Neil P Jones, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology
Contact Details
3811 O'Hara St.
Pittsburgh
PA
15213
Email jonesnp@upmc.edu
Education & Training
PhD
Duke University, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences Clinical Psychology
Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic of UPMCClinical Psychology
University of Pittsburgh School of MedicineNeuropsychiatric Symptoms of Pediatric Physical Illness
University of PittsburghAffective Neuroscience
Specialty Certifications
Licensed by the Pennsylvania State Board of Psychology
Professional Affiliations
Member, American Psychological Association
Member, Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies
Research Interests
Emotion and cognition interactions; Stress and anxiety; Reward and cognition interactions
Selected Research Publications & Products- Jones, N. P., Schlund, M., Kerestes, R., & Ladouceur, C. D. (2020). Emotional Interference in Early Adolescence: Positive Reinforcement Modulates the Behavioral and Neural Effects of Negative Emotional Distracters. Cereb Cortex, 30(4), 2642-2657.
- Jones, N. P., Fournier, J. C., & Stone, L. B. (2017). Neural correlates of autobiographical problem-solving deficits associated with rumination in depression. Journal of Affective Disorders, 218, 210-216.
- Jones, N. P., Chase, H. W., & Fournier, J. (2016). Brain mechanisms of anxiety's effects on cognitive control in major depressive disorder. Psychological Medicine, 46(11), 2397-2409.
- Jones, N. P., Siegle, G. J., & Mandell, D. (2015). Motivational and emotional influences on cognitive control in depression: A pupillometry study. Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience, 15(2), 263-275.
- Jones, N. P., Siegle, G. J., Muelly, E. R., Haggerty, A., & Ghinassi, F. (2010). Poor performance on cognitive tasks in depression: Doing too much or not enough? Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience, 10(1), 129-140.
Clinical Interests
Family therapy; CBT for mood & anxiety disorders
Education Interests
Biological statistics