Samuel Fernandez Carriba PhD

Department of Pediatrics
Adjunct Assistant Professor

(404) 727-8350
samuel.fernandez-carriba@emory.edu

Overview

Samuel Fernandez-Carriba, Ph.D., is Senior Psychologist at the Marcus Autism Center, Childrens Healthcare of Atlanta, and Assistant Professor at the Emory School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics. He obtained his PhD in Clinical and Health Psychology from Universidad Autnoma de Madrid, Spain. Two years of his doctoral training took place at the Emory National Primate Research Center National Research Primate Center (Emory), where he approached the study of human emotions through an examination of biological determinants and evolutionary history as observed in the chimpanzee. After his return to Emory, he completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Emory Autism Center (Emory School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry). At the Marcus Center, he conducts diagnostic evaluations on children and teenagers with ASD and related disorders, as well as research on two related topics: (1) social disparities in ASD and cultural competence in healthcare providers, and (2) the impact of caregivers and professionals' well-being on intervention outcomes for children with ASD. He obtained his CBCT (Cognitively Based Compassion Training) Instructor Certificate, level 1, at Emory University in 2013, and level 2 in 2018.

Academic Appointment

Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine

Education

Degrees

PhD from Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
BA from Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
M.S from Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

Research

Focus

My range of interests goes from evolutionary origins and underlying biological mechanisms of emotions, to their function and development in typical human beings and those with mental disorders. Professionally, I would like to apply my skills to the service of a multi-cultural community where I can help others to implement behaviors that will ultimately lead to healthy and adaptive life styles, while having the opportunity to study further the bases for affective dysregulation in clinical disorders such as autism.

Publications

Structural, Institutional, and Interpersonal Racism: Calling for Equity in Autism Research and Practice.
J Racial Ethn Health Disparities
01/16/2025 Authors: Singh JS; Brasher S; Sarrett J; Barger B; Guerra K; Dilly LJ; Rubin IL; Stapel-Wax JL; Benevides T; Fernandez-Carriba S
Exponentiated model of drug demand is preferred over exponential models in people with daily/near daily cannabis use.
Exp Clin Psychopharmacol Volume: 31 Page(s): 1010 - 1016
12/01/2023 Authors: Tolbert PT; Ramirez MP; Strickland JC; Lile JA; Stoops WW; Stamper BJ; Sumner CB; Wesley MJ
Heightened motor impairment as a protective factor against heavy drinking in individuals with high alcohol-induced disinhibition.
Alcohol Clin Exp Res (Hoboken) Volume: 47 Page(s): 414 - 424
02/01/2023 Authors: Allen HC; Weafer J; Wesley MJ; Fillmore MT
Sensitivity to the disinhibiting effect of alcohol: The role of trait impulsivity and sex differences.
Psychol Addict Behav Volume: 36 Page(s): 1048 - 1058
12/01/2022 Authors: Allen HC; Wesley MJ; Weafer J; Fillmore MT
Influence of pregabalin maintenance on cannabis effects and related behaviors in daily cannabis users.
Exp Clin Psychopharmacol Volume: 30 Page(s): 560 - 574
10/01/2022 Authors: Lile JA; Alcorn JL; Hays LR; Kelly TH; Stoops WW; Wesley MJ; Westgate PM
Exploratory examination of the effects of d-amphetamine on active-state functional connectivity: Influence of impulsivity and sensation-seeking status.
Exp Clin Psychopharmacol Volume: 30 Page(s): 194 - 208
04/01/2022 Authors: Smith AP; Kelly TH; Lile JA; Martin CA; Ramirez MP; Wesley MJ
Predicting their past: Machine language learning can discriminate the brains of chimpanzees with different early-life social rearing experiences.
Dev Sci Volume: 24 Page(s): e13114
11/01/2021 Authors: Bennett AJ; Pierre PJ; Wesley MJ; Latzman R; Schapiro SJ; Mareno MC; Bradley BJ; Sherwood CC; Mullholland MM; Hopkins WD
Feasibility of a Brief Online Mindfulness and Compassion-Based Intervention to Promote Mental Health Among University Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Mindfulness (N Y) Volume: 12 Page(s): 1685 - 1695
01/01/2021 Authors: Gonzlez-Garca M; lvarez JC; Prez EZ; Fernandez-Carriba S; Lpez JG
Acute rewarding and disinhibiting effects of alcohol as indicators of drinking habits.
Psychopharmacology (Berl) Volume: 238 Page(s): 181 - 191
01/01/2021 Authors: Allen HC; Weafer J; Wesley MJ; Fillmore MT
Transcranial electrical and magnetic stimulation (tES and TMS) for addiction medicine: A consensus paper on the present state of the science and the road ahead.
Neurosci Biobehav Rev Volume: 104 Page(s): 118 - 140
09/01/2019 Authors: Ekhtiari H; Tavakoli H; Addolorato G; Baeken C; Bonci A; Campanella S; Castelo-Branco L; Challet-Bouju G; Clark VP; Claus E
Effects of multisensory stop signals on alcohol-induced disinhibition in adults with ADHD.
Exp Clin Psychopharmacol Volume: 27 Page(s): 247 - 256
06/01/2019 Authors: D'Agostino AR; Wesley MJ; Brown J; Fillmore MT
Influence of tiagabine maintenance on cannabis effects and related behaviors in daily cannabis users.
Exp Clin Psychopharmacol Volume: 26 Page(s): 310 - 319
06/01/2018 Authors: Wesley MJ; Westgate PM; Stoops WW; Kelly TH; Hays LR; Lile JA
Neurophysiological capacity in a working memory task differentiates dependent from nondependent heavy drinkers and controls.
Drug Alcohol Depend Volume: 175 Page(s): 24 - 35
06/01/2017 Authors: Wesley MJ; Lile JA; Fillmore MT; Porrino LJ
Examining the Overlap between Autism Spectrum Disorder and 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome.
Int J Mol Sci Volume: 18
05/18/2017 Authors: Ousley O; Evans AN; Fernandez-Carriba S; Smearman EL; Rockers K; Morrier MJ; Evans DW; Coleman K; Cubells J
Predicting the knowledge-recklessness distinction in the human brain.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A Volume: 114 Page(s): 3222 - 3227
03/01/2017 Authors: Vilares I; Wesley MJ; Ahn W-Y; Bonnie RJ; Hoffman M; Jones OD; Morse SJ; Yaffe G; Lohrenz T; Montague PR
Cocaine-dependent adults and recreational cocaine users are more likely than controls to choose immediate unsafe sex over delayed safer sex.
Exp Clin Psychopharmacol Volume: 24 Page(s): 297 - 304
08/01/2016 Authors: Koffarnus MN; Johnson MW; Thompson-Lake DGY; Wesley MJ; Lohrenz T; Montague PR; Bickel WK
Separate and combined effects of gabapentin and [INCREMENT]9-tetrahydrocannabinol in humans discriminating [INCREMENT]9-tetrahydrocannabinol.
Behav Pharmacol Volume: 27 Page(s): 215 - 224
04/01/2016 Authors: Lile JA; Wesley MJ; Kelly TH; Hays LR
Abnormal medial prefrontal cortex activity in heavy cannabis users during conscious emotional evaluation.
Psychopharmacology (Berl) Volume: 233 Page(s): 1035 - 1044
03/01/2016 Authors: Wesley MJ; Lile JA; Hanlon CA; Porrino LJ
The effect of hypocalcemia in early childhood on autism-related social and communication skills in patients with 22q11 deletion syndrome.
Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci Volume: 265 Page(s): 519 - 524
09/01/2015 Authors: Muldoon M; Ousley OY; Kobrynski LJ; Patel S; Oster ME; Fernandez-Carriba S; Cubells JF; Coleman K; Pearce BD
Judgments of Monkey's (Macaca mulatta) Facial Expressions by Humans: Does Housing Condition "Affect" Countenance?
Psychol Rec Volume: 65 Page(s): 203 - 207
03/01/2015 Authors: Gulledge JP; Fernndez-Carriba S; Rumbaugh DM; Washburn DA
Age-related differences in advantageous decision making are associated with distinct differences in functional community structure.
Brain Connect Volume: 4 Page(s): 193 - 202
04/01/2014 Authors: Moussa MN; Wesley MJ; Porrino LJ; Hayasaka S; Bechara A; Burdette JH; Laurienti PJ
Remember the future II: meta-analyses and functional overlap of working memory and delay discounting.
Biol Psychiatry Volume: 75 Page(s): 435 - 448
03/15/2014 Authors: Wesley MJ; Bickel WK
Axis I psychiatric diagnoses in adolescents and young adults with 22q11 deletion syndrome.
Eur Psychiatry Volume: 28 Page(s): 417 - 422
09/01/2013 Authors: Ousley OY; Smearman E; Fernandez-Carriba S; Rockers KA; Coleman K; Walker EF; Cubells JF
Elevated gray and white matter densities in cocaine abstainers compared to current users.
Psychopharmacology (Berl) Volume: 218 Page(s): 681 - 692
12/01/2011 Authors: Hanlon CA; Dufault DL; Wesley MJ; Porrino LJ
The association between frontal-striatal connectivity and sensorimotor control in cocaine users.
Drug Alcohol Depend Volume: 115 Page(s): 240 - 243
06/01/2011 Authors: Hanlon CA; Wesley MJ; Stapleton JR; Laurienti PJ; Porrino LJ
Poor decision-making by chronic marijuana users is associated with decreased functional responsiveness to negative consequences.
Psychiatry Res Volume: 191 Page(s): 51 - 59
01/30/2011 Authors: Wesley MJ; Hanlon CA; Porrino LJ
Acoustic Startle Reduction in Cocaine Dependence
Volume: 67 Page(s): 268S - 268S
05/01/2010 Authors: Corcoran S; Cuthbert B; Hollis J; Norrholm S; Fernandez-Carriba S; Sternberg M; Duncan E
Loss of laterality in chronic cocaine users: an fMRI investigation of sensorimotor control.
Psychiatry Res Volume: 181 Page(s): 15 - 23
01/30/2010 Authors: Hanlon CA; Wesley MJ; Roth AJ; Miller MD; Porrino LJ
Loss of functional specificity in the dorsal striatum of chronic cocaine users.
Drug Alcohol Depend Volume: 102 Page(s): 88 - 94
06/01/2009 Authors: Hanlon CA; Wesley MJ; Porrino LJ
Parental and perinatal factors influencing the development of handedness in captive chimpanzees.
Volume: 48 Page(s): 428 - 435
09/01/2006 Authors: Hopkins WD; Wesley MJ; Russell JL; Schapiro SJ
Asymmetries in postural control and locomotion in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes).
Am J Primatol Volume: 68 Page(s): 802 - 811
08/01/2006 Authors: Morcillo A; Fernandez-Carriba S; Loeches A
Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) are predominantly right-handed: replication in three populations of apes.
Behav Neurosci Volume: 118 Page(s): 659 - 663
06/01/2004 Authors: Hopkins WD; Wesley MJ; Izard MK; Hook M; Schapiro SJ
Alterations in ionotropic glutamate receptor subunits during binge cocaine self-administration and withdrawal in rats.
J Neurochem Volume: 89 Page(s): 1021 - 1033
05/01/2004 Authors: Tang W; Wesley M; Freeman WM; Liang B; Hemby SE
Human assessment of chimpanzee facial asymmetry.
Laterality Volume: 9 Page(s): 1 - 17
01/01/2004 Authors: Fernndez-Carriba S; Loeches A; Morcillo A; Washburn DA; Hopkins WD
Comparative assessment of handedness for a coordinated bimanual task in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes), gorillas (Gorilla gorilla) and orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus).
J Comp Psychol Volume: 117 Page(s): 302 - 308
09/01/2003 Authors: Hopkins WD; Stoinski TS; Lukas KE; Ross SR; Wesley MJ
Grip morphology and hand use in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes): evidence of a left hemisphere specialization in motor skill.
J Exp Psychol Gen Volume: 131 Page(s): 412 - 423
09/01/2002 Authors: Hopkins WD; Cantalupo C; Wesley MJ; Hostetter AB; Pilcher DL
Functional asymmetry of emotions in primates: new findings in chimpanzees.
Brain Res Bull Volume: 57 Page(s): 561 - 564
02/01/2002 Authors: Fernndez-Carriba S; Loeches A; Morcillo A; Hopkins WD
Asymmetry in facial expression of emotions by chimpanzees.
Neuropsychologia Volume: 40 Page(s): 1523 - 1533
01/01/2002 Authors: Fernndez-Carriba S; Loeches A; Morcillo A; Hopkins WD
The use of bouts and frequencies in the evaluation of hand preferences for a coordinated bimanual task in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes): an empirical study comparing two different indices of laterality.
J Comp Psychol Volume: 115 Page(s): 294 - 299
09/01/2001 Authors: Hopkins WD; Fernandez-Carriba S; Wesley MJ; Hostetter A; Pilcher D; Poss S
The effect of situational factors on hand preferences for feeding in 177 captive chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes).
Neuropsychologia Volume: 38 Page(s): 403 - 409
01/01/2000 Authors: Hopkins WD; Fernndez-Carriba S

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