweet, L. H., & MacKillop, J., (2017). Neuroanatomical foundations of delayed reward discounting decision making. NeuroImage, 161, 261-270.
Owens, M. M., Amlung, M., Beach, S. R. H., Sweet, L. H., & MacKillop, J. (2017). Delay discounting differences in brain activation, connectivity, and structure in individuals with addiction: a systematic review protocol. Systematic Reviews, 6, 138.
**Morris, V., Amlung, M., Kaplan, B. A., Reed, D. D., Petker, T., & MacKillop, J. (2017). Using crowdsourcing to examine behavioral economic measures of alcohol value and proportionate alcohol reinforcement. Experimental & Clinical Psychopharmacology, 25, 314-321. [Link]
Amlung, M., MacKillop, J., Monti, P. M., & Miranda Jr., R. (2017). Elevated behavioral economic demand in a community sample of heavy drinking smokers. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 78, 623-628. [Link}
Becirevic, A., Reed, D. D., Amlung, M. (2017). An initial investigation of the effects of tanning-related cues on demand and craving for indoor tanning. The Psychological Record, 67, 149-160. [Link]
Reed, D. D., Critchfield, T. S., Amlung, M., & Jarmolowicz, D. P. (2017). Choice and chronic health conditions: Introduction to the special issue. The Psychological Record, 67, 135-136 [Link} Amlung, M.,
Vedelago, L., Acker, J., Balodis, I., & MacKillop, J. (2017). Steep delay discounting and addictive behavior: A meta-analysis of continuous associations. Addiction, 112, 51-62 [PubMed]
Morris, D. H., Amlung, M. T., Tsai, C. L., McCarthy, D. M. (2017). Association between overall rate of change in rising breath alcohol concentration and the magnitude of acute tolerance of subjective intoxication via the Mellanby method. Human Psychopharmaocology, 32, 1-9. [Link]
Gray, J., Amlung, M., Owens, M., Acker, J., Brown, C., Brody, G., Sweet, L., & MacKillop, J. (2017). The neuroeconomics of tobacco demand: An initial investigation of the neural correlates of cigarette cost-benefit decision making. Scientific Reports, 7:41930, 1-10. [Link]
Amlung, M., Petker, T., Jackson, J., Balodis, I., & MacKillop, J. (2016). Steep discounting of delayed monetary and food rewards in obesity: A meta-analysis. Psychological Medicine, 46, 2423-2434. [PubMed]
Aston ER, Metrik J, Amlung M, Kahler CW, & MacKillop J. (2016). Interrelationships between marijuana demand and discounting of delayed rewards: Convergence in behavioral economic methods. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 169, 141-147. [PubMed]
Kaplan, B.A., Amlung, M., Reed, D.D., Jarmolowicz, D. P., McKerchar, T. L., Lemley, S.M. (2016). Automating scoring of delay discounting for the 21- and 27-item monetary choice questionnaire. The Behavior Analyst, 39, 293-304.
Raymond, H., Amlung, M., De Leo, J. A., Hashmani, T., Younger, J., & MacKillop, J. (2016). Adaptation of an acute psychiatric unit to a concurrent disorders unit to increase capacity and improve patient care. Canadian Journal on Addictions, 7(3), 5-33.
Gray, J. C., Amlung, M., Palmer, A. A., & MacKillop J. (2016). Syntax for calculation of discounting indices from the Monetary Choice Questionnaire and Probability Discounting Questionnaire. Journal of Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 106, 156-163 [PubMed]
Amlung, M., Morris, D. H., Hatz, L., Teeters, J., Murphy, J. G., & McCarthy, D. M. (2016). Drinking-and-driving-related cognitions mediate the relationship between alcohol demand and alcohol-impaired driving. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 77, 656-660. [PubMed]
Bailey, K., Amlung, M. T., Morris, D. H., Price, M. H., McCarthy, D. M., & Bartholow, B. D. (2016). Separate and joint effects of alcohol and caffeine on conflict monitoring and adaptation. Psychopharmacology, 233(7), 1245-55 [PubMed]
Amlung, M., McCarty, K. N., Morris, D. H., Tsai, C. L., & McCarthy, D. M. (2015). Increased behavioral economic demand and craving for alcohol following a laboratory alcohol challenge. Addiction, 110(9), 1421-8 [PubMed]
Amlung, M. & MacKillop, J. (2015). Further evidence of close correspondence for alcohol demand decision making for hypothetical and incentivized rewards. Behavioural Processes.. 113, 187-191. [PubMed]
Amlung, M., Yurasek, A., McCarty, K. N., MacKillop, J. & Murphy, J. G. (2015). Area under the curve as a novel metric of behavioral economic demand for alcohol. Experimental & Clinical Psychopharmacology. 23(3), 168-175. [PubMed]
Amlung, M. T., Morris, D. H., & McCarthy, D. M. (2014). Effects of acute alcohol tolerance on perceptions of danger and willingness to drive after drinking. Psychopharmacology, 231, 4271-4279. [PubMed]
Amlung, M., & MacKillop, J. (2014). Clarifying the relationship between impulsive delay discounting and nicotine dependence. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 28(3), 761-768. [PubMed]
Amlung, M. & MacKillop, J. (2014). Understanding the effects of stress and alcohol cues on motivation for alcohol via behavioral economics. Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research. 38(6), 1780-1789. [PubMed]
Gray, J. C., Amlung, M., Acker, J., Sweet, L. H., Brown, C., & MacKillop, J. (2014). Clarifying the neural basis for incentive salience of tobacco cues in smokers. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging. 223(3), 218-225. [PubMed]
MacKillop, J., Amlung, M., Acker, J., Gray, J., Brown, C. L., Murphy, J. G., Ray, L. R., & Sweet, L. H. (2014). The neuroeconomics of alcohol demand: An initial investigation of the neural correlates of alcohol cost-benefit decision making in heavy drinking men. Neuropsychopharmacology, 39, 1988-1995. [PubMed]
MacKillop, J., Amlung, M., Blackburn, A., Murphy, J. G., Carrigan, M., & Chaloupka, F. (2014). Left-digit price effects on smoking cessation motivation. Tobacco Control. 23, 501-506. [PubMed]
Amlung, M., Sweet, L. H., Acker, J., Brown, C. L. & MacKillop, J. (2014). Dissociable brain signatures of choice conflict and immediate reward preferences in alcohol use disorders. Addiction Biology. 19(4). [PubMed]
Gray, J. C., Amlung, M., Acker, J., Sweet, L. H., & MacKillop, J. (2014). Item-based analysis of delayed reward discounting decision making. Behavioural Processes.103, 256-260. [PubMed]
Amlung, M., Few, L. R., Howland, J., Rohsenow, D. J., Metrik, J., & MacKillop, J. (2013). Impulsivity and alcohol demand in relation to combined alcohol and caffeine use. Experimental & Clinical Psychopharmacology, 21(6), 467-474. [PubMed]
Schaeffer, D. J., Amlung, M. T., Li, Q., Krafft, C. E., Austin, B. P., Dyckman, K. A., & McDowell, J. E. (2013). Neural correlates of behavioral variation in healthy adults’ antisaccade performance. Psychophysiology, 50(4), 325-333. [PubMed]
MacKillop, J., Howland, J., Rohsenow, D. J., Few, L., Amlung, M., Metrik, J., & Calise, T. V. (2012). Initial development of a measure of expectancies for combinations of alcohol and caffeine: The Caffeine+Alcohol Combined Effects Questionnaire (CACEQ). Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 20(6), 466-472. [PubMed]
Li, Q., Amlung, M. T., Valtcheva, M., Camchong, J., Austin, B. P., Dyckman, K. A., Unsworth, N., Clementz, B. A., McDowell, J. E. (2012). Evidence from cluster analysis for differentiation of antisaccade performance groups based on speed / accuracy trade-offs. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 85(2), 274-277. [PubMed]
Amlung, M., & MacKillop, J. (2012). Consistency of self-reported alcohol consumption on randomized and sequential alcohol purchase tasks. Frontiers in Addictive Disorders. 3:65. [PubMed]
Amlung, M., Acker, J., Stojek, M., Murphy, J. & MacKillop, J. (2012). Is talk “cheap”? An initial investigation of the equivalence of alcohol purchase task performance for hypothetical and actual rewards. Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research, 36(4), 716-724. [PubMed]
MacKillop, J., Amlung, M. T., Wier, L., David, S. P., Ray, L. A., Bickel, W. K., & Sweet, L. H. (2012). The neuroeconomics of nicotine dependence: An fMRI study of delay discounting in nicotine dependent adults. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, 202, 20-29. [PubMed]
Acker, J., Amlung, M., Stojek, M., Murphy, J. G., & MacKillop, J. (2012). Individual variation in behavioral economic indices of the relative value of alcohol: Incremental validity in relation to impulsivity, craving, and intellectual functioning. Journal of Experimental Psychopathology, 3(3), 423-436. [Abstract]
Plebani, J., Ray, L. A. Morean, M., Corbin, W., MacKillop, J., Amlung, M., King, A. C. (2012). Human laboratory paradigms in alcohol research. Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research. 36(6), 972-83. [PubMed]
Amlung, M. & MacKillop, J. (2011). Delayed reward discounting and alcohol misuse: The roles of response consistency and reward magnitude. Journal of Experimental Psychopathology, 2(3), 418-431. [Abstract]
MacKillop. J., Amlung, M. T., Pryor, L. R., Ray, L. A., Sweet, L. H. & Munafo, M. R. (2011). Delayed reward discounting and addictive behavior: A meta-analysis. Psychopharmacology, 216(3), 305-321. [PubMed]
MacKillop, J., Obasi, E., Amlung, M., McGeary, J., & Knopik, V. (2010). The role of genetics in nicotine dependence: Mapping the pathways from genome to syndrome. Current Cardiovascular Risk Reports, 4, 446-453. [PubMed]
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