Publications

  • Knight, E. L., Graham-Engeland, J. E., Sliwinski, M. J., & Engeland, C. G. (2023). Greater Ecologically Assessed Positive Experiences Predict Heightened Sex Hormone Concentrations Across Two Weeks in Older Adults.The Journals of Gerontology: Series B,78(6), 1007-1017.

  • Knight, E. L., Engeland, C. G., Yocum, A. K., Abu-Mohammad, A., Bertram, H., Vest, E., McInnis, M. G., & Saunders, E. F. H. (2023). Heightened inflammation in bipolar disorder occurs independent of symptom severity and is explained by body mass index.Brain, Behavior, & Immunity - Health,29, 100613.

  • Nelson, B. W., Harvie, H. M. K., Jain, B., Knight, E. L., Roos, L. E., & Giuliano, R. J. (2023). Smartphone Photoplethysmography Pulse Rate Covaries with Stress and Anxiety During a Digital Acute Social Stressor.Psychosomatic Medicine.

  • Kramer, E. B., Knight, E. L., & Bryan, A. D. (2023). Cooking Interventions for Improving Diet Quality Among Black Americans: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Annals of Behavioral Medicine,57(4), 323-333.

  • Knight, E. L. (2022). Two Routes to Status, One Route to Health: Trait Dominance and Prestige Differentially Associate with Self-reported Stress and Health in Two US University Populations.Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology,8(4), 461-488.https://doi.org/10.1007/s40750-022-00199-3 []

  • Knight, E. L., Morales, P. J., Christian, C. B., Harbaugh, W. T., Mehta, P. H., & Mayr, U. (2022) The causal effect of testosterone on men’s competitive behavior is moderated by basal cortisol and cues to an opponent’s status: Evidence for a context-dependent dual hormone hypothesis. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. [; ]

  • Knight, E. L., Majd, M., Graham-Engeland, J. E., Smyth, J. M., Sliwinski, M. J., & Engeland, C. G. (2022). Depressive symptoms and other negative psychological states relate to ex vivo inflammatory responses differently for men and women: Cross-sectional and longitudinal evidence. Physiology & behavior, 113656. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2021.113656 [download]

  • Van Bogart, K., Engeland, C. G., Sliwinski, M. J., Harrington, K. D., Knight, E. L., Zhaoyang, R., Scott, S., & Graham-Engeland, J. E. (2022). The association between loneliness and inflammation: Findings from an older adult sample. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 360.

  • Prasad*, S., Knight*, E. L., Sarkar, A., Welker, K. M., Lassetter, B., & Mehta, P. H. (2021). Testosterone fluctuations in response to a democratic election predict partisan attitudes toward the elected leader. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 133, 105396. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2021.105396 [; ]
    *Shared first authorship.

  • Harvie, H., Jain, B., Nelson, B., Knight, E. L., Roos, L. E., & Giuliano, R. J. (2021). Induction of acute stress through an internet-delivered Trier Social Stress Test as assessed by photoplethysmography on a smartphone. Stress. https://doi.org/10.1080/10253890.2021.1995714 []
  • Knight, E. L., Jiang, Y., Rodriguez-Stanley, J., Almeida, D. M., Engeland, C. G., & Zilioli, S. (2021). Perceived stress is linked to heightened biomarkers of inflammation via diurnal cortisol in a national sample of adults. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 93, 206-213. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2021.01.015. [download; ]
    Commentary on this manuscript: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2021.03.027
  • Sundin, Z. W., Chopik, W. J., Welker, K. M., Ascigil, E., Brandes, C. M., Chin, K. A., Ketay, S., Knight, E. L., Kordsmeyer, T. L., McLarney-Vesotski, A. R., Prasad, S., Reese, Z. A., Roy, A. R. K., Sim, L., Stern, J., Carré, J. M., Edelstein, R. S., Mehta, P. H., Penke, L., Slatcher, R. B., & Tackett, J. L. (2021). Estimating the association between Big Five personality traits, testosterone, and cortisol. Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40750-020-00159-9 [; ]
  • Knight, E. L., Giuliano, R. J., Shank, S. W., Clarke, M. M., & Almeida, D. M. (2020). The parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous systems interactively predict cognitive change in midlife adults. Psychophysiology, 57(10), e13622. https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.13622 [; ; ]
  • Knight*, E. L., McShane*, B. B., Kutlikova, H. H., Morales, P. J., Christian, C. B., Harbaugh, W. T., ... & Riečanský, I. (2020). Weak and variable effects of exogenous testosterone on Cognitive Reflection Test performance in three experiments: Commentary on Nave, Nadler, Zava, and Camerer (2017). Psychological Science, 31(7), 890-897.https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0956797619885607 [download; ]
    *Shared first author
  • Knight, E. L., Sarkar, A., Prasad, S., & Mehta, P. H. (2020). Beyond the challenge hypothesis: The emergence of the dual-hormone hypothesis and recommendations for future research. Hormones and Behavior, 104657.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2019.104657 [download]
  • Knight, E. L., Majd, M., Graham-Engeland, J. E., Smyth, J. M., Sliwinski, M. J., & Engeland, C. G. (2020). Gender differences in the link between depressive symptoms and ex vivo inflammatory responses are associated with markers of endotoxemia. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity – Health, 2, 100013. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbih.2019.100013 [open-access]
  • Scheepers, D., & Knight, E. L. (2020). Neuroendocrine and cardiovascular responses to shifting status. Current Opinion in Psychology, 33, 115-119.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2019.07.035 []
  • Roos, L.E., Giuliano, R.J., Beauchamp, K.G., Berkman, E.T., Knight, E.L., & Fisher, P.A. (2020) Acute stress impairs children's sustained attention with increased vulnerability for children of mothers reporting higher parenting stress. Developmental Psychobiology, 62(4), 532-543. https://doi.org/10.1002/dev.21915
  • Prasad*, S., Knight*, E. L., & Mehta, P. H. (2019). Basal testosterone’s relationship with dictator game decision-making depends on cortisol reactivity to acute stress: A dual-hormone perspective on dominant status-relevant behavior during resource allocation. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 101, 150-159. [download; ]
    *Shared first authorship
  • Graham-Engeland, J. E., Sin, N. L., Smyth, J. M., Jones, D., Knight, E. L., Sliwinski, M., Almeida, D. M., Katz, M., Lipton, R., & Engeland, C. G. (2018). Aggregated momentary affect and inflammatory markers: Timing matters. Brain, Behavior, & Immunity, 74, 222-230. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2018.09.011 []
  • Knight, E. L., Christian, C. B., Morales, P. J., Mayr, U., Harbaugh, W. T., & Mehta, P. H. (2017). Exogenous testosterone enhances cortisol and affective responses to social-evaluative stress in dominant men. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 85, 151-157.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2017.08.014 [; ]
  • Roos, L. E., Knight, E. L., Beauchamp, K. G., Giuliano, R. J., Fisher, P. A., & Berkman, E. T. (2017). Conceptual precision is key in acute stress research: A commentary on Shields, Sazma, & Yonelinas, 2016. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 83, 140-144.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2017.10.005 []
  • Knight, E. L. & Mehta, P. H. (2017). Hierarchy stability moderates the effect of status on stress and performance in humans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 114(1), 78-83. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1609811114 []
  • Roos, L. E., Knight, E. L., Beauchamp, K. G., Berkman, E. T., Faraday, K., Hyslop, K., & Fisher, P. A. (2017). Acute stress impairs inhibitory control based on individual differences in parasympathetic nervous system activity. Biological Psychology, 125, 58-63. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2017.03.004 []
  • Mehta, P. H., †Snyder, N. A., Knight, E. L., & Lassetter, B. (2015). Close versus decisive victory moderates the effect of testosterone change on competitive decisions and task enjoyment. Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology, 1(3), 291-311. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40750-014-0014-0
    †Mentored undergraduate student
  • Knight, E. L., & Mehta, P. H. (2014). Hormones and hierarchies. In J.T. Cheng, J.L. Tracy, & C. Anderson (Eds.), The Psychology of Social Status (pp. 269-301). Springer: New York. [download]

Submitted Manuscripts and Pre-Prints

  • Barkman, H., Allan, A., Salsbury, M., Knight, E. L., Karns, C., Roos, L. E., … Giuliano, R. J. (2020). Growth Models of Positive Caregiving Behaviours and Concurrent Autonomic Activity in Caregivers and Children during a Challenging Puzzle Task: Replication and Extension. []