Our Recent Publications

(Please note Dr. Riggins has formerly published under the name T. DeBoer)

Riggins, T. (in press). Building blocks of recollection. In S. Ghetti & P.J. Bauer (Eds.), Origins and Development of Recollection: Perspectives from Psychology and Neuroscience.

Riggins, T., Bauer, P.J., Georgieff, M.K., & Nelson, C.A. (2010). Declarative memory performance in infants of diabetic mothers. In P.J. Bauer (Ed.), Advances in Child Development and Behavior, Volume 38 - Varieties of Early Experience: Implications for the Development of Declarative Memory in Infancy. London, U.K.: Elsevier. PDF

Ackerman, J. P., Riggins, T., & Black, M. M. (2010). A review of the effects of prenatal cocaine exposure among school-aged children. Pediatrics, 125(3), 554-565. PDF

Balas, B.,  Nelson, C. A., Westerlund, A., Vogel-Farley, V., Riggins, T., & Kuefner, D. (2010). Personal familiarity influences the processing of upright and inverted faces in infants. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 4, 1-6. PDF

Riggins, T., Miller, N. C., Bauer, P. J., Georgieff, M. K., & Nelson, C. A. (2009). Consequences of maternal diabetes mellitus and neonatal iron status on children's explicit memory performance. Developmental Neuropsychology, 34(6), 762–779. PDF

Riggins, T., Miller, N. C., Bauer, P. J., Georgieff, M. K., & Nelson, C. A. (2009). Electrophysiological indices of memory for temporal order in early childhood: Implications for the development of recollection. Developmental Science, 12(2), 209-219. PDF

Simon, T.J., Takarae, Y., DeBoer, T., McDonald-McGinn, D.M.,  Zackai, E.H., Ross, J.L. (2008).  Overlapping numerical cognition impairments in Chromosome 22q11.2 Deletion and Turner Syndromes. Neuropsychologia,, 46, 82-94. PMC ID: PMC2249611. PDF

DeBoer, T., Scott, L.S., & Nelson, C.A.  (2007).  Methods for acquiring and analyzing infant event-related potentials. In: Michelle de Haan (Ed.).  Infant EEG and Event-Related Potentials. (pp. 5-37). New York: Psychology Press. Page 1 - PDF

Bauer, P. J., DeBoer, T., & Lukowski, A. F. (2007).  In the language of multiple memory systems, defining and describing developments in long-term explicit memory.  In Lisa M. Oakes & Patricia J. Bauer (Eds.), Short- and long-term memory in infancy and early childhood: Taking the first steps towards remembering (pp. 240-270). New York: Oxford University Press. PDF

DeBoer, T., Wu, Z., Lee, A., & Simon, T. J. (2007).  Hippocampal volume reduction in children with Chromosome 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome is associated with cognitive impairment.  Brain and Behavioral Functions, 3:54. PDF

Richmond, J., & DeBoer T. (2006).  Mechanisms of change: Exploring not only when and what, but how declarative memory develops.  Infant and Child Development, 15, 207-210. PDF

DeBoer, T., Wewerka, S., Bauer, P. J., Georgieff, M. K., & Nelson, C. A. (2005). Explicit memory performance in infants of diabetic mothers at 1 year of age. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 47, 525-531. PMCID: In progress. PDF

DeBoer, T., Scott, L. S., & Nelson., C. A.  (2005). Event-related potentials in developmental populations.  In Todd Handy (Ed.).  Methodological Handbook for Research Using Event-related Potentials (pp. 263-297). Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press. PDF

Lukowski, A. F., Wiebe, S. A., Haight, J. C., DeBoer, T., Nelson, C. A., & Bauer, P. J. (2005). Forming a stable memory representation in the first year of life:  Why imitation is more than child’s play.  Developmental Science, 8(3), 279-298. PDF

Our Recent Presentations

Cognitive Development Society Biennial Meeting Philadelphia, PA
Rollins, L.*, & Riggins, T. (2011, October). The nature of the electrophysiological response associated with recollection in preschool children. PDF

Human Brain Mapping Quebec City, Canada
Salmeron, B. J., Riggins, T., Ernst, M., Kurup, P., Cacic, K., Black, M., & Schweitzer, J. (2011, June). Prenatal drug exposure alters adolescent neural responses in a probabilistic reward/punishment task. PDF

Annual Meeting of the Association for Psychological Science Washington, DC
Rollins, L.*, & Riggins, T. (2011, May). The nature of the electrophysiological response associated with recollection in preschool children. PDF

Biannual Meeting of the Society of Research on Child Development Paper Presentation Montreal, Canada
Riggins, T., *Graham, M., & *Rollins, L. (2011, March). Recollection and Familiarity in Early Childhood: Evidence from Event-Related Potentials.
*Graham, M., & Riggins, T. (2011, March). Behavioral and Electrophysiological Examination of Recollection and Familiarity in Childhood. PDF *Rollins, L., & Riggins, T. (2011, March). Electrophysiological correlates of recollection and familiarity at encoding. PDF

Human Brain Mapping Barcelona, Spain
Salmeron, B. J., Riggins, T., Gu, H., Black, M. Yang, Y., Stein, E., Schweitzer, J. (2010, June). Resting-state functional connectivity alterations in prenatal-drug-exposed adolescents.

Cognitive Neuroscience Society Montreal, Canada
Wong, L. M., Riggins, T., Nguyen, V., & Simon, T.J.  (2010, April). Impaired spatiotemporal processing impacts spatial working memory performance in individuals with Chromosome 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome.

Cognitive Development Society San Antonio, TX
Graham, M.,* & Riggins, T. (2009, October). An investigation of recollection and familiarity in early childhood. PDF

BAMM! Bay Area Memory Meeting Poster Presentation.San Francisco, CA
Wong, L. M., Riggins, T., Nguyen, V., & Simon, T. (2009, August) Impaired spatiotemporal processing impacts spatial working memory performance in individuals with Chromosome 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome.  

Neurocognitive Development Conference Berkley, CA
Riggins, T., & Graham, M.*(2009, July). An investigation of recollection and familiarity in early childhood. PDF

International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR) Chicago, IL
Marcelino, L. M, Beransky, M., Colombi, C., Riggins, T., Horton, D. M., Deprey, L., Kenet, T., Rogers, S. J., Rivera, S. M., & Saron, C. D. (2009, May). Subphenotyping of Autism Spectrum Disorders Using Auditory Event-Related Potentials.

Society for Research on Child Development Paper Presentation Denver, CO
Riggins, T., Miller, N. C., Bauer, P. J., Georgieff, M. K., Nelson, C. A. (2009, April).Consequences of Low Neonatal Iron Status due to Maternal Diabetes Mellitus on Explicit Memory Performance in Childhood.

NIDA Preconference Society for Neuroscience Washington, D.C.
Riggins, T., Schweitzer, J., Kurup, P. K., Ross, T. J., Black, M., & Salmeron, B. J. (2008, November). Effects of Prenatal
Drug exposure on Adolescent Brain Activation During a Visuospatial Working Memory Task. PDF

Society for Neuroscience Washington, D.C.
Beransky, R. M., Marcelino, L.M., Colombi, C., Horton, D. M., Riggins,. T., Rivera, S. M., Saron, C. D. (2008, November). Electrophysiological Subphenotyping of Autism Based on the Loudness Dependency of Auditory Event-Related Potentials

Society for Neuroscience Washington, D.C.
Graham, M*, Riggins,  T., Ackerman, J., Black, M., Schweitzer, J., & Salmeron, B. J. (2008, August)
Examining associations between functional brain activation and behavior in adolescents with a history of prenatal drug exposure. PDF

Association for Psychological Science Chicago, IL
DeBoer, T., Schweitzer, J., Kurup, P. K., Ross, T., J., Ernst, M., Nair, P., Black, M., & Salmeron, B. J. (2008, May). fMRI reveals long-term effects of prenatal drug exposure on visuospatial working memory networks during adolescence. PDF

Cognitive Neuroscience Society New York City, NY
DeBoer, T., Wu, Z., Takarae, Y., Nguyen, V., Gabriel, L., & Simon, T.J. (2007, May).  Associations between hippocampal volume and cognitive function in children with Chromosome 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome. PDF

Cognitive Neuroscience Society New York City, NY
Westerlund, A., Vogel-Farley, V., Kuefner, D., DeBoer, T., Pena, V., Mandel, H. & Nelson, C.A. (2007, May).  Does familiarity influence the processing of familiar and unfamiliar faces in infants? 

Society for Research on Child Development Paper Presentation Denver, CO
DeBoer, T., Wu, Z., Nguyen, V., & Simon, T. J.  (2007, March). Associations between visuospatial working memory and enumeration impairments PDF

American Association for the Advancement of Science San Francisco, CA
DeBoer, T. (2007, February).  Impairments in early memory associated with abnormal prenatal brain development.

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Media Coverage

LRP Success Story: Dr. Tracy Riggins, Ph.D.
How receiving support from Loan Repatyment Programs allowed Dr. Riggins to complete two post-docs.

Chesapeake Family -- How Do They Know That? The 411 on Infant Studies
Dr. Riggins discusses the importance of infant research and how families can find opportunities to participate.

Parent's Perspective Podcast
Dr. Riggins (Dr. DeBoer at the time of the interview) discusses early memory development on the award-winning radio program, Parents’ Perspective

The Dana Foundation -- Mom’s Diabetes May Affect Child’s Brain.
"Blood sugar may influence a critical period in the development of the hippocampus"

Newscientist.com -- Maternal diabetes linked to infant memory problems