PUBLICATIONS

2022

Mitchell, W. J., Tepfer, L.J., Henninger, N. M., Perlman, S. B., Murty, V. P., Helion, C. (2022). Developmental differences in affective representation between prefrontal and subcortical structures, Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 17(3):311–322.

2021

Li, X., Lipschutz, R., Hernandez, S. M., Biekman, B., Shen, S., Montgomery, D. A., Perlman, S. B., Pollonini L., & Bick, J. (2021). Links between socioeconomic disadvantage, neural function, and working memory in early childhood. Developmental Psychobiology. PDF

Quiñones‐Camacho, L. E., Fishburn, F. A., Belardi, K., Williams, D. L., Huppert, T. J., & Perlman, S. B. (2021). Dysfunction in interpersonal neural synchronization as a mechanism for social impairment in autism spectrum disorder. Autism Research. PDF

*Hoyniak, C.P., *Quiñones-Camacho, L.E., *Camacho, M.C., Chin, J.H., Williams, E.M., Wakschlag, L.S., & Perlman, S.B. (2021). Adversity is linked with decreased parent-child behavioral and neural synchrony. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience. PDF

*Camacho, M.C., Williams, E.M., *Ding, K., & Perlman, S.B. (2021). Multimodal examination of emotion processing systems associated with negative affectivity across early childhood. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience. PDF

2020

Morris, A.S., Wakschlag, L.S., Krogh-Jespersen, S., Fox, N., Planalp, B., Perlman, S.B., Shuffrey, L.C., Smith, B., Lorenzo, N.E., Amso, D., Coles, C.D., & Johnson, S.P. (2020). Principles for guiding the selection of early childhood neurodevelopmental risk and resilience measures: HEALthy brain and child development (HBCD) study as an exemplar. Adversity and Resilience Science. PDF

Murty, V.P., Fain, M.R., Hlutkowsky, C., & Perlman, S.B. (2020). Memory for social interactions is stable throughout early childhood. Cognition. 202 (PMCID in progress). PDF

Camacho, M.C., Quiñones-Camacho, L.E., & Perlman, S.B. (2020). Does the Child Brain Rest?: An Examination and Interpretation of Resting Cognition in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience. NeuroImage. PDF

2019

Quiñones-Camacho, L.E., Fishburn, F.A., Camacho, M.C., Hlutkowsky, C.O., Huppert, T.J., Wakschlag, L.S., & Perlman, S.B. (2019). Parent-child neural synchrony: A novel approach to elucidating the dyadic mechanisms of preschool irritability. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. PDF

Grabell, A.S., Huppert, T.J., Fishburn, T.J., Li, Y., Hlutkowsky, C.O., Jones, H.M., Wakschlag, L.S., & Perlman, S.B. (2019). Neural correlates of early deliberate emotion regulation: Young children’s responses to interpersonal scaffolding. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience. PDF

Grabell, A.S., Jones, H.M., Wilett, A.E., Bemis, L.M., Wakschlag, L.S., & Perlman, S.B. (2019). Children’s facial muscular movements and risk for early psychopathology: Assessing clinical utility. Behavior Therapy. PDF

Wakschlag, L.S., Krogh-Jespersen, S., Estabrook, C.R., Hlutkowsky, C.O., Anderson, E., Burns, J.L., Briggs-Gowan, M., Petitclerc, A., & Perlman, S.B. (2019). The early childhood irritability-related impairment interview (E-CRI): A novel method for assessing young children’s developmentally-impairing irritability. Behavior Therapy. PDF

Quiñones-Camacho, L.E., Fishburn, F.A., Camacho, M.C., Wakschlag, L.S., & Perlman, S.B. (2019). Cognitive flexibility-related prefrontal activation in preschoolers: A biological approach to temperamental effortful control. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience. PDF

Shuster, M.M., Camras, L.A., Grabell, A.S., & Perlman, S.B. (2019). Faces in the wild: A naturalistic study of children’s facial expressions in response to a YouTube video prank. Cognition & Emotion. PDF

Camacho, M.C., Karim, H.T., & Perlman, S.B. (2019). Neural architecture supporting active emotion processing in children: A multivariate approach. NeuroImage. 188:171-180. PDF

Fishburn, F.A., Hlutkowsky, C.O., Bemis, L.M. Huppert, T.J. Wakschlag, L.S., & Perlman, S.B. (2019). Irritability Uniquely Predicts Prefrontal Cortex Activation During Preschool Inhibitory Control Among All Temperament Domains: A LASSO approach. NeuroImage. 68-77. PDF

2018

Grabell, A.S., Huppert, T.J., Fishburn, F.A., Li, Y., Jones, H.M., Wilett, A.E., Bemis, L.M., & Perlman, S.B. (2018). Using facial muscular movements to understand young children’s emotion regulation and concurrent neural activation. Developmental Science. 21(5): e12628. PDF

Fishburn, F.A., Murty, V.P., Hlutkowsky, C.O. MacGillivray, C.E., Bemis, L.M., Murphy, M.E., Huppert, T.E., & Perlman, S.B. (2018). Putting our Heads Together: Interpersonal Neural Synchronization as a Biological Mechanism for Shared Intentionality. Social Cognition and Affective Neuroscience. 841-849. PDF

Joseph, H.M, Kennedy, T.M., Gnagy, E.M., Perlman, S.B., Pelham, W., & Molina, B.S.G. (2018). Fathers with Childhood ADHD, Parenting, and Their Young Children’s Behavior: Offspring of the Pittsburgh ADHD Longitudinal Study (PALS). Child Psychiatry & Human Development. 1-10. PDF

Horowitz-Kraus, T., Woodburn, M., Rajagopal, A., Versace, A, Kowatch, R.A., Bertocci, M.A., Bebko., Almedi, J. R.C., & Perlman, S.B. (2018). Decreased functional connectivity in the fronto-parietal network in children with mood disorders compared to children with dyslexia during rest: an fMRI study. NeuroImage: Clinical. 18: 582-590. PDF

Grabell, A.S, Li, Y., Barker, J., Wakschlag., L.S., Huppert, T., & Perlman, S.B. (2018) Evidence of Non-Linear Associations between Frustration-Related Prefrontal Cortex Activation and the Normal: Abnormal Spectrum of Irritability in Young Children. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology. 46(1), 137-147. PDF

2017

Wakschlag, L.S., Perlman, S.B., Blair, R.J., Leibeibluft, E., Briggs-Gowan, M.J., & Pine, D.S. (2017). The Neurodevelopmental basis of early of childhood disruptive behavior:irritable and callous phenotypes as exemplars. American Journal of Psychiatry. 175, 114-130. PDF

Whiteman, A.C., Santosa, H., Chen, D., Perlman, S.B., & Huppert, T. (2017). Investigation of the sensitivity of functional near-infrared spectroscopy brain imaging to anatomical variations in 5-11- year old children. Neurophotonics. 5(1). PDF

Horowitz-Kraus, T., Holland, S.K., Versace, A., Bertocci, M., Bebko, G., Almeida, J., Perlman, S.B. et al. (2017). Reading related white matter structures in adolescents are influenced more by dysregulation of emotion than behavior. NeuroImage. 15, 732-740. PDF

Grabell, A.S., Huppert, T.J., Fishburn, F.A.,  Li, Y.,  Jones, H.M., Wilett, A.E., Bemis, L.M., & Perlman, S.B. (2017). Using facial muscular movements to understand young children’s emotion regulation and concurrent neural activation. Developmental Science. PDF

Karim, H., & Perlman, S.B. (2017). Neurodevelopmental Maturation as a Function of Irritable Temperament: Insights From a Naturalistic. Human Brain Mapping. 38, 5307-5321. PDF

Versace, A., Sharma, V., Bertocci, M.A., Bebko, G., Iyengar, S., Dwojak, A., Bonar, L., Perlman, S.B. et al. (2017). Using machine learning and surface reconstruction to accurately differentiate different trajectories of mood and energy dysregulate in youth. PloS ONE. 12(7). PDF

Santosa, H., Aarabi, A., Perlman, S.B., & Huppert, T. (2017). Characterization and correction of the false-discovery rates in resting state connectivity using functional near- infrared spectroscopy. Journal of Biomedical Optics. 22 (5). PDF

Bertocci, M.A., Bebko, G., Dwojak, A., Iyengar, S., Ladouceur, C., Fournier, J.C., Versace, A., Perlman, S.B. et al. (2017). Longitudinal relationships among activity in attention redirection neural circuitry and symptom severity in youth. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging. 2, 336-345. PDF

Hafeman, D., Bebko, G., Bertocci, M., Fournier, J., Chase, H., Bonar, L., Perlman, S.B. et al. (2017). Amygdala-prefrontal cortical functional connectivity during implicit emotion processing differentiates youth with bipolar spectrum from youth with externalizing disorders. Journal of Affective Disorders. 208, 94-100. PDF

2016

Portugal, L.C.L., Rosa, M.J., Roa, A., Bebko, G., Bertocci, M., Hinze, A., Bonar, L., Almeida, J., Perlman., S.B. et al. (2016). Can Emotional and Behavioral Dysregulation in Youth be Decoded from Functional Neuroimaging? PloS ONE. 11(1). PDF

Perlman, S.B., Huppert, T., & Luna, B. (2016) Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Evidence for Development for Development of Prefrontal engagement in Working Memory in Early Through Middle Childhood. Cerebral Cortex. 26(6). PDF

Joseph, H.M., & Perlman, S.B. (2016). 3.3 Familial Transmission of Attention- Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder: A Pilot Study of Fathers with Attention-Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder and their Young Children. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 55 (S142). PDF 

Bertocci, M.A., Bebko, G., Versace, A, Fourier, J.C., Iyengar, S., Olino, T., Almeida, J.R.C, Perlman, S.B. et al. (2016). Predicting clinical outcome from reward circuitry function and white matter structure in behaviorally and emotionally dysregulated youth. Molecular Psychiatry. 21, 1194-1201. PDF

Li, Y., Grabell, A., Wakschlag, L., Huppert, T., & Perlman, S.B. (2016). The neural substrates of cognitive flexibility are related to individual differences in preschool irritability: A fNIRS investigation. Development Cognitive Neuroscience. 1-7. PDF

Hawes, S. W., Perlman, S.B., & Byrd, A.L. (2016).  Chronic anger as a precursor to adult antisocial personality features: The moderating influence of cognitive control. Journal of Abnormal Psychology. 125(1), 64. PDF

2015

Bebko, G., Bertocci, M.A., Chase, H.C., Dwojak, A., Bonar, L., Almeida, J.R.C., Perlman, S.B. et al. (2015). Decreasing amygdala-insula resting state connectivity in behaviorally and emotionally dysregulated youth. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging. 231(1), 77-86. PDF

Perlman, S.B., Jones, B.M., Wakschlag, L.S., Axelson, D., Birmaher, B., & Phillips, M. (2015). Neural substrates of child irritability in typically developing and psychiatric populations. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 71-80. PDF

Wakschlag, L.S., Estabrook, R., Petitclerc, A., Henry, D., Burns, J., Perlman, S.B. et al. (2015). Clinical Implications of a Dimensional Approach: The Normal: Abnormal Spectrum of Early Irritability. Journal of American Academy of Child Adolescent Psychiatry. 54(8), 626-634. PDF

2014

Perlman, S.B., Luna, B., Hein, T.C., & Huppert, T. (2014). fNIRS evidence of prefrontal regulation of frustration in early childhood. Neuroimage. 85(1), 326-334. PDF

Hafeman, D., Bebko, G., Bertocci, M.A., Fournier, J.C., Bonar, L., Perlman, S.B. et al. (2014). Abnormal deactivation of the inferior frontal gyrus during implicit emotion processing in youth with bipolar disorder: Attenuated by medication. Journal of Psychiatric Research. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 58, 129-136, PDF

Bebko, G., Bertocci, M.A., Fournier, J.C., Hinze, A.K., Bonar, L., Almeida, J.R.C., Perlman, S.B. et al. (2014). Parsing dimensional versus diagnostic category-related patterns of reward circuitry function in behaviorally and emotionally dysregulated youth in the Longitudinal Assessment of Manic Symptoms (LAMS) study. JAMA Psychiatry. 71(1), 71-80. PDF

Bertocci, M.A., Bebko, G., Olino, T., Fournier, J., Hinze, A.K., Bonar, L., Almeida, J., Perlman, S.B., et al. (2014). Behavioral and emotional dysregulation trajectories marked by prefrontal-amygdala function in symptomatic youth. Psychological Medicine. 44(12), 2603-2615. PDF

2013

Perlman, S.B., Fournier, J.C., Bebko, G., Bertocci, M.A., Hinze, A.K. et al. (2013). Emotional face processing in pediatric bipolar disorder: Evidence for functional impairments in the fusiform gyrus. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 52(12), 1314-1325. PDF

Versace, A., Acuff, H., Bertocci, M.A., Bebko, G., Almeida, J.R.C., Perlman, S.B. et al. (2013). White matter structure in youth with behavioral and emotional dysregulation disorders: A probabilistic tractographic study. JAMA Psychiatry. PDF

Perlman, S.B., Hein, T.C, Stepp, S.D., & The Lams Consortium (2013). Emotional reactivity and its impact on neural circuitry for attention–emotion interaction in childhood and adolescence. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience. 8(5), 1-10. PDF

Mullin, B.C., Perlman, S.B., Versace, A., Almeida, J.R.C., Klein, C., Labarbara, E.J., Ladouceur, C.D., & Phillips, M.L. (2013). Abnormally reduced activity and connectivity within neural circuitry supporting attentional control of emotion in adults with bipolar disorder. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging. 201(3), 196-205. PDF

2012

Perlman, S.B. (2012). Neuroimaging in Child Clinical Populations: Considerations in Successful Research Programs. Journal of American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 51(12), 512-520. PDF

Keener, M., Fournier, J., Mullin, B., Kronhaus, D., Perlman, S.B., LaBarbara, E.J., Almeida, J.R.C., & Phillips, M.L. (2012). Dissociable patterns of medial prefrontal and amygdala activity to face identity versus emotion in bipolar disorder. Psychological Medicine. 42(9), 1913-1924. PDF

2011

Perlman, S.B., Hudac, C.M., Pegors, T., Minshew, N.J., & Pelphrey, K.A. (2011). Look me in the eye: An experimental manipulation of activity in the face processing system of individuals with autism. Social Neuroscience. 6(1), 22-30.

Perlman, S.B., & Pelphrey, K.A. (2011). Developing connections for affective regulation: Age related changes in emotional brain connectivity. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 108, 607-620. PDF

2010

Moses-Kolko, E.L., Perlman, S.B., Wisner, K.L., James, J., Saul, A.T., & Phillips, M.L. (2010). Abnormally reduced amygdala-dorsomedial prefrontal cortical activity and effective connectivity to negative emotional faces in postpartum depression. The American Journal of Psychiatry. 167, 1373-1380. PDF

Perlman, S.B., & Pelphrey, K.A. (2010). Regulatory brain development: Balancing emotion and cognition. Social Neuroscience. 5(5-6), 533-542. PDF

2009

Perlman, S.B., Morris, J.P., Vander Wyk, B.C., Green, S.R., Doyle, J.L., & Pelphrey, K.A. (2009). Individual differences in personality shape how people look at faces. PLoS ONE. 4(6), e5952. PDF

Pelphrey, K.A., & Perlman, S.B. (2009). Charting brain mechanisms for the development of social cognition. In J. Rumsey and M. Ernst (Eds.), Neuroimaging in Developmental Clinical Neuroscience. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press. PDF

2008

Perlman, S.B., Camras, L.C., & Pelphrey, K.A. (2008). Physiology and functioning: Parent socialization, emotion regulation, and children’s emotion knowledge. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 100, 308-315. PDF

Heilman, K.J., Bal, E., Bazhenova, O.V., Sorokin, Y., Perlman, S.B., Hanley, M.C., & Porges, S.W. (2008). Physiological responses to physical and social challenges in children: Quantifying mechanisms supporting mobilization and mediating social anxiety. Developmental Psychobiology. 50, 171-182. PDF

Perlman, S.B., Kalish C.W., & Pollak, S.D. (2008). The role of maltreatment experience in children's understanding of the antecedents of emotion. Cognition and Emotion. 22(4), 651-670. PDF

2006

Camras, L.A., Perlman, S.B., Wismer Fries, A.B., & Pollak, S.D. (2006). Post-institutionalized Chinese and Eastern European children: Heterogeneity in the development of emotion understanding. International Journal of Behavioral Development. 30(3), 193-199. PDF