Florin Dolcos

Professor, Psychology
Research: Emotion-Cognition Interactions, Emotional Memory, Emotional Distraction, Emotion Regulation, Social Cognition, Affective Disorders, Resilience Training, and Multimodal Brain Imaging

Additional Campus Affiliations

Professor, Psychology
Professor, Biomedical and Translational Sciences
Professor, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
Affiliate, Social & Behavioral Science Institute

Recent Publications

Cabrera, R. P. C., Aguilar, P. T., Ozturk, O. K., Khan, N., Dolcos, F., & Torrico, D. D. (2026). Effects of Sodium Reduction on the Physicochemical Characteristics of Pretzel Bites. Journal of food science, 91(5), Article e71077. https://doi.org/10.1111/1750-3841.71077

Faibishenko, J. S., Bogdan, P. C., Dolcos, S., & Dolcos, F. (2026). Bridging space and time in relational memory: enhanced integration of spatiotemporal contextual associations by emotion. Cognition and Emotion. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2026.2674930

Rios Tovar, D., Ozturk, O. K., Khan, N., Dolcos, F., & Torrico, D. D. (2026). Sugar reductions on the sensory characteristics, quality, and emotional profile of pound cakes. International Journal of Food Science and Technology, 61(2), Article vvag138. https://doi.org/10.1093/ijfood/vvag138

Bogdan, P. C., Dolcos, S., Federmeier, K. D., Lleras, A., Schwarb, H., & Dolcos, F. (2025). Emotional dissociations in temporal associations: opposing effects of arousal on memory for details surrounding unpleasant events. Cognition and Emotion, 39(1), 82-96. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2023.2270196

Dolcos, F., Denkova, E., Iordan, A. D., Shafer, A. T., Fernández, G., & Dolcos, S. (2025). Dissociating and linking divergent effects of emotion on cognition: insights from current research and emerging directions. Frontiers in Psychology, 16, Article 1483373. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1483373

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