Gilly Koritzky, Ph.D.

(Papers with students are marked with *).

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​​​​Peer-reviewed Journal Articles

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* Ganz, A., Yamaguchi, C., Parekh, B., Koritzky, G. & Berger. S. (2021). Military culture and its impact on mental health and stigma. Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship.

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* Gruebnau, K., Berger, S., Parekh, B., & Koritzky, G. (2021). Polyamory: A Study of Love Multiplied. Journal of Addiction and Psychology. 4(2).

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* Christian, A., Parekh, B., & Koritzky, G. (2020). Bias and discrimination against men with overweight in the military. Health Psychology Open.   View & Download

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​ * Johnson, T.S., Ganz, A., Berger, S., Ganguly, A., & Koritzky, G. (2018). Service Members Prefer a Psychotherapist who is a Veteran. Frontiers in Psychology, 9, 1068.    View & Download

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Koritzky, G., Rice, C., Dieterle, C., & Bechara, A. (2015). The Biggest Loser Thinks Long-Term: Recency as a Predictor of Success in Weight Management. Frontiers in Psychology, 6, 1864.   Download

 

Koritzky, G., Dieterle, C., Rice, C., Jordan, K. & Bechara, A. (2014). Decision-making, sensitivity to reward, and attrition in weight-management. Obesity, 22, 1904–1909.                 Download

                Reprinted in Virtual Issue: Obesity and the Brain, Obesity, September 2015

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Brevers, D., Koritzky, G., Noël, X., & Bechara, A. (2014).  Cognitive processes underlying impaired decision-making under uncertainty in gambling disorder. Addictive Behaviors, 39, 1533–1536. 

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Koritzky, G., He, Q., Xue, G., Wong, S., Xiao, L., & Bechara, A. (2013). Processing of time within the prefrontal cortex: recent time engages posterior areas whereas distant time engages anterior areas. Neuroimage, 72, 280-286.

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Xiao, L., Koritzky, G. Johnson, C.A., & Bechara, A. (2013). The Cognitive processes underlying affective decision-making predicting adolescent smoking behaviors in a longitudinal study. Frontiers in Psychology, 4, 685.

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Koritzky, G., Yechiam, E., Bukay, I., & Milman, U. (2012). Obesity and risk taking: A male phenomenon. Appetite, 59, 289–297.   Download

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Koritzky, G. & Yechiam, E. (2011). On the value of non-removable reminders for behavioral modification: An Application to nail-biting (Onychophagia). Behavior Modification, 35, 511-530.

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Koritzky, G. & Yechiam, E. (2010). On the robustness of decision tasks to social desirability. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 23, 83-99. 

 

Books & Chapters

* Pozzi, A., Hedges, L. E., Koritzky, G., MacMillin, M. (2020). Separation-Individuation Difficulties as Risk Factor for Suicide. International Psychotherapy. (view here)

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​Koritzky, G., Luria, A. & Yechiam, E. (2011).  A model of the initial stages of drug abuse: From reinforcement learning to social contagion. in: Ebstein, R.P. & Chew S.H. (Eds). From DNA to Social Cognition. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 185–201.

 

Conference Presentations (presentations by students marked with *)

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* Homelessness and Race as Predictors of Stigma against Men with Serious Mental Illness. American Psychological Association (APA) annual convention. Virtual conference. August 2021.

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* The Wisconsin Card Sorting Test and Daily Living Skills following Acquired Brain Injury. American Psychological Association (APA) annual convention. Virtual conference. August 2021.

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* Fulfilled, But Not Full: A Qualitative Investigation of Infertility in Mexican-American Women. American Psychological Association (APA) annual convention. Virtual conference. August 2021.

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* Protective Factors Against Cognitive Decline in Parkinson’s Disease.  Association of Psychological Science (APS) 33rd Annual Convention. Virtual conference, USA. May 2021.

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* Homelessness and Race as Predictors of Stigma against Men with Serious Mental Illness. Western Psychological Association (WPA) 101st annual conference. Virtual conference. April 2021.

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* The Wisconsin Card Sorting Test and Daily Living Skills following Acquired Brain Injury. Western Psychological Association (WPA) 101st annual conference. Virtual conference. April 2021.

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* Fulfilled, But Not Full: A Qualitative Investigation of Infertility in Mexican-American Women. Western Psychological Association (WPA) 101st annual conference. Virtual conference. April 2021.

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* Early Separation-Individuation Difficulties as Risk Factor for Suicidality. Western Psychological Association (WPA) 100th annual convention. San Francisco, CA, USA. October 2020.

 

* The Dark Triad in a Sample of College Women. Western Psychological Association (WPA) 100th annual convention. San Francisco, CA, USA. October 2020.

 

* Social-Media Use and Self-Perceived Social Connectedness Among Deployed Service Members.  American Psychological Association (APA) annual convention, Washington, DC, USA. August 2020.

 

* Early Separation-Individuation Difficulties as Risk Factor for Suicidality. American Psychological Association (APA) annual convention, Washington, DC, USA. August 2020.

 

* Social-Media Use and Self-Perceived Social Connectedness Among Deployed Service Members. Association of Psychological Science (APS) 32nd Annual Convention. Chicago, IL, USA. May 2020.

 

*Overlooked: Predictors of Weight Loss in a Behavioral Intervention for Men with Obesity. Obesity Week - Annual Meeting of the Obesity Society, Las Vegas, NV, USA. November 2019.

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* Social-Media Use and Self-Perceived Social Connectedness Among Deployed Service Members. Orange County Psychological Association (OCPA) annual convention. Irvine, CA, USA. August 2019.

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* Early Relationships in Suicidal Patients: A Study from the Perspective of their Psychotherapists. Orange County Psychological Association (OCPA) annual convention. Irvine, CA, USA. August 2019.

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* The Wisconsin Card Sorting Test and Daily Living Skills following Acquired Brain Injury. Orange County Psychological Association (OCPA) annual convention. Irvine, CA, USA. August 2019.

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* Smart Technology Doesn't Seem to Improve Learning of Everyday Skills in Young Adults with Autism. American Psychological Association (APA) annual convention, Chicago, IL, USA. August 2019.

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* Is Mental Health Stigma Among Active Duty Military a Cultural Problem? American Psychological Association (APA) annual convention, Chicago, IL, USA. August 2019.

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* Polyamory: A Study of Love Multiplied. American Psychological Association (APA) annual convention, Chicago, IL, USA. August 2019.

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* The Undeserved Consequences of Weight Bias in the US Military. Regional Symposium of the Society for Military Psychology (APA Division 19), Research Triangle Park, NC, USA. April 2019.

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* Obesity and Weight Loss in Male Veterans. California Psychological Association (CPA) annual convention. Long Beach, CA, USA. April 2019.

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* Is Mental Health Stigma Among Active Duty Military a Cultural Problem? California Psychological Association (CPA) annual convention. Long Beach, CA, USA. April 2019.

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* Smart Technology Doesn't Seem to Improve Learning of Everyday Skills in Young Adults with Autism. California Psychological Association (CPA) annual convention. Long Beach, CA, USA. April 2019.

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* Smart Technology Doesn't Seem to Improve Learning of Everyday Skills in Young Adults with Autism. Western Psychological Association (WPA) 99th annual convention. Pasadena, CA, USA. April 2019.

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* The Undeserved Consequences of Weight Bias in the US Military. Obesity Week - Annual Meeting of the Obesity Society, Nashville, TN, USA. November 2018.

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* Service Members Prefer a Psychotherapist who is a Veteran. Association of Psychological Science (APS) 30th Annual Convention. San Francisco, CA, USA. May 2018.

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*Acculturation as a predictor for emotional intelligence and expressivity in Armenian Americans. Association of Psychological Science (APS) 30th Annual Convention. San Francisco, CA, USA. May 2018.

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* Service Members Prefer a Psychotherapist who is a Veteran. California Psychological Association (CPA) convention. San Diego, CA, USA. April 2018.

 

*Acculturation as a predictor for emotional intelligence and expressivity in Armenian Americans. California Psychological Association (CPA) convention. San Diego, CA, USA. April 2018.

 

* Veterans Prefer a Psychotherapist who is a Veteran. Orange County Psychological Association (OCPA) convention. Orange, CA, USA. October 2017.

 

 *Acculturation as a predictor for emotional intelligence and expressivity in Armenian Americans. (OCPA) convention. Orange, CA, USA. October 2017.

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The biggest loser thinks long-term: Recency as a predictor of success in weight management. Obesity Week - Annual Meeting of the Obesity Society, Los Angeles, CA, USA. November 2015.

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The biggest loser thinks long-term: Recency as a predictor of success in weight management. The 53rd Edwards Bayesian Conference, Fullerton, CA, USA, March 2015.

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Obese men and women differ in brain activation patterns related to decision-making. Obesity Week - Annual Meeting of the Obesity Society, Boston, MA, USA. November 2014.

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Decision-making, sensitivity to reward, and attrition in weight-management. 4th Annual Interdisciplinary Symposium on Decision Neuroscience (ISDN), Stanford, CA, USA. June 2014.

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Predicting success in weight-management based on decision-making style: The role of recency. Obesity Week - Annual Meeting of the Obesity Society, Atlanta, GA, USA. November 2013.

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Predicting success in weight-management based on decision-making style: The role of recency. SPUDM 24 (Subjective Probability, Utility and Decision Making), Barcelona, Spain. August 2013.

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The role of prefrontal-brain activation location in decision-making: making decisions based on recent information. SPUDM 24 (Subjective Probability, Utility and Decision Making), Barcelona, Spain. August 2013.

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The neural pathways responsible for loss of self-control when facing tempting foods. The 19th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping, Seattle, WA, USA, June 2013.

 

The role of prefrontal-brain activation location in decision-making: making decisions based on recent information. The 51st Edwards Bayesian Conference, Fullerton, CA, USA, February 2013.

 

The role of prefrontal-brain activation location in decision-making: making decisions based on recent information. The 33rd Annual Conference of the Society for Judgment and Decision Making, Minneapolis, MN, USA, November 2012.

 

Pursuing gain or avoiding loss? Underlying characteristics of addictive behavior – the case of adolescent smoking. The 32nd Annual Conference of the Society for Judgment and Decision Making, Seattle, WA, USA, November 2011.

 

Chronic stress predicts poor decision-making performance on the Iowa Gambling Task. The 32nd Annual Conference of the Society for Judgment and Decision Making, Seattle, WA, USA, November 2011.

 

Obesity in men and in women: not the same story? Evidence from studies of decision-making and impulsivity. SPUDM 23 (Subjective Probability, Utility and Decision Making), Kingston upon Thames, UK, August 2011.

 

Obesity in men and in women: not the same story? Evidence from studies of decision-making and impulsivity. International Conference on Behavioral Decision Making, Herzliya, Israel, May 2011.

 

Obesity in men and in women: not the same story? Evidence from decision-making studies. The 31st Annual Conference of the Society for Judgment and Decision Making, St. Louis, MO, USA, November 2010.

 

On the robustness of description- and experience-based decision tasks to social desirability. SPUDM 22 (Subjective Probability, Utility and Decision Making), Rovereto, Italy, August 2009.

 

The role of individual differences in decision making in the prediction of recovery from nail biting. Workshop on Learning, Reward-Seeking Behavior and Addiction. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, June 2009.

 

On the robustness of description- and experience-based decision tasks to social desirability. The 2009 Asia Pacific meeting of the Economic Science Association. Haifa, Isreal, March 2009.

 

Assessing risk in situations with high social desirability: comparing the sensitivity of personality tests and decision tasks. The 13th meeting of the Israeli society for Biological Psychiatry. HaGoshrim, Israel, March 2009.

 

On the potential of using experience-based tasks for studying individual differences. Workshop on Unraveling Decisions from Experience, University College of London. UK, January 2008

 

On the robustness of decision tasks to response distortion. The 8th Meeting of the Advisory Council of the Max Wertheimer Minerva Center for Cognitive Processes and Human Performance. The Technion, Israel, February 2008.

 

Inequity aversion: A social utility or a reasonable strategy? Affect, Motivation, and Decision Making Conference, Ein Boqeq, Israel. December 2006.

 

Columns / Op Eds

Latham, J. & Koritzky, G. (2021). Why We should Read What We Cite (Because It Matters). Heterodox Academy Blog, May 12th, 2021. https://heterodoxacademy.org/blog/why-we-should-read-what-we-cite-because-it-matters/

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Media coverage

“The Question” – Readers’ questions answered by experts in various fields; in the Russian language. October, 2015.   http://thequestion.ru/questions/46836/zachem-ya-gryzu-nogti-i-kak-mne-otuchit-sebya-ot-etogo#/follow/fb