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Grant S. Shields
Federal Grant PI
High Impact
Assistant Professor
Also affiliated: University of California, Los Angeles (2017); SHIELDS for Families (2017); University of California, Davis (2014–2022)
37 h-index
147 pubs
6,410 cited
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Biomedical Subjects
Biography and Research Information
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Grant S. Shields' research focuses on the intersection of stress, executive function, and health outcomes. His work has investigated the impact of acute and lifetime stress exposure on various cognitive functions, including executive functions and episodic memory. Shields also examines the relationship between stress and immune system function, as well as its effects on mental and physical health in young adulthood. His research group leads a multimethod approach to understanding inhibitory control under stress, supported by a $453,764 NSF CAREER grant.
Shields' scholarly contributions are reflected in his h-index of 37 and over 6,300 citations across 149 publications. He has collaborated with researchers such as Zach J. Gray and Colton L. Hunter on multiple shared publications, highlighting his engagement within the research community. His recent work includes meta-analyses on the effects of stress on cognitive functions and health, as well as on executive function in individuals with obesity. He has also explored assessment methods for lifetime stress exposure and its health implications.
Metrics
- h-index: 37
- Publications: 147
- Citations: 6,410
Positions
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Assistant Professor 2020–presentUniversity of Arkansas Psychological Science ORCID
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Postdoctoral Scholar 2019–2020University of California, Davis Center for Mind and Brain ORCID
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 GAD Symptoms: A Study of LPP 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)
30 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
- Forgiveness, rumination, and depression in the United States and Korea: A cross‐cultural mediation study
- Associations between lifetime stress exposure and the error-related negativity (ERN) differ based on stressor characteristics and exposure timing in young adults
Showing 5 of 30 shared publications
Colton L. Hunter
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
11 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
- Writing about a stressful experience improves semantic clustering of memory in men, not women
Showing 5 of 11 shared publications
Zach J. Gray
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
10 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
- Acute stress differentially influences risky decision-making processes by sex: A hierarchical bayesian analysis
- Neural and peripheral markers of reward during positive social evaluation are associated with less clinician-rated depression symptom severity in adolescence
Showing 5 of 10 shared publications
Candace M. Raio
University School (US)
5 shared publications
- Cumulative lifetime stressor exposure assessed by the STRAIN predicts economic ambiguity aversion
- Cumulative lifetime stress exposure assessed by the STRAIN predicts economic ambiguity aversion
- P120. Cumulative Lifetime Stress is Selectively Associated With Ambiguity Aversion
- Author Correction: Cumulative lifetime stressor exposure assessed by the STRAIN predicts economic ambiguity aversion
- 372. Investigating the Effects of Acute and Lifetime Stress on Decisions Involving Uncertainty
Samuele Zilioli
Wayne State University (US)
5 shared publications
- Lifetime Stressor Severity and Diurnal Cortisol in Older African American Adults: An Examination of Three Theoretical Models
- Stress, positive affect, and sleep in older African American adults: a test of the stress buffering hypothesis
- Religious Attendance, Religious Coping, and Systemic Inflammation among Older African American Adults
- Lifetime Stressor Severity and Diurnal Cortisol in Older African American Adults: A Comparison of Three Theoretical Models
- Validating the stress and adversity inventory for adults (Adult STRAIN) among urban middle-aged and older African Americans
Stassja Sichko
University of California, Los Angeles (US)
4 shared publications
- 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
- 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
Paul W. Glimcher
New York University (US)
4 shared publications
- Cumulative lifetime stressor exposure assessed by the STRAIN predicts economic ambiguity aversion
- Cumulative lifetime stress exposure assessed by the STRAIN predicts economic ambiguity aversion
- P120. Cumulative Lifetime Stress is Selectively Associated With Ambiguity Aversion
- Author Correction: Cumulative lifetime stressor exposure assessed by the STRAIN predicts economic ambiguity aversion
Matt R. Judah
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
4 shared publications
In database
- Electrophysiological effects of smartphone notifications on cognitive control following a brief mindfulness induction
- Anxiety Sensitivity and Intolerance of Uncertainty Uniquely Explain the Association of the Late Positive Potential With Generalized Anxiety Disorder Symptoms
- The Temporal Dynamics of Attention to Threat and GAD Symptoms: A Study of LPP Slopes
- Depression history and deficits in executive control following stress: A role for the expected value of control
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
- 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
- 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
Andrew P. Yonelinas
Center for Neurosciences (US)
3 shared publications
- Stress and memory encoding: What are the roles of the stress-encoding delay and stress relevance?
- Evidence for response inhibition as a control process distinct from the common executive function: A two-study factor analysis.
- When stress enhances memory encoding: The beneficial effects of changing context
Benjamin B. Lu
New York University (US)
3 shared publications
- Cumulative lifetime stressor exposure assessed by the STRAIN predicts economic ambiguity aversion
- P120. Cumulative Lifetime Stress is Selectively Associated With Ambiguity Aversion
- Author Correction: Cumulative lifetime stressor exposure assessed by the STRAIN predicts economic ambiguity aversion
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
Anastasia Makhanova
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
3 shared publications
In database
- Immune response and intergroup bias: Vaccine-induced increases in cytokine activity are associated with worse evaluations of resume for Latina job applicant
- Immune System and Intergroup Bias: Vaccine-Induced Increases in Cytokine Activity Are Associated with Worse Evaluations of Resume for Latina Job Applicant
- Differences in cortisol responding and post-stress affiliation among women who are naturally cycling, using oral contraceptives, and using IUDs
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