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ABC-ERICA Lab Publications & Presentations

Full text .pdf available for each article at https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Erica_Musser or from Dr. Musser

 

Peer Reviewed Publications

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                        2016          Musser, E.D., Karalunas, S.L., Dieckmann, N., Peris, T.S., & Nigg, J.T. (2016). Attention-                         deficit/hyperactivity disorder developmental trajectories related to parental expressed emotion.                                 Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 125(2), 182.

                       

                        Nigg, J.T., Johnstone, J., Musser, E.D., Galloway-Long, H.L., Willoughby, M., & Shannon, J. (2016).                           Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and body mass index/obesity: New data and meta-                           analysis. Clinical Psychology Review, 43, 67-79.

                         

                        Stadler, D. D., Musser, E. D., Holton, K. F., Shannon, J., & Nigg, J. T. (2016). Recalled initiation and                         duration of maternal breastfeeding among children with and without ADHD in a well characterized                             case–control sample. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 44(2), 347-355.

                       

                        2015         Ward, A.R.*, Alarcon, G., Nigg, J.T., & Musser, E.D. (2015). Parasympathetic                                       dysregulation as a mechanism for working memory deficits in childhood attention-                                                   deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 43(8), 1573-1583.

 

                        Wilmot, E., Fry, R., Musser, E.D., Mill, J., Nigg, J.T. (2015). Methylomic analysis of salivary DNA in                           childhood ADHD identifies altered DNA methylation in VIPR2. Journal of Child Psychology and                                   Psychiatry, 57(2), 152-160.

         

2014          Musser, E.D., Hawkey, E., Kachan-Liu, S.S., Steiner, R.D., Lees, P., Roullet, J.-B., Goddard, K., Nigg, J.T. (2014). Shared familial transmission of autism spectrum and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorders. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.

 

Karalunas, S.L., Fair, D., Musser, E.D., Aykes, K., Iyer, S., Nigg, J.T. (2014). Toward biologically-based nosology: ADHD subtyping using temperament dimensions. Journal of the American Medical Association: Psychiatry.

 

2013          Musser, E.D., Galloway-Long, H.S., Frick, P.J., Nigg, J.T. (2013). Autonomic subtypes of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in children, Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

 

Bernstein, R.E., Musser, E.D., Ablow, J.C., Measelle, J.R., Laurent, H.K. (2013). In an idealized world: Can discrepancies across self-reported parental care and abuse experience during childhood predict infant attachment avoidance? Journal of Trauma and Dissociation.

 

Bernstein, R.E., Measelle, J.R., Laurent, H.K., Ablow, J.C., Musser, E.D. (2013). Sticks and stones may break my bones but words relate to adult physiology? Child abuse experience and women's sympathetic nervous system response while self-reporting trauma, Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment, & Trauma.

 

          2012          Musser, E.D., Laurent, H.K., Ablow, J.C. (2012). Neural correlates of maternal

sensitivity: An fMRI study, Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience.

 

Costa Dias, T.G., Wilson, V.B., Bathula, D.R., Iyer, S., Mills, K.L., Thurlow, B.L., Stevens, C.A., Musser, E.D., Carpenter, S.D., Mitchell1, S.H. Nigg, J.T., Fair, D. A. (2012). Reward circuit connectivity relates to delay discounting in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, European Neuropsychopharmacology.

 

Mills, K.L., Bathula, D., Costa Dias, T.G., Fenesy, M.C., Musser, E.D., Stevens,C.A., Thurlow, B.L., Carpenter, S.D., Nagel., B.J., Nigg, J.T., Fair, D.A. (2012). Altered cortico-striatal-thalamic connectivity in relation to spatial working memory capacity in children with ADHD, Frontiers in Neuropsychiatric Imaging and Stimulation.

 

2011          Musser, E. D., Backs, R.W., Schmitt, C.F., Ablow, J.C., Measelle, J.R., Nigg, J.T. (2011). Emotion regulation via the autonomic nervous system in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology.

 

Musser, E.D., Measelle, J.R., Ablow, J.C. (2011). Predicting maternal insensitivity: The effects of postnatal depression and respiratory sinus arrhythmia, Infant Mental Health Journal.

 

               2010          Wilson, V.B., Mitchell, S.H., Musser, E.D., Schmitt, C.F., Nigg, J.T. (2010). Delay                         discounting of reward in ADHD: Application in young children, Journal of Child Psychology and                          Psychiatry.

 

 

               Book Chapters

 

2014          Wild, K.V., Musser, E.D. (2014). The CANTAB battery to assess executive functioning. In S. Goldstein & J. Naglieri (Eds.), Handbook on Executive Functioning. New York: Guilford Press.

 

                         Presentations at Scientific Meetings

 

                       2015          Musser, E.D., Karalunas, S.L., Peris, T.S., & Nigg, J.T. (2015). Longitudinal mechanisms                        in ADHD: The roles of parenting factors and child psychophysiology in ADHD heterogeneity and                                developmental course. Paper presented at Annual Conference for the International Society for                                  Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, Portland, OR.

 

                       Musser, E.D., Stadler, D., Wright, S., Olson, B., Steiner, R., & Nigg, J.T. (2015). Previously                                        underexplored perinatal risk factors for ADHD: The roles of maternal obesity and breastfeeding                                duration. Poster presented at the Biennial Conference for the Society for Research on Child                                      Development (SRCD), Philadelphia, PA.

 

                       Musser, E.D. & Ward, A.R.* (2015). Stimulant effects on the intersection of behavioral inhibition                              and emotion regulation in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Poster presented at the Biennial                            Conference for the Society for Research on Child Development (SRCD), Philadelphia, PA.

 

                       Crum, K.I., Comer, J.S., Waschbusch, D.A., Musser, E.D., & Chou, P. (2015). Physiological and                                behavioral responses to others' distress among children with conduct problems. Poster presented at                          the Association for Psychological Science (APS) Convention, New York, NY.  ​

 

                       Karalunas, S.L., Musser, E.D., Ward, A.R.*, & Nigg, J.T. (2015). Cognitive response style in ADHD as                        marker of physiological and clinical heterogeneity. Paper presented at Annual Conference for the I                            International Society for Research in Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, Portland, OR.

 

                       Ortiz, A.**, & Musser, E.D. (2015). ADHD and substance use via reward sensitivity in young adults.                        Poster presented at the Biennial Conference for the Society for Research on Child Development                                (SRCD), Philadelphia, PA.

 

                       Tenenbaum, R.* &  Musser, E.D. (2015). Examining heterogeneity in disruptive behavior disorders                          via motivation and emotion regulation. Poster presented at the Annual Conference of the Society for                          Affective Science, Oakland, CA.

                                                     

                       Tenenbaum, R.* & Musser, E.D. (2015). Parasympathetic underpinnings of delay discounting in                              reward in ADHD. Poster presented at the Annual Conference for the Society for Psychophysiological                          Research, Seattle, WA.

 

                       Ward, A.R.* & Musser, E.D. (2015). The effects of extended-release methylphenidate on working                            memory in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Poster presented at the Biennial                                Conference for the Society for Research on Child Development (SRCD), Philadelphia, PA.

 

                       Ward, A.R.*, Alarcon, G., Nigg, J.T., & Musser, E.D. (2015). Parasympathetic nervous system                                  dysregulation underlying working memory deficits in children with ADHD. Poster presented at the                              Biennial Conference for the Society for Research on Child Development (SRCD), Philadelphia, PA.

 

                         2014          Musser, E.D. & Nigg, J.T. (2014). Adding specificity to the use of respiratory sinus                              arrhythmia to index emotion dysregulation as a biomarker for disruptive behavior disorders. Paper                            presented at the Annual Conference for the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies,                                Philadelphia, PA.

 

                       Ortiz, A.** & Musser, E.D. (2014). ADHD and substance use via emotion regulation in young adults.                        FIU McNair Research Conference, Miami, FL.

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2013          Musser, E.D. & Guion, K.E. (2013). Pediatric obesity, behavior, and emotion regulation. Poster presented at the Annual Conference for the Institute on Developmental Disabilities, Portland, OR.

 

Musser, E.D. & Nigg, J.T. (2013). Child attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and parental expressed emotion. Poster presented at the Annual Conference for the Association for Psychological Science, Washington, DC.  

 

Musser, E.D., Hawkey, E., Kachan-Liu, S.S., Steiner, R.D., Lees, P., Roullet, J.-B., Goddard, K., Nigg, J.T. (2013). Shared familial transmission of autism spectrum and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorders. Poster presented at the Biennial Conference for the Society for Research on Child Development (SRCD), Seattle, WA.

 

Bernstein, R.E., Laurent, H.K., Musser, E.D., Measelle, J.R., Ablow, J.C. (2013). In an idealized world: Can discrepancies across self-reported parental care and abuse experience during childhood predict infant attachment avoidance? Poster presented at the Biennial Conference for the Society for Research on Child Development (SRCD), Seattle, WA.

 

Guion, K.E., Polensek, N., Michaelis, K., & Musser, E.D. (2013). Current research examining quality of intake procedures, patient retention, and expansion. Poster presented at the Annual Conference for the Institute on Developmental Disabilities, Portland, OR.

 

Karalunas, S.L., Iyer, S., Musser, E.D., Fair, D., Nigg, J.T. (2013). Subtyping by temperament using a novel person-centered analysis. Poster presented at the Biennial Conference for the Society for Research on Child Development (SRCD), Seattle, WA.

 

Nightwalker, B., Koh, J., Musser, E.D., Colpitts, K., Rice, T., Conner, E. (2013). Autism and preoperative medications: A retrospective review. Poster presented at the Biennial Conference for the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia, Las Vegas, NV.

 

Ward, A.*, Musser, E.D., Karalunas, S.L. & Nigg, J.T. (2013). Oppositional defiant symptoms uniquely associated with working memory deficits in childhood ADHD. Poster presented at the Annual Conference for the Association for Psychological Science, Washington, DC.

 

2012          Alarcon, G., Musser, E.D., Nigg, J.T., Karalunas, S.L. (2012). Relating working memory deficits in childhood attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) to autonomic nervous system functioning. Poster presented at Association for Psychological Science (APS), Chicago, IL.

 

Laurent, H.K., Musser, E.D., Ablow, J.C. (2012). A More Sensitive Scan of Maternal Sensitivity: Neural Correlates of Mother-Infant Behaviors. Paper presented at the Biennial Conference for the International Society on Infant Studies, Minneapolis, MN.

 

Nigg, J., Musser, E.D., Fair, D., Karalunas, S. (2012). ADHD, irritability, and temperament: cross validation of distinct subgroups. Paper presented at the annual meetings of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP), San Francisco, CA.

           

Galloway-Long, H., Fenesy, M., Musser, E.D., Nigg, J.T., Karalunas, S.L. (2012). Children’s reactions to interparental conflict predict depressive symptoms in an ADHD population. Poster presented at Association for Psychological Science (APS), Chicago, IL.

 

Nigg, J., Aykes, K., Karalunas, S., Musser E.D., Nagel B., Fair D. (2012). Longitudinal change in ADHD and neural connectivity in childhood. Paper presented at the annual meetings of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP), San Francisco, CA.

 

2011          Musser, E.D., Nigg, J.T. (2011). Separating callous/unemotional traits from other forms of externalizing behavior. Paper presented at Annual Conference for the International Society for Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, Chicago, IL.

 

Musser, E.D., Backs, R., Nigg, J.T. (2011). Emotion regulation in middle childhood: Autonomic correlates of negative and positive emotion induction and suppression. Poster presented at the Biennial Conference for the Society for Research on Child Development, Montreal, QB.

 

Costa Dias, T., Musser, E.D., Wilson, V.B., Bathula, D.R., Mills, K.R., Thurlow, B.L., Stevens, C.A., Mitchell, S.H., Nigg, J.T., Fair, D.A. (2011). Reward circuit connectivity relates to delay discounting in children with ADHD. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting for the Society for Neuroscience, Oregon Chapter Meeting.

 

Costa Dias, T., Musser, E.D., Wilson, V.B., Bathula, D.R., Mills, K.R., Thurlow, B.L., Stevens, C.A., Mitchell, S.H., Nigg, J.T., Fair, D.A. (2011). Reward circuit connectivity relates to delay discounting in children with ADHD. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting for the Organization for Human Brain Mapping. Quebec City, QB.

 

Nigg, J.T., Musser, E.D., Schmitt, C.F. (2011). Biomarker predictors of ADHD course: A new longitudinal study. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the European Network of Hyperactivity Researchers, Budapest.

 

Mills, K.L., Bathula, D., Costa Dias, T.G., Fenesy, M.C., Musser, E.D., Stevens,C.A., Thurlow, B.L., Carpenter, S.D., Nagel., B.J., Nigg, J.T., Fair, D.A. (2011). Poster presented at the Altered cortico-striatal-thalamic connectivity in relation to spatial working memory capacity in children with ADHD, Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC.

 

2010          Musser, E.D., Nigg, J.T. (2010). Autonomic nervous system responding during emotion induction and suppression in children with ADHD. Poster presented at the Annual Conference for the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York, NY.

 

2009          Musser, E.D., Laurent, H.K., Moadab, I., Ablow, J.C. (2009). Neural Correlates of Maternal Sensitivity: An fMRI Pilot Study. Poster presented at the Biennial Conference for the Society for Research on Child Development, Denver, CO.

 

Musser, E.D., Measelle, J.R., Ablow, J.C. (2009).  Predicting Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia: The Effects of Postnatal Depression and Maternal Sensitivity. Poster presented at the Biennial Conference for the Society for Research on Child Development, Denver, CO.

 

Conradt, E., Musser, E.D., Ablow, J.C., Measelle, J.R. (2009).  The independent and joint contributions of maternal sensitivity and infant temperament to psychophysiological regulation. Paper presented at the Biennial Conference for the Society for Research on Child Development, Denver, CO.

 

2008          Musser, E.D., Measelle, J.R., Ablow, J.C. (2008). Postnatal Depression and Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia as Predictors of Maternal Sensitivity. Poster presented at the Biennial Conference for the International Society on Infant Studies, Vancouver, BC.

 

Tenedios, C.M., Musser, E.D., Ablow, J.C. (2008). Interpretation Accuracy of Infant   Facial Expressions and Maternal Depression as Predictors of Maternal Sensitivity.  Poster presented at the International Society on Infant Studies, Vancouver, BC.

 

Moadab, I., Laurent, H., Ablow, J.C., Musser, E.D. (2008).  Neural correlates of maternal response to infant cry in depressed and non-depressed mothers. Poster presented at the Biennial Conference for the International Society on Infant Studies, Vancouver, BC.

 

*=Student of Dr. Erica D. Musser

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