Publications
I lead the Behavioral Neuroendocrinology Lab, which investigates the biological systems that link psychological and social factors to health, with a focus on neuroendocrine systems and the autonomic nervous system. Below is a list of my publications, preprints and research materials are linked where available; email me if anything is behind a paywall.
2026
Deilhaug, E., Moerkerke, M., Sartorius, A. I., Kang, H., Meyer Bull, E., Walle, K. M., Elvsåshagen, T., Westlye, L. T., Nærland, T., Andreassen, O. A., & Quintana, D. S. (2026). Using EEG to Measure the Neural Effects of Oxytocin Administration: A Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review. Psychophysiology, 63(6), e70334. https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.70334 Data & code Preprint
Flater, B., Brean, A., & Quintana, D. S. (2026). Music therapy and vagally mediated heart rate variability: A systematic review and narrative synthesis. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 219, 113288. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2025.113288 Open access article
Glaser, B. D., Kang, H., Audunsdottir, K., Sartorius, A. I., & Quintana, D. S. (2026). A tutorial for calculating field-specific effect size distributions. Behavior Research Methods, 58(6), 146. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-026-03003-2 Data & code Open access article
Iversen, I. A., & Quintana, D. S. (2026). The value of living systematic reviews. Nature Human Behaviour, 1–3. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-026-02428-1 Preprint
Quintana, D. (2026). A Formal Computational Account of the Allostatic Theory of Oxytocin. PsyArXiv. https://osf.io/jh36d_v1
Sartorius, A. I., Meer, D. van der, Shadrin, A., Rokicki, J., Campbell, M., Winterton, A., Andreassen, O. A., Schwarz, E., Nærland, T., Westlye, L. T., & Quintana, D. S. (2026). Genetic pathways linking oxytocin-vasotocin hypothalamic subunit architecture with psychiatric and metabolic traits. Molecular Psychiatry, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41380-026-03508-4 Preprint
Sartorius, A. I., Deilhaug, E., Kang, H., Dufour, D., Walle, K. M., Eddy, K. T., Meer, D. van der, Westlye, L. T., Andreassen, O. A., Lawson, E. A., & Quintana, D. S. (2026). Oxytocin and its role in caloric intake and appetite: A preregistered living systematic review and meta-analysis. medRxiv. https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.03.25.26349278
Walle, K. M., Sartorius, A. I., Deilhaug, E., Kang, H., Nærland, T., Andreassen, O. A., Westlye, L. T., & Quintana, D. S. (2026). Reframing oxytocin as a behavioral flexibility hormone. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 106628. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2026.106628 Open access article
2025
Bochynska, A., Kalandadze, T., Korbmacher, M., Mayiwar, L., Mayor, J., & Quintana, D. (2025). Grassroots networks can help implement and harmonize open research efforts. Nordic Perspectives on Open Science, 10. https://doi.org/10.7557/11.8343 Open access article
Iversen, I. A., Alaerts, K., Bakermans-Kranenburg, M., Becker, B., Blair, R. J., Bartz, J. A., Connelly, J. J., Ditzen, B., Ebner, N. C., Kang, H., Lawson, E. A., Lønfeldt, N. N., Moerkerke, M., Montag, C., Mora-Jensen, A.-R. C., Horta, M., Peled-Avron, L., Procyshyn, T. L., Sartorius, A. I., … Quintana, D. S. (2025). The active monitoring of oxytocin research evidence (AMORE) platform. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 107713. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2025.107713 Open access article
Kang, H., Deilhaug, E., Walle, K. M., Sartorius, A. I., & Quintana, D. S. (2025). A multiverse meta-analysis of oxytocin administration studies. Biological Psychology, 109112. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2025.109112 Data & code Open access article
Kang, H., Glaser, B. D., Sartorius, A. I., Audunsdottir, K., Kildal, E. S.-M., Nærland, T., Andreassen, O. A., Westlye, L. T., & Quintana, D. S. (2025). Effects of oxytocin administration on non-social executive functions in humans: A preregistered systematic review and meta-analysis. Molecular Psychiatry, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41380-024-02871-4 Preprint Preregistration Web app
Schubert, A.-L., Steinhilber, M., Kang, H., & Quintana, D. S. (2025). Improving statistical reporting in psychology. Communications Psychology, 3(1), 156. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44271-025-00356-w Open access article
Thoustrup, C. L., Blair, R. J., Christensen, S. H., Uhre, V., Pretzmann, L., Korsbjerg, N. L. J., Uhre, C., Mora-Jensen, A.-R. C., Ritter, M., Lønfeldt, N. N., Thorsen, E. D., Quintana, D. S., Sajadieh, A., Thomsen, J. H., Plessen, K. J., Vangkilde, S., Pagsberg, A. K., & Hagstrøm, J. (2025). Emotion regulation difficulties in children and adolescents with obsessive-compulsive disorder: A multi-informant and multi-method study. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 111, 103002. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.janxdis.2025.103002
2024
Audunsdottir, K., Sartorius, A. M., Kang, H., Glaser, B., Boen, R., Nærland, T., Alaerts, K., Kildal, E. S. M., Westlye, L. T., Andreassen, O. A., & Quintana, D. S. (2024). The effects of oxytocin administration on social and routinized behaviors in autism: A preregistered systematic review and meta-analysis. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 107067. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2024.107067 Open access article Preregistration
Maier, M., Bartoš, F., Quintana, D. S., Dablander, F., Bergh, D. van den, Marsman, M., Ly, A., & Wagenmakers, E.-J. (2024). Model-averaged Bayesian t tests. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13423-024-02590-5 Data & code Open access article
Mora-Jensen, A.-R. C., Clemmensen, L. K. H., Grønberg, M. G., Lebowitz, E. R., Quintana, D. S., Jørgensen, N. R., Larsen, C. S., Bak, L. K., Christensen, G. L., Pretzmann, L., Uhre, V., Christensen, S. H., Uhre, C., Korsbjerg, N. L. J., Thoustrup, C. L., Hagstrøm, J., Ritter, M., Plessen, K. J., Pagsberg, A. K., & Lønfeldt, N. N. (2024). The association between salivary oxytocin, age, and puberty in children with and without OCD. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 28693. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-80194-8 Open access article
Nordahl-Hansen, A., Cogo-Moreira, H., Panjeh, S., & Quintana, D. S. (2024). Redefining effect size interpretations for psychotherapy RCTs in depression. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 169, 38–41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2023.11.009 Data & code Open access article
Quintana, D. S., Glaser, B. D., Kang, H., Kildal, E. S. M., Audunsdottir, K., Sartorius, A. M., & Barth, C. (2024). The interplay of oxytocin and sex hormones. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 163, 105765. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2024.105765 Open access article
Sartorius, A. M., Rokicki, J., Birkeland, S., Bettella, F., Barth, C., Lange, A.-M. G. de, Haram, M., Shadrin, A., Winterton, A., Steen, N. E., Schwarz, E., Stein, D. J., Andreassen, O. A., Meer, D. van der, Westlye, L. T., Theofanopoulou, C., & Quintana, D. S. (2024). An evolutionary timeline of the oxytocin signaling pathway. Communications Biology, 7(1), 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-024-06094-9 Data & code Open access article
2023
Jongerius, C., Hillen, M. A., Smets, E. M. A., Mol, M. J., Kooij, E. S., Nood, M. A. de, Dalmaijer, E. S., Fliers, E., Romijn, J. A., & Quintana, D. S. (2023). Nasal oxytocin administration does not influence eye gaze or perceived relationship of male volunteers with physicians in a simulated online consultation: A randomized, placebo-controlled trial. Endocrine Connections, 12(8). https://doi.org/10.1530/EC-22-0377 Code Open access article
Murray, S. B., Rokicki, J., Sartorius, A. M., Winterton, A., Andreassen, O. A., Westlye, L. T., Nagata, J. M., & Quintana, D. S. (2023). Brain-based gene expression of putative risk genes for anorexia nervosa Molecular Psychiatry. Molecular Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41380-023-02110-2
Nebe, S., Reutter, M., Baker, D. H., Bölte, J., Domes, G., Gamer, M., Gärtner, A., Gießing, C., Gurr, C., Hilger, K., Jawinski, P., Kulke, L., Lischke, A., Markett, S., Meier, M., Merz, C. J., Popov, T., Puhlmann, L. M., Quintana, D. S., … Feld, G. B. (2023). Enhancing precision in human neuroscience. eLife, 12, e85980. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.85980 Open access article
Quintana, D. S. (2023). A Guide for Calculating Study-Level Statistical Power for Meta-Analyses. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 6(1), 25152459221147260. https://doi.org/10.1177/25152459221147260 Data & code Open access article Web app
Sartorius, A. M., & Quintana, D. S. (2023). Social psychology: The hidden toll of social isolation. Communications Psychology, 1(1), 1–1. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44271-023-00007-y Open access article
Uttley, L., Quintana, D. S., Montgomery, P., Carroll, C., Page, M. J., Falzon, L., Sutton, A., & Moher, D. (2023). The Problems with Systematic Reviews: A Living Systematic Review. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 156, 30–41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2023.01.011 Open access article
2022
Asquith, S. L., Wang, X., Quintana, D. S., & Abraham, A. (2022). The role of personality traits and leisure activities in predicting wellbeing in young people. BMC Psychology, 10(1), 249. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-022-00954-x Open access article
Audunsdottir, K., & Quintana, D. S. (2022). Oxytocin’s dynamic role across the lifespan. Aging Brain, 100028. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nbas.2021.100028 Open access article
Bartoš, F., Maier, M., Quintana, D. S., & Wagenmakers, E.-J. (2022). Adjusting for Publication Bias in JASP and R: Selection Models, PET-PEESE, and Robust Bayesian Meta-Analysis. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 5(3), 25152459221109259. https://doi.org/10.1177/25152459221109259 Data & code Open access article
Boen, R., Quintana, D. S., Ladouceur, C. D., & Tamnes, C. K. (2022). Age-related differences in the error-related negativity and error positivity in children and adolescents are moderated by sample and methodological characteristics: A meta-analysis. Psychophysiology, n/a(n/a), e14003. https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.14003 Open access article
Etchells, P. J., Morgan, A. L., & Quintana, D. S. (2022). Loot box spending is associated with problem gambling but not mental wellbeing. Royal Society Open Science, 9(8), 220111. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.220111 Open access article
Melby, K., Spigset, O., Gråwe, R. W., Aamo, T. O., & Quintana, D. S. (2022). The effect of intranasal oxytocin on processing emotional stimuli during alcohol withdrawal: A randomized placebo-controlled double-blind clinical trial. Hormones and Behavior, 146, 105268. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2022.105268 Open access article
Montag, C., & Quintana, D. S. (2022). Digital phenotyping in molecular psychiatry—a missed opportunity? Molecular Psychiatry, 1–4. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41380-022-01795-1 Open access article
Quintana, D. S. (2022). Towards better hypothesis tests in oxytocin research: Evaluating the validity of auxiliary assumptions. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 137, 105642. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2021.105642 Open access article
Rokicki, J., Kaufmann, T., Glasø de Lange, A.-M., Meer, D. van der, Bahrami, S., Sartorius, A. M., K. Haukvik, U., Eiel Steen, N., Schwarz, E., Stein, D. J., Nærland, T., Andreassen, O. A., Westlye, L. T., & Quintana, D. (2022). Oxytocin receptor expression patterns in the human brain across development. Neuropsychopharmacology, 47(8), 1550–1560. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41386-022-01305-5 Code Preprint
Rokicki, J., Quintana, D. S., & Westlye, L. T. (2022). Linking Central Gene Expression Patterns and Mental States Using Transcriptomics and Large-Scale Meta-Analysis of fMRI Data: A Tutorial and Example Using the Oxytocin Signaling Pathway. In E. L. Werry, T. A. Reekie, & M. Kassiou (Eds.), Oxytocin: Methods and Protocols (pp. 127–137). Springer US. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-1759-5_8 Preprint
Skafle, I., Nordahl-Hansen, A., Quintana, D. S., Wynn, R., & Gabarron, E. (2022). Misinformation About COVID-19 Vaccines on Social Media: Rapid Review. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 24(8), e37367. https://doi.org/10.2196/37367 Open access article
Torske, T., Nærland, T., Quintana, D. S., Hypher, R. E., Kaale, A., Høyland, A. L., Hope, S., Johannessen, J., Øie, M. G., & Andreassen, O. A. (2022). Sex as a Moderator Between Parent Ratings of Executive Dysfunction and Social Difficulties in Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-022-05629-5 Open access article
Winterton, A., Bettella, F., Beck, D., Gurholt, T. P., Steen, N. E., Rødevand, L., Westlye, L. T., Andreassen, O. A., & Quintana, D. S. (2022). The oxytocin signalling gene pathway contributes to the association between loneliness and cardiometabolic health. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 144, 105875. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2022.105875 Open access article
2021
Birkenæs, A. V., Elvsåshagen, T., Westlye, L. T., Høegh, M. C., Haram, M., Werner, M. C. F., Quintana, D. S., Lunding, S. H., Martin-Ruiz, C., Agartz, I., Djurovic, S., Steen, N. E., Andreassen, O. A., & Aas, M. (2021). Telomeres are shorter and associated with number of suicide attempts in affective disorders. Journal of Affective Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2021.08.135
Parry, D. A., Davidson, B. I., Sewall, C. J. R., Fisher, J. T., Mieczkowski, H., & Quintana, D. S. (2021). A systematic review and meta-analysis of discrepancies between logged and self-reported digital media use. Nature Human Behaviour, 1–13. https://doi.org/10/gj3gxz Data & code Preregistration
Quintana, D. S. (2021). Replication studies for undergraduate theses to improve science and education. Nature Human Behaviour, 1–2. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-021-01192-8
Quintana, D. S., Lischke, A., Grace, S., Scheele, D., Ma, Y., & Becker, B. (2021). Advances in the field of intranasal oxytocin research: Lessons learned and future directions for clinical research. Molecular Psychiatry, 26, 80–91. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41380-020-00864-7 Open access article
Rødevand, L., Bahrami, S., Frei, O., Lin, A., Gani, O., Shadrin, A., Smeland, O. B., Connell, K. S. O., Elvsåshagen, T., Winterton, A., Quintana, D. S., Hindley, G. F. L., Werner, M. C. F., Djurovic, S., Dale, A. M., Lagerberg, T. V., Steen, N. E., & Andreassen, O. A. (2021). Polygenic overlap and shared genetic loci between loneliness, severe mental disorders, and cardiovascular disease risk factors suggest shared molecular mechanisms. Translational Psychiatry, 11(1), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-020-01142-4 Open access article
Rokicki, J., Wolfers, T., Nordhøy, W., Tesli, N., Quintana, D. S., Alnæs, D., Richard, G., Lange, A.-M. G. de, Lund, M. J., Norbom, L., Agartz, I., Melle, I., Nærland, T., Selbæk, G., Persson, K., Nordvik, J. E., Schwarz, E., Andreassen, O. A., Kaufmann, T., & Westlye, L. T. (2021). Multimodal imaging improves brain age prediction and reveals distinct abnormalities in patients with psychiatric and neurological disorders. Human Brain Mapping, 42(6), 1714–1726. https://doi.org/10.1002/hbm.25323 Open access article
Winterton, A., Bettella, F., Lange, A.-M. G. de, Haram, M., Steen, N. E., Westlye, L. T., Andreassen, O. A., & Quintana, D. S. (2021). Oxytocin-pathway polygenic scores for severe mental disorders and metabolic phenotypes in the UK Biobank. Translational Psychiatry, 11(1), 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-021-01725-9 Code Open access article
Winterton, A., Westlye, L. T., Steen, N. E., Andreassen, O. A., & Quintana, D. S. (2021). Improving the precision of intranasal oxytocin research. Nature Human Behaviour, 5, 9–18. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-020-00996-4 Preprint
2020
Asquith, S., Wang, X., Quintana, D. S., & Abraham, A. (2020). Predictors of Creativity in Young People: Using Frequentist and Bayesian Approaches in Estimating the Importance of Individual and Contextual Factors. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/qsfcx
Benjamin, B. R., Valstad, M., Elvsåshagen, T., Jönsson, E. G., Moberget, T., Winterton, A., Haram, M., Høegh, M. C., Lagerberg, T. V., Steen, N. E., Larsen, L., Andreassen, O. A., Westlye, L. T., & Quintana, D. S. (2020). Reduced heart rate variability is associated with disease severity in psychosis spectrum disorders. OSF Preprints. https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/upj3f Code Open access article
Boen, R., Quintana, D. S., Ladouceur, C., & Tamnes, C. K. (2020). Age-related differences in the error-related negativity and error positivity in children and adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis protocol. PsyArXiv Preprints. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/57ae2 Open access article
Murray, S. B., Compte, E. J., Quintana, D. S., Mitchison, D., Griffiths, S., & Nagata, J. M. (2020). Registration, reporting, and replication in clinical trials: The case of anorexia nervosa. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 53(1), 138–142. https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.23187
Quintana, D. S., & Guastella, A. J. (2020). An allostatic theory of oxytocin. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 24(7), 515–528. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2020.03.008 Open access article
Quintana, D. S. (2020). A synthetic dataset primer for the biobehavioural sciences to promote reproducibility and hypothesis generation. eLife, 9, e53275. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.53275 Data & code Open access article
Quintana, D. S. (2020). Most oxytocin administration studies are statistically underpowered to reliably detect (or reject) a wide range of effect sizes. Comprehensive Psychoneuroendocrinology, 4, 100014. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpnec.2020.100014 Data & code Open access article
Quintana, D. S., & Heathers, J. (2020). How podcasts can benefit scientific communities. PsyArXiv Preprints. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/ry5x9 Open access article
Sønderby, I. E., Gústafsson, Ó., Doan, N. T., Hibar, D. P., Martin-Brevet, S., Abdellaoui, A., Ames, D., Amunts, K., Andersson, M., Armstrong, N. J., Bernard, M., Blackburn, N., Blangero, J., Boomsma, D. I., Bralten, J., Brattbak, H.-R., Brodaty, H., Brouwer, R. M., Bülow, R., … Andreassen, O. A. (2020). Dose response of the 16p11.2 distal copy number variant on intracranial volume and basal ganglia. Molecular Psychiatry, 25(3), 584–602. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41380-018-0118-1 Open access article
Warmenhoven, J., Harrison, A., Quintana, D. S., Hooker, G., Gunning, E., & Bargary, N. (2020). Unlocking sports medicine research data while maintaining participant privacy via synthetic datasets. SportRxiv Preprints. https://doi.org/10.31236/osf.io/f3rz7
Winterton, A., Rødevand, L., Westlye, L. T., Steen, N. E., Andreassen, O. A., & Quintana, D. S. (2020). Associations of loneliness and social isolation with cardiovascular and metabolic health: A systematic review and meta-analysis protocol. Systematic Reviews, 9(1), 102. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-020-01369-8 Open access article
Zhao, W., Luo, R., Sindermann, C., Li, J., Wei, Z., Zhang, Y., Liu, C., Le, J., Quintana, D. S., Montag, C., Becker, B., & Kendrick, K. M. (2020). Oxytocin modulation of self-referential processing is partly replicable and sensitive to oxytocin receptor genotype. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry, 96, 109734. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pnpbp.2019.109734
2019
Crouse, J. J., Quintana, D. S., & Hermens, D. F. (2019). Substance misuse and social cognition on the psychosis-spectrum: A bottom-up framework. In K. E. Lewandowski & A. A. Moustafa (Eds.), Social Cognition in Psychosis (pp. 201–217). Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-815315-4.00008-2
Garbarino, S., Lanteri, P., Feeling, N. R., Jarczok, M. N., Quintana, D. S., Koenig, J., & Sannita, W. G. (2019). Circadian Rhythms, Sleep, and the Autonomic Nervous System. Journal of Psychophysiology, 34(1), 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1027/0269-8803/a000236
Murray, S. B., Quintana, D. S., Loeb, K. L., Griffiths, S., Crosby, R. D., & Grange, D. L. (2019). Meta-analysis misunderstood: A cautionary tale in interpreting meta-analytic findings. Psychological Medicine, 49(4), 699–700. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291718003501
Murray, S. B., Quintana, D. S., Loeb, K. L., Griffiths, S., & Grange, D. L. (2019). Treatment outcomes for anorexia nervosa: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Psychological Medicine, 49(4), 535–544. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291718002088 Data & code Preregistration
Mygind, L., Kjeldsted, E., Hartmeyer, R., Mygind, E., Stevenson, M. P., Quintana, D. S., & Bentsen, P. (2019). Effects of Public Green Space on Acute Psychophysiological Stress Response: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Evidence. Environment and Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1177/0013916519873376 Preregistration
Quintana, D. S., Rokicki, J., Meer, D. van der, Alnæs, D., Kaufmann, T., Córdova-Palomera, A., Dieset, I., Andreassen, O. A., & Westlye, L. T. (2019). Oxytocin pathway gene networks in the human brain. Nature Communications, 10(1), 668. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-08503-8 Code Open access article
Quintana, D. S., Westlye, L. T., Alnæes, D., Kaufmann, T., Mahmoud, R. A., Smerud, K. T., Djupesland, P. G., & Andreassen, O. A. (2019). Low-dose intranasal oxytocin delivered with Breath Powered device modulates pupil diameter and amygdala activity: A randomized controlled pupillometry and fMRI study. Neuropsychopharmacology, 44(2), 306–313. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41386-018-0241-3
Rødevand, L., Steen, N. E., Elvsåshagen, T., Quintana, D. S., Reponen, E. J., Mørch, R. H., Lunding, S. H., Vedal, T. S., Dieset, I., & Melle, I. (2019). Cardiovascular risk remain high in schizophrenia with modest improvements in bipolar disorder during past decade. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. https://doi.org/10.1111/acps.13008
Siennicka, A., Quintana, D. S., Fedurek, P., Wijata, A., Paleczny, B., Ponikowska, B., & Danel, D. P. (2019). Resting heart rate variability, attention and attention maintenance in young adults. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 143, 126–131. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2019.06.017
Vrabel, K. R., Wampold, B., Quintana, D. S., Goss, K., Waller, G., & Hoffart, A. (2019). The Modum-ED Trial Protocol: Comparing Compassion-Focused Therapy and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy in Treatment of Eating Disorders With and Without Childhood Trauma: Protocol of a Randomized Trial. Frontiers in Psychology, 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01638 Open access article
2018
Cacciotti-Saija, C., Quintana, D. S., Alvares, G. A., Hickie, I. B., & Guastella, A. J. (2018). Reduced heart rate variability in a treatment-seeking early psychosis sample. Psychiatry Research, 269, 293–300. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2018.08.068 Code
Demetriou, E. A., Lampit, A., Quintana, D. S., Naismith, S. L., Song, Y. J. C., Pye, J. E., Hickie, I., & Guastella, A. J. (2018). Autism spectrum disorders: A meta-analysis of executive function. Molecular Psychiatry, 23(5), 1198–1204. https://doi.org/10.1038/mp.2017.75 Open access article
Heathers, J., Quintana, D., Angus, D., Krygier, J., Kemp, A., & Rosnay, M. de. (2018). Water consumption as a source of error in the measurement of heart rate variability. OSF Preprints. https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/83exy Open access article
Koenig, J., Abler, B., Agartz, I., Åkerstedt, T., Andreassen, O. A., Anthony, M., Bertsch, K., Brown, R. C., Brunner, R., Carnevali, L., Critchley, Hu., Cullen, K. R., Geus, E. J. C. de, Dziobek, I., Fischer, H., Flor, H., Gaebler, M., Gianaros, P. J., Giummarra, M. J., … Yoo, H. J. (2018). Cortical Thickness and Resting State Cardiac Function Across the Lifespan: A Cross-Sectional Pooled Mega Analysis. OSF Preprints. https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/btjpw Open access article
Quintana, D. S. (2018). Revisiting non-significant effects of intranasal oxytocin using equivalence testing. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 87, 127–130. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2017.10.010 Data & code Preprint
Quintana, D. S., Smerud, K. T., Andreassen, O. A., & Djupesland, P. G. (2018). Evidence for intranasal oxytocin delivery to the brain: Recent advances and future perspectives. Therapeutic Delivery, 9(7), 515–525. https://doi.org/10.4155/tde-2018-0002 Open access article
Quintana, D. S., Steen, N. E., & Andreassen, O. A. (2018). The Promise of Intranasal Esketamine as a Novel and Effective Antidepressant. JAMA Psychiatry, 75(2), 123–124. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2017.3738
Torske, T., Nærland, T., Quintana, D. S., Hypher, R. E., Kaale, A., Høyland, A. L., Hope, S., Johannessen, J., Øie, M. G., & Andreassen, O. A. (2018). Sex differences in the relationship between social difficulties and executive dysfunction in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder. bioRxiv, 501932. https://doi.org/10.1101/501932
2017
Alvares, G. A., Quintana, D. S., & Whitehouse, A. J. (2017). Beyond the hype and hope: Critical considerations for intranasal oxytocin research in autism spectrum disorder. Autism Research, 10(1), 25–41. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.1692
Griffiths, K. R., Quintana, D. S., Hermens, D. F., Spooner, C., Tsang, T. W., Clarke, S., & Kohn, M. R. (2017). Sustained attention and heart rate variability in children and adolescents with ADHD. Biological Psychology, 124, 11–20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2017.01.004
Kemp, A. H., & Quintana, D. S. (2017). Heart Rate Variability in Psychiatric Disorders, Methodological Considerations, and Recommendations for Future Research. In ECG Time Series Variability Analysis (pp. 327–344). CRC Press. http://www.taylorfrancis.com/
Quintana, D. S., Dieset, I., Elvsåshagen, T., Westlye, L. T., & Andreassen, O. A. (2017). Oxytocin system dysfunction as a common mechanism underlying metabolic syndrome and psychiatric symptoms in schizophrenia and bipolar disorders. Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology, 45, 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yfrne.2016.12.004
Quintana, D. S., Westlye, L. T., Hope, S., Nærland, T., Elvsåshagen, T., Dørum, E., Rustan, Ø., Valstad, M., Rezvaya, L., & Lishaugen, H. (2017). Dose-dependent social-cognitive effects of intranasal oxytocin delivered with novel Breath Powered device in adults with autism spectrum disorder: A randomized placebo-controlled double-blind crossover trial. Translational Psychiatry, 7(5), e1136. https://doi.org/10.1038/tp.2017.103 Open access article
Quintana, D. S., Westlye, L. T., Smerud, K. T., Mahmoud, R. A., Djupesland, P. G., & Andreassen, O. A. (2017). Reliability of basal plasma vasopressin concentrations in healthy male adults. Acta Neuropsychiatrica, 29(5), 315–321. https://doi.org/10.1017/neu.2016.67
Quintana, D. S., Elvsåshagen, T., Zak, N., Norbom, L. B., Pedersen, P. Ø., Quraishi, S. H., Bjørnerud, A., Malt, U. F., Groote, I. R., Kaufmann, T., Andreassen, O. A., & Westlye, L. T. (2017). Diurnal Variation and Twenty-Four Hour Sleep Deprivation Do Not Alter Supine Heart Rate Variability in Healthy Male Young Adults. PLOS ONE, 12(2), e0170921. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0170921 Open access article
Quintana, D. S., & Williams, D. R. (2017). Bayesian alternatives for common null-hypothesis significance tests in psychiatry: A non-technical guide using JASP. BMC Psychiatry, 18(1), 178. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-018-1761-4 Data & code Open access article
Valstad, M., Alvares, G. A., Egknud, M., Matziorinis, A. M., Andreassen, O. A., Westlye, L. T., & Quintana, D. S. (2017). The correlation between central and peripheral oxytocin concentrations: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 78, 117–124. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2017.04.017 Data & code
2016
Alvares, G. A., Quintana, D. S., Hickie, I. B., & Guastella, A. J. (2016). Autonomic Nervous System Dysfunction in Psychiatric Disorders and the Impact of Psychotropic Medications: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, 41(2), 89–104. https://doi.org/10.1503/jpn.140217
Chalmers, J. A., Heathers, J. A., Abbott, M. J., Kemp, A. H., & Quintana, D. S. (2016). Worry is associated with robust reductions in heart rate variability: A transdiagnostic study of anxiety psychopathology. BMC Psychology, 4(1), 32. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-016-0138-z Open access article
Haram, M., Bettella, F., Brandt, C. L., Quintana, D. S., Nerhus, M., Bjella, T., Djurovic, S., Westlye, L. T., Andreassen, O. A., & Melle, I. (2016). Contribution of oxytocin receptor polymorphisms to amygdala activation in schizophrenia spectrum disorders. British Journal of Psychiatry Open, 2(6), 353–358. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjpo.bp.116.003376 Open access article
Iorfino, F., Alvares, G. A., Guastella, A. J., & Quintana, D. S. (2016). Cold Face Test-Induced Increases in Heart Rate Variability Are Abolished by Engagement in a Social Cognition Task. Journal of Psychophysiology, 30(1), 38–46. https://doi.org/10.1027/0269-8803/a000152
Onuoha, R. C., Quintana, D. S., Lyvers, M., & Guastella, A. J. (2016). A Meta-analysis of Theory of Mind in Alcohol Use Disorders. Alcohol and Alcoholism, 51(4), 410–415. https://doi.org/10.1093/alcalc/agv137
Quintana, D. S., Alvares, G. A., & Heathers, J. A. (2016). Guidelines for Reporting Articles on Psychiatry and Heart rate variability (GRAPH): Recommendations to advance research communication. Translational Psychiatry, 6, e803. https://doi.org/10.1038/tp.2016.73 Open access article
Quintana, D. S., & Alvares, G. A. (2016). Oxytocin: How Does This Neuropeptide Change Our Social Behavior? Frontiers for Young Minds, 4(7). https://doi.org/10.3389/frym.2016.00007 Open access article
Quintana, D. S., Guastella, A. J., Westlye, L. T., & Andreassen, O. A. (2016). The promise and pitfalls of intranasally administering psychopharmacological agents for the treatment of psychiatric disorders. Molecular Psychiatry, 21(1), 29–38. https://doi.org/10.1038/mp.2015.166
Quintana, D. S., Westlye, L. T., Rustan, Ø., Kaufmann, T., Smerud, K., Mahmoud, R. A., Djupesland, P. G., & Andreassen, O. A. (2016). Low dose intranasal oxytocin delivered with Breath Powered device dampens amygdala response to emotional stimuli: A peripheral effect-controlled within-subjects randomised dose-response fMRI trial. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 69, 180–188. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2016.04.010
Quintana, D. S., Westlye, L. T., Kaufmann, T., Rustan, Ø., Brandt, C. L., Haatveit, B., Steen, N. E., & Andreassen, O. A. (2016). Reduced heart rate variability in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder compared to healthy controls. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 133, 44–52. https://doi.org/10.1111/acps.12498
Quintana, D. S., & Woolley, J. D. (2016). Intranasal oxytocin mechanisms can be better understood but its effects on social cognition and behavior are not to be sniffed at. Biological Psychiatry, 79(8), e49–e50. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2015.06.021
Quintana, D. S. (2016). Statistical considerations for reporting and planning heart rate variability case-control studies. Psychophysiology, 54(3), 344–349. https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.12798 Data & code
Quintana, D. S., & Doan, N. T. (2016). Twitter Article Mentions and Citations: An Exploratory Analysis of Publications in the American Journal of Psychiatry. The American Journal of Psychiatry, 173(2), 194. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2015.15101341 Data & code
Quintana, D. S., Elstad, M., Kaufmann, T., Brandt, C. L., Haatveit, B., Haram, M., Nerhus, M., Westlye, L. T., & Andreassen, O. A. (2016). Resting-state high-frequency heart rate variability is related to respiratory frequency in individuals with severe mental illness but not healthy controls. Scientific Reports, 6, 37212. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep37212 Open access article
Quintana, D. S., Outhred, T., Westlye, L. T., Malhi, G. S., & Andreassen, O. A. (2016). The impact of oxytocin administration on brain activity: A systematic review and meta-analysis protocol. Systematic Reviews, 5(1), 205. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-016-0386-2 Open access article
Valstad, M., Alvares, G. A., Andreassen, O. A., Westlye, L. T., & Quintana, D. S. (2016). The relationship between central and peripheral oxytocin concentrations: A systematic review and meta-analysis protocol. Systematic Reviews, 31(5), 49. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-016-0225-5 Open access article
2015
Masi, A., Quintana, D. S., Glozier, N., Lloyd, A. R., Hickie, I. B., & Guastella, A. J. (2015). Cytokine aberrations in autism spectrum disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Molecular Psychiatry, 20, 440–446. https://doi.org/10.1038/mp.2014.59
Quintana, D. S. (2015). From pre-registration to publication: A nontechnical primer for conducting a meta-analysis to synthesize correlational data. Frontiers in Psychology, 6, 1549. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01549 Data & code Open access article
Quintana, D. S., Alvares, G. A., Hickie, I. B., & Guastella, A. J. (2015). Do delivery routes of intranasally administered oxytocin account for observed effects on social cognition and behavior? A two-level model. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 49, 182–192. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2014.12.011
Quintana, D. S., Westlye, L. T., Rustan, Ø. G., Tesli, N., Poppy, C. L., Smevik, H., Tesli, M., Røine, M., Mahmoud, R. A., Smerud, K., Djupesland, P. G., & Andreassen, O. A. (2015). Low dose oxytocin delivered intranasally with Breath Powered device affects social-cognitive behavior: A randomized 4-way crossover trial with nasal cavity dimension assessment. Translational Psychiatry, 5, e602. https://doi.org/10.1038/tp.2015.93 Open access article
Shahrestani, S., Stewart, E. M., Quintana, D. S., Hickie, I. B., & Guastella, A. J. (2015). Heart rate variability during adolescent and adult social interactions: A meta-analysis. Biological Psychology, 105, 43–50. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2014.12.012
2014
Chalmers, J., Quintana, D. S., Abbott, M. J., & Kemp, A. H. (2014). Anxiety disorders are associated with reduced heart rate variability: A meta-analysis. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 5. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2014.00080 Open access article
Kemp, A. H., Quintana, D. S., Quinn, C. R., Hopkinson, P., & Harris, A. W. F. (2014). Major depressive disorder with melancholia displays robust alterations in resting state heart rate and its variability: Implications for future morbidity and mortality. Frontiers in Psychology, 5. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01387 Open access article
Quintana, D. S., & Heathers, J. A. (2014). Considerations in the assessment of heart rate variability in biobehavioral research. Frontiers in Psychology, 5, 805. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00805 Open access article
Shahrestani, S., Stewart, E. M., Quintana, D. S., Hickie, I. B., & Guastella, A. J. (2014). Heart rate variability during social interactions in children with and without psychopathology: A meta‐analysis. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 55(9), 981–989. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.12226
2013
Alvares, G. A., Quintana, D. S., Kemp, A. H., Van Zwieten, A., Balleine, B. W., Hickie, I. B., & Guastella, A. J. (2013). Reduced Heart Rate Variability in Social Anxiety Disorder: Associations with Gender and Symptom Severity. PLoS ONE, 8(7). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0070468 Open access article
Kemp, A. H., & Quintana, D. S. (2013). The relationship between mental and physical health: Insights from the study of heart rate variability. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 89(3), 288–296. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2013.06.018
Quintana, D. S., Guastella, A. J., McGregor, I. S., Hickie, I. B., & Kemp, A. H. (2013). Heart rate variability predicts alcohol craving in alcohol dependent outpatients: Further evidence for HRV as a psychophysiological marker of self-regulation. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 132(1-2), 395–398. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2013.02.025
Quintana, D. S., Guastella, A. J., McGregor, I. S., Hickie, I. B., & Kemp, A. H. (2013). Moderate alcohol intake is related to increased heart rate variability in young adults: Implications for health and well‐being. Psychophysiology, 50(12), 1202–1208. https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.12134
Quintana, D. S., Kemp, A. H., Alvares, G. A., & Guastella, A. J. (2013). A role for autonomic cardiac control in the effects of oxytocin on social behavior and psychiatric illness. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 7. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2013.00048 Open access article
Quintana, D. S., McGregor, I. S., Guastella, A. J., Malhi, G. S., & Kemp, A. H. (2013). A Meta‐Analysis on the Impact of Alcohol Dependence on Short‐Term Resting‐State Heart Rate Variability: Implications for Cardiovascular Risk. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 37(s1), E23–E29. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1530-0277.2012.01913.x
2012
Kemp, A. H., Quintana, D. S., Felmingham, K. L., Matthews, S., & Jelinek, H. F. (2012). Depression, comorbid anxiety disorders, and heart rate variability in physically healthy, unmedicated patients: Implications for cardiovascular risk. PLoS ONE, 7. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0030777 Open access article
Kemp, A. H., Quintana, D. S., Kuhnert, R.-L., Griffiths, K., Hickie, I. B., & Guastella, A. J. (2012). Oxytocin Increases Heart Rate Variability in Humans at Rest: Implications for Social Approach-Related Motivation and Capacity for Social Engagement. PLoS ONE, 7, e44014. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0044014.g002 Open access article
Quintana, D. S., Guastella, A. J., Outhred, T., Hickie, I. B., & Kemp, A. H. (2012). Heart rate variability is associated with emotion recognition: Direct evidence for a relationship between the autonomic nervous system and social cognition. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 86(2), 168–172. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2012.08.012
Quintana, D. S., Heathers, J. A., & Kemp, A. H. (2012). On the validity of using the Polar RS800 heart rate monitor for heart rate variability research. European Journal of Applied Physiology, 112, 4179–4180. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00421-012-2453-2
Wells, R., Outhred, T., Heathers, J. A., Quintana, D. S., & Kemp, A. H. (2012). Matter over mind: A randomised-controlled trial of single-session biofeedback training on performance anxiety and heart rate variability in musicians. PLOS ONE, 7(10). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0046597 Open access article
2011
Jelinek, H. F., Khandoker, A. H., Quintana, D. S., Imam, M. H., & Kemp, A. H. (2011). Complex Correlation Measure as a sensitive indicator of risk for sudden cardiac death in patients with depression. Computing in Cardiology, 809–812. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/6164689
Kemp, A. H., Quintana, D. S., & Gray, M. A. (2011). Is heart rate variability reduced in depression without cardiovascular disease? Biological Psychiatry, 69(4), e3–e4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2010.07.030
Kemp, A. H., Quintana, D. S., & Malhi, G. S. (2011). Effects of Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors on Heart Rate Variability: Methodological Issues, Medical Comorbidity, and Clinical Relevance. Biological Psychiatry, 69(8), e25–e26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2010.10.035
2010
Kemp, A. H., Pe Benito, L., Quintana, D. S., Clark, C. R., McFarlane, A., Mayur, P., Harris, A., Boyce, P., & Williams, L. M. (2010). Impact of depression heterogeneity on attention: An auditory oddball event related potential study. Journal of Affective Disorders, 123(1-3), 202–207. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2009.08.010
Kemp, A. H., Quintana, D. S., Gray, M. A., Felmingham, K. L., Brown, K., & Gatt, J. M. (2010). Impact of depression and antidepressant treatment on heart rate variability: A review and meta-analysis. Biological Psychiatry, 67(11), 1067–1074. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2009.12.012