Marlen Z. Gonzalez

LIFE Fellow from 2014 to 2017, University of Virginia

PhD

Dissertation completed in June 2017

Developmental Calibration of Adult Neural Reward Sensitivity: The Moderating Role of Oxytocin Receptor Gene Methylation

(Advisor: James A. Coan)

Selected Publications

Gonzalez, M. Z., Puglia, M. H., Morris, J. P., & Connelly, J. J. (2019). Oxytocin receptor genotype and low economic privilege reverses ventral striatum-social anxiety association. Social Neuroscience, 14, 67–79. https://doi.org/10.1080/17470919.2017.1403954

Gonzalez, M. Z., Coan, J. A., & Allen, J. P. (2016). Lower adolescent neighborhood quality, and not current income, predicts greater mesolimbic activation in response to reward anticipation. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 22, 48–57. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dcn.2016.10.003

Gonzalez, M. Z., Beckes, L., Chango, J., Allen, J. P., & Coan, J. A. (2015). Adolescent neighborhood quality predicts adult dACC response to social exclusion. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 10, 921–928. https://doi.org/10.1093/scan/nsu137