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Halpin, A., Tallman, M., Boeve, A., & MacAulay, R. K. (In Press). Now or Later? Examining Social and Financial Decision-Making in Middle-to-Older Aged Adults. Accepted to Journals of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences.

MacAulay, R. K., Timblin, H.,& Tallman, M. (2024). How Loneliness Gets Under the Skin: Inflammation Mediates the Relationship between Loneliness and Gait Speed. Psychosomatic Medicine, 86(2), 99-106. https://doi.org/10.1097/PSY.0000000000001268

MacAulay, R. K., Brown, L. F., & Moore, L. (2022). Mindfulness stress-buffering model of health: Implications for successful aging. Aging & Mental Health, advanced online version: https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2022.2107175

Boeve, A., Halpin, A., Michaud, S., Fagan, M., & MacAulay, R. K. (2022). Sleep Health Domains Differentially Associate with Executive Function in Older Adults. Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, advanced online version: https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.neuropsych.21040112

Halpin, A., MacAulay, R. K., Boeve, A., D’Errico, L., & Michaud, S. (2021). Are Adverse Childhood Experiences Associated with Worse Cognitive Function in Older Adults? Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, advanced online version: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1355617721001272

MacAulay, R. K., Halpin, A., Andrews, H. E., & Boeve, A. (2021). Trait mindfulness associations with executive function and well-being in older adults. Aging & mental health, advanced online version: https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2021.1998352

MacAulay, R. K., Boeve, A., & Halpin, A. (2021). Comparing Psychometric Properties of the NIH Toolbox to Gold-Standard Cognitive Measures in Socioeconomically Diverse Older Adults. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology. Advance online publication doi: 10.1093/arclin/acab018

MacAulay, R. K., Boeve, A., D’Errico, L., Halpin, A., Szeles, D. & Wagner, M. T. (2021). Slower gait speed mediates the relationship between falling and depression in older adults with cognitive complaints. Psychology, Health & Medicine. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/13548506.2021.1903056

MacAulay, R. K., Halpin, A., Cohen, A. S., Boeve, A., Calamia, M., Brouillette, R. M., Foil, H. C., Bruce-Keller, A. J., & Keller, J. N. (2020). Predictors of Heterogeneity in Cognitive Function: Depression, APOE-e4, Education, and Vascular Risk. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 35(6), 660-670. doi:10.1093/arclin/acaa014

Lowe, D., MacAulay, R. K., Szeles, D., Milano, N. J., & Wagner, M. T. (2020). Dual-Task Gait Assessment in a Clinical Sample: Implications for Improved Detection of Mild Cognitive Impairment. The Journal of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences, 75(7), 1372-1381. doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbz119

Bernstein, J., De Vito, A., Weitzner, D., MacAulay, R. K., Calamia, M., Brouillette, R. M., Foil, H. C., … & Keller, J. N. (2020). Examining Relationships Between Multiple Self-Report Sleep Measures and Gait Domains in Cognitively Healthy Older Adults. Gerontology, 66, 47-54. doi: 10.1159/000499737 

MacAulay, R. K., Edelman, P., Boeve, A., Sprangers, N., & Halpin, A. (2019). Group music training as a multimodal cognitive intervention for older adults. Psychomusicology: Music, Mind, and Brain, 29(4), 180–187. doi: 10.1037/pmu0000239

MacAulay, R. K., Calamia, M. R., Cohen, A. S., Daigle, K., Foil, H., Brouillette, R., … & Keller, J. N. (2018). Understanding heterogeneity in older adults: Latent growth curve modeling of cognitive functioning. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology40(3), 292-302. doi: 10.1080/13803395.2017.1342772

MacAulay, R. K., Wagner, M. T., Szeles, D., & Milano, N. J. (2017). Improving Sensitivity to Detect Mild Cognitive Impairment: Cognitive load dual-task gait assessment. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society (JINS), 23(6), 493-501. doi: 10.1017/S1355617717000261

Wagner, M. T., Mithoerfer, M. C., Mithoefer, A. T., MacAulay, R. K., Jerome, L., Yazar-Klosinski, B., & Doblin, R. (2017). Therapeutic Effect of Increased Openness: Investigating mechanism of action in a MDMA-assisted randomized psychotherapy. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 31, 967-974. doi: 0269881117711712

MacAulay, R. K., Allaire, T., Brouillette, R., Foil, H., Bruce-Keller, A. J., & Keller, J. N. (2016). Apolipoprotein E genotype linked to spatial gait characteristics: predictors of cognitive dual task gait change. PLOS One11(8), e0156732. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0156732

MacAulay, R. K., Allaire, T., Brouillette, R. M., Foil, H. C., Bruce-Keller, A. J., Han, H., Johnson, W. D. & Keller, J. N. (2015). Longitudinal Assessment of Neuropsychological and Physical Characteristics of Elderly Fallers: Taking it all in stride. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience 7, 34. doi:10.3389/fnagi.2015.00034

MacAulay, R. K., Brouillette, R. M., Foil, H. C., Bruce-Keller, A. J., & Keller, J. N. (2014). A longitudinal study on dual-tasking effects on gait: Cognitive change predicts gait variance in the elderly. PLOS One, 9(6), e99436. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0099436

MacAulay, R. K., & Cohen, A. S. (2014). Self-Conscious Emotions’ Role in Functional Outcomes within Clinical Populations. Psychiatry Research, 216(1), 17-23. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2014.01.022 

MacAulay, R. K., Brown, L. A, Minor, K. S., & Cohen, A. S. (2014). Conceptualizing schizotypal ambivalence: Factor structure and its relationships. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 202(11), 793-801. doi: 10.1097/NMD.0000000000000196

MacAulay, R. K., McGovern, J. E., & Cohen, A. S. (2014). Understanding Anhedonia: The Role of Perceived Control. In Ritsner (Ed.), Anhedonia: A Comprehensive Handbook Volume One. Conceptual Issues and Neurobiological Advances. New York, NY: Springer Science. doi: 10.1007/978-94-017-8591-4_2

MacAulay, R. & Cohen, AS. (2013). Affecting coping: Does neurocognition predict approach and avoidant coping strategies within schizophrenia spectrum disorders? Psychiatry Research, 209(2), 136-141. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2013.04.004