2021
Hiser JS, Schneider BS, and Koenigs M. (in press) Uncertainty potentiates neural and cardiac responses to visual stimuli in anxiety disorders. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging.
2020
Deming P, Dargis M, Haas BW, Brook M, Decety J, Harenski C, Kiehl KA, Koenigs M, & Kosson DS. (2020) Psychopathy is associated with fear-specific reductions in neural activity during affective perspective-taking. NeuroImage, 223, 117342. pdf
2018
Hiser JS & Koenigs M. (2018) The multifaceted role of ventromedial prefrontal cortex in emotion, decision-making, social cognition, and psychopathology. Biological Psychiatry, 83, 638-647. pdf
Dargis M & Koenigs M. (2018) Personality traits differentiate subgroups of criminal offenders with distinct cognitive, affective, and behavioral profiles. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 45, 984-1007. pdf
Dargis M, Wolf RC, & Koenigs, M. (2018) Psychopathic traits are associated with reduced fixations to the eye region of fearful faces. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 127, 43-50. pdf
Harenski CL, Calhoun VD, Bustillo JR, Haas BW, Decety J, Harenski KA, Caldwell MF, Van Rybroek GJ, Koenigs M, Thornton DM, & Kiehl KA. (2018). Functional connectivity during affective mentalizing in criminal offenders with psychotic disorders: Associations with clinical symptoms. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, 271, 91-99. pdf
Dargis M & Koenigs M. (2018) Two subtypes of psychopathic criminals differ in negative affect and history of childhood abuse. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 10, 444-451. Pdf
Deming P, Philippi CL, Wolf RC, Dargis M, Kiehl KA, & Koenigs, M. (2018) Psychopathic traits linked to alterations in neural activity during personality judgments of self and others. Neuroimage: Clinical, 18, 575-581. pdf
Espinoza F, Vergara V, Reyes D, Anderson N, Harenski CL, Decety J, Rachakonda S, Damaraju E, Rashid B, Miller R, Koenigs M, Kosson D, Harenski KA, Kiehl KA, & Calhoun VD. (2018). Aberrant functional network connectivity in psychopathy from a large (N=985) forensic sample.
2017
Schneider B & Koenigs M. (2017). Human lesion studies of ventromedial prefrontal cortex. Neuropsychologia, 107, 84-93. pdf
Korponay C, Pujara, MS, Deming P, Philippi CL, Decety J, Kosson, DS, Kiehl, KA, & Koenigs M. (2017) Impulsive-antisocial psychopathic traits linked to increased volume and functional connectivity within prefrontal cortex.
Anderson NE, Steele VR, Maurer JM, Rao V, Koenigs MR, Decety J, Kosson DS, Calhoun VD, & Kiehl KA. (2017) Differentiating emotional processing and attention in psychopathy with functional neuroimaging. Cognitive Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience, 17, 491-515. Pdf
Harenski CL, Brook M, Kosson DS, Bustillo, JR, Harenski KA, Caldwell MF, Van Rybroek GJ, Koenigs M, Decety J, Thornton DM, Calhoun VD, & Kiehl KA. (2017) Socio-neuro risk factors for suicidal behavior in criminal offenders with psychotic disorders. Social, Cognitive, and Affective Neuroscience, 12, 70-80. pdf
2016
Fede SJ, Harenski CL, Schaich Borg J, Sinnott-Armstrong W, Rao V, Caldwell BM, Nyalakanti PK, Koenigs M, Decety J, Calhoun VD, & Kiehl KA. (2016) Abnormal fronto-limbic engagement in incarcerated stimulant users during moral processing. Psychopharmacology, 233, 3077-3087. Pdf
Fede SJ, Schaich Borg J, Nyalakanti PK, Cope LM, Harenski CL, Sinnott-Armstrong W, Koenigs M, Calhoun VD, & Kiehl KA. (2016) Distinct neuronal activation patterns of positive and negative moral processing in psychopathy. Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience. Pdf
Wolf RC, Pujara, MS, Baskaya MK, & Koenigs M. (2016) Emotion recognition deficits associated with ventromedial prefrontal cortex lesions are improved by gaze manipulation. Cortex, 82, 255-262. Pdf
2015
Motzkin JC, Philippi CL, Oler J, Kalin N, Baskaya M, & Koenigs M. (2015) Ventromedial prefrontal cortex damage alters resting blood flow to the bed nucleus of stria terminalis. Cortex, 64, 281-288. Pdf
Motzkin JC, Philippi CL, Wolf RC, Baskaya MK, & Koenigs M. (2015) Ventromedial prefrontal cortex is critical for the regulation of amygdala activity in humans. Biological Psychiatry, 77, 276-284. Pdf
2014
Motzkin JC, Philippi CL, Wolf RC, & Koenigs M. (2014) Ventromedial prefrontal cortex lesions alter neural and physiological correlates of anticipation. Journal of Neuroscience, 34, 10430-10437. Pdf
Rosas A & Koenigs M. (2014) Beyond “utilitarianism”: Maximizing the clinical impact of moral judgment research. Social Neuroscience, 9, 661-667. Pdf
Wolf RC, Philippi CL, Motzkin JC, Baskaya MK, & Koenigs M. (2014) Ventromedial prefrontal cortex mediates visual attention during facial emotion recognition. Brain, 137, 1772-1780. Pdf
Taber-Thomas BC, Asp EW, Koenigs M, Sutterer M, Anderson SW, & Tranel D. (2014) Arrested development: Early prefrontal lesions impair the maturation of moral judgment. Brain, 137, 1254-1261. Pdf
2013
Myers-Schulz B, Pujara M, Wolf R, & Koenigs M. (2013) Inherent emotional quality of human speech sounds. Cognition and Emotion, 27, 1105-1113. Pdf
Koenigs M. (2013) The neuropsychology of disgust. Social, Cognitive, and Affective Neuroscience, 8, 121-122. Pdf
2012
Koenigs, M. (2012). The role of prefrontal cortex in psychopathy. Reviews in the Neurosciences, 23, 253-265. Pdf
Koenigs, M., Kruepke, M., Zeier, J., & Newman, J. P. (2012). Utilitarian moral judgment in psychopathy. Social, Cognitive, and Affective Neuroscience, 7, 708-714. pdf
Young, L., Koenigs, M., Kruepke, M., & Newman, J. P. (2012). Psychopathy increases perceived moral permissibility of accidents. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 121, 659-667. Pdf
Myers-Schulz, B. & Koenigs, M. (2012). Functional anatomy of ventromedial prefrontal cortex: Implications for mood and anxiety disorders. Molecular Psychiatry, 17, 132-141. Pdf
2011
Motzkin, J., Newman, J. P., Kiehl, K., & Koenigs M. (2011). Reduced prefrontal connectivity in psychopathy. Journal of Neuroscience, 31, 17348-17357. Pdf
2010
Knutson, K. M., Krueger, F., Koenigs, M., Hawley, A., Escobedo, J. R., Vasudeva, V., Adolphs, R., & Grafman, J. (2010). Behavioral norms for condensed moral vignettes. Social, Cognitive, and Affective Neuroscience, 5(4), 378-384. pdf
2009
Koenigs, M., Ukueberuwa, D., Campion, P., Grafman, J., & Wassermann, E. (2009). Bilateral frontal transcranial direct current stimulation: Failure to replicate classic findings in healthy subjects. Clinical Neurophysiology, 120(1), 80-84. Pdf
Koenigs, M. & Grafman, J. (2009). Posttraumatic stress disorder: The role of medial prefrontal cortex and amygdala. The Neuroscientist, 15(5), 540-548. Pdf
Koenigs, M. & Grafman, J. (2009). Prefrontal asymmetry in depression? The long-term effect of unilateral brain lesions. Neuroscience Letters, 459(2), 88-90. Pdf
Koenigs, M. & Grafman, J. (2009). The functional neuroanatomy of depression: Distinct roles for ventromedial and dorsolateral prefrontal cortex. Behavioural Brain Research, 201(2), 239-243. Pdf
2008
Koenigs, M. & Tranel, D. (2008). Prefrontal cortex damage abolishes brand-cued changes in cola preference. Social, Cognitive, and Affective Neuroscience, 3(1), 1-6. pdf
Koenigs, M., Huey, E. D., Raymont, V., Cheon, B., Solomon, J., Wassermann, E. M., & Grafman, J. (2008). Focal brain damage protects against post-traumatic stress disorder in combat veterans. Nature Neuroscience, 11(2), 232-237. Pdf
Koenigs, M., Huey, E. D., Calamia, M., Raymont, V., Tranel, D., & Grafman, J. (2008). Distinct regions of prefrontal cortex mediate resistance and vulnerability to depression. The Journal of Neuroscience, 28(47), 12341-12348. pdf
2007
Young, L. & Koenigs, M. (2007). Investigating emotion in moral cognition: A review of evidence from functional neuroimaging and neuropsychology. British Medical Bulletin, 84, 69-79. Pdf
Koenigs, M., Young, L., Adolphs, R., Tranel, D., Cushman, F., Hauser, M., & Damasio, A. (2007). Damage to the prefrontal cortex increases utilitarian moral judgements. Nature, 446(7138), 908-911. Pdf
Koenigs, M. & Tranel, D. (2007). Irrational economic decision-making after ventromedial prefrontal damage: Evidence from the ultimatum game. The Journal of Neuroscience, 27(4), 951-956. pdf