Jennifer A. Bartz
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Professor Bartz is interested in the factors—both individual difference and situational—that facilitate or hinder the prosocial, communal behaviors that are vital to developing and maintaining close relationships. Her research is grounded in empirical social psychology, but she draws upon methods from neuroscience and psychopharmacology to better understand the neurobiological mechanisms underlying prosocial behavior. Although primarily aimed at answering basic scientific questions, her research also is designed to advance our understanding of and treatment of psychiatric disorders involving prominent social impairments (e.g., autism spectrum disorders, and borderline personality disorder).
Primary Interests:
- Close Relationships
- Helping, Prosocial Behavior
- Interpersonal Processes
- Neuroscience, Psychophysiology
- Personality, Individual Differences
- Social Cognition
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Journal Articles:
- Bartz, J. A. (2016). Oxytocin and the pharmacological dissection of affiliation. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 25, 104-110.
- Bartz, J. A. (2011). Serotonin and the neurochemistry of intimacy. Biological Psychiatry, 69, 716-717.
- Bartz, J. A., & Hollander, E. (2006). The neuroscience of affiliation: Forging links between basic and clinical research on neuropeptides and social behavior. Hormones and Behavior, 50, 518-528.
- Bartz, J. A., Kaplan, A., & Hollander, E. (2007). Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder. Chapter in W. O’Donohue and S. Lilienfeld (Eds.), Personality Disorders: Toward the DSM-V. Sage Publications.
- Bartz, J. A., & Lydon, J. E. (2008). Relationship-specific attachment, risk regulation, and communal norm adherence in close relationships. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 44, 655-663.
- Bartz, J. A., & Lydon, J. E. (2006). Navigating the interdependence dilemma: Attachment goals and the use of communal norms with potential close others. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 91, 77-96.
- Bartz, J. A., & Lydon, J. E. (2004). Close relationships and the working self-concept: Implicit and explicit effects of priming attachment on agency and communion. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 30, 1389-1401.
- Bartz, J. A., Tchalova, K., Fenerci, C. (2016). Reminders of social connection can attenuate anthropomorphism: A replication and extension of Epley, Akalis, Waytz, and Cacioppo (2008). Psychological Science, 27, 1644-1650.
- Bartz, J. A., Zaki, J., Bolger, N., Hollander, E., Ludwig, N. N., Kolevzon, A., & Ochsner, K. N. (2010). Oxytocin selectively improves empathic accuracy. Psychological Science, 21, 1426-1428.
- Bartz, J. A., Zaki, J., Bolger, N., & Ochsner, K. N. (2011). Social effects of oxytocin in humans: Context and person matter. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 15, 301-309.
- Bartz, J. A., Zaki, J., Ochsner, K. N., Bolger, N., Kolevzon, A., Ludwig, N., & Lydon, J. E. (2010). Effects of oxytocin on recollections of maternal care and closeness. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 107, 21371-21375.
- Bartz, J., Simeon, D., Hamilton, H., Kim, S. Crystal, S., Braun, A., Vincens, V., & Hollander, E. Oxytocin can hinder trust and cooperation in borderline personality disorder. (2010). Social Cognitive & Affective Neuroscience.
- Gregory, A. J. P., Dirks, M., Nitschke, J. P., Wong, J., Human, L. J. Bartz, J. A. (2023). Association between depression symptoms and emotion-communication dynamics. Clinical Psychological Science, 12(5), 807-822.
- Hollander, E., Bartz, J., Chaplin, W., Phillips, A., Sumner, J., Soorya, L., Anagnostou, E., & Wasserman, S. (2007). Oxytocin increases retention of social cognition in autism. Biological Psychiatry, 61, 498-503.
- Simeon, D., Bartz, J. A., Hamilton, H., Crystal, S., Braun, A., Vincens, V., & Hollander, E. (2011). Oxytocin administration attenuates stress reactivity in borderline personality disorder: A pilot study. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 36(9), 1418-1421.
Other Publications:
- Bartz, J. A., & Hollander, E. (2008). Oxytocin and experimental therapeutics in autism spectrum disorders. In R. Landgraf and I. Neumann (Eds.), Advances in vasopressin and oxytocin—From genes to behavior. Progress in Brain Research Book Series. Elsevier.
- Bartz, J. A., & McInnes, A. (2007). CD38 regulates oxytocin secretion and complex social behavior. BioEssays, 29, 837-841.
- Bartz, J. A., & Young, L. J. (2010). Oxytocin, social cognition, and autism. In E. Hollander, A. Kolevzon, & J. Coyle (Eds.) The Textbook of Autism Spectrum Disorders. American Psychiatric Publishing Inc.
- Bartz, J., Young, L., Hollander, E., Buxbaum, J., & Ring, R. (2008). Preclinical animal models of autism spectrum disorders (ASD). In R. A. McArthur and F. Borsini (Eds.), Animal and translational models of behavioral disorders (Vol. 1). Elsevier Inc.
Jennifer A. Bartz
Department of Psychology
McGill University
1205 Docteur Penfield Avenue
Montreal, Quebec H3A 1B1
Canada
- Phone: (514) 398-7626