Andrew Tomarken
Associate Professor of Psychology
Associate Professor of Biostatistics
Chair of the Department of Psychology
Andrew Tomarken research areas are:
- Quantitative Methods (Simultaneous Statistical Inference, Longitudinal Research Methods, Structural Equation Modeling)
- Depression (Assessment and Psychobiology, Relation to Fundamental Dimensions of Emotion and Motivation)
Representative Publications
- Miller, A., & Tomarken, A.J. (2001). Task-dependent changes in frontal brain asymmetry: Effects of incentive cues, outcome expectancies, and motor responses. Psychophysiology, 38, 500-511
- Orth, D.N., Shelton, R.C., Nicholson, W.E., Beck-Peccoz, P., Tomarken, A.J., Persani, L., & Loosen, P.T. (2001). Serum thyrotrophin concentrations and bioactivity during sleep deprivation in depression. Archives of General Psychiatry, 58, 77-83.
- Tomarken, A.J., & Waller, N.G. (2003). Potential problems with "well fitting" models. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 112 ,578-598.
- Dichter, G.S., Tomarken, A.J., Shelton, R.C., & Sutton, S.K. (2004). Early- and late-onset startle modulation in unipolar depression. Psychophysiology, 41, 443-440.
- Tomarken, A.J., Dichter, G.S., Freid, C., Addington, S., & Shelton, R.C. (2004). Assessing the effects of bupropion SR on mood dimensions of depression. The Journal of Affective Disorders, 78, 235-241.
- Tomarken, A.J., Dichter, G.S., Garber, J., & Simien, C. (2004). Resting frontal brain activity: Linkages to maternal depression and socioeconomic status among adolescents. Biological Psychology, 67, 77-102.
- Tomarken, A.J., & Waller, N.G. (2005). Structural equation modeling: Strengths, limitations, and misconceptions. Annual Review of Clinical Psychology. 1, 31-65.
- Tomarken, A.J., Shelton, R.C., & Hollon, S.D. (in press). Affective science as a framework for understanding the mechanisms and effects of antidepressant medications. To appear in J. Rottenberg & S.L. Johnson (Eds.), Emotion and psychopathology: Bridging affective and clinical science. Washington DC: American Psychological Society.
