Tracy Riggins

Tracy Riggins is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Maryland, College Park, and director of the Neurocognitive Development Laboratory. Her research focuses on memory development in children, utilizing behavioral, electrophysiological, and neuroimaging methodologies to investigate how neural substrates evolve during early childhood.

• Ph.D. in Child Psychology, University of Minnesota (2005)
• Postdoctoral Fellowships: University of California, Davis; University of Maryland, School of Medicine

Research interests include:

• Neural mechanisms of childhood memory
• Impact of sleep, stress, and parenting on memory
• Developmental cognitive neuroscience
• High-risk populations (e.g., prenatal drug exposure)

Her recent publications highlight trends in hippocampal subregion analysis, sleep physiology, and socioeconomic influences on brain structure. She teaches undergraduate Developmental Psychology (PSYC355) and a graduate seminar on Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience.