Nim Tottenham

22.8k total citations · 7 hit papers
150 papers, 16.1k citations indexed

About

Nim Tottenham is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Nim Tottenham has authored 150 papers receiving a total of 16.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 80 papers in Clinical Psychology, 62 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 33 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Nim Tottenham's work include Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (68 papers), Child Abuse and Trauma (34 papers) and Stress Responses and Cortisol (31 papers). Nim Tottenham is often cited by papers focused on Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (68 papers), Child Abuse and Trauma (34 papers) and Stress Responses and Cortisol (31 papers). Nim Tottenham collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Switzerland. Nim Tottenham's co-authors include Todd A. Hare, B.J. Casey, Sarah Durston, Adriana Galván, Conor Liston, Bridget Callaghan, Bonnie Goff, Eva H. Telzer, Matthew C. Davidson and Jessica Flannery and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Nim Tottenham

144 papers receiving 15.8k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

The NimStim set of facial expressions: Judgments from untrained research participants

2009 2.7k citations Nim Tottenham, B.J. Casey et al. Psychiatry Research profile →
Imaging the developing brain: what have we learned about cognitive development?

2005 1.0k citations Nim Tottenham, Conor Liston et al. profile →
Biological Substrates of Emotional Reactivity and Regulation in Adolescence During an Emotional Go-Nogo Task

2008 723 citations Nim Tottenham, Adriana Galván et al. profile →
Early developmental emergence of human amygdala–prefrontal connectivity after maternal deprivation

2013 618 citations Laurel J. Gabard‐Durnam, Jessica Flannery et al. profile →
Prolonged institutional rearing is associated with atypically large amygdala volume and difficulties in emotion regulation

2009 605 citations Nim Tottenham, Adriana Galván et al. Developmental Science profile →
A Developmental Shift from Positive to Negative Connectivity in Human Amygdala–Prefrontal Circuitry

2013 529 citations Jessica Flannery, Bonnie Goff et al. profile →
The Stress Acceleration Hypothesis: effects of early-life adversity on emotion circuits and behavior

2015 376 citations Bridget Callaghan, Nim Tottenham profile →

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Fields of papers citing papers by Nim Tottenham

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Affective schemas: Acquisition, updating, and inference. 2025 ·Emotion ·Anna Vannucci, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Nim Tottenham	0
2	Attachment as Prediction: Insights From Cognitive and Developmental Neuroscience 2025 ·Current Directions in Psychological Science ·Nim Tottenham, Anna Vannucci	2
3	Probing the content of affective semantic memory following caregiving‐related early adversity 2024 ·Developmental Science ·Anna Vannucci, Andrea Fields, Paul Alexander Bloom, Nicolas L. Camacho, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Charlotte Heleniak, Michelle VanTieghem, Mary Dozier, Michael P. Milham, Simona Ghetti, Nim Tottenham	3
4	Preliminary examination of the effects of an early parenting intervention on amygdala-orbitofrontal cortex resting-state functional connectivity among high-risk children: A randomized clinical trial 2024 ·Development and Psychopathology ·(unknown), Emilio A. Valadez, Nim Tottenham, Mary Dozier, Jeffrey M. Spielberg	2
5	Telomere Erosion and Depressive Symptoms Across Development Following Institutional Care 2023 ·Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry ·Charlotte Heleniak, Bonnie Goff, Laurel J. Gabard‐Durnam, Eva H. Telzer, Kathryn L. Humphreys, Daniel S. Lumian, Jessica Flannery, (unknown), Mor Shapiro, Jennifer Louie, Fan Shen, Anna Vannucci, (unknown), Charles E. Glatt, Nim Tottenham	6
6	The Hidden Talents Framework 2023 ·Cambridge University Press eBooks ·Bruce J. Ellis, Laura S. Abrams, Ann S. Masten, Robert J. Sternberg, Nim Tottenham, Willem E. Frankenhuis	15
7	Associations between cortical thickness and parasympathetic nervous system functioning during middle childhood 2023 ·Psychophysiology ·(unknown), Alexandra R. Tabachnick, (unknown), Emilio A. Valadez, Nim Tottenham, Mary Dozier	1
8	Sensory processing challenges as a novel link between early caregiving experiences and mental health 2022 ·Development and Psychopathology ·Adriana S. Méndez Leal, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), João F. Guassi Moreira, (unknown), (unknown), Jill Waterman, Audra K. Langley, Nim Tottenham, Jennifer A. Silvers, Shulamite A. Green	2
9	Reliability and validity of bifactor models of dimensional psychopathology in youth. 2022 ·Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science ·Maurício Scopel Hoffmann, Tyler M. Moore, (unknown), Nim Tottenham, Xi‐Nian Zuo, Luís Augusto Rohde, Michael P. Milham, Theodore D. Satterthwaite, Giovanni Abrahão Salum	23
10	The Added Value of Crosstalk Between Developmental Circuit Neuroscience and Clinical Practice to Inform the Treatment of Adolescent Anxiety 2022 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Heidi C. Meyer, Andrea Fields, Anna Vannucci, Danielle M. Gerhard, Paul Alexander Bloom, Charlotte Heleniak, Maya Opendak, Regina M. Sullivan, Nim Tottenham, Bridget Callaghan, Francis S. Lee	8
11	Fear modulates parental orienting during childhood and adolescence 2022 ·Journal of Experimental Child Psychology ·Andrea Fields, Jennifer A. Silvers, Bridget Callaghan, Michelle VanTieghem, (unknown), (unknown), Nim Tottenham	2
12	Adaptation in the face of adversity: Decrements and enhancements in children's cognitive control behavior following early caregiving instability 2021 ·Developmental Science ·Andrea Fields, Paul Alexander Bloom, Michelle VanTieghem, (unknown), (unknown), Nicolas L. Camacho, Lisa Gibson, Rebecca Umbach, Charlotte Heleniak, Nim Tottenham	41
13	Amygdala responses to threat in violence-exposed children depend on trauma context and maternal caregiving 2021 ·Development and Psychopathology ·Jennifer S. Stevens, Sanne J.H. van Rooij, Anaïs F. Stenson, Timothy D. Ely, Abigail Powers, (unknown), Ye Ji Kim, Rebecca Hinrichs, Nim Tottenham, Tanja Jovanović	21
14	Adverse caregiving in infancy blunts neural processing of the mother 2020 ·Nature Communications ·Maya Opendak, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Teresa Lind, Emma C. Sarro, Johan N. Lundström, Nim Tottenham, Mary Dozier, Donald A. Wilson, Regina M. Sullivan	27
15	The racially diverse affective expression (RADIATE) face stimulus set 2018 ·Psychiatry Research ·May I. Conley, Danielle V. Dellarco, Estée Rubien-Thomas, Alexandra O. Cohen, (unknown), Nim Tottenham, B.J. Casey	85
16	Stress and the adolescent brain 2016 ·Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews ·Nim Tottenham, Adriana Galván	216
17	A negativity bias for ambiguous facial-expression valence during childhood: Converging evidence from behavior and facial corrugator muscle responses. 2012 ·Emotion ·Nim Tottenham, (unknown), Jessica Flannery, Laurel J. Gabard‐Durnam, Bonnie Goff	79
18	A Genetic Variant BDNF Polymorphism Alters Extinction Learning in Both Mouse and Human 2010 ·Science ·F. S. G. SOLIMAN, Charles E. Glatt, Kevin G. Bath, Liat Levita, Rebecca M. Jones, Siobhan S. Pattwell, Deqiang Jing, Nim Tottenham, Dima Amso, Leah H. Somerville, Henning U. Voss, Gary H. Glover, Douglas Ballon, Conor Liston, Theresa Teslovich, (unknown), Francis S. Lee, B.J. Casey	463
19	Visual Exploration Strategies and the Development of Infants’ Facial Emotion Discrimination 2010 ·Frontiers in Psychology ·Dima Amso, Megan Fitzgerald, Juliet Y. Davidow, (unknown), Nim Tottenham	29
20	Brain-derived neurotrophic factor as a model system for examining gene by environment interactions across development 2009 ·Neuroscience ·B.J. Casey, Charles E. Glatt, Nim Tottenham, F. S. G. SOLIMAN, Kevin G. Bath, Dima Amso, Megan Altemus, Siobhan S. Pattwell, Rebecca M. Jones, Liat Levita, Bruce S. McEwen, Ana Marı́a Magariños, Megan R. Gunnar, Kylie Thomas, Jason G. Mezey, Andrew G. Clark, Barbara L. Hempstead, (unknown)	111

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