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Nim Tottenham

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Psychology

D-Index
66
Citations
26266
World Ranking
2652
National Ranking
1525

Nim Tottenham publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Psychology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Nim Tottenham sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 156 publications — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

Nim Tottenham D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Nim Tottenham sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 66 D-Index — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Troland Research Awards, United States National Academy of Sciences For her innovative discoveries of critical windows of affective development during childhood and adolescence, their underlying neural basis at the circuit level and their disruption following early life stress.

Overview

Nim Tottenham is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States and has a research focus primarily in psychology and neuroscience. Their work spans clinical psychology, cognitive neuroscience, social psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, and public health, environmental and occupational health.

The main topics covered in Tottenham's research include:

  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Neuroendocrine Regulation and Behavior
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Identity, Memory, and Therapy

They have contributed to numerous publications in venues such as:

  • Development and Psychopathology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Developmental Science
  • Biological Psychiatry
  • Developmental Psychobiology

Notable recent papers by Nim Tottenham include:

  • Association of Birth During the COVID-19 Pandemic With Neurodevelopmental Status at 6 Months in Infants With and Without In Utero Exposure to Maternal SARS-CoV-2 Infection (2022, JAMA Pediatrics)
  • Longitudinal changes in amygdala, hippocampus and cortisol development following early caregiving adversity (2021, Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience)
  • Sleep disturbance and the long-term impact of early adversity (2021, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews)
  • Adaptation in the face of adversity: Decrements and enhancements in children's cognitive control behavior following early caregiving instability (2021, Developmental Science)
  • Early Parenting Intervention Effects on Brain Responses to Maternal Cues Among High-Risk Children (2020, American Journal of Psychiatry)

Frequent coauthors working alongside Tottenham include:

  • Michelle VanTieghem
  • Andrea Fields
  • Tricia Choy
  • Anna Vannucci
  • Bridget Callaghan

In addition to journal articles, Tottenham has contributed to book publications such as The Hidden Talents Framework, published by Cambridge University Press in 2023.

Among professional recognitions, Tottenham received the Troland Research Award from the United States National Academy of Sciences in 2020 for work on critical windows of affective development during childhood and adolescence, examining underlying neural circuitry and disruptions following early life stress.

Best Publications

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

    Nim Tottenham;James W. Tanaka;Andrew C. Leon;Thomas McCarry

  • Imaging the developing brain: what have we learned about cognitive development?

    B.J. Casey;Nim Tottenham;Conor Liston;Sarah Durston;Sarah Durston

  • Biological substrates of emotional reactivity and regulation in adolescence during an emotional go-nogo task.

    Todd A. Hare;Nim Tottenham;Adriana Galvan;Henning U. Voss

  • Prolonged institutional rearing is associated with atypically large amygdala volume and difficulties in emotion regulation.

    Nim Tottenham;Todd A. Hare;Brian T. Quinn;Thomas W. McCarry

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

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

  • Differential patterns of striatal activation in young children with and without ADHD.

    Sarah Durston;Sarah Durston;Nim T. Tottenham;Kathleen M. Thomas;Matthew C. Davidson

  • A shift from diffuse to focal cortical activity with development.

    Sarah Durston;Matthew C. Davidson;Nim Tottenham;Adriana Galvan

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

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

  • A review of adversity, the amygdala and the hippocampus: a consideration of developmental timing.

    Nim Tottenham;Margaret Ann Sheridan

  • A Genetic Variant BDNF Polymorphism Alters Extinction Learning in Both Mouse and Human

    Fatima Soliman;Charles E. Glatt;Kevin G. Bath;Liat Levita

  • The face-specific N170 component is modulated by emotional facial expression

    Vera C Blau;Urs Maurer;Nim Tottenham;Bruce D McCandliss

  • The Stress Acceleration Hypothesis: Effects of early-life adversity on emotion circuits and behavior.

    Bridget L Callaghan;Nim Tottenham

  • Elevated amygdala response to faces following early deprivation

    N. Tottenham;T.A. Hare;A. Millner;T. Gilhooly

  • Frontostriatal Microstructure Modulates Efficient Recruitment of Cognitive Control

    Conor Liston;Richard Watts;Nim Tottenham;Matthew C. Davidson

  • Contributions of amygdala and striatal activity in emotion regulation.

    Todd A. Hare;Nim Tottenham;Nim Tottenham;Matthew C. Davidson;Gary H. Glover

  • Clinical, imaging, lesion, and genetic approaches toward a model of cognitive control

    B. J. Casey;Nim Tottenham;John Fossella

  • Behavioral Assessment of Emotion Discrimination, Emotion Regulation, and Cognitive Control in Childhood, Adolescence, and Adulthood

    Nim Tottenham;Nim Tottenham;Todd A Hare;B.J. Casey

  • 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

  • Elevated amygdala response to faces and gaze aversion in autism spectrum disorder

    Nim Tottenham;Margaret E. Hertzig;Kristen Gillespie-Lynch;Tara Gilhooly

  • 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

  • Early-life stress has persistent effects on amygdala function and development in mice and humans

    Matthew Malter Cohen;Deqiang Jing;Rui R. Yang;Nim Tottenham;Nim Tottenham

Frequent Co-Authors

B. J. Casey
B. J. Casey Barnard College
Kathryn L. Humphreys
Kathryn L. Humphreys Vanderbilt University
Eva H. Telzer
Eva H. Telzer University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Dylan G. Gee
Dylan G. Gee Yale University
Todd A. Hare
Todd A. Hare University of Zurich
Adriana Galván
Adriana Galván University of California, Los Angeles
Regina M. Sullivan
Regina M. Sullivan New York University
Steve S. Lee
Steve S. Lee University of California, Los Angeles
Michael P. Milham
Michael P. Milham Child Mind Institute
Kathleen M. Thomas
Kathleen M. Thomas University of Minnesota

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