Education & Training
- Ph.D.: Duke University, 2019
Major Awards
- NARSAD Young Investigator Award, 2016
- Biobehavioral Research Award for Innovative New Scientists (BRAINS), NIMH, 2015
Research Interests
Dr. Perlman’s multi-modal research program bridges the fields of social and cognitive development and social, cognitive, and affective neuroscience to form a field known as Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience. She employs multiple methodological techniques including functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), functional near infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS), psychophysiological measures, eye tracking, and other behavioral and questionnaire measures to conduct cognitive and neural analyses of mechanisms underlying the development of emotion and its effects on social interactions. Her research focuses on the infancy and early childhood periods and seeks to use innovative measures to determine which children are at greatest risk for psychopathology.
Recent Publications
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Stability of the functional connectome across childhood: a five-year dense-sampling case study with multi-subject validation
Graff, K., Zhang, Y., Schaedig, D., Melhem, N. & Perlman, S. B., Oct 15 2026, In: NeuroImage. 340, 122246.
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Parent–Child Neural Dynamics During a Stressful Task: Probing Associations With Temperament and Anxiety
Rocha-Hidalgo, J., Nguyen, H., Reis, D., Schaedig, D., Thompson, K. I., Perlman, S. B. & Pérez-Edgar, K. E., Sep 2026, In: Clinical Psychological Science. 14, 5, p. 658-675 18 p.
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Identifiable regional and neural network abnormalities in early childhood anxiety
Thompson, K. I., Zhang, Y., Schaedig, D., Bankston, A., Parnerkar, A., Jeyaram, S., Melhem, N. & Perlman, S. B., 2026, (Accepted/In press) In: JCPP Advances.
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Constructing the “Family Personality”: Can Family Functioning Be Linked to Parent–Child Interpersonal Neural Synchronization?
Thompson, K. I., Schneider, C. J., Rocha-Hidalgo, J., Jeyaram, S., Mata-Centeno, B., Furtado, E., Vachhani, S., Pérez-Edgar, K. & Perlman, S. B., Jun 2025, In: Journal of Personality. 93, 3, p. 755-766 12 p.
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A network approach to the investigation of childhood irritability: probing frustration using social stimuli
Thompson, K. I., Schneider, C. J., Lopez-Roque, J. A., Wakschlag, L. S., Karim, H. T. & Perlman, S. B., Jul 2024, In: Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines. 65, 7, p. 959-972 14 p.