Department of Psychiatry

Seth J. Gillihan

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Department: Psychiatry

Contact information

Center for the Treatment and Study of Anxiety
Department of Psychiatry
University of Pennsylvania
3535 Market Street, 6th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Office: 215-746-3327
Fax: 215-746-3311

Email:
gillihan@mail.med.upenn.edu

Education:
BA (Biology & French)
Indiana University, 1997.
MA (Community Counseling)
The George Washington University, 2001.
MA (Psychology)
University of Pennsylvania, 2002.
PhD (Psychology (clinical))
University of Pennsylvania, 2008.

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Selected Publications

Heberlein, A. S., Padon, A. A., Gillihan, S. J., Farah, M. J., & Fellows, L. K.: Ventromedial frontal lobe plays a critical role in facial emotion recognition. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience 20: 721-733, 2008.

Gillihan, S. J., Farah, M. J., Sankoorikal, G. M. V., Breland, J., & Brodkin, E. S.: Association between serotonin transporter genotype and extraversion. Psychiatric Genetics 17: 351-354, 2007.

Rao, H., Gillihan, S. J., Wang, J., Korczykowski, M., Sankoorikal, G. M. V., Kaercher, K. A., et al.: Genetic variation in serotonin transporter alters resting brain function in healthy individuals. Biological Psychiatry 62: 600-606, 2007.

Gillihan, S. J., & Farah, M. J.: The special status of the self: Claims and evidence. Researching the self: Interdisciplinary perspectives. E. Grunewald & W. E. Frankenhuis (eds.). Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Page: 63-84, 2007.

MacGeorge, E. L., Samter, W., Feng, B., Gillihan, S. J., & Graves, A. R.: Goal disruption, emotional support, and psychological health in a lower exposure sample. Health Communication 21: 11-22, 2007.

Gillihan, S. J., Kessler, J., & Farah, M. J.: Memories affect mood: Evidence from covert experimental assignment to positive, neutral, and negative memory recall. Acta Psychologica 125: 144-154, 2007.

MacGeorge, E. L., Samter, W., & Gillihan, S. J.: Academic stress, supportive communication, and health. Communication Education 54: 365-372, 2005.

Gillihan, S. J. & Farah, M. J.: The cognitive neuroscience of the self: Insights from functional neuroimaging of the normal brain. The lost self: Pathologies of the brain and identity. T. E. Feinberg & J. P. Keenan (eds.). Oxford University Press, Page: 20-32, 2005.

Gillihan, S. J., & Farah, M. J.: Is self special? A critical review of evidence from experimental psychology and cognitive neuroscience. Psychological Bulletin 131: 76-97, 2005.

MacGeorge, E. L., Graves, A. R., Feng, B., Gillihan, S. J., & Burleson, B. R.: The myth of gender cultures: Similarities outweigh differences in men's and women's provision of and responses to supportive communication. Sex Roles 50: 143-175, 2004.