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Kreshnik Burani

McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School
Verified email at mclean.harvard.edu
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Reduced neural response to reward and pleasant pictures independently relate to depression

J Klawohn, K Burani, A Bruchnak… - Psychological …, 2021 - cambridge.org
BackgroundMultiple studies have found a reduced reward positivity (RewP) among individuals
with major depressive disorder (MDD). Event-related potential studies have also reported …

Gender differences in anxiety: The mediating role of sensitivity to unpredictable threat

K Burani, BD Nelson - International Journal of Psychophysiology, 2020 - Elsevier
Anxiety disorders and symptoms disproportionately impact women relative to men, but it is
unclear what mechanism(s) contribute to this phenomenon. The present study examined …

[HTML][HTML] Longitudinal increases in reward-related neural activity in early adolescence: Evidence from event-related potentials (ERPs)

K Burani, EM Mulligan, J Klawohn, KR Luking… - Developmental cognitive …, 2019 - Elsevier
Adolescence is frequently described as a developmental period characterized by increased
sensitivity to rewards. However, previous research on age-related changes in the neural …

Neural response to rewards, stress and sleep interact to prospectively predict depressive symptoms in adolescent girls

K Burani, J Klawohn, AR Levinson… - Journal of Clinical …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Blunted reward processing both characterizes major depressive disorder and predicts increases
in depressive symptoms. However, little is known about the interaction between blunted …

Aberrant attentional bias to sad faces in depression and the role of stressful life events: Evidence from an eye-tracking paradigm

J Klawohn, A Bruchnak, K Burani, A Meyer… - … Research and Therapy, 2020 - Elsevier
Attentional biases are thought to be involved in the etiopathogenesis of depressive disorders.
Recent studies indicate eye-tracking techniques could overcome methodological issues of …

Doors P300 moderates the relationship between reward positivity and current depression status in adults

NJ Santopetro, CJ Brush, K Burani, A Bruchnak… - Journal of affective …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background: Previous research has found deficits in both the reward positivity (RewP) and
P300 components of the event-related potential (ERP) in relation to depression. The current …

Cumulative lifetime acute stressor exposure interacts with reward responsiveness to predict longitudinal increases in depression severity in adolescence

K Burani, CJ Brush, GS Shields, DN Klein… - Psychological …, 2023 - cambridge.org
BackgroundLife stress and blunted reward processing each have been associated with the
onset and maintenance of major depressive disorder. However, much of this work has been …

Suicidal thoughts, behaviors, and event‐related potentials: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

AJ Gallyer, SP Dougherty, K Burani… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Suicidal thoughts and behaviors (STBs) are thought to result from, at least in part, abnormalities
in various neural systems. Event‐related potentials (ERPs) are a useful method for …

Depressive symptoms prospectively predict peer victimization: A longitudinal study among adolescent females

DM Morabito, K Burani, G Hajcak - Child Psychiatry & Human …, 2021 - Springer
Research has consistently demonstrated a relationship between peer victimization, a major
issue in early adolescence, and depression. However, longitudinal studies examining the …

Acute stress reduces reward-related neural activity: Evidence from the reward positivity

K Burani, A Gallyer, J Ryan, C Jordan, T Joiner… - Stress, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Stress and blunted reward processing are risk factors for Major Depressive Disorder (MDD).
The experience of acute stress reduces fMRI correlates of reward-related neural activity; …