Rebecca Silton
Associate Professor, Neuroscience
Education
Doctorate: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Bachelors: Macalester College
Research Interests
The WELL lab program of research is guided by a salutogenesis framework that guides our research focused on optimizing affective and cognitive function to cultivate positive emotion wellbeing outcomes across the lifespan. We support open and transparent science practices and we take a multi-method approach to addressing research questions. Current projects in our lab are focused on understanding embodied positive emotions, in conjunction with projects that help us understand the role of positive emotions in bolstering resilience, restoration, and revitalization
For additional information about our Well-being and Emotion Lab at Loyola (WELL LAB) please visit our webpage: www.siltonlab.org
Courses Taught
PSYC 100 Psychological Perspectives of Globalization
PSYC 331 Abnormal Psychology
PSYC 332 Affective Neuroscience
PSYC 390 Internship in Psychology
PSYC 446 Psychopathology and Problems in Living
PSYC 552 Neuropsychology
PSYC 553 Neuropsychological Assessment
Publications/Research Listings
Researchgate: Rebecca Silton
Google Scholar: Rebecca Silton Google Scholar
PubMed: Rebecca Silton PubMed
Conley, C. S., Gonzales, C. H., Huguenel, B. M.,
Rauch, A. A., Kahrilas, I. J., Duffecy, J., & Silton, R. L. (in press). Enhancing Engagement, Practice Integration, and Skill Learning in Mobile Technology–Delivered Interventions Using Human Support: Randomized Controlled Trial with Depressed College Students. JMIR Formative Research.
Rauch, A.A., Soble, J.R. & Silton, R.L. (2025). Anxiety symptoms are distinctly related to working memory deficits in adults with ADHD. Applied Neuropsychology: Adult, 1 – 13. https://doi.org/10.1080/23279095.2024.2449170
Conley, C. S., Gonzales, C. H., Huguenel, B. M., Rauch, A, C., Kahrilas, I. J., Duffecy, J., & Silton, R. (2025). Benefits of a technology-delivered mindfulness intervention for psychological distress and positive wellbeing in depressed college students: Post-intervention and follow-up effects from an RCT. Mindfulness.
Schiller, D., Alessandra, N. C., Alia-Klein, N., Becker, S., Cromwell, H. C., Dolcos, F., Eslinger, P.J., Frewn, P., Kemp, A.H., Pace-Schott, E.F., Raber, J. Silton, R. L... & Lowe, L. (2024). The human affectome. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 158, 105450.
Snyder, H.R., Silton, R.L., Hankin, B.L., Smolker, H.R., Kaiser, R.H., Miller, G.A., Banich, M.T., & Heller, W. (2022). The dimensional structure of internalizing psychopathology: Relation to diagnostic categories. Clinical Psychological Science, 21677026221119483.
Egbert, A.H., Stockdale, L.A., Nicholson, L.M, Sroka, A., Szpak, V., Morrison, R.G., Silton, R.L., & Bohnert, A. (2022). Delicious and difficult to resist?: Inhibitory control differs after exposure to food and non-food commercials. Appetite, 173, 105993.
Kmiecik, M. J., Tu, F. F., Silton, R. L., Dillane, K. E., Roth, G. E., Harte, S. E., & Hellman, K. M. (2022). Cortical mechanisms of visual hypersensitivity in women at risk for chronic pelvic pain. Pain, 163(6), 1035–1048.
Robinson, D.T., Josefson, J., Balmert, L., Van Horn, L. & Silton, R.L. (2021). Early growth and cognitive development in children born preterm: relevance of maternal body mass index. American Journal of Perinatology, 29, 1555 - 1562.
Alexander, R., Aragon, O.R., Bookwala, J., Cherbuin, N., Gatt, J.M. Kahrilas, I.J., Kästner, N., Lawrence, A., Lowe, L., Morrison, R.G., Mueller, S.C., Nusslock, R., Papadelis, C., Polnaszek, K.L., Richter, S.H., Silton, R.L., & Styliadis, C. (2021). The neuroscience of positive emotions and affect: Implications for cultivating happiness and wellbeing. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 121, 220 - 249.
Rainey, V.R., Stockdale, L., Flores-Lamb, V., Kahrilas, I.J., Mullins,T., Gjorgieva, E., Morrison, R.G. & Silton, R.L. (2021). Neural differences in the temporal cascade of reactive and proactive control for bilinguals and monolinguals. Psychophysiology, 58, e13813.
Rodenstein, M.S., Bianco, M.E., Ramchal, M., Murias, M., Silton, R.L., & Josefson, J. (2021). Long-term follow up of children with in utero exposure to sulfonylureas. Obesity Science and Practice.
Villanueva, C. M., Silton, R. L., Heller, W., Barch, D. M., & Gruber, J. (in press). Change is on the horizon: Call to action for the study of positive emotion and reward in psychopathology. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 39, 34 - 40.
Banich, M. T., Smith, L. L., Smolker, H. R., Hankin, B. L., Silton, R. L., Heller, W., & Snyder, H. R. (2020). Common and specific dimensions of internalizing disorders are characterized by unique patterns of brain activity on a task of emotional cognitive control. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 151, 80 - 93.
Egbert, A.H., Nicholson, L., Sroka, A., Silton, R.L. & Bohnert, A. (2020). Binge eating, but not dietary restraint, moderates the association between unhealthy food marketing exposure and sugary food consumption. Eating Behaviors, 38, 101401.
Kahrilas, I.J., Smith, J., Silton, R.L., & Bryant, F.B. (2020). Savoring the moment: A link between affectivity and depression. International Journal of Wellbeing, 10.
Letkiewicz, A.M., Silton, R.L., Mimnaugh, K.H., Miller, G.A., Heller, W., & Sass, S.M. (2020) Childhood abuse history and altered attention to emotional stimuli in adults. Psychophysiology, 57, e13627.
Silton, R. L., Kahrilas, I. J., Skymba, H. V., Smith, J., Bryant, F. B., & Heller, W. (2020). Regulating positive emotions: Implications for promoting well-being in individuals with depression. Emotion, 20, 93–97.
Stockdale, L. A., Morrison, R. G., & Silton, R. L. (2020). The influence of stimulus valence on perceptual processing of facial expressions and subsequent response inhibition. Psychophysiology, e13467.