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Grant S. Shields
Federal Grant PI
High Impact
Assistant Professor
Also affiliated: University of California, Los Angeles (2017); Angeles University Foundation (2022); University of Arkansas Medical Center (2023–2024); University of California System (2015–2019); Neurobehavioral Systems (2017); Institute of Slavic Studies (2017); Institute of Cellular and Organismic Biology, Academia Sinica (2022); SHIELDS for Families (2017); University of California, Davis (2014–2022)
Faculty Researcher
37 h-index
147 pubs
6,272 cited
Research Areas
Biomedical Subjects
Biography and Research Information
OverviewAI-generated summary
Grant S. Shields studies the dynamics of inhibitory control under stress, employing a multimethod approach. His research has received funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) through a CAREER award totaling $453,764, designated for investigating how stress impacts executive functions. Shields' work examines psychological stress, executive function, and physiological responses, with publications exploring the relationship between stress, social support, loneliness, and health in autistic adults, as well as the predictive power of subjective stress severity on health outcomes.
His research also delves into the biological underpinnings of stress and mood disorders. This includes investigating the association between cumulative lifetime stress exposure and the error-related negativity (ERN) in young adults, and exploring how reduced adaptation of glutamatergic stress response relates to pessimistic expectations in depression. Further investigations examine the interplay between adiposity, inflammation, and working memory, suggesting a cyclical relationship. Shields also studies changes in gene expression related to inflammation and epigenetic modification following intensive meditation retreats.
With an h-index of 36 and over 6,135 citations across 147 publications, Shields is recognized as a highly cited researcher. He leads a research group at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville and collaborates with several colleagues, including Colton L. Hunter and Zach J. Gray, with whom he has co-authored multiple publications.
Metrics
- h-index: 37
- Publications: 147
- Citations: 6,272
Selected Publications
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Depression history and deficits in executive control following stress: A role for the expected value of control (2026)
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The Stress and Adversity Inventory for Adults (Adult STRAIN) in Turkish: An initial validation and associations with mental and physical health (2026)
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Differences in cortisol responding and post-stress affiliation among women who are naturally cycling, using oral contraceptives, and using IUDs (2026)
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Distinguishing the Attentional Mechanisms of Distinct Mindfulness States: A Computational Modeling Comparison of Focused Attention and Open Monitoring (2026)
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Lifetime Stressor Exposure Profiles and Trait Risk for Substance Use in Young Adults (2026)
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Validating the stress and adversity inventory for adults (Adult STRAIN) among urban middle-aged and older African Americans (2025)
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Lifetime stressor exposure and depression among patients with pancreatic cancer: insights from the Florida Pancreas Collaborative (2025)
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The Temporal Dynamics of Attention to Threat and <scp>GAD</scp> Symptoms: A Study of <scp>LPP</scp> Slopes (2025)
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A narrative review of stress, food choices, and eating behavior: Integrating psychoneuroendocrinology and economic decision-making (2025)
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To mask, or not to mask: An exploratory examination of factors that predict changes in mask wearing over the pandemic in College Students (2025)
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Multimodal stress assessment: Connecting task-related changes in self-reported stress, salivary biomarkers, heart rate, and facial expressions in the context of the stress response to the Trier Social Stress Test (2025)
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Anxiety Sensitivity and Intolerance of Uncertainty Uniquely Explain the Association of the Late Positive Potential With Generalized Anxiety Disorder Symptoms (2025)
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Lifetime Stressor Severity and Diurnal Cortisol in Older African American Adults: A Comparison of Three Theoretical Models (2025)
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Stress, positive affect, and sleep in older African American adults: a test of the stress buffering hypothesis (2025)
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Acute immune system activation exerts time-dependent effects on inhibitory control (2025)
Federal Grants 1 $453,764 total
NSF
PI
May 2024 - Apr 2029
CAREER: A multimethod approach to rethinking the dynamics of inhibitory control under stress
Collaboration Network
Top Collaborators
George M. Slavich
University of California, Los Angeles (US)
20 shared publications
- Why is subjective stress severity a stronger predictor of health than stressor exposure? A preregistered two‐study test of two hypotheses
- Reduced adaptation of glutamatergic stress response is associated with pessimistic expectations in depression
- Cumulative lifetime acute stressor exposure interacts with reward responsiveness to predict longitudinal increases in depression severity in adolescence
- Associations between lifetime stress exposure and the error-related negativity (ERN) differ based on stressor characteristics and exposure timing in young adults
- Cumulative lifetime stressor exposure assessed by the STRAIN predicts economic ambiguity aversion
Showing 5 of 20 shared publications
Colton L. Hunter
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
9 shared publications
In database
- Stress and memory encoding: What are the roles of the stress-encoding delay and stress relevance?
- Acute stress influences the emotional foundations of executive control: Distinct effects on control-related affective and cognitive processes
- A mismatch between early and recent life stress predicts better response inhibition, but not cognitive inhibition
- Mediators of the associations between family income during adolescence and adult long-term memory and working memory
- Immune response and intergroup bias: Vaccine-induced increases in cytokine activity are associated with worse evaluations of resume for Latina job applicant
Showing 5 of 9 shared publications
Zach J. Gray
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
9 shared publications
In database
- Why is subjective stress severity a stronger predictor of health than stressor exposure? A preregistered two‐study test of two hypotheses
- Acute stress influences the emotional foundations of executive control: Distinct effects on control-related affective and cognitive processes
- Cumulative stressor exposure predicts menstrual cycle affective changes in a transdiagnostic outpatient sample with past-month suicidal ideation
- Neural and peripheral markers of reward during positive social evaluation are associated with less clinician-rated depression symptom severity in adolescence
- Writing about a stressful experience improves semantic clustering of memory in men, not women
Showing 5 of 9 shared publications
Stassja Sichko
University of California, Los Angeles (US)
4 shared publications
- Intergenerational transmission of lifetime stressor exposure in adolescent girls at differential maternal risk for depression
- Psychobiology of Stress and Adolescent Depression (PSY SAD) Study: Protocol overview for an fMRI-based multi-method investigation
- Heightened neural activity and functional connectivity responses to social rejection in female adolescents at risk for depression: Testing the Social Signal Transduction Theory of Depression
- Neural and peripheral markers of reward during positive social evaluation are associated with less clinician-rated depression symptom severity in adolescence
Theresa Q. Bui
Tulane University (US)
3 shared publications
- Intergenerational transmission of lifetime stressor exposure in adolescent girls at differential maternal risk for depression
- Psychobiology of Stress and Adolescent Depression (PSY SAD) Study: Protocol overview for an fMRI-based multi-method investigation
- Neural and peripheral markers of reward during positive social evaluation are associated with less clinician-rated depression symptom severity in adolescence
Meghan Vinograd
University of California, San Diego (US)
3 shared publications
- Psychobiology of Stress and Adolescent Depression (PSY SAD) Study: Protocol overview for an fMRI-based multi-method investigation
- Heightened neural activity and functional connectivity responses to social rejection in female adolescents at risk for depression: Testing the Social Signal Transduction Theory of Depression
- Neural and peripheral markers of reward during positive social evaluation are associated with less clinician-rated depression symptom severity in adolescence
Andrew P. Yonelinas
3 shared publications
- Stress and memory encoding: What are the roles of the stress-encoding delay and stress relevance?
- When stress enhances memory encoding: The beneficial effects of changing context
- Evidence for response inhibition as a control process distinct from the common executive function: A two-study factor analysis.
Yingkai Yang
Southwest University (CN)
3 shared publications
- Child executive function and future externalizing and internalizing problems: A meta-analysis of prospective longitudinal studies
- Neural correlates underlying preference changes induced by food Go/No-Go training
- Neural activity and connectivity are related to food preference changes induced by food go/no-go training
Hong Chen
Southwest University (CN)
3 shared publications
- Child executive function and future externalizing and internalizing problems: A meta-analysis of prospective longitudinal studies
- Neural correlates underlying preference changes induced by food Go/No-Go training
- Neural activity and connectivity are related to food preference changes induced by food go/no-go training
Samuele Zilioli
Wayne State University (US)
3 shared publications
- Stress, positive affect, and sleep in older African American adults: a test of the stress buffering hypothesis
- Lifetime Stressor Severity and Diurnal Cortisol in Older African American Adults: An Examination of Three Theoretical Models
- Lifetime Stressor Severity and Diurnal Cortisol in Older African American Adults: A Comparison of Three Theoretical Models
Hector A. Olvera‐Alvarez
Oregon Health & Science University (US)
2 shared publications
- Psychobiology of Stress and Adolescent Depression (PSY SAD) Study: Protocol overview for an fMRI-based multi-method investigation
- Neural and peripheral markers of reward during positive social evaluation are associated with less clinician-rated depression symptom severity in adolescence
Michael R. Irwin
University of California, Los Angeles (US)
2 shared publications
- Psychobiology of Stress and Adolescent Depression (PSY SAD) Study: Protocol overview for an fMRI-based multi-method investigation
- Heightened neural activity and functional connectivity responses to social rejection in female adolescents at risk for depression: Testing the Social Signal Transduction Theory of Depression
Kreshnik Burani
Florida State University (US)
2 shared publications
- Cumulative lifetime acute stressor exposure interacts with reward responsiveness to predict longitudinal increases in depression severity in adolescence
- Greater Cumulative Lifetime Stressor Exposure Predicts Blunted Reward Positivity in Adolescent Girls Followed for 2 Years
Christopher J. Brush
Florida State University (US)
2 shared publications
- Cumulative lifetime acute stressor exposure interacts with reward responsiveness to predict longitudinal increases in depression severity in adolescence
- Greater Cumulative Lifetime Stressor Exposure Predicts Blunted Reward Positivity in Adolescent Girls Followed for 2 Years
Brady D. Nelson
Stony Brook University (US)
2 shared publications
- Cumulative lifetime acute stressor exposure interacts with reward responsiveness to predict longitudinal increases in depression severity in adolescence
- Greater Cumulative Lifetime Stressor Exposure Predicts Blunted Reward Positivity in Adolescent Girls Followed for 2 Years
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