University of Pittsburgh

Sayette, Michael

Sayette, Michael

Professor, Department of Psychology
PhD, Rutgers-The State University
Biological and Health Program, Clinical Program, Clinical/Health Program

Contact

4303 Sennott Square
412-624-8799
Fax: 412-624-5407
sayette@pitt.edu

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Research Interests: Psychological theories of alcohol use and abuse, cigarette smoking, drug craving, cognitive, affective, and social processes in addiction, alcohol and stress.

Accepting Graduate Students: No

Selected Publications

  • Sayette, M.A., Schooler, J.W., & Reichle, E.D. (in press). Out for a smoke: The impact of cigarette craving on zoning-out during reading. Psychological Science.
  • Sayette, M.A., Reichle, E.D., & Schooler, J.W. (2009). Lost in the sauce: The effects of alcohol on mind-wandering. Psychological Science, 20, 747-752.
  • Wilson, S. J., Sayette, M.A., Delgado, M.R., & Fiez, J.A. (2008). Effect of smoking opportunity on responses to monetary gain and loss in the caudate nucleus. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 117, 428-434. (Abstract-pdf)
  • Griffin, K.M. & Sayette, M.A. (2008). Facial reactions to smoking cues relate to ambivalence about smoking. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 22, 551-556.
  • Sayette, M.A., Loewenstein, G., Griffin, K.M., & Black, J. (2008). Exploring the Cold-to-Hot Empathy Gap in Smokers. Psychological Science, 19, 926-932. (Abstract-html)
  • Kirchner, T.R., Sayette, M.A., Cohn, J.F., Moreland, R.L., & Levine, J.M. (2006). Effects of alcohol on group formation among male social drinkers. Journal of Studies in Alcohol,67, 785-793
  • Wilson, S.J., Sayette, M.A. & Fiez, J.A. (2004). Prefrontal responses to drug cues: A Neurocognitive analysis. Nature Neuroscience, 7, 211-214.
  • Sayette, M.A., Martin, C.S., Hull, J.G., Wertz, J.M, & Perrott, M.A. (2003). The effects of nicotine deprivation on craving response covariation in smokers. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 112, 110-118.
  • Sayette, M.A., Shiffman, S., Tiffany, S.T., Niaura, R.S., Martin, C.S., & Shadel, W.G. (2000). The measurement of drug craving. Addiction, 95, S189-S210.
  • Sayette, M.A. (1993). An appraisal-disruption model of alcohol's effects on stress responses in social drinkers. Psychological Bulletin, 114, 459-476.

Honors and Awards

  • Fellow: American Psychological Association
  • Fellow: Association for Psychological Science
  • Distinguished Lecturer, German-American Academic Council (1999)

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Graduate Student Advisees

  • Fairbairn, Catharine
  • Griffin, Kasey
  • Sayers, W. Michael
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