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John Sollers

TitleProfessor
Faculty RankProfessor
InstitutionNorth Carolina Central University
DepartmentPsychology
AddressTaylor Education Building
Durham NC 27707
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    1. Sollers JJ, Lopez ASM, Edwards CL, Norris JL, Mattassini L, Malibongwe M, Green C, Wood M, Barker CS, Sartor J, Johnson KC, Dennard A, Wax L, Bynum Z, Wax N, Johnson S, Osunkwo I, Sudhakar S, Robinson E, Sollers JJ. Predicting locus of control for health in adults with sickle cell disease via mental health visits. J Natl Med Assoc. 2026 Apr; 118(2):271-275. PMID: 41519679.
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    2. Grigg EK, Liu S, Dempsey DG, Wong K, Bain M, Sollers JJ, Haddock R, Kogan LR, Barnhard JA, Tringali AA, Thigpen AP, Hart LA. Assessing the Relationship Between Emotional States of Dogs and Their Human Handlers, Using Simultaneous Behavioral and Cardiac Measures. Front Vet Sci. 2022; 9:897287. PMID: 35898554.
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    3. Sollers JJ, Leach-Beale B, Barker CS, Wood M, Burford T, Bell K, Muhammad M, Lands JR, Smith N, Miller J, Jones B, Murrill AN, Killough A, Robinson E, Whitfield KE, Byrd GS, Edwards CL. Menstrual Type, Pain and Psychological Distress in Adult Women with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD). J Natl Med Assoc. 2021 Feb; 113(1):54-58. PMID: 32763132.
      Citations: 2     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    4. Thabrew H, Ruppeldt P, Sollers JJ. Systematic Review of Biofeedback Interventions for Addressing Anxiety and Depression in Children and Adolescents with Long-Term Physical Conditions. Appl Psychophysiol Biofeedback. 2018 09; 43(3):179-192. PMID: 29946920.
      Citations: 17     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    5. Law MM, Broadbent EA, Sollers JJ. A comparison of the cardiovascular effects of simulated and spontaneous laughter. Complement Ther Med. 2018 Apr; 37:103-109. PMID: 29609921.
      Citations: 6     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    6. Williams DP, Joseph N, Hill LK, Sollers JJ, Vasey MW, Way BM, Koenig J, Thayer JF. Stereotype threat, trait perseveration, and vagal activity: evidence for mechanisms underpinning health disparities in?Black Americans. Ethn Health. 2019 11; 24(8):909-926. PMID: 28922935.
      Citations: 6     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    7. Cochran JR, Consedine NS, Lee JMJ, Pandit C, Sollers JJ, Kydd RR. Visual cue-specific craving is diminished in stressed smokers. Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse. 2017 09; 43(5):525-533. PMID: 27870557.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    8. Tuck NL, Grant RC, Sollers JJ, Booth RJ, Consedine NS. Higher resting heart rate variability predicts skill in expressing some emotions. Psychophysiology. 2016 Dec; 53(12):1852-1857. PMID: 27565951.
      Citations: 8     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    9. Thayer JF, Sollers JJ, Clamor A, Koenig J, Hagglund KJ. The association of resting state heart rate variability and 24-hour blood pressure variability in spinal cord injury. J Neurol Sci. 2016 Feb 15; 361:52-9. PMID: 26810517.
      Citations: 5     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    10. Lee H, Wang GY, Curley LE, Sollers JJ, Kydd RR, Kirk IJ, Russell BR. Acute effects of BZP, TFMPP and the combination of BZP and TFMPP in comparison to dexamphetamine on an auditory oddball task using electroencephalography: a single-dose study. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2016 Mar; 233(5):863-71. PMID: 26630992.
      Citations: 5     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    11. Thayer JF, Sollers JJ, Friedman BH, Koenig J. Gender differences in the relationship between resting heart rate variability and 24-hour blood pressure variability. Blood Press. 2016; 25(1):58-62. PMID: 26415550.
      Citations: 6     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    12. Darragh M, Vanderboor T, Booth RJ, Sollers JJ, Consedine NS. Placebo 'serotonin' increases heart rate variability in recovery from psychosocial stress. Physiol Behav. 2015 Jun 01; 145:45-9. PMID: 25840004.
      Citations: 5     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    13. Hill LK, Hu DD, Koenig J, Sollers JJ, Kapuku G, Wang X, Snieder H, Thayer JF. Ethnic differences in resting heart rate variability: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Psychosom Med. 2015 Jan; 77(1):16-25. PMID: 25551201.
      Citations: 81     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    14. Roberts V, Gant N, Sollers JJ, Bullen C, Jiang Y, Maddison R. Effects of exercise on the desire to smoke and physiological responses to temporary smoking abstinence: a crossover trial. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2015 Mar; 232(6):1071-81. PMID: 25266608.
      Citations: 15     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    15. Nair S, Sagar M, Sollers J, Consedine N, Broadbent E. Do slumped and upright postures affect stress responses? A randomized trial. Health Psychol. 2015 Jun; 34(6):632-41. PMID: 25222091.
      Citations: 45     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    16. Henning MA, Sollers J, Strom JM, Hill AG, Lyndon MP, Cumin D, Hawken SJ. Junior doctors in their first year: mental health, quality of life, burnout and heart rate variability. Perspect Med Educ. 2014 Apr; 3(2):136-43. PMID: 24706177.
      Citations: 10     Fields:    
    17. Broadbent E, Kumar V, Li X, Sollers J, Stafford RQ, MacDonald BA, Wegner DM. Robots with display screens: a robot with a more humanlike face display is perceived to have more mind and a better personality. PLoS One. 2013; 8(8):e72589. PMID: 24015263.
      Citations: 25     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    18. Suh S, Ellis RJ, Sollers JJ, Thayer JF, Yang HC, Emery CF. The effect of anxiety on heart rate variability, depression, and sleep in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. J Psychosom Res. 2013 May; 74(5):407-13. PMID: 23597328.
      Citations: 7     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    19. Darragh M, Booth RJ, Koschwanez HE, Sollers J, Broadbent E. Expectation and the placebo effect in inflammatory skin reactions: a randomised-controlled trial. J Psychosom Res. 2013 May; 74(5):439-43. PMID: 23597333.
      Citations: 6     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    20. Windham BG, Fumagalli S, Ble A, Sollers JJ, Thayer JF, Najjar SS, Griswold ME, Ferrucci L. The Relationship between Heart Rate Variability and Adiposity Differs for Central and Overall Adiposity. J Obes. 2012; 2012:149516. PMID: 22649714.
      Citations: 46     Fields:    
    21. Thayer JF, Ahs F, Fredrikson M, Sollers JJ, Wager TD. A meta-analysis of heart rate variability and neuroimaging studies: implications for heart rate variability as a marker of stress and health. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2012 Feb; 36(2):747-56. PMID: 22178086.
      Citations: 1003     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    22. McCubbin JA, Merritt MM, Sollers JJ, Evans MK, Zonderman AB, Lane RD, Thayer JF. Cardiovascular-emotional dampening: the relationship between blood pressure and recognition of emotion. Psychosom Med. 2011 Nov-Dec; 73(9):743-50. PMID: 22042880.
      Citations: 21     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    23. Nugent AC, Bain EE, Thayer JF, Sollers JJ, Drevets WC. Sex differences in the neural correlates of autonomic arousal: a pilot PET study. Int J Psychophysiol. 2011 Jun; 80(3):182-91. PMID: 21414364.
      Citations: 34     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    24. Fagundes CP, Murray DM, Hwang BS, Gouin JP, Thayer JF, Sollers JJ, Shapiro CL, Malarkey WB, Kiecolt-Glaser JK. Sympathetic and parasympathetic activity in cancer-related fatigue: more evidence for a physiological substrate in cancer survivors. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2011 Sep; 36(8):1137-47. PMID: 21388744.
      Citations: 69     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    25. Nugent AC, Bain EE, Thayer JF, Sollers JJ, Drevets WC. Heart rate variability during motor and cognitive tasks in females with major depressive disorder. Psychiatry Res. 2011 Jan 30; 191(1):1-8. PMID: 21129936.
      Citations: 22     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    26. Thayer JF, Verkuil B, Brosschot JF, Kampschroer K, West A, Sterling C, Christie IC, Abernethy DR, Sollers JJ, Cizza G, Marques AH, Sternberg EM. Effects of the physical work environment on physiological measures of stress. Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil. 2010 Aug; 17(4):431-9. PMID: 20404733.
      Citations: 18     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    27. Buchanan TW, Driscoll D, Mowrer SM, Sollers JJ, Thayer JF, Kirschbaum C, Tranel D. Medial prefrontal cortex damage affects physiological and psychological stress responses differently in men and women. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2010 Jan; 35(1):56-66. PMID: 19783103.
      Citations: 42     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    28. Edwards CL, Green M, Wellington CC, Muhammad M, Wood M, Feliu M, Edwards L, Hill L, Sollers JJ, Barksdale C, Robinson EL, McDougald CS, Abrams M, Whitfield KE, Byrd G, Hubbard B, Cola M, DeCastro L, McNeil J. Depression, suicidal ideation, and attempts in black patients with sickle cell disease. J Natl Med Assoc. 2009 Nov; 101(11):1090-5. PMID: 19998636.
      Citations: 9     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    29. Brown JP, Sollers JJ, Thayer JF, Zonderman AB, Waldstein SR. Blood pressure reactivity and cognitive function in the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging. Health Psychol. 2009 Sep; 28(5):641-6. PMID: 19751091.
      Citations: 8     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    30. Ahs F, Sollers JJ, Furmark T, Fredrikson M, Thayer JF. High-frequency heart rate variability and cortico-striatal activity in men and women with social phobia. Neuroimage. 2009 Sep; 47(3):815-20. PMID: 19505585.
      Citations: 28     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    31. Thayer JF, Sollers JJ, Labiner DM, Weinand M, Herring AM, Lane RD, Ahern GL. Age-related differences in prefrontal control of heart rate in humans: a pharmacological blockade study. Int J Psychophysiol. 2009 Apr; 72(1):81-8. PMID: 18835304.
      Citations: 17     Fields:    Translation:HumansCTClinical Trials
    32. Dorr N, Brosschot JF, Sollers JJ, Thayer JF. Damned if you do, damned if you don't: the differential effect of expression and inhibition of anger on cardiovascular recovery in black and white males. Int J Psychophysiol. 2007 Nov; 66(2):125-34. PMID: 17532076.
      Citations: 25     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    33. Sollers JJ, Buchanan TW, Mowrer SM, Hill LK, Thayer JF. Comparison of the ratio of the standard deviation of the R-R interval and the root mean squared successive differences (SD/rMSSD) to the low frequency-to-high frequency (LF/HF) ratio in a patient population and normal healthy controls. Biomed Sci Instrum. 2007; 43:158-63. PMID: 17487074.
      Citations: 17     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    34. Motivala SJ, Sollers J, Thayer J, Irwin MR. Tai Chi Chih acutely decreases sympathetic nervous system activity in older adults. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2006 Nov; 61(11):1177-80. PMID: 17167159.
      Citations: 47     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    35. Merritt MM, Bennett GG, Williams RB, Edwards CL, Sollers JJ. Perceived racism and cardiovascular reactivity and recovery to personally relevant stress. Health Psychol. 2006 May; 25(3):364-9. PMID: 16719608.
      Citations: 30     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    36. Sollers JJ, Merritt MM, Silver RA, Sadle TN, Ferrucci L, Thayer JF. Comparison of arterial compliance indices derived via beat-to-beat blood pressure waveforms: aging and ethnicity. Biomed Sci Instrum. 2006; 42:518-23. PMID: 16817661.
      Citations: 3     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    37. Thayer JF, Hall M, Sollers JJ, Fischer JE. Alcohol use, urinary cortisol, and heart rate variability in apparently healthy men: Evidence for impaired inhibitory control of the HPA axis in heavy drinkers. Int J Psychophysiol. 2006 Mar; 59(3):244-50. PMID: 16325293.
      Citations: 87     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    38. Sollers JJ, Merritt MM, Silver RA, Evans MK, Zonderman AB, Thayer JF. Understanding blood pressure variability: spectral indices as a function of gender and age. Biomed Sci Instrum. 2005; 41:43-7. PMID: 15850080.
      Citations: 4     Fields:    Translation:HumansCTClinical Trials
    39. Hansen AL, Johnsen BH, Sollers JJ, Stenvik K, Thayer JF. Heart rate variability and its relation to prefrontal cognitive function: the effects of training and detraining. Eur J Appl Physiol. 2004 Dec; 93(3):263-72. PMID: 15338220.
      Citations: 110     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    40. Neumann SA, Sollers JJ, Thayer JF, Waldstein SR. Alexithymia predicts attenuated autonomic reactivity, but prolonged recovery to anger recall in young women. Int J Psychophysiol. 2004 Aug; 53(3):183-95. PMID: 15246672.
      Citations: 22     Fields:    Translation:HumansCTClinical Trials
    41. Merritt MM, Bennett GG, Williams RB, Sollers JJ, Thayer JF. Low educational attainment, John Henryism, and cardiovascular reactivity to and recovery from personally relevant stress. Psychosom Med. 2004 Jan-Feb; 66(1):49-55. PMID: 14747637.
      Citations: 29     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    42. Mager DE, Merritt MM, Kasturi J, Witkin LR, Urdiqui-Macdonald M, Sollers JJ, Evans MK, Zonderman AB, Abernethy DR, Thayer JF. Kullback-Leibler clustering of continuous wavelet transform measures of heart rate variability. Biomed Sci Instrum. 2004; 40:337-42. PMID: 15133981.
      Citations: 3     Fields:    Translation:HumansCTClinical Trials
    43. Thayer JF, Merritt MM, Sollers JJ, Zonderman AB, Evans MK, Yie S, Abernethy DR. Effect of angiotensin-converting enzyme insertion/deletion polymorphism DD genotype on high-frequency heart rate variability in African Americans. Am J Cardiol. 2003 Dec 15; 92(12):1487-90. PMID: 14675596.
      Citations: 9     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    44. Ruiz-Padial E, Sollers JJ, Vila J, Thayer JF. The rhythm of the heart in the blink of an eye: emotion-modulated startle magnitude covaries with heart rate variability. Psychophysiology. 2003 Mar; 40(2):306-13. PMID: 12820871.
      Citations: 40     Fields:    Translation:HumansCTClinical Trials
    45. Merritt MM, Sollers JJ, Evans MK, Zonderman AB, Thayer JF. Relationships among spectral measures of baroreflex sensitivity and indices of cardiac vagal control. Biomed Sci Instrum. 2003; 39:193-8. PMID: 12724893.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:HumansCTClinical Trials
    46. Williams NG, Borchelt PL, Sollers JJ, Gasper PW, Thayer JF. Ambulatory monitoring of cardiovascular responses during behavioral modification of an aggressive dog. Biomed Sci Instrum. 2003; 39:214-9. PMID: 12724897.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Animals
    47. Brandon DT, Whitfield KE, Sollers JJ, Wiggins SA, West SG, Vogler GP, McClearn GE, Thayer JF. Genetic and environmental influences on blood pressure and pulse pressure among adult African Americans. Ethn Dis. 2003; 13(2):193-9. PMID: 12785415.
      Citations: 2     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    48. Sollers JJ, Sanford TA, Nabors-Oberg R, Anderson CA, Thayer JF. Examining changes in HRV in response to varying ambient temperature. IEEE Eng Med Biol Mag. 2002 Jul-Aug; 21(4):30-4. PMID: 12222114.
      Citations: 14     Fields:    Translation:HumansCTClinical Trials
    49. Thayer JF, Sollers JJ, Ruiz-Padial E, Vila J. Estimating respiratory frequency from autoregressive spectral analysis of heart period. IEEE Eng Med Biol Mag. 2002 Jul-Aug; 21(4):41-5. PMID: 12222116.
      Citations: 29     Fields:    Translation:HumansCTClinical Trials
    50. Nabors-Oberg RE, Niaura RS, Sollers JJ, Thayer JF. The effects of controlled smoking on heart period variability. IEEE Eng Med Biol Mag. 2002 Jul-Aug; 21(4):65-70. PMID: 12222119.
      Citations: 2     Fields:    Translation:HumansCTClinical Trials
    51. Sollers JJ, Ahern GL, Merritt MM, Thayer JF. Time frequency analysis of the cardiovascular response during the intracarotid amobarbital test. Biomed Sci Instrum. 2002; 38:267-71. PMID: 12085614.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:HumansCTClinical Trials
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