People Monk, Christopher, Ph.D.

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Contact

csmonk@umich.edu

2000 East Hall, Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Departments

CHGD
LSA/Psychology


In my research, I seek to identify the cognitive, neural and genetic processes that underlie the development of successful and impaired socio-emotional function. By integrating behavioral, brain-based and molecular genetic measures, I work to better understand the mechanisms that are involved in two disorders that severely compromise socio-emotional abilities: anxiety and autism.

My teaching interests include developmental psychology and developmental neuroscience.

Representative Publications

  • Weng, S.J., Carrasco, M., Swartz, J.R., Wiggins, J.L., Kurapati, N., Liberzon, I., Risi, S., Lord, C., Monk, C.S. (in press). Neural activation to emotional faces in adolescents with autism spectrum disorders. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.
  • Monk, C.S., Weng, S.J., Wiggins, J.L., Kurapati, N., Louro, H.M.C., Carrasco, M., Maslowsky, J., Risi, S., Lord, C. (2010). Neural circuitry of emotional face processing in autism spectrum disorders. Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, 35, 105-114.
  • Maslowsky, J., Mogg, K., Bradley, B.P., McClure-Tone, E., Ernst, M., Pine, D.S., Monk, C.S. (2010). A preliminary investigation of neural correlates of treatment in adolescents with generalized anxiety disorder. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology, 20, 105-111.
  • Weng, S.J., Wiggins, J.L., Peltier, S.J., Carrasco, M., Risi, S., Lord, C., Monk, C.S. (2010). Alterations of resting state functional connectivity in the default network in adolescents with autism spectrum disorders. Brain Research, 1313, 202-214.
  • Monk, C.S., Peltier, S.J., Wiggins, J.L., Weng, S.J., Carrasco, M., Risi, S., & Lord, C. (2009). Abnormalities of Intrinsic Functional Connectivity in Autism Spectrum Disorders. NeuroImage, 47, 764-72.
  • Monk, C.S. (2008). The development of emotion-related neural circuitry in health and psychopathology. Development and Psychopathology, 20, 1231-5.
  • Monk, C.S., Telzer, E.H., Mogg, K. Bradley, B.P, Mai, X., Louro, H.M.C., Chen, G., McClure-Tone, E.B., Ernst, M., Pine, D.S. (2008). Amygdala and ventrolateral prefrontal cortex activation to masked angry faces in children and adolescents with generalized anxiety disorder. Archives of General Psychiatry, 65, 568-576..
  • Monk, C.S., Klein, R.G., Telzer, E.H., Schroth, E.A., Mannuzza S., Moulton, J.L. III, Guardino, M., Masten, C.L., McClure, E.B., Fromm, S., Blair, R.J.R., Pine, D.S., & Ernst, M. (2008). Amygdala and nucleus accumbens activation to emotional facial expressions in adolescents at risk for major depression. American Journal of Psychiatry, 165, 90-98.
  • Monk, C.S., Nelson, E.E., McClure, E.B., Mogg, K., Bradley, B.P., Leibenluft, E., Blair, R.J.R., Chen, G., Charney, D.S., Ernst, M., Pine, D.S. (2006). Ventrolateral prefrontal cortex activation and attention bias in response to angry faces in adolescents with generalized anxiety disorder. American Journal of Psychiatry, 163, 1091-97.
  • Monk, C.S., Nelson, E.E., Woldehawariat, G., Montgomery, L.A., Zarahn, E., McClure, E.B., Guyer, A.E., Leibenluft, E., Charney, D.S., Ernst, M., Pine, D.S. (2004). Experience-dependent plasticity for attention to threat: Behavioral and neurophysiological evidence in humans. Biological Psychiatry, 56, 607-610.
  • Monk, C.S., McClure, E.B., Nelson, E. E., Zarahn, E., Bilder, R. M., Leibenluft, E., Charney, D.S., Ernst, M., & Pine, D.S. (2003). Adolescent immaturity in attention-related brain engagement to emotional facial expressions. NeuroImage, 20, 420-428.
  • Monk, C.S, Grillon, C., Baas, J.M.P, McClure, E.B., Nelson, E.E., Zarahn, E., Charney, D.S., Ernst, M., & Pine, D.S. (2003). A neuroimaging method for the study of threat in adolescents. Developmental Psychobiology, 43, 359-366.

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    My Publications

    Neural activation to emotional faces in adolescents with autism spectrum disorders

    Weng, Shih-Jen, Carrasco, Melisa, Swartz, Johnna R., Wiggins, Jillian Lee, Kurapati, Nikhil, Liberzon, Israel, Risi, Susan, Lord, Catherine, Monk, Christopher S.

    Neural circuitry of emotional face processing in autism spectrum disorders

    Monk, C. S., Weng, S. J., Wiggins, J. L., Kurapati, N, Louro, H. M., Carrasco, M., Maslowsky, J., Risi, S., Lord, C.

    Collaborates With

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    Davis-Kean, Pamela, Ph.D.

    Kovelman, Ioulia, Ph.D.

    Tardif, Twila, Ph.D.

    Ulrich, Beverly, Ph.D.

    Volling, Brenda, Ph.D. Director of CHGD

    Wellman, Henry M. Ph.D.

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