The 28 papers below (14 as first-author) have been cited over 550 times (H-index=11, i-10-index=13) (see Google Scholar). *Indicates Equal Contribution.
2024
28. Ben-Zion, Z. & Levy, I. (Accepted, In Press). Representation of Anticipated Rewards and Punishments in the Human Brain. Annual Review of Psychology (IF=23.6).
27. Gross, G. M., Spiller, T. R., Ben-Zion, Z., Rubenstein, , Pietrzak, R. H., Duek, O., Hoff, R., & Harpaz-Rotem, I. (2024). Unraveling PTSD: Symptom Cluster Change during and 1 Year after Veterans’ Residential PTSD Treatment. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy (IF=6.3). https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0001734. PDF Version
26. Hinojosa, C., George, G. C., & Ben-Zion, Z. (2024). Neuroimaging of posttraumatic stress disorder in adults and youth: Progress over the last decade on three leading questions of the field. Molecular Psychiatry (IF=13.437). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41380-024-02558-w. PDF Version
25. Korem, N., Duek, O., Spiller, T. R., Ben-Zion, Z., Levy, I., & Harpaz-Rotem, I. (2024). Transitions between emotional states in trauma-exposed individuals with and without posttraumatic stress disorder. JAMA Network Open (IF=13.37). https://doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.6813. PDF Version
2023
24. Danböck, S. K., Duek, O., Ben-Zion, Z., Korem, N., Amen, S. L., Kelmendi, B., Wilhelm, F. H. Levy, I., & Harpaz-Rotem, I. (2023). Effects of a Dissociative Drug on Fronto-Limbic Resting-State Functional Connectivity in Individuals with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study. Psychopharmacology (IF=4.415). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-023-06479-4. PDF Version
23. Spiller, T. R., Na, P., Merians, A., Duek, O., Ben-Zion, Z., Tsai, J., von-Känel, R., Harpaz-Rotem, I., & Pietrzak, R. (2023). Changes in mental health among U.S. military veterans during the COVID-19 pandemic: A network analysis. Journal of Psychiatric Research (IF=5.250). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2023.08.003. PDF Version
22. Korem, N., Ben-Zion, Z., Spiller, T. R., Duek, O., Harpaz-Rotem, I., & Pietrzak, R. H. (2023). Correlates of avoidance coping in trauma-exposed U.S. military veterans: Results from the National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study. Journal of Affective Disorders (IF=6.533). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2023.07.036 PDF Version
21. Sheynin, J., Lokshina, Y., Ahrari, S., Nickelsen, T., Duval, E. R., Ben-Zion, Z., Shalev, A. Y., Hendler, T., & Liberzon, I. Greater Early Post-Trauma Activation in Right Inferior Frontal Gyrus Predicts Recovery from Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging (IF=6.204). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpsc.2023.07.002 PDF Version
20. Ben-Zion, Z., Korem, N., Fine, N., Katz, S., Siddhanta, M., Funaro, M. C., Duek, O., Spiller, T. R., Danböck, S. K., Levy, I., Harpaz-Rotem, I. (2023). Structural Neuroimaging of Hippocampus and Amygdala Subregions in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): A Scoping Review. Biological Psychiatry: Global Open Science (IF=4.0). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpsgos.2023.07.001 PDF Version
19. Tene, O., Bleich Cohen, M., Helpman, L., Fine, N., Halevy, A., Goldway, N., Perry, D., Bary, P., Aisenberg-Romano, G., Ben-Zion, Z., Hendler, T., & Bloch, M. (2023). Limbic Self-Neuromodulation as a Novel Treatment Option for Emotional Dysregulation in Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD); a Proof-of-Concept Study. Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences (IF=12.145). https://doi.org/10.1111/pcn.13574 PDF Version
18. Fine, N. B.*, Ben-Zion, Z.*, Biran , I., & Hendler, T. (2023). Neuroscientific Account of Guilt- and Shame-Driven PTSD Phenotypes. European Journal of Psychotraumatology (IF=5.783). https://doi.org/10.1080/20008066.2023.2202060 PDF Version
17. Ben-Zion, Z., Spiller, T. R., Keynan, J. N., Admon, R., Levy, I., Liberzon, I., Shalev, A. Y. Hendler, T., & Harpaz-Rotem, I. (2023). Are we there yet? Evaluating the evidence for neuroimaging-based biotypes of psychiatric vulnerability in the acute aftermath of trauma. The American Journal of Psychiatry (IF=19.242). https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.20220271 PDF Version
2022
16. Hoffman, J.*, Ben-Zion, Z.*, Arévalo, A., Duek, O., Greene, T., Hall, B. J., Harpaz-Rotem, I., Liddell, B., Locher, C., Morina, N., Nickerson, A., Pfaltz, M. C., Schick, M., Schnyder, U., Seedat, S., Shatri, F., Sit, H. F., von Känel, R. & Spiller, T. R. (2022). Mapping the availability of translated versions of posttraumatic stress disorder screening questionnaires for adults: A scoping review. European Journal of Psychotraumatology (IF=5.783). https://doi.org/10.1080/20008066.2022.2143019. PDF Version
15. Ben-Zion, Z., Korem, N., Spiller, T. R., Duek, O., Keynan, J. N., Admon, R., Harpaz-Rotem, I., Liberzon, I., Shalev, A. Y., & Hendler, T. (2022). Longitudinal Volumetric Evaluation of Hippocampus and Amygdala Subregions in Recent Trauma Survivors. Molecular Psychiatry (IF=13.437). https://www.nature.com/articles/s41380-022-01842-x. PDF Version
14. Spiller, T. R., Tufan, E., Petry, H., Böttger, S., Duek, O., Ben-Zion, Z., Korem, N., Harpaz-Rotem, I., von Känel, R., & Ernst, J. (2022). Delirium Screening in an acute care setting with a Machine Learning Classifier Based on Routinely Collected Nursing Data: A Model Development Study. Journal of Psychiatric Research (IF=5.250). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2022.10.018. PDF Version
13. Korem, N., Duek, O., Ben-Zion, Z., A.N., Lissek, S., Orederu, T., Schiller, D., Harpaz-Rotem, I., & Levy, I. (2022). Emotional numbing in PTSD is associated with lower amygdala reactivity to pain. Neuropsychopharmacology (IF=8.304), 47(11), 1913-1921. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41386-022-01405-2. PDF Version
12. Laban, G.*, Ben-Zion, Z.*, & Cross, E. S. (2022). Social Robots for Supporting Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Diagnosis and Treatment. Frontiers in Psychiatry (IF=5.435), 12, 752874. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.752874. PDF Version
11. Schultebraucks, K.*, Ben-Zion, Z.*, Admon, R., Keynan, J. N., Liberzon, I., Hendler, T., & Shalev, A. Y. (2022). Assessment of Early Neurocognitive Functioning Increases the Accuracy of Predicting Chronic PTSD Risk. Molecular Psychiatry (IF=13.437), 27(4), 2247-2254. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41380-022-01445-6. PDF Version
2021
10. Armon D.B., Fine, N. B., Seligman, Z., Ginzburg, K., & Ben-Zion, Z. (2021). COVID-19 epidemic-induced changes in mood and anxiety mediates the relationship between resilience and symptoms of depression and generalized anxiety in sexual assault survivors. Journal of Affective Disorders Reports (IF=2.810), 6, 100252. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadr.2021.100252. PDF Version
9. Ben-Zion, Z., Shany, O., Admon, R., Keynan, J. N., Avisdris, N., Reznik-Balter, S., Shalev, A. Y., Liberzon, I., & Hendler, T. (2021). Neural Responsivity to Reward versus Punishment Shortly after Trauma Predicts Long-term Development of Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging (IF=6.204), 7(2), 150-161. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpsc.2021.09.001. PDF Version
8. Sheynin S., Wolf L., Ben-Zion, Z., Sheynin J., Reznik, S., Keynan, J. N., Shalev, A. Y., Hendler, T., & Liberzon, I. (2021). Pairwise Affinity Models of fMRI Connectivity Predict PTSD Symptom Trajectories in Recent Trauma Survivors. Neuroimage (IF=7.4), 238, 118242. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.118242. PDF Version
2020
7. Ben-Zion, Z.*, Zeevi, Y.*, Keynan, J. N., Admon R., Kozlovski, T., Sharon, H., Halpern, P., Liberzon, I., Shalev, A. Y., Benjamini, Y., & Hendler, T. (2020). Multi-Domain Potential Biomarkers for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Severity in Recent Trauma Survivors. Translational Psychiatry (IF=7.989), 10(1), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-020-00898-z. PDF Version
2019
6. Ben-Zion, Z., Artzi, M., Niry, D., Keynan, J. N., Admon R., Zeevi, Y., Sharon, H., Halpern, P., Liberzon, I., Shalev, A. Y., & Hendler, T. (2019). Neuroanatomical Risk Factors for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in Recent Trauma Survivors. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging (IF=6.204), 5(3), 311-319. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpsc.2019.11.003. PDF Version
5. Ben-Zion, Z.*, Fine, N. B.*, Keynan, J. N., Admon R., Halpern, P., Liberzon, I., Hendler, T., & Shalev, A. Y. (2019). Neurobehavioral Moderators of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Trajectories: Study Protocol of a Prospective MRI Study of Recent Trauma Survivors. European Journal of Psychotraumatology (IF=5.783), 10(1), 1683941. https://doi.org/10.1080/20008198.2019.1683941. PDF Version
2018
4. Ben-Zion, Z.*, Fine, N. B.*, Keynan, J. N., Admon R., Green N., Halevi M., Fonzo G. A., Achituv, M., Merin, O., Sharon, H., Halpern, P., Liberzon, I., Etkin, A., Hendler, T., & Shalev, A. Y. (2018). Cognitive Flexibility Predicts PTSD Symptoms: Observational and Interventional Studies. Frontiers in Psychiatry (IF=5.435), 9, 477. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00477. PDF Version
3. Gilam, G., Abend, R., Gurevitch, G., Erdman, A., Baker, H., Ben-Zion, Z., & Hendler, T. (2018). Attenuating anger and aggression with neuromodulation of the vmPFC: a simultaneous tDCS-fMRI study. Cortex (IF=4.644), 109, 156-170. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2018.09.010. PDF Version
2. Lazarov, A.*, Ben-Zion, Z.*, Shamai D.*, Pine. D. S., & Bar-Haim Y. (2018). Free Viewing of Sad and Happy Faces in Depression: A Potential Target for Attention Bias Modification. Journal of Affective Disorders (IF=6.533), 238, 94-100. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2018.05.047. PDF Version
1. Gilam, G., Abend, R., Shani, H., Ben-Zion, Z., & Hendler, T. (2018). The anger-infused Ultimatum Game: A reliable and valid paradigm to induce and assess anger. Emotion (IF=5.564), 19(1), 84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/emo0000435. PDF Version
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Submitted Papers (Under Review/Revision)
- Ben-Zion, Z.*, Simon, A. J.*, Rosenblatt, M., Korem, N., Duek, O., Harnett ,N. G., Stevens, J. S., Liberzon,
I., Shalev, A. Y., Hendler, T., Levy, I., Harpaz-Rotem, I., & Scheinost, D. Connectome-Based Prediction of
PTSD Development in Recent Trauma Survivors (Under Review). - Ben-Zion, Z., Witte, K., Jagadish, A. K., Duek, O., Harpaz-Rotem, I., Khorsandian, M., Burrer, A., Seifritz,
E., Homan, P., Schulz, E., & Spiller, T. R. “Chat-GPT on the Couch”: Assessing and Alleviating State
Anxiety in Large Language Models (Under Review). Preprint: https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/j7fwb - Duek, O., Korem, N., Ben-Zion, Z., Spiller, T. R., Seo, H., Gordon, C., Amen, S., Harpaz-Rotem, I., Schiller,
D., & Levy, I. Amygdala-Hippocampus Coupling Encodes Value Updating (Minor Revision). - Segal, A., Charquero-Ballester, M., Vaisvasser, S., Cabral, J., Ben-Zion, Z., Vidaurre, D., Stark, E.,
McManners, H., Woolrich, M., Ehlers, A., Bar-Haim, Y., Hendler, T., & Kringelbach, M. L. Brain Network Dynamics Following Induced Acute Stress: A Neural Marker of Psychological Vulnerability to Real-Life Chronic Stress (Under Review). Preprint: www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-3506611/v1 - Korem, N., Duek, O., Ben-Zion, Z., Spiller, T. R., Gordon, C., Amen, S., Levy, I., & Harpaz-Rotem, I. Post-
Treatment Alterations in White Matter Integrity in PTSD: Effects on Symptoms and Functional
Connectivity (Major Revision). - Spiller, T. R., Rabe, F., Ben-Zion, Z., Korem, N., Burrer, A., Homan, P., Harpaz-Rotem, I., & Duek, O.
Efficient and Accurate Transcription in Mental Health Research – A Tutorial on Using Whisper AI for
Audio File Transcription (Under Review). Preprint: https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/9fue8 - Geminiani, A., Kathrein, J., Yegenoglu,, Vogel, F., Armendariz, M., Ben-Zion, Z., Bogdan, P. A., Covelo, J. Pier, M. D., Grasenick, K., Karasenko, V., Klijn, W., Kokan, T., Lupascu, C. A., Lührs, A., Mahfoud, T., Özden, T., Pedersen, J. E., Peres, L., Reiten, I., Simidjievski, N., Ulnicane, I., van der Vlag, M., Zehl, L. , Saria, A., Diaz-Pier, S., & Passecker J. Multidisciplinary and collaborative training in neuroscience: Insights from the Human Brain Project Education Programme (Under Review).