2026 & In Press
Kao, C.-H., Heffner, J., Feng, G. W., Hur, J. K., Jarvis, H., Uddenberg, C., Lawrence, M., Martin, E., Thomas, R. E., Wallis, M., Myerscough, K., Lawhead, C., Hamm, S., Lazzaro, S. C., Davis, M. T., Vaghi, M. M., Krystal, J. H., & Rutledge, R. B. (preprint). Longitudinal computational phenotyping reveals a stable marker for depression symptoms. PsyArXiv
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Shi, K. M., Heffner, J., Rutledge, R. B. (preprint). Goals remap values not choices. PsyArXiv
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Teoh, Y. Y.*, Reisman, S.*, Heffner, J., & FeldmanHall, O. (2026). Affective valence as a computational signal for learning value. Communications Psychology
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2025
Heffner, J., Qin, C., Chadwick, M., Knutsen, C., Summerfield, C., Kurth-Nelson, Z., Rutledge, R. B. (preprint). Increasing happiness through conversations with artificial intelligence. arXiv
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Heffner, J., Frömer, R., Nassar, M. R., FeldmanHall, O. (2025). Separable neural signals for reward and emotion prediction errors. Nature Communications
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Hu, Y.-F., Heffner, J., Bhandari, A., & FeldmanHall, O. (2025). Goals bias face perception. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General
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2024
Hur, J. K., Heffner, J., Feng, G. W., Joormann, J., & Rutledge, R. B. (2024). Language sentiment predicts changes in depressive symptoms. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
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Gunsilius, C. Z.*, Heffner, J.*, Bruinsma, S., Corinha, M., Cortinez, M., Dalton, H., Duong, E., Lu, J., Omar, A., Owen, L. L. W., Roarr, B. N., Tang, K., & Petzschner, F. H. (2024). SOMAScience: A novel platform for multidimensional, longitudinal pain assessment. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth
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2023
Vives, M.-L., Heffner, J., & FeldmanHall, O. (2023). Conceptual representations of uncertainty predict risky decision-making. Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience
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2022
FeldmanHall, O. & Heffner, J. (2022). A generalizable framework for assessing the role of emotion during choice. American Psychologist
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Heffner, J. & FeldmanHall, O. (2022). A probabilistic map of emotional experiences during competitive social interactions. Nature Communications
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2021
Heffner, J., Son, J.-Y., FeldmanHall, O. (2021). Emotion prediction errors guide socially adaptive behaviour. Nature Human Behaviour
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Heffner, J., Vives, M.-L., FeldmanHall, O. (2021). Emotional responses to prosocial messages increase willingness to self-isolate during the COVID-19 pandemic. Personality and Individual Differences
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Heffner, J.*, Vives, M.-L.*, FeldmanHall, O. (2021) Anxiety, gender, and social media consumption predict COVID-19 emotional distress. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
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2020 & Earlier
Heffner, J. & FeldmanHall, O. (2019). Why we don’t always punish: Preferences for non-punitive responses to moral violations. Scientific Reports
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FeldmanHall, O., Son, J.-Y., & Heffner, J. (2018). Norms and the Flexibility of Moral Action. Personality Neuroscience
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Schaich Borg, J., Srivastava, S., Lin, L., Heffner, J., Dunson, D., Dzirasa, K., de Lecea, L. (2017). Rat intersubjective decisions are encoded by frequency-specific oscillatory contexts. Brain and Behavior
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Strohminger, N., Gray, K., Chituc, V., Heffner, J., Schein, C., Brooks Heagins, T. (2016). The MR2: A mutli-racial, mega-resolution database of facial stimuli. Behavior Research Methods
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Heffner, J. (2013). Relevance of emotions in morality: Emotion differentiation moderates the influence of disgust on moral judgments. Honors Thesis at UNC Chapel Hill
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