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 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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Psychological distance intervention reminders reduce alcohol consumption frequency in daily life

Modifying behaviors, such as alcohol consumption, is difficult. Creating psychological distance between unhealthy triggers and one’s …

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

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Alcohol Cue Reactivity in the Ventral Striatum and Daily Purpose in Life Moderate the Relationship between Alcohol Craving and Consumption in College Students

Background and Aim: Alcohol craving is an urge to consume alcohol that commonly precedes drinking. However, craving does not lead to …

Kang, Y., Cosme, D., Lydon-Staley, D. M., Ahn, J., Jovanova, M., Corbani, F., Lomax, S., Stanoi, O., Strechet, V., Mucha, P. J., Ochsner, K. N., Bassett, D. S., Falk, E. B.

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Momentary associations between affect and alcohol use in the daily lives of college students

Objective: Alcohol is theorized to be motivated by desires to regulate negative affect and/or to enhance positive affect. We tested the …

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

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Mindfulness Promotes Control of Brain Network Dynamics for Self-Regulation and Discontinues the Past from the Present

Mindfulness is characterized by attentiveness to the present experience with nonjudgmental awareness and acceptance. Practicing …

Zhou, D., Kang, Y., Cosme, D., Jovanova, M., He, X., Mahadevan, A., Stanoi, O., Brynildsen, J. K., Cooper, N., Cornblath, E. J., Parkes, L., Mucha, P. J., Ochsner, K. N., Lydon-Staley, D. M., Falk, E. B., Bassett, D. S

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Message self and social relevance increases intentions to share content: Correlational and causal evidence from six studies

Information sharing within social networks can catalyze widespread attitudinal and behavioral change and the chance to share …

Cosme, D., Scholz, C., Chan, H-Y, Doré, B. P., Pandey, P., Carreras-Tartak, J., Cooper, N., Paul, A., Burns, S. M., Falk, E. B.

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Testing the adolescent social reorientation model during self and other evaluation using hierarchical growth curve modeling with parcellated fMRI data

Adolescence is characterized as a period when relationships and experiences shift toward peers. The social reorientation model of …

Cosme, D., Flournoy, J. C., Livingston, J. L., Lieberman, M. D., Dapretto, M., Pfeifer, J. H.

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Purpose in life, loneliness, and protective health behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic

Background and Objectives. Social distancing, while effective in slowing the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), can …

Kang, Y., Cosme, D., Pei, R., Pandey, P., Carreras-Tartak, J., Falk, E. B.

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DANIELLE COSME

Research Director

Communication Neuroscience Lab

Annenberg School for Communication

University of Pennsylvania

Interests

Education

PUBLICATIONS & PREPRINTS

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

Psychological distance intervention reminders reduce alcohol consumption frequency in daily life

Alcohol Cue Reactivity in the Ventral Striatum and Daily Purpose in Life Moderate the Relationship between Alcohol Craving and Consumption in College Students

Momentary associations between affect and alcohol use in the daily lives of college students

Mindfulness Promotes Control of Brain Network Dynamics for Self-Regulation and Discontinues the Past from the Present

Message self and social relevance increases intentions to share content: Correlational and causal evidence from six studies

Testing the adolescent social reorientation model during self and other evaluation using hierarchical growth curve modeling with parcellated fMRI data

Purpose in life, loneliness, and protective health behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic

RECENT POSTS

Reproducibility workshop

Specification curve analysis (SCA) tutorial

Specification curve example

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