Joel Nigg, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychiatry, Behavioral Neuroscience, and Pediatrics Director, Division of Psychology, OHSU Department of Psychiatry

SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS FROM THE
ATTENTION AND ADHD PROJECT AT MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY FROM
1998-2009

1998-2001

1. Nigg, J.T. & Goldsmith, H.H. (1998). Recent developments in behavioral genetics and developmental psychopathology. Human Biology, 70, 387-412.

2. Nigg, J.T. (1999). The ADHD response inhibition deficit as measured by the Stop Task: Replication with DSM-IV combined type, extension, and qualification. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 27, 391-400.

3. Nigg, J.T. (2000). On inhibition/disinhibition in developmental psychopathology: Views from cognitive and personality psychology and a working inhibition taxonomy. Psychological Bulletin, 126, 220-246.

4. Nigg, J.T. (2001). Is ADHD an inhibitory disorder? Psychological Bulletin, 127, 571-598.

5. Nigg, J.T., & Rappley, M.D. (2001). Interventions for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder: Perspectives for counselors. In E.R. Welfel & R.E. Ingersoll (Eds.), The Mental Health Desk Reference (pp. 183-190). New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

6. Podolski, C.L., & Nigg, J.T. (2001). Parent stress and coping in relation to child ADHD severity and associated child disruptive behavior problems. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, 30, 501-511.

2002

7. Nigg, J.T., Blaskey, L., Huang-Pollock, C., & Rappley, M.D. (2002). Neuropsychological executive functions and ADHD DSM-IV subtypes. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 41, 59-66.

8. Nigg, J.T., Butler, K.M., Huang-Pollock, C.L., & Henderson, J.M. (2002). Inhibitory processes in adults with persistent childhood onset ADHD. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 70, 153-157.

9. Huang-Pollock, C.L., Carr, T.H., & Nigg, J.T. (2002). Development of selective attention: Perceptual load influences early versus late attentional selection in children and adults. Developmental Psychology, 38, 363-375.

10. Nigg, J.T., John, O.P. Blaskey, L.G., Huang-Pollock, C.L., Willcutt, E.G., Hinshaw, S.P., & Pennington, B. (2002). Big five dimensions and ADHD symptoms: Links between personality traits and clinical symptoms. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 83, 451-469.

11. Nigg, J.T., Blaskey, L.B., Huang-Pollock, C., & John, O.P. (2002). ADHD and personality traits: Is ADHD an extreme personality trait? The ADHD Report, 10 (1), 6-11

2003

12. Nigg, J.T., & Huang-Pollock, C.L. (2003). An early onset model of the role of executive functions and intelligence in conduct disorder/delinquency. In B.B. Lahey, T. Moffitt, & A. Caspi (Eds.), The Causes of Conduct Disorder and Serious Juvenile Delinquency (pp. 227-253). New York: Guilford.

13. Nigg, J.T. (2003). ADHD: Guides for the perplexed reflect the state of the field: Book commentary. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 32, 302-308.

14. Huang-Pollock, C.L., & Nigg, J.T. (2003). Searching for the attention deficit in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: The case of visuospatial orienting. Clinical Psychology Review, 23, 801-830.

15. Nigg, J.T. (2003). Response inhibition and disruptive behaviors: Toward a multi-process conception of etiological heterogeneity for ADHD combined type and conduct disorder early onset type. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1008 (pp. 170-182). New York: New York Academy of Sciences.

16. Stawicki, J.A., & Nigg, J.T. (2003). Familial psychiatric disorder in child DSM-IV ADHD: Moderation by child gender. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1008 (pp. 293-296). New York: New York Academy of Sciences.

17. Nigg J.T. & Goldsmith, H.H. (2003) Personality and temperament. In D.N. Cooper (Ed.), Nature Encyclopedia of the Human Genome, Vol. 4, pp. 549-556. London: Nature Publishing Group.

2004

18. Nigg, J.T., Goldsmith, H.H., & Sachek, J. (2004). Temperament and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: The development of a multiple pathway model. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 33, 42-53.

19. Swanson, J.M., Casey, B.J., Nigg, J.T., Castellanos, F.X., Volkow, N.D., & Taylor, E. (2004). Clinical and cognitive definitions of attention deficits in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. In M.I. Posner (Ed.), Cognitive neuroscience of attention (pp. 430-446). New York: Guilford Press.

20. Nigg, J.T., Blaskey, L., Stawicki, J., & Sachek, J. (2004). Evaluating the endophenotype model of ADHD neuropsychological deficit: Results for parents and siblings of children with DSM-IV ADHD Combined and Inattentive Subtypes. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 113,614-625.

2005

21. Huang-Pollock, C.L., Nigg, J.T., & Carr, T.H. (2005). Deficient attention is hard to find: Applying the perceptual load model of selective attention to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder subtypes. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 46, 1211-1218.

22. Park, L., Nigg, J.T., Waldman, I., Nummy, K.A., Huang-Pollock, C., Rappley, M., & Friderici, K. (2005). Association and linkage of -2A adrenergic receptor gene polymorphisms with childhood ADHD. Molecular Psychiatry,10, 572-580.

23. Nigg, J.T. (2005). What role do environmental contaminants play in the etiology of ADHD? The ADHD Report, 13 (2), 6-7, 12-16.

24. Nigg, J.T. (2005). Neuropsychological theory and findings in ADHD: The state of the field and salient challenges for the coming decade. Biological Psychiatry, 57, 1424-1435.

25. Nigg, J.T., Willcutt, E., Doyle, A.E., & Sonuga-Barke, J.S. (2005). Causal heterogeneity in ADHD: Do we need a neuropsychologically impaired subtypes? Biological Psychiatry, 57, 1224-1230.

26. Nigg, J.T. (2005). Reinforcement gradient, response inhibition, genetic versus experiential effects, and multiple pathways to ADHD (Commentary). Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 28,437-438.

27. Counts, C.A., Nigg, J.T., Stawicki, J.A., Rappley, M.D., & Von Eye, A. (2005). Family adversity in DSM-IV ADHD combined and inattentive subtypes and associated disruptive behavior problems. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 44, 690-698.

28. Nigg, J.T., & Casey, B.J. (2005). An integrative theory of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder based on the cognitive and affective neurosciences. Development and Psychopathology, 17, 785-806.

29. Nigg, J.T., Stavro, G., Ettenhofer, M., Hambrick, D., Miller, T., & Henderson, J.M. (2005). Executive functions and ADHD in adults: Evidence for selective effects on ADHD symptom domains. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 114, 706-717.

30. Nigg, J.T., Silk, K., Stavro, G., & Miller, T. (2005). An inhibition perspective on borderline personality disorder. Development and Psychopathology, 17, 1129-1150.

2006

31. Nigg, J.T. (2006). Attention deficits and hyperactivity-impulsivity in children: A multilevel overview of causes and mechanisms. In H.E. Fitzgerald, B.M. Lester, & B. Zuckerman (Eds.), The Crisis in Youth Mental Health--Critical Issues and Effective Programs, Vol 1: Childhood Disorders (pp. 157-182). Westport, CT: Praeger.

32. Nigg, J.T., Hinshaw, S.P., & Huang-Pollack, C. (2006). Disorders of attention and impulse regulation. In D. Cicchetti & D. Cohen (Eds.), Developmental psychopathology, 2nd ed. (pp 358-403). New York: Wiley.

33. Nigg, J.T. (2006). Attention, control, and task difficulty in ADHD (Commentary). British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 23, 513-516.

34. Nigg, J.T. (2006). Temperament and developmental psychopathology. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 47, 395-422.

35. Waldman, I.D., Nigg, J.T., Gizer, I.R., Park, L., Rappley, M.D., & Friderici, K. (2006). The adrenergic receptor 2-A gene (ADRA2 A) and neuropsychological executive functions as putative endophenotypes for childhood ADHD. Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience, 6, 18-30.

36. Stawicki, J.A., Nigg, J.T., & von Eye, A. (2006). Family psychiatric history evidence on the nosological relations of DSM-IV ADHD Combined and Inattentive subtypes: New data and meta-analysis. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 47, 935-945.

37. Carr, L.A., Nigg, J.T., & Henderson, J.M. (2006). Attentional versus motor inhibition in adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Neuropsychology, 20, 430-441.

38. Martel, M.M., & Nigg, J.T. (2006). Child ADHD and personality/temperament traits of reactive and effortful control, resiliency, and emotionality. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 47, 1175-1183.

39. Huang-Pollock, C., Nigg, J.T., & Halperin, J. (2006). Single dissociation findings of ADHD deficits in vigilance but not anterior or posterior attention systems. Neuropsychology, 20, 420-429 Nigg, J.T. (2006). What Causes ADHD? Toward a Multi-Path Model for Understanding What Goes Wrong and Why. New York: Guilford Press. Scholarly review and integration of ADHD mechanisms and linkage to genetic and environmental etiologies, emphasizing GxE interplay.

2007

40. Stavro, G., Ettenhofer, M., & Nigg, J.T. (2007). Executive functions and adaptive functioning in young adult ADHD. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 13, 324-334.

41. Nigg, J.T., & Breslau, N. (2007). Prenatal smoking exposure, low birth weight, and disruptive behavior disorders. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 43, 362-369.

42. Casey, B.J., Nigg, J.T., & Durston, S. (2007). New potential leads in the biology and treatment of Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder. Current Opinion in Neurology, 20,119-124.

43. Martel, M.M., Lucia, V.C., Nigg, J.T., & Breslau, N. (2007). Sex differences in the pathway from low birth weight to inattention/hyperactivity. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 35, 87-96.

44. Martel, M.M, Nigg, J.T., Wong, M.M., Fitzgerald, H.E., Jester, J.M., Puttler, L.I., Glass, J.M., Adams, K.M., Zucker, R.A. (2007). Child and adolescent resiliency, regulation, and executive functioning in relation to adolescent problems and competence in a high-risk sample. Development and Psychopathology, 19, 541-563.

45. Swanson, JM, Kinsbourne, M., Nigg, J.T., Lanphear, B., Stefanatos, G., Volkow, N., Taylor, E., Casey, B.J., Castellanos, F.X., Wadhwa, P.D. (2007). Etiologic subtypes of Attention-deficit/ Hyperactivity disorder: Brain imaging, molecular genetic and environmental factors and the Dopamine Hypothesis. Neuropsychology Review, 17, 39-59.

46. Miller, T.W., Nigg, J.T., & Faraone, S.V. (2007). Axis I and II comorbidity in adults with ADHD. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 116, 519-528.

47. Nigg, J.T., Nikolas, M., Friderici, K., Park, L., & Zucker, R.A. (2007). Biological and cognitive resilience factors in ADHD and disruptive behavior disorders. Development and Psychopathology, 19, 767-786.

48. Nigg, J.T., Carr, L.A., Martel, M.M., & Henderson, J.M. (2007). Concepts of inhibition and developmental psychopathology. In C. MacCleod & D. Gorfein (Eds.), Inhibition in Cognition, (pp. 259-277). American Psychological Association Press.

49. Martel, M.M., Nikolas, M., & Nigg, J.T. (2007). Executive functions in adolescents with ADHD. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 46, 1434-1444.

2008

50. Nigg, J.T., Knottnerus, G.M., Martel, M.M., Nikolas, M., Cavanagh, K., Karmaus, W., & Rappley, M.D. (2008). Low blood lead levels associated with clinically diagnosed attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and mediated by weak cognitive control. Biological Psychiatry, 63(3), 325-331.

51. Nigg, J.T., & Nikolas, M. (2008). Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder. In T.P. Beauchaine & S.V. Hinshaw (Eds), Child and Adolescent Psychopathology (pp ). New York: Wiley Publishers.

52. Bucci, D.J., Hopkins, M.E., Nunez, A.A., Breedlove, S.M., Sisk, C., & Nigg, J.T. (2008) Effects of sex hormones on associative learning in the spontaneously hypertensive rat. Physiology and Behavior, 93, 651-657.

53. Nigg, J.T. (2008). ADHD, Lead Exposure, and Prevention: How Much Lead or How Much Evidence Needed? (Editorial). Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics, 8(4), 519-521.

54. Martell, M.M., Gobrogge, K.L., Breedlove, M., & Nigg, J.T. (2008). Masculinized finger-length ratios of boys, but not girls, are associated with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. Behavioral Neuroscience, 122(2), 273-281.

55. Martel, M.M., Nigg, J.T., & Lucas, R. (2008). Trait mechanisms in youth with and without Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. Journal of Research in Personality, 42, 895-913.

56. Blaskey, L., Harris, L.J., & Nigg, J.T. (in press). Are sensation seeking and emotion processing related to or distinct from cognitive control in children with ADHD? Child Neuropsychology, 14, 353-371

2009

57. Miller, T.W., Miller, R.A., & Nigg, J.T. (2009). Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in African American children: What can be concluded from the past ten years? Clinical Psychology Review, 29, 77-86.

58. Ellis, B., Nigg, J.T. (2009). Parenting practices and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Partial specificity of effects. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 2008 Dec 5. [Epub ahead of print]

59. Martel, M.M., Nigg, J.T., & von Eye, A. (2009). How do trait dimensions map onto ADHD symptom domains? Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, in press.

60. Nigg, J.T. (2009). Cognitive difficulties in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: What clinicians need to know. Psychiatric Times.

In Press

61. Nigg, J.T. (In press). Status of activation and inhibition theories of ADHD. To Appear in D. Barch et al., (Eds), Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience of Psychopathology. New York: Guilford Press.

62. Englehardt, P.E., Nigg, J.T., Carr, L.A. & Ferreira, F. (in press). Cognitive inhibition and working memory in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Journal of Abnormal Psychology.

63. Housley, D.J.E. , Nikolas, M., Jernigan, K.A., Venta, P.J., Waldman, I., Nigg, J.T., Friderici, K.H. (in press). SNP discovery and haplotype analysis in the segmentally duplicated DRD5 coding region. Annals of Human Genetics.

64. Martel, M.M., Klump, K., Nigg, J.T., Breedlove, M., & Sisk, S. (in press). Potential hormonal mechanisms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and major depressive disorder: A new perspective. Hormones and Behavior.

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