A valuable resource outlining the theory, methods, measures, and applications related to psychophysiology. Schmidt and Segalowitz set their text apart from others by focusing exclusively on issues pertaining to children. Written for researchers and students working in developmental and child psychology, cognition, neurosciences, psychiatry and pediatric medicine. Foreword by Stephen W Porges vii Preface xiii Acknowledgments xvii Contributors xix 1 Capturing the Dynamic Endophenotype: A Developmental Psychophysiological Manifesto 1 Sidney J. Segalowitz and Louis A. Schmidt SECTION ONE: CENTRAL SYSTEM: THEORY, METHODS, AND MEASURES 2 Event-Related Brain Oscillations in Normal Development 15 Juliana Yordanova and Vasil Kolev 3 Event-Related Potential (ERP) Measures in Auditory Development Research 69 Laurel J. Trainor 4 Event-Related Potential (ERP) Measures in Visual Development Research 103 Michelle de Haan 5 Electrophysiological Measures in Research on Social and Emotional Development 127 Peter J. Marshall and Nathan A. Fox 6 The Use of the Electroencephalogram in Research on Cognitive Development 150 Martha Ann Bell and Christy D. Wolfe SECTION TWO: AUTONOMIC AND PERIPHERAL SYSTEMS: THEORY, METHODS, AND MEASURES 7 Infant Heart Rate: A Developmental Psychophysiological Perspective 173 Greg D. Reynolds and John E. Richards 8 Examining Cognitive Development Using Psychophysiological Correlates: Evidence of a Hierarchy of Future-Oriented Processes Across Measures 213 W. Keith Berg and Dana L. Byrd 9 Measuring the Electromyographic Startle Response: Developmental Issues and Findings 257 Marie T. Balaban and W. Keith Berg 10 The Measurement of Electrodermal Activity in Children 286 Don C. Fowles SECTION THREE: NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM: THEORY, METHODS, AND MEASURES 11 Emotion, Temperament, Vulnerability, and Development: Evidence from Nonhuman Primate Models 319 Kristine Erickson, J. Dee Higley, and Jay Schulkin 12 Neuroendocrine Measures in Developmental Research 343 Megan R. Gunnar and Nicole M. Talge SECTION FOUR: DATA ACQUISITION, REDUCTION, ANALYSIS, AND INTERPRETATION: CONSIDERATIONS AND CAVEATS 13 Psychophysiology Principles, Pointers, and Pitfalls 367 Anita Miller and James Long 14 Obtaining Reliable Psychophysiological Data with Child Participants: Methodological Considerations 424 William J. Gavin and Patricia L. Davies Index 449