Publications

Note: Names with an asterisk (*) represent student authors.

Understanding Functional/Dissociative Seizures

Garrett, R., *Hoti, L., Roberts, N.A., Myers, L., Burleson, M.H., & Wang, A. Attitudes toward treating functional neurological disorders: Psychological service provider perspectives. (Under review.)

*Newton, N., Roberts, N.A., *Contreras, E., & Burleson, M.H. (2024). Machine learning classification using emotion language and subjective difficulty to distinguish patients with functional seizures from trauma controls. Annual Review of CyberTherapy and Telemedicine, 22. https://www.arctt.info/ ISSN: 1554-8716 – Indexed by SCOPUS

Myers, L., Gray, C., (shared first-authorship), Roberts, N.A., Levita, L., & Reuber, M. (2021). Shame in the treatment of patients with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures: The elephant in the room? Seizure, S1059-1311(21)00346-0. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seizure.2021.10.018

Reuber, M., Roberts, N.A., Levita, L., Gray, C., & Myers, L. (2021). Shame in patients with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures: A narrative review. Seizure, S1059-1311(21)00345-9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seizure.2021.10.017

Wardrope, A., Dworetzky, B., Barkley, G., Baslet, G. Buchhalter, J., Doss, J., Goldstein, L.H., Hallett, M., Kozlowska, K., LaFrance Jr, W.C., McGonigal, A., Mildon, B., Oto, M., Perez, D.L., Riker, E., Roberts, N.A., Stone, J., Tolchin, B., & Reuber, M. (Authors besides first two and last listed alphabetically.) (2021). How to do things with words: Two seminars on the naming of functional (psychogenic, non -epileptic, dissociative, conversion, …) seizures. Seizure: European Journal of Epilepsy, 93, 102-110. DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2021.10.016  

Drane, D.L., Fani, N., Hallett, M., Khalsa, S.S., Perez, D.L., & Roberts, N.A. As noted in the publication, all authors contributed equally and are listed alphabetically. (2020). A framework for understanding the pathophysiology of functional neurological disorder. CNS Spectrums, 1-29. DOI: 10.1017/S1092852920001789

Roberts, N.A., Burleson, M.H., Torres, D.L., Parkhurst, D.K., Garret, R., Mitchell, L.B., Duncan, C.J., Mintert, M., Wang, N.C. (2020). Emotional Reactivity as a Vulnerability for Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures? Responses While Reliving Specific Emotions.  J. Neuropsychiatry Clinical Neuroscience, 32.1, 95-100.

*Duncan, C.J., Roberts, N.A., Kirlin, K.A., *Parkhurst, D., Burleson, M.H., Drazkowski, J., Sirven, J., Noe, K.H., Crepeau, A., Hoerth, M.T., & Locke, D.E.C. (2018). Diagnostic utility of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2-Restructured Form in the epilepsy monitoring unit: Considering sex differences. Epilepsy and Behavior, 88, 117-122.

*Dimaro, L. V., Roberts, N. A., Moghaddam, N. G., Dawson, D. L., Brown, I., & Reuber, M. (2015). Implicit and explicit self-esteem discrepancies in people with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures. Epilepsy & Behavior, 46, 109-117. 

*Dimaro, L., Dawson, D.L., Roberts, N.A., Brown, I., Moghaddam, N.G., & Reuber, M. (2014). Anxiety and avoidance in psychogenic non-epileptic seizures: The role of implicit and explicit anxiety. Epilepsy and Behavior, 33, 77-86.

Roberts, N.A. & Reuber, M. (2014). Alterations of consciousness in psychogenic nonepileptic seizures: Emotion, emotion regulation and dissociation. Epilepsy and Behavior, 30, 43-49.

Jack, R., Vornlocher, C., Shiota, M., daSilva, E.B., Fernández-Dols, J., Holley, S.R., Larsen, J.T., Morningstar, M., Plusquellec, P., Roberts, N.A., Soto, J.A., Sturm, V.E. (Authors contributed equally and are listed alphabetically after the first three.) (Accepted) On what can we agree?: Principles endorsed by facial affect researchers across theoretical perspectives and subdisciplines of psychology and neuroscience. Affective Science.

Carpenter, S.M. & Roberts, N.A. (2025). Precision Emotion and Affective Context (PEAC) process model: A theoretical framework for creating the affective circumstances that promote engagement. Frontiers in Psychology (Emotion Science section), 16. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1554099

*Sim, S., *Paranjpe, T., Roberts, N., & Zhao, M. (2022, January). Exploring edge machine
learning-based stress prediction using wearable devices. In 21^st IEEE International Conference on Machine
Learning and Applications (ICMLA).  https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=exploring+machine+learning+based+stress+prediction&btnG or https://par.nsf.gov/biblio/10367861

Roberts, N.A., Burleson, M.H., [shared first-authorship], Pituch, K., Flores, M., *Woodward, C., *Shahid, S., Todd, M., & Davis, M.C. (2022). Affective experience and regulation via sleep, touch, and ‘sleep-touch’ among couples. Affective Science. DOI: 10.1007/s42761-021-00093-3 

Burleson, M.H., Roberts, N.A., *Munson, A.A., *Duncan, C.J., Randall, A.K., Ha, T., *Sioni, S., & Mickelson, K.D. (online publication first November 26, 2021) Feeling the absence of touch during COVID-19: Distancing, distress, regulation, and
relationships. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 39(1), 56-79. DOI: 10.1177/02654075211052696

Burleson, M. H., Roberts, N. A., Coon, D. W., & Soto, J. A. (2018). Perceived cultural acceptability and comfort with affectionate touch: Differences between Mexican Americans and European Americans. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 1-23.

Soto, J. A., Lee, E. A., & Roberts, N. A. (2016). Convergence in feeling, divergence in physiology: How culture influences the consequences of disgust suppression and amplification among European Americans and Asian Americans. Psychophysiology, 53(1), 41-51.

*Byrd, D. T., Hall, D. L., Roberts, N. A., & Soto, J. A. (2015). Do Politically Non-conservative Whites “Bend Over Backwards” to Show Preferences for Black Politicians?. Race and Social Problems, 7(3), 227-241.

Roberts, N.A. & Burleson, M.H. (2013). Processes linking cultural ingroup bonds and mental health: The roles of social connection and emotion regulation. Frontiers in Psychology (sub-journal: Frontiers in Cultural Psychology), 4(article 52). DOI:10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00052

Newman, M.L. & Roberts, N.A. (Eds.) (2013). Health and social relationships: The good, the bad, and the complicated. Washington DC: American Psychological Association.

Roberts, N.A., *Leonard, R.C., Butler, E.A., Levenson, R.W., & Kanter, J.W. (2013). Job stress and dyadic synchrony in police marriages: A preliminary investigation. Family Process.

Soto, J.A., Roberts, N.A., Pole, N., Levenson, R.W., Burleson, M.H., King, A.R., & Breland-Noble, A. (2012). Elevated baseline anxiety among African Americans in laboratory research settings. Journal of Psychophysiology, 26(3), 105-115.

Miller, P., Roberts, N.A., *Zamora, A., *Weber, D., Burleson, M.H., Robles, E., & Tinsley, B. (2012). Families coping with natural disasters: Lessons from wildfires and tornados. Qualitative Research in Psychology, 9, 314-336.

Robles, E., Roberts, N.A., & Sanabria, F. (2011). Dynamics of choice during estimation of subjective value. Behavioural Processes, 87, 34-42. 

*Herring, D.R., Burleson, M.H., Roberts, N.A., & *Devine, M.J. (2011). Coherent with laughter: Subjective experience, behavior, and physiological responses during amusement and joy. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 79, 211-218.

Mauss, I. B., Butler, E. A., Roberts, N. A., & Chu, A. (2010). Emotion control values and responding to an anger provocation in Asian-American and European-American individuals. Cognition and Emotion, 24, 1026-1043.

*Manos, R.C., Kanter, J.W., *Rusch, L.C., *Turner, L.B., Roberts, N.A., & *Busch, A.M. (2009). Integrating functional analytic psychotherapy and behavioral activation for the treatment of relationship distress. Clinical Case Studies, 8(2), 122-138.

Roberts, N.A., Levenson, R.W., & Gross, J. (2008). Cardiovascular costs of emotion suppression cross ethnic lines. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 70(1), 82-87.

Roberts, N.A., Tsai, J.L., & Coan, J.A. (2007). Emotion elicitation using dyadic interaction tasks. In J.A. Coan and J. Allen (Eds.) The Handbook of Emotion Elicitation and Assessment (pp. 106-123). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

Roberts, N.A. & Levenson, R.W. (2006). Subjective, behavioral, and physiological reactivity to ethnically-matched and ethnically-mismatched film clips. Emotion, 6(4), 635-646.

Roberts, N.A. & Levenson, R.W. (2001). The remains of the workday: Impact of job stress and exhaustion on marital interaction in police couples. Journal of Marriage and Family, 63(4), 1052-1067.