Taylor N. West

Loneliness exacerbates age differences in the allostatic-interoceptive system during induced affect

Ruofan Ma, Taylor N. West, Gretchen Wulfekuhle, Yuritza Y. Escalante et autres

Loneliness is associated with age-related health issues through its impact on the brain and body. The brain's allostatic-interoceptive system (AIS) consists of regions that predictively regulate bodily functions in reaction to affectively or socially salient situations. We hypothesized that loneliness would interact …

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Increases in inflammation are associated with decreased trust of racial out-group members

Natalie M. Antenucci, Mallory J. Feldman, Tatum A. Jolink, Taylor N. West et autres

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A Systematic Literature Review Assessing the Inequities in Air Quality Monitor Placement

Taylor N. West

Previous studies have shown that a lack of air quality monitors in the US makes it difficult to understand air pollution at local scales. Access to local air pollution information can inform actions to reduce pollution and exposure that is detrimental to …

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High-quality listening behaviors linked to social connection between strangers

Taylor N. West, Sara Huston, Kylie R. Chandler, Jieni Zhou et autres

Abstract Despite the urgent need to improve social connection, practical evidence-based recommendations on how to do so during daily interactions are lacking. One key behavior theorized to facilitate social connection is high-quality listening, yet behavioral evidence is limited. Across two pre-registered studies, …

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Seeking positive connection: Is inflammation associated with anticipated and experienced shared positive affect with close versus non-close others?

Taylor N. West, Tatum A. Jolink, Mallory J. Feldman, Gabriella Alvarez et autres

, positivity resonance during interactions with non-close others. However, these effects did not survive correction for multiple comparisons and are considered preliminary. Additionally, higher levels of interleukin-6 were related to significantly greater ease imagining interacting with a close other, and a larger …

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Trust a Stranger? Investigating Community Trust and Economic Inequality as Barriers to Positive Interactions among Strangers

Taylor N. West, Catherine J. Berman, Keith B. Payne, Keely A. Muscatell et autres

Social interactions with strangers carry benefits for individual and community well-being. Whereas ample research has focused on social connection as vital to health, less has addressed communal and structural barriers that limit people’s ease of experiencing high-quality social interactions with unknown others …

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Social Media Posts to Encourage In-Person Connections: Online Experiment With Young Adults

Allison J. Lazard, Tara L. Queen, Mirian I. Avendaño-Galdamez, Tushar Varma et autres

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Trust a Stranger? Investigating Community Trust and Economic Inequality as Barriers to Positive Interactions among Strangers

Taylor N. West, Catherine J. Berman, B. Keith Payne, Keely A. Muscatell et autres

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Intrinsic Network Static and Dynamic Functional Connectivity Associated With Induced Affect

Ruofan Ma, Taylor N. West, Yuritza Y. Escalante, Gretchen Wulfekuhle et autres

The brain’s processing of affective states involves complex interactions across brain regions, rather than localized to a specific region. The examination of the neural mechanisms of affect has shifted from a functional localization approach towards a distributed network neuroscience. Participants (N=73) underwent …

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Positively in-sync: Convergent validity across three distinct assessments of the affective quality of social interaction

Jieni Zhou, Taylor N. West, Catherine J. Berman, Barbara L. Fredrickson

The affective quality of social interaction is linked to the well-being of individuals, relationships, and communities. This construct has been measured in multiple ways, albeit rarely concurrently. The current study tests for convergent validity across three methodologically distinct measures of the affective …

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How the Affective Quality of Social Connections May Contribute to Public Health: Prosocial Tendencies Account for the Links Between Positivity Resonance and Behaviors that Reduce the Spread of COVID-19

Michael Prinzing, Taylor N. West, Jieni Zhou, Khoa D. Le Nguyen et autres

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Correction to: Effect of Mindfulness Versus Loving-kindness Training on Leukocyte Gene Expression in Midlife Adults Raised in Low-Socioeconomic Status Households

Sumi L. Kim, Mary M. Brantley, Steve W. Cole, Jeffrey Brantley et autres

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