DANIELLE COSME

Research Director

Communication Neuroscience Lab

Annenberg School for Communication

University of Pennsylvania

Broadly, I am interested in understanding social, cognitive, and motivational factors that promote goal pursuit and behavior change.

I use univariate and multivariate neuroimaging methods to investigate how these processes are represented in the brain and how they influence decision making and behavior in the scanner as well as outside the lab.

The overarching goal of my research is to use neuroscience to design and evaluate translational interventions that facilitate behavior change and improve health and well-being during adolescence and adulthood.

Interests

Goal pursuit
Motivation
Behavior change
Health & well-being
Positive youth development
Civic engagement
Translational neuroscience
Social neuroscience
Open science

Education

PhD - Psychology, 2020

University of Oregon
MS - Psychology, 2016

University of Oregon
MS - Psychology, 2014

Stockholm University
BS - Psychobiology, 2009

Chapman University

PUBLICATIONS & PREPRINTS

Neural and behavioral evidence that message self and social relevance motivate content sharing

Information transmission can shift social norms and catalyze social change. What motivates people to share content and information and …

Cosme, D., Scholz, C., Chan, H. Y., Benitez, C., Martin, R. E., Resnick, A., Carreras-Tartak, J., Cooper, N., Paul, A. M., Koelle, D., McVay, J., Falk, E. B.

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Neural signals predict information sharing across cultures

Information sharing influences which messages spread and shape beliefs, behavior, and culture. In a preregistered neuroimaging study …

Chan, H. Y., Scholz, C., Cosme, D., MArtin, R. E., Benitez, C., Resnick, A., Carreras-Tartak, J., Cooper, N., Paul, A. M., & Falk, E. B.

DOI

Profiles of daily positive emotion dynamics and associations with flourishing

The present study investigated between-person differences in daily positive emotion dynamics and their associations with flourishing …

Mohammed, N., Layland, E. K., Cosme, D., Kang, Y., Boyd, Z. M., Mucha, P., Ochsner, K. N., Falk, E. B.,, Bassett, D. S., Lydon-Staley, D. M.

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Striatal response to negative feedback in a stop signal task operates as a multi-value learning signal

Background and aim: We examined error-driven learning in fMRI activity of 217 subjects in a stop signal task to obtain a more robust …

Smith, B. J., Lipsett, M., Cosme, D., Braun, V. A., Browning O’Hagan, A. M., Berkman, E. T.

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If you’re happy and you know it: Neural correlates of self-evaluated psychological health and well-being

Psychological health and well-being have important implications for individual and societal thriving. Research underscores the …

Cosme, D.*, Mobasser, A.*, Pfeifer, J. H.

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Cultural influence on COVID-19 cognitions and growth speed: The role of cultural collectivism

Major challenges faced by humans often require large-scale cooperation for communal benefits. We examined what motivates such …

Pei, R., Cosme, D., Andrews, M., Mattan, B. D., Falk, E. B.

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Mindful attention to alcohol can reduce cravings in the moment and consumption in daily life

It is critical to support healthy development of alcohol-related habits, particularly in contexts with heightened risk such as college …

Cosme, D.*, Helion, C.*, Kang, Y., Lydon-Staley, D. M., Doré, B., Stanoi, O., Ahn, J., Jovanova, M., McGowan, A. L., Boyd, Z. M., Mucha, P. J., Bassett, D. S., Ochsner, K. N., Falk, E. B.

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Neural correlates associated with conformity in adolescent and young adult men

Social influence affects us throughout our lives, shaping our attitudes, behaviors, and preferences. Thus, the current study aimed to …

Minich, M., Falk, E. B., Cooper, N., Cosme, D., Chan, H. Y., Pei, R., O’Donnell, M. B., Cascio, C. N.

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Study protocol: Social Health Impact of Network Effects (SHINE) Study

Humans are a fundamentally social species whose well-being depends on how we connect with and relate to one another. As such, …

Cosme, D., Kang, Y., Carreras-Tartak, J., Ahn, J., Corbani, F., Cooper, N., Doré, B. P., He, X., Helion, C., Jovanova, M., Lomax, S., Mahadevan, A. S., McGowan, A. L., Paul, A. M., Pei1, r., Resnick, A., Stano, O., Zhang, T., Zhang, Y., Bassett, D. S., Boyd, Z. M., Lydon-Staley, D. M., Mucha, P. J., Ochsner, K. N., Falk, E. B.

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Dense sampling approaches for psychiatry research: Adventures with scanners and smartphones

A key challenge for understanding human experience is to capture the interplay between biology, environment, and culture. Because these …

McGowan, A. L., Sayed, F., Boyd, Z. M., Jovanova, M., Kang, Y., Speer, M. E., Cosme, D., Mucha, P. J., Ochsner, K. N., Bassett, D. S, Falk, E. B., Lydon-Staley, D. M.

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DANIELLE COSME

Research Director

Communication Neuroscience Lab

Annenberg School for Communication

University of Pennsylvania

Interests

Education

PUBLICATIONS & PREPRINTS

Neural and behavioral evidence that message self and social relevance motivate content sharing

Neural signals predict information sharing across cultures

Profiles of daily positive emotion dynamics and associations with flourishing

Striatal response to negative feedback in a stop signal task operates as a multi-value learning signal

If you’re happy and you know it: Neural correlates of self-evaluated psychological health and well-being

Cultural influence on COVID-19 cognitions and growth speed: The role of cultural collectivism

Mindful attention to alcohol can reduce cravings in the moment and consumption in daily life

Neural correlates associated with conformity in adolescent and young adult men

Study protocol: Social Health Impact of Network Effects (SHINE) Study

Dense sampling approaches for psychiatry research: Adventures with scanners and smartphones

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