Publications

Recent Publications

  • Verlinden JJ, Moloney ME, Vsevolozhskaya OA, Whitehurst LN, Weafer J. Indirect Effects of Perceived Stress and Depression on the Relationship Between Insomnia Symptoms and Hazardous Drinking. (2025). Alcohol. doi.org/10.1016/j.alcohol.2025.01.001
  • Whitehurst LN, Morehouse A, Mednick SC. Can stimulant use make you smarter, even though they steal your sleep? (2024). Trends in Cognitive Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2024.04.007
  • Gilmore GR, Smith A, Dickinson FB, Crosswell A, Gordon A, Mendes WB, Whitehurst LN. Sleep/wake regularity influences how stress shapes executive function. (2024). Frontiers in Sleep. doi.org/10.3389/frsle.2024.1359723.
  • Crosswell AD, Mayer S, Whitehurst LN, Picard M, Zebarjadian, S, & Epel ES. (2023). Deep rest: An integrative model of how contemplative practices enhance the body’s restorative capacity. Psychological Review. https://doi.org/10.1037/rev0000453
  • Whitehurst LN, Subramoniam, A., Krystal A, Prather AK. (2022). Links between the brain and body during sleep: implications for memory processing. Trends in Neurosciences. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tins.2021.12.007
  • Verlinden JJ, Moloney ME, Whitehurst LN, Weafer J. (2022). Sex Differences in the Association Between Poor Sleep Quality and Alcohol-Related Problems Among Heavy Drinkers with Insomnia. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 193. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2022.875168.

In Progress

  • Collins M, Shumake A, Whitehurst LN. The Black feminist life of rest: A conversation on labor, reproduction, and wellness. 
  • Davenport M, Silva-Jones JR, Woolfolk Z, Calloway A, & Whitehurst LN. The role of labor exploitation in creating and maintaining racial sleep disparities for Black Americans in the United States: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
  • Gilmore GR, Crosswell A, Mendes WB, & Whitehurst LN. Stress regularity moderates the influences of blood pressure on cognitive flexibility.
  • Silva-Jones JR, Smith A, Crosswell A, Gordon A, Mendes WB, Whitehurst LN. Contextualizing cognition: Socio-environmental factors shape how momentary stress predicts memory.
  • Subramoniam A, Chen, PC, Mednick SC, Whitehurst LN. Sleep autonomic activity influences affective biases across age.
  • Whitehurst LN, Silva Jones JR, Krystal AP, Mendes WB, Prather AP. The effect of racialization on sleep quality, NREM sleep dynamics, and the consequences for memory processing.