Hill Goldsmith

Research Area(s)
Clinical
Developmental

Lab Website
Wisconsin Twin Research

Research Interest
The focus on our laboratories in the Psychology Department and at the Waisman Center is temperament and emotional development, with emphasis on the behavioral challenges of childhood. Our research brings together elements of the traditional fields of developmental psychology, psychopathology, psychometrics, neuroscience, and genetics. Graduate students come from clinical psychology, developmental psychology and IGM programs. We study infants, young children, and their families, and many of our subjects are twins. Typical longitudinal studies in¬clude laboratory-based assessment of infant emotional reactivity, study of the emotional atmosphere of the home, and analysis of genes, neuroimaging and endocrine measures. Among other topics, current studies address (1) the RDoC conceptualization of psychopathology; (2) motoric and sensory issues during development; (3) temperament as both a facet of typical emotional development and a risk factor for disorders; and (4) genetic epidemiology of a range of childhood disorders.

Representative Publications

Chung, M. K., Huang, S-G., Carroll, I.C., Calhoun, V.D., & Goldsmith, H.H. (2024). Topological state-space estimation of functional human brain networks. PLoS Computational Biology, 20(5): e1011869. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1011869

Planalp, E. M., Dowe, K. N., Alexander, A. L., Goldsmith, H. H., Davidson, R. J., & Dean, D. C. (2023). White Matter Microstructure Predicts Individual Differences in Infant Fear (But Not Anger and Sadness). Developmental Science, 26(3). e13340. doi: 10.1111/desc.13340

Goldsmith, H. H., Hilton, E. C., Phan, J. M., Sarkisian^, K. L., Carroll, I. C., Lemery-Chalfant, K., & Planalp, E. M. (2022). Childhood Inhibition Predicts Adolescent Social Anxiety: Findings from a Longitudinal Twin Study. Development & Psychopathology, 34(5):1666-1685. doi:10.1017/S0954579422000864

Luo, Z., Adluru, N., Dean, D. C., 3rd, Alexander, A. L., & Goldsmith, H. H. (2022). Genetic and environmental influences of variation in diffusion MRI measures of white matter microstructure. Brain Structure & Function, 227(1), 131–144. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00429-021-02393-7

Moore, M. N., Planalp, E. M., Van Hulle, C. A., & Goldsmith, H. H. (2022). Pediatric assessment of Research Domain Criteria positive and negative valence systems: Partial genetic mediation of links to problem behaviors. Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science, 131(6), 626–640. https://doi.org/10.1037/abn0000652

Phan, J. M., Van Hulle, C. A., Shirtcliff, E. A., Schmidt, N. L., & Goldsmith, H. H. (2021). Longitudinal effects of family psychopathology and stress on pubertal maturation and hormone coupling in adolescent twins. Developmental Psychobiology, 63, 3, 512-528. doi: 10.1002/dev.22028

Sarkisian, K., Van Hulle, C., & Goldsmith, H. H. (2021). Persistence during childhood problem-solving as a predictor of active suicidal ideation during adolescence. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, 49(4), 533-543.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-020-00726-4

Planalp, E. M., & Goldsmith, H. H. (2020). Observed profiles of infant temperament: Stability, heritability, and associations with parenting. Child Development, 91, e563-e580. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13277