Michael Scott Esterman, PhD
Associate Professor, Psychiatry
Biography
My research uses a variety of cognitive neuroscience techniques to understand basic mechanisms of attention and executive function, as well as to understand PTSD and other neuropsychiatric disorders.
Other Positions
- VA Boston Healthcare System
- Graduate Faculty (Primary Mentor of Grad Students), Boston University School of Medicine, Graduate Medical Sciences
Education
- University of California, Berkeley, PhD
- University of Pennsylvania, BA
Publications
- Published on 10/2/2021
Evans TC, DeGutis J, Rothlein D, Jagger-Rickels A, Yamashita A, Fortier CB, Fonda JR, Milberg W, McGlinchey R, Esterman M. Punishment and reward normalize error-related cognitive control in PTSD by modulating salience network activation and connectivity. Cortex. 2021 Dec; 145:295-314. PMID: 34775266.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 7/21/2021
Yamashita A, Rothlein D, Kucyi A, Valera EM, Germine L, Wilmer J, DeGutis J, Esterman M. Variable rather than extreme slow reaction times distinguish brain states during sustained attention. Sci Rep. 2021 07 21; 11(1):14883. PMID: 34290318.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 7/5/2021
Park H, Aul C, DeGutis J, Lo OY, Poole VN, McGlinchey R, Bean JF, Leritz E, Esterman M. Evidence for a Specific Association Between Sustained Attention and Gait Speed in Middle-to-Older-Aged Adults. Front Aging Neurosci. 2021; 13:703434. PMID: 34290601.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 4/21/2021
Jagger-Rickels A, Stumps A, Rothlein D, Park H, Fortenbaugh F, Zuberer A, Fonda JR, Fortier CB, DeGutis J, Milberg W, McGlinchey R, Esterman M. Impaired executive function exacerbates neural markers of posttraumatic stress disorder. Psychol Med. 2021 Apr 21; 1-14. PMID: 33879272.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 4/18/2021
Yamashita A, Rothlein D, Kucyi A, Valera EM, Esterman M. Brain state-based detection of attentional fluctuations and their modulation. Neuroimage. 2021 08 01; 236:118072. PMID: 33882346.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 4/1/2021
Rashid B, Poole VN, Fortenbaugh FC, Esterman M, Milberg WP, McGlinchey RE, Salat DH, Leritz EC. Association between metabolic syndrome and resting-state functional brain connectivity. Neurobiol Aging. 2021 08; 104:1-9. PMID: 33951557.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 3/19/2021
Kucyi A, Esterman M, Capella J, Green A, Uchida M, Biederman J, Gabrieli JDE, Valera EM, Whitfield-Gabrieli S. Prediction of stimulus-independent and task-unrelated thought from functional brain networks. Nat Commun. 2021 03 19; 12(1):1793. PMID: 33741956.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 3/1/2021
Jamalabadi H, Zuberer A, Kumar VJ, Li M, Alizadeh S, Amani AM, Gaser C, Esterman M, Walter M. The missing role of gray matter in studying brain controllability. Netw Neurosci. 2021; 5(1):198-210. PMID: 33688612.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 2/23/2021
Wooten T, Brown E, Sullivan DR, Logue MW, Fortier CB, Fonda JR, DeGutis J, Salat DH, McGlinchey R, Milberg W, Esterman M. Apolipoprotein E (APOE) e4 moderates the relationship between c-reactive protein, cognitive functioning, and white matter integrity. Brain Behav Immun. 2021 07; 95:84-95. PMID: 33631288.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 1/6/2021
Zuberer A, Kucyi A, Yamashita A, Wu CM, Walter M, Valera EM, Esterman M. Integration and segregation across large-scale intrinsic brain networks as a marker of sustained attention and task-unrelated thought. Neuroimage. 2021 04 01; 229:117610. PMID: 33418073.
Read at: PubMed
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