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Kathryn L. Humphreys

Kathryn L. Humphreys

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Psychology

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56
Citations
12964
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2340

Overview

Kathryn L. Humphreys is affiliated with Vanderbilt University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Psychology, Medicine, and Social Sciences, with a strong focus on Clinical Psychology and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Additional subfields include Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Education, and Safety Research.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of areas related to child development and mental health. Key topics include:

  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Child Welfare and Adoption
  • Early Childhood Education and Development
  • Neuroendocrine Regulation and Behavior
  • Neonatal and Fetal Brain Pathology

Humphreys has published extensively in several venues, with frequent publications in:

  • Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Development and Psychopathology
  • Child Abuse & Neglect
  • Infant Mental Health Journal

Among recent significant papers are:

  • Child maltreatment and depression: A meta-analysis of studies using the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire, 2020, published in Child Abuse & Neglect
  • Increased Risk for Family Violence During the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020, published in PEDIATRICS
  • The Value of Dimensional Models of Early Experience: Thinking Clearly About Concepts and Categories, 2021, published in Perspectives on Psychological Science
  • Studying the Intergenerational Transmission of Risk for Depression: Current Status and Future Directions, 2020, published in Current Directions in Psychological Science
  • Multi-Site Infant Brain Segmentation Algorithms: The iSeg-2019 Challenge, 2021, published in IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

The scientist has collaborated frequently with other researchers in the field, including:

  • Charles H. Zeanah
  • Lucy S. King
  • Ian H. Gotlib
  • Nathan A. Fox
  • Charles A. Nelson

Best Publications

  • Prospective association of childhood attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and substance use and abuse/dependence: a meta-analytic review

    Steve S. Lee;Kathryn L. Humphreys;Kate Flory;Rebecca Liu

  • Early developmental emergence of human amygdala-prefrontal connectivity after maternal deprivation.

    Dylan G. Gee;Laurel J. Gabard-Durnam;Jessica Flannery;Bonnie Goff

  • A Developmental Shift from Positive to Negative Connectivity in Human Amygdala-Prefrontal Circuitry

    Dylan G. Gee;Kathryn L. Humphreys;Jessica Flannery;Bonnie Goff

  • Meta-analysis: Exposure to Early Life Stress and Risk for Depression in Childhood and Adolescence.

    Joelle LeMoult;Kathryn L. Humphreys;Alison Tracy;Jennifer-Ashley Hoffmeister

  • Child maltreatment and depression: A meta-analysis of studies using the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire.

    Kathryn L. Humphreys;Joelle LeMoult;John G. Wear;Hannah A. Piersiak

  • Misuse of Stimulant Medication Among College Students: A Comprehensive Review and Meta-analysis

    Kari Benson;Kate Flory;Kathryn L. Humphreys;Steve S. Lee

  • The Development of Human Amygdala Functional Connectivity at Rest from 4 to 23 Years: a cross-sectional study

    Laurel J. Gabard-Durnam;Jessica Flannery;Bonnie Goff;Dylan G. Gee

  • Increased Risk for Family Violence During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

    Kathryn Leigh Humphreys;Kathryn Leigh Humphreys;Myo Thwin Myint;Charles H. Zeanah

  • Maternal Buffering of Human Amygdala-Prefrontal Circuitry During Childhood but Not During Adolescence

    Dylan G. Gee;Laurel Gabard-Durnam;Eva H. Telzer;Kathryn L. Humphreys

  • The Value of Dimensional Models of Early Experience: Thinking Clearly About Concepts and Categories.

    Katie A McLaughlin;Margaret A Sheridan;Kathryn L Humphreys;Jay Belsky

  • Stimulant Medication and Substance Use Outcomes: A Meta-analysis

    Kathryn L. Humphreys;Timothy Eng;Steve S. Lee

  • Deviations from the expectable environment in early childhood and emerging psychopathology.

    Kathryn L Humphreys;Charles H Zeanah

  • Reduced nucleus accumbens reactivity and adolescent depression following early-life stress.

    Bonnie Goff;Dylan G. Gee;Eva H. Telzer;Kathryn L. Humphreys

  • Socioeconomic status and inflammation: a meta-analysis.

    Keely A Muscatell;Samantha N Brosso;Kathryn L Humphreys

  • Effects of institutional rearing and foster care on psychopathology at age 12 years in Romania: follow-up of an open, randomised controlled trial

    Kathryn L Humphreys;Mary Margaret Gleason;Stacy S Drury;Devi Miron

  • The association of ADHD and depression: Mediation by peer problems and parent-child difficulties in two complementary samples

    Kathryn L. Humphreys;Shaina J. Katz;Steve S. Lee;Constance L. Hammen

  • The Development of Memory Efficiency and Value-Directed Remembering across the Life Span: A Cross-Sectional Study of Memory and Selectivity.

    Alan D. Castel;Kathryn L. Humphreys;Steve S. Lee;Adriana Galván

  • Previous Institutionalization Is Followed by Broader Amygdala-Hippocampal-PFC Network Connectivity during Aversive Learning in Human Development

    Jennifer A. Silvers;Daniel S. Lumian;Laurel Gabard-Durnam;Dylan G. Gee

  • Tonic Immobility in Childhood Sexual Abuse Survivors and Its Relationship to Posttraumatic Stress Symptomatology

    Kathryn L. Humphreys;Colin L. Sauder;Elaine K. Martin;Brian P. Marx

  • Child Abuse and Neglect

    Charles H. Zeanah;Kathryn L. Humphreys

  • Indiscriminate Amygdala Response to Mothers and Strangers After Early Maternal Deprivation

    Aviva K. Olsavsky;Aviva K. Olsavsky;Eva H. Telzer;Mor Shapiro;Kathryn L. Humphreys

Frequent Co-Authors

Ian H. Gotlib
Ian H. Gotlib Stanford University
Nim Tottenham
Nim Tottenham Columbia University
Charles H. Zeanah
Charles H. Zeanah Tulane University
Charles A. Nelson
Charles A. Nelson Boston Children's Hospital
Eva H. Telzer
Eva H. Telzer University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Nathan A. Fox
Nathan A. Fox University of Maryland, College Park
Steve S. Lee
Steve S. Lee University of California, Los Angeles
Dylan G. Gee
Dylan G. Gee Yale University
Tiffany C. Ho
Tiffany C. Ho University of California, San Francisco
Brian P. Marx
Brian P. Marx Boston University

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