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Nim Tottenham is a Professor of Psychology and Chair of the Department at Columbia University, affiliated with the Neuroscience & Behavior department. Her research focuses on developmental affective neuroscience, particularly the impact of early-life stress on limbic-cortical neural circuits (e.g., amygdala-medial prefrontal cortex). She employs behavioral, physiological, and fMRI methods to study sensitive periods in brain development and the long-term effects of adverse caregiving experiences. Her lab, the Developmental Affective Neuroscience Lab, investigates normative brain development and the neurobiological consequences of early adversity.
Key research areas include identifying how early-life stress influences emotion regulation circuits, understanding developmental shifts in amygdala-prefrontal communication, and exploring intergenerational transmission of fear mechanisms. She has published extensively in journals like Developmental Science, Biological Psychiatry, and Human Brain Mapping.
Tottenham teaches courses such as 'Introduction to Developmental Psychology' and supervises research projects. Her work bridges clinical, developmental, and translational neuroscience, emphasizing the interplay between environmental factors and neural plasticity in shaping human behavior.
