• B.A. Drew University, June, 1966 (Psychology)
• M.A. Michigan State University, December, 1968 (Psychology)
• Ph.D. Michigan State University, June, 1970 (Psychology)

• 6/01 - Present: Director, Center for Developmental Psychobiology, Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago
  
• 2/98 - 3/01: Chair, Department of Human Development, University of Maryland
  
• 2/98 - 3/01: Director, Institute for Child Study, University of Maryland
• 8/87 - Present: Adjunct Scientist, Laboratory of Comparative Ethology, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
• 8/86 - 6/01: Professor, Program in Neural and Cognitive Sciences, University of Maryland; Department Affiliate, Department of Psychology, University of Maryland
• 8/85 - 6/01: Professor, Department of Human Development, University of Maryland; Director of Laboratory for Developmental Assessment and Intervention, Institute for Child Study, University of Maryland
• 8/83 - 8/85: Head, Division of Developmental Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Professor, Institute of Aviation, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Professor, Department of Medical Information Sciences, University of Illinois Medical School at Urbana-Champaign; Department Affiliate, Institute for Child Behavior and Development, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  
• 8/82 - 7/83: Guest Investigator, Clinical Infant Research Unit, Laboratory of Psychology and Psychopathology, National Institute of Mental Health
• 8/82 - 8/85: Professor, Department of Psychology and Program in Neural and Behavioral Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• 8/81 - 8/82: Head, Program in Psychophysiology, Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• 1/81 - 6/81: Visiting Scholar, Department of Physiology, Stanford University
• 12/78- 3/79: Visiting Scholar, Department of Education, University of California, Los Angeles
• 9/75 - 8/82: Associate Professor, Department of Psychology and Program in Neural and Behavioral Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• 9/72 - 8/75: Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• 8/70 - 8/72: Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, West Virginia University; Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry, West Virginia University School of Medicine

• National Institute of Mental Health Research Fellow (8/69-8/70)
  
• National Institute of Mental Health Research Scientist Development Award (Type II: 7/75-12/80, 12/81-8/85)
  
• Fellow, American Psychological Association (Divisions 6 and 7)
  
• Fellow, American Psychological Society

• American Psychological Association
  
• American Psychological Society
  
• International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development
  
• International Society for Developmental Psychobiology
  
• International Society for Infant Studies
  
• Society for Psychophysiological Research
  
• Society for Research in Child Development

• National Institute for Child Health and Human Development
  
  • Maternal and Child Health Research Committee (1991-1995), Chair (1994-1995)
• Society for Psychophysiological Research
  
  • Past-President (1994)
    
  • President (1993)
    
  • President-Elect (1992)
    
  • Secretary-Treasurer (1975-1978)
    
  • Board of Directors (1975-1979, 1986-1989)
    
  • Ad Hoc Education and Training Committee (1992-1994)
    
  • Ad Hoc Committee on Psychophysiology as a Discipline (1994)
    
  • Awards Committee (1992-1994)
    
  • Convention Site Chair (1980-1983)
    
  • Program Committee (1974, 1986)
    
  • Young Investigator Award Committee (1981, 1982)
    
  • Nominations Committee Chair (1996)
    
  • Representative to the Federation of Behavioral, Psychological and Cognitive Sciences (1996-1999)
• International Conference on Infant Studies
  
  • Program Chairman (1980)
    
  • Program Committee (1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000)
• Society for Research in Child Development
  
  • Program Committee (1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001)
    
  • Representative to the Federation of Behavioral, Psychological and Cognitive Sciences (1991-1999)
• Federation of Behavioral, Psychological and Cognitive Sciences
  
  • President (1999-2002)
    
  • Animal Welfare Committee (1986-1990)
    
  • Forum on Research Management (1991- )
    
  • Chair of Forum on Research Management (1993)
    
  • Nominations Committee (1993)
    
  • Executive Committee (1994-1997)

Editorial Duties:

• Associate Editor
  
  • Psychophysiology (1983-1987)
• Editorial Board:
  
  • Infant Behavior and Development (1977-1992)
    
  • Child Development (past)
    
  • Developmental Psychobiology (1985-1991, 1995- )
    
  • Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology (1993- )
    
  • Developmental Reviews (2000- )
• Series Co-editor:
  
  • Benchmark Papers in Behavior (1979-1983)

Grant support:

A. Federal

• National Institute of Mental Health Research Grant (6/71-8/72). Title: Heart rate correlates of attentional performance.
• National Institute of Education Research Grant (6/73-12/76). Title: Psychophysiological studies of attention during infancy and early childhood.
• National Institute of Mental Health Research Scientist Development Award, Type II (6/75-12/80). Title: Developmental Psychophysiology of attention.
• National Institute of Mental Health Research Grant (co-investigator with R.L. Sprague, PI) (9/75-8/79). Title: Pediatric psychopharmacology.
• National Institute of Mental Health Training Grant (co-principal investigator with M.G.H. Coles and E. Donchin) (7/77-6/81). Title: Research training in psychophysiology.
• National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Program Project (Primary investigator for Project VI) (9/78-8/81). Title: Psychophysiological studies of mental retardation.
• National Institute of Mental Health Research Grant (co-principal investigator with R. L. Sprague) (1979-1981). Title: Pediatric psychopharmacology.
• National Institute of Mental Health Research Scientist Development Award, Type II (1981-1985). Title: Autonomic indices of nervous system dysfunction.
• National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Research Grant (1982-1985). Title: Neonatal Assessment: A Psychophysiological Approach.
• National Institute of Mental Health Research Grant (7/84-12/85). Title: The psychophysiology of visual recognition memory.
• Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Human Resources Service Administration, Research contract. (5/85-4/86).
• National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Research Grant (5/86-6/89). Title: Neonatal Assessment: A Psychophysiological Approach.
• National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Research Grant (7/89- 4/93). Title: Neonatal Assessment: A Psychophysiological Approach.
• Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Human Resources Service Administration, Research Grant (10/92-9/98). Title: Regulatory Disorders and Developmental Outcomes. Approximately $900,000 in Direct Costs.
• National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Research Grant (12/93-11/99). Title: Neonatal Assessment: A Psychophysiological Approach. Approximately $1,100,000 in Direct Costs.
• Cure Autism Now Grant (01/01/99-12/31/00). Title: Stimulating Social Communication and Affective Expression in Autistic Children: A Neurophysiological Approach. $60,000 in Direct Costs.
• The Rockefeller Foundation residency program at the Bellagio Conference Center in Bellagio, Italy (6/00-7/00).
• National Institute of Mental Health Research Grant (07/01/00/00-06/30/05). Title: Social-Emotional Behavior: A Neurobiological Approach. $1,400,807 in Direct Costs, $2,020,298 in Total Costs.

B. Gifts

• Unicorn Foundation: Seed funds to develop innovative treatments for children with communication disorders. $50,000 (1995), $20,000 (1997).
• Anonymous donors : Seed funds to develop psychophysiological and observational assessments to evaluate children diagnosed with severe regulatory disorders. $125,000 (1995-1998).

C. State

• Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities, State of Illinois (7/77-6/75). Title: Physiological and behavioral characteristics of hyperactive children.
• Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities, State of Illinois (7/76-6/79). Title: Autonomic imbalance: A precursor of learning disabilities.

Publications:

A. Books

• Porges, S.W., & Coles, M.G.H. (eds.), (1976). Psychophysiology. Stroudsburg, PA: Dowden, Hutchinson & Ross.
• Coles, M.G.H., Donchin, E., & Porges, S.W. (eds.), (1986). Psychophysiology: Systems, Processes & Applications. New York: Guilford.

B. Patents

• Method and Apparatus for Evaluating Rhythmic Oscillations in Aperiodic Physiological Response Systems. Patent Number: 4,510,944. April 16, 1985.

C. Articles

• Porges, S.W., & Raskin, D.C. (1969). Respiratory and heart rate components of attention. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 81, 497-503.
• Fitzgerald, H.E., & Porges, S.W. (1970). Cardiovascular effects of paced respiration and selective attention. Psychonomic Science, 19, 65-66.
• Porges, S.W., & Fitzgerald, H.E. (1970). An inexpensive method of programming stimuli using magnetic tape. Psychophysiology, 7, 124-127.
• Fitzgerald, H.E., & Porges, S.W. (1971). A decade of infant conditioning and learning research. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 17, 79-117.
• Porges, S.W. (1972). Heart rate variability and deceleration as indexes of reaction time. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 92, 103-110.
• Porges, S.W., Arnold, W.R., & Forbes, E.J. (1973). Heart rate variability: An index of attentional responsivity in human newborns. Developmental Psychology, 8, 85-92.
• Porges, S.W. (1973). Heart rate variability: An autonomic correlate of reaction time performance. Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society, 1, 270-272.
• Carter, C.S., & Porges, S.W. (1974). Ovarian hormones and post-copulatory sexual receptivity in the female golden hamster. Hormones and Behavior, 5, 303-315.
• Porges, S.W., Stamps, L.E., & Walter, G.F. (1974). Heart rate variability and newborn heart rate responses to illumination changes. Developmental Psychology, 10, 507-513.
• Porges, S.W. (1974). Heart rate indices of newborn attentional responsivity. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 20, 231-254.
• Coles, M.G.H., Porges, S.W., & Duncan-Johnson, C.C. (1975). Sex differences in performance and associated cardiac activity during a reaction time task. Physiological Psychology, 3, 141-143.
• Porges, S.W., Walter, G.F., Korb, J., & Sprague, R.L. (1975). The influence of methylphenidate on heart rate and behavioral measures of attention in hyperactive children. Child Development, 46, 727-733.
• Stamps, L.E., & Porges, S.W. (1975). Heart rate conditioning in newborn infants: Relationships among conditionability, heart rate variability, and sex. Developmental Psychology, 11, 424-431.
• Porges, S.W. (1976). Cohort effects and apparent secular trends in infant research. In R.F. Riegel and J.A. Meacham (eds.), The Developing Individual in a Changing World Vol. II: Social and Environmental Issues. Chicago: Aldine Press, 687-695.
• Porges, S.W. (1976). Ontogenetic comparisons. International Journal of Psychology, 11, 203-214.
• Porges, S.W. (1976). Peripheral and neurochemical parallels of psychopathology: A psychophysiological model relating autonomic imbalance to hyperactivity, psychopathy, and autism. In H.W. Reese (ed.), Advances in Child Development and Behavior: Vol. 11. New York: Academic Press, 35-65.
• Reese, H.W., & Porges, S.W. (1976). Development of learning process. In V. Hamilton and M. Vernon (eds.), The Development of Cognitive Processes. London: Academic Press, 413-447.
• Walter, G.F., & Porges, S.W. (1976). Heart rate and respiratory responses as a function of task difficulty: The use of discriminant analysis in the selection of psychologically sensitive physiological responses. Psychophysiology, 13, 563-571.
• Cheung, M.N., & Porges, S.W. (1977). Respiratory influences on cardiac responses during attention. Physiological Psychology, 5, 53-57.
• Porges, S.W., & Humphrey, M.M. (1977). Cardiac and respiratory responses during visual search in non-retarded children and retarded adolescents. American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 82, 162-169.
• Porges, S.W., & Humphrey, M.M. (1977). Heart rate and respiratory responses during visual search in normal and retarded children. In P. Mittler (ed.), Research in Practice in Mental Retardation Vol. II: Biomedical Aspects. Baltimore: University Press, 429-435.
• Graessle, C.A., Ahbel, K., & Porges, S.W. (1978). Effects of mild prenatal decompressions on growth and behavior in the rat. Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society, 12, 329-331.
• Menedez-Bauer, C., Porges, S.W., Cheung, M.N., Chun, A.J., Bohrer, R.E., Menedez, A., Garcia-Ramos, C., Arroyo, J., & Sammarriego-Crespo, J. (1979). Spectral analysis of fetal heart-rate for diagnosing fetal condition. In O. Thalhammer, K. Baumgarten, and A.A. Polleck (eds.), Perinatal Medicine. Stuttgart, Germany: George Thieme, 265-270.
• Porges, S.W. (1979). Developmental designs for infancy research. In J.D. Osofsky (ed.), Handbook of Infant Development. New York: Wiley, 742-765.
• Porges, S.W. (1979). Spectral analysis of the fetal heart rate: A potential method for the detection of fetal distress. In T.M. Field, A.M. Sostek, S. Goldberg, and H.H. Shuman (eds.), Infants Born at Risk. New York: Spectrum, 17-28.
• Porges, S.W., & Smith, K.M. (1980). Defining hyperactivity: Physiological and behavioral strategies. In C.K. Whalen and B.Henker (eds.), Hyperactive Children: The Social Ecology of Identification and Treatment. New York: Academic, 75-104.
• Porges, S.W., Bohrer, R.E., Cheung, M.N., Drasgow, F., McCabe, P.M., & Keren, G. (1980). New time-series statistic for detecting rhythmic co-occurrence in the frequency domain: The weighted coherence and its application to psychophysiological research. Psychological Bulletin, 88, 580-587.
• Porges, S.W. (1980). Individual differences in attention: A possible physiological substrate. In B.K. Keogh (ed.), Advances in Special Education: Volume 2. Greenwich, CN: JAI, 111-134.
• Gawron, V.J., & Porges, S.W. (1981). Performance predicted from baseline autonomic functioning. Proceedings of the 25th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors Society, 79-92.
• Jennings, J.R., Berg, K.W., Hutcheson, J.S., Obrist, P. A., Porges, S.W., & Turpin, G. (1981). Publication guidelines for heart rate studies in man. Psychophysiology, 3, 226-231.
• McCabe, P.M., Porges, S.W., & Carter, C.S. (1981). Heart period variability during estrogen exposure and withdrawal in female rats. Physiology and Behavior, 26, 535-538.
• Porges, S.W., Bohrer, R.E., Keren, G., Cheung, M.N., Franks, G.J., & Drasgow, F. (1981). The influence of methylphenidate on spontaneous autonomic activity and behavior in children diagnosed as hyperactive. Psychophysiology, 18, 42-48.
• Bohrer, R.E., & Porges, S.W. (1982). The application of time-series statistics to psychological research: An introduction. In G. Keren (ed.), Psychological Statistics. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum, 309-345.
• Larson, S.K., & Porges, S.W. (1982). The ontogeny of heart period patterning in the rat. Developmental Psychobiology, 15, 519-528.
• Porges, S.W., & Coles, M.G.H. (1982). Individual differences in respiratory-heart period coupling and heart period responses during two attention demanding tasks. Physiological Psychology, 10, 215-220.
• Porges, S.W., McCabe, P.M., & Yongue, B.G. (1982). Respiratory-heart rate interactions: Psychophysiological implications for pathophysiology and behavior. In J. Cacioppo and R. Petty (eds.), Perspectives in Cardiovascular Psychophysiology. New York: Guilford, 223-264.
• Yongue, B.G., McCabe, P.M., Porges, S.W., Rivera, M., Kelley, S.L., & Ackles, P.K. (1982). The effects of pharmacological manipulations that influence vagal control of the heart on heart period, heart-period variability, and respiration in rats. Psychophysiology, 19, 426-432.
• Porges, S.W., Ackles, P.K., & Truax, S.R. (1983). Psychophysiological measurement: Methodological constraints. In A. Gale and J. Edwards (eds.), Physiological Correlates of Human Behavior. London: Academic Press, 219-240.
• Porges, S.W. (1983). Heart rate patterns in neonates: A potential diagnostic window to the brain. In T.M. Field and A.M. Sostek (eds.), Infants Born at Risk: Physiological and Perceptual Responses. New York: Grune & Stratton, 3-22.
• Donchin, Y., Caton, D., & Porges, S.W. (1984). Spectral analysis of fetal heart rate in sheep: The occurrence of respiratory sinus arrhythmia. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 148, 1130-1135.
• Greenspan, S.I., & Porges, S.W. (1984). Psychopathology in infancy and early childhood: Clinical perspectives on the organization of sensory and affective-thematic experience. Child Development, 55, 49-70.
• McCabe, P.M., Yongue, B.G., Porges, S.W., & Ackles, P.K. (1984). Changes in heart period, heart period variability and a spectral analysis estimate of respiratory sinus arrhythmia during aortic nerve stimulation in rabbits. Psychophysiology, 21, 149-158.
• Porges, S.W. (1984). Heart rate oscillations: An index of neural mediation. In M.G.H. Coles, R. Jennings, and J. Stern (eds.), Psychophysiological Perspectives: Fetschrift for Beatrice and John Lacey. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 144-162.
• Porges, S.W. (1984). Physiological correlates of attention: Core process underlying learning disorders. Pediatric Clinics of North America: Symposium on Learning Disorders, 31, 371-385.
• Taylor, H.L., Dellinger, J.A., Weller, M.H., Richardson, B.C., Hyman, F.C., LeGrand, J.E., Domino, E.F., & Porges, S.W. (1984). Antiemetic drugs and pilot performance (Technical Report No. USAF SAM-TR-84-52). Aviation Research Laboratory, Institute of Aviation, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Savoy, IL, 61874.
• Donchin, Y., Feld, J.M., & Porges, S.W. (1985). Respiratory sinus arrhythmia during recovery from isoflurane-nitrous oxide anesthesia. Anesthesia and Analgesia, 64, 811-815.
• Fox, N.A., & Porges, S.W. (1985). The relationship between neonatal heart period patterns and developmental outcome. Child Development, 56, 28-37.
• McCabe, P.M., Yongue, B.G., Ackles, P.K., & Porges, S.W. (1985). Changes in heart period, heart-period variability, and a spectral analysis estimate of respiratory sinus arrhythmia in response to pharmacological manipulations of the baroreceptor reflex in cats. Psychophysiology, 22, 195-203.
• Porges, S.W., Drasgow, F., Ullmann, R.K., Sleator, E.K., & Sprague, R.L. (1985). Illinois classroom assessment profile: Development of the instrument. Multivariate Behavioral Research, 20, 141-159.
• Porges, S.W. (1985). Respiratory sinus arrhythmia: An index of vagal tone. In J.F. Orlebeke, G. Mulder, and L.J.P. Van Dornen (eds.), Psychophysiology of Cardiovascular Control: Models, Methods, and Data. New York: Plenum, 437-450.
• Porges, S.W. (1985). Spontaneous oscillations in heart rate: Potential index of stress. In P.G. Moberg (ed.), Animal Stress. Bethesda, MD: The American Physiological Society, 97-111.
• Porges, S.W. (1985). The Vagal tone monitor: Application in sleep research. Proceedings of the Seventh Annual Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 868-869.
• Taylor, H.L., Dellinger, J.A., Richardson, B.C., Weller, M.H., Porges, S.W., Wickens, C.D., LeGrand, J.E., & Davis, J.M. (1985). The effects of atropine sulfate on aviator performance (Technical Report No. ARL TR-85-1). Aviation Research Laboratory, Institute of Aviation, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Savoy, IL, 61874.
• Hatch, J.P., Klatt, K., Porges, S.W., Schroeder-Jasheway, L., & Supik, J.D. (1986). The relation between rhythmic cardiovascular variability and reactivity to orthostatic, cognitive, and cold pressor stress. Psychophysiology, 23, 48-56.
• Linnemeyer, S.A., & Porges, S.W. (1986). Recognition memory and cardiac vagal tone in 6-month-old infants. Infant Behavior and Development, 9, 43-56.
• Porges, S.W., & Fox, N.A. (1986). Developmental psychophysiology. In M.G.H. Coles, E. Donchin, and S.W. Porges (eds.), Psychophysiology: Systems, Processes, and Applications. New York: Guilford, 611-625.
• Porges, S.W. (1986). Data analysis in the frequency domain. In M.G.H. Coles, E. Donchin, and S.W. Porges (eds.), Psychophysiology: Systems, Processes, and Applications. New York: Guilford, 206-211.
• Porges, S.W. (1986). Respiratory sinus arrhythmia: Physiological basis, quantitative methods, and clinical implications. In P. Grossman, K. Janssen, and D. Vaitl (eds.), Cardiorespiratory and Cardiosomatic Psychophysiology. New York: Plenum, 101-115.
• Dellinger, J.A., Taylor, H.L., & Porges, S.W. (1987). Atropine sulfate effects on aviator performance and on respiratory-heart period interactions. Aviation Space Environment Medicine, 58, 333-338.
• DiPietro, J.A., Larson, S.K., & Porges, S.W. (1987). Behavioral and heart-rate pattern differences between breast-fed and bottle-fed neonates. Developmental Psychology, 23, 467-474.
• Porges, S.W. (1987). The measurement of cardiac vagal tone: Physiological bases and clinical implications. Proceedings of the Ninth Annual Conference of IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 165-166.
• Cottingham, J.T., Porges, S.W., & Lyon, T. (1988). Effects of soft tissue mobilization (Rolfing pelvic lift) on parasympathetic tone in two age groups. Physical Therapy, 68, 352-356.
• Cottingham, J.T., Porges, S.W., & Richmond, K. (1988). Shifts in pelvic inclination angle and parasympathetic tone produced by rolfing soft tissue manipulation. Physical Therapy, 68, 1364-1370.
• Porges, S.W. (1988). Neonatal vagal tone: Diagnostic and prognostic implications. In P.N. Vietze and H.G. Vaughn (eds.), Early Identification of Infants With Developmental Disabilities. Philadelphia: Grune and Stratton, 147-159.
• Porges, S.W. (1988). Vagal tone as an index of mental state. In J.R. Comstock (ed.), NASA Conference Publication #2504: Workshop on Mental State Estimation, 57-64.
• Porter, F.L., Porges, S.W., & Marshall, R.E. (1988). Newborn pain cries and vagal tone: Parallel changes in response to circumcision. Child Development, 59, 495-505.
• Zbulit, J.P., Murdock, D.K., Lawson, L., Lawless, C.E., Von Dreele, M.M., & Porges, S.W. (1988). Use of power spectral analysis of RSA to detect graft rejection. Journal of Heart Transplantation, 7, 280-288.
• George, D.T., Nutt, D.J., Walker, W.V., Porges, S.W., Adinoff, B., & Linnoila, M. (1989). Lactate and hyperventilation substantially attenuate vagal tone in normal volunteers: A possible mechanism of panic provocation? Archives of General Psychiatry, 46, 153-156.
• Pfeifer, B.L., Sernaker, H.L., Ter Horst, U.M., & Porges, S.W. (1989). Cross-tolerance between systemic and epidural morphine in cancer patients. Pain, 39, 181-187.
• Stifter, C.A., Fox, N.A., & Porges, S.W. (1989). Facial expressivity and vagal tone in five- and ten-month old infants. Infant Behavior and Development, 12, 127-137.
• Newlin, D.B., Byrne, E.A., & Porges, S.W. (1990). Vagal mediation of the effect of alcohol on heart rate. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 14, 421-424.
• Porges, S.W., & Bohrer, R.E. (1990). Analyses of periodic processes in psychophysiological research. In J.T. Cacioppo and L.G. Tassinary (eds.), Principles of Psychophysiology: Physical, Social, and Inferential Elements. New York: Cambridge University Press, 708-753.
• Degangi, G.A., DiPietro, J.A., Greenspan, S.I., & Porges, S.W. (1991). Psychophysiological characteristics of the regulatory disordered infant. Infant Behavior and Development, 14, 37-50.
• Degangi, G.A., & Porges, S.W. (1991). Attention, alertness, and arousal. In C.B. Royeen (ed.), Neuroscience Foundations of Human Performance. The American Occupational Therapy Association.
• DiPietro, J. A., & Porges, S. W. (1991). Relations between neonatal states and 8-month developmental outcome in preterm infants. Infant Behavior and Development 14, 441, 450.
• DiPietro, J.A., & Porges, S.W. (1991). Vagal responsiveness to gavage feeding as an index of preterm stress. Pediatric Research, 29, 231-236.
• Izard, C.E., Porges, S.W., Simons, R.F., Parisi, M., Haynes, O.M., & Cohen, B. (1991). Infant cardiac activity: Developmental changes and relations with attachment. Developmental Psychology, 27, 432-439.
• Porges, S.W., & Greenspan, S.I. (1991). Regulatory disordered infants: A common theme. In National Institutes of Drug Abuse workshop report on Methodological Issues in Controlled Studies on Effects of Prenatal Exposure to Drugs of Abuse. National Institute on Drug Abuse Research Monograph, 114, 173-181.
• Porges, S.W. (1991). Vagal mediation of respiratory sinus arrhythmia: Implications for drug delivery. In J.M. Hrushesky, R. Langer and F. Theeuwes (eds.), Temporal Control of Drug Delivery. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 618, 57-66.
• Porges, S.W. (1991). Vagal tone: An autonomic mediator of affect. In J.A. Garber and K.A. Dodge (eds.), The Development of Affect Regulation and Dysregulation. New York: Cambridge University Press, 111-128.
• Byrne, E.A., & Porges, S.W. (1992). Frequency-specific amplification of heart rate rhythms using oscillatory tilt. Psychophysiology, 29, 120-126.
• DiPietro, J.A., Porges, S.W., & Uhly, B. (1992). Reactivity and developmental competence in preterm and full-term infants. Developmental Psychology, 28, 831-841.
• Donchin, Y., Constantini, S., Szold, A., Byrne, E. A., & Porges, S. W. (1992). Cardiac vagal tone predicts outcome in neurosurgical patients. Critical Care Medicine, 20, 941-949.
• McLeod, D. R., Hoehn-Saric, R., Porges, S. W., & Zimmerli, W. D. (1992). Effects of alprazolam and imipramine on parasympathetic cardiac control in patients with generalized anxiety disorder. Psychopharmacology, 107, 535-540.
• Porges, S.W., & Byrne, E.A. (1992). Research methods for measurement of heart rate and respiration. Biological Psychology, 34, 93-130.
• Porges, S.W., Matthews, K.A., & Pauls, D.L. (1992). The Biobehavioral Interface in Behavioral Pediatrics. Pediatrics, 90, 789-797.
• Porges, S.W. (1992). Autonomic regulation and attention. In B.A. Campbell, H. Hayne, and R. Richardson (eds.), Attention and information processing in infants and adults. Hillsdale, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 201-223.
• Porges. S. W. (1992). Vagal Tone: A physiological marker of stress vulnerability. Pediatrics, 90, 498-504.
• Byrne, E.A., & Porges, S.W. (1993). Data-dependent filter characteristics of peak-valley respiratory sinus arrhythmia estimation: A cautionary note. Psychophysiology, 30, 397-404.
• Harris, R.M., Porges, S.W., Carpenter, M.E., & Vincenz, L.M. (1993). Hypnotic susceptibility, mood state, and cardiovascular reactivity. American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis, 36, 15-25.
• Porges, S.W., & Lipsitt, L.P. (1993). Neonatal responsivity to gustatory stimulation: The gustatory-vagal hypothesis. Infant Behavior and Development, 16, 487-494.
• Porges, S.W. (1993). The infant's sixth sense: Awareness and regulation of bodily processes. Zero to Three: Bulletin of the National Center for Clinical Infant Programs, 14, 12-16.
• Byrne, E.A., & Porges, S.W. (1994). Heart rate variability, effort, and complex monitoring: Implications for research on automation. In M. Mouloua & R. Parasuraman (Eds.), Human Performance in Automatic Systems: Current Research and Trends. Hillsdale, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 169-174.
• DeGangi, G.A., Porges, S.W., Sickel, R.Z., & Greenspan, S.I. (1994). Four-year follow-up of a sample of regulatory disordered infants. Infant Mental Health Journal, 14, 330-343.
• Fracasso, M.P., Porges, S.W., Lamb, M.E., & Rosenberg, A.A. (1994). Cardiac activity in infancy: Reliability and stability of individual differences. Infant Behavior and Development, 177, 277-284.
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