2024
Birthing a new maternal cognition literature: 10 recommendations for future research
Orchard E, Rutherford H. Birthing a new maternal cognition literature: 10 recommendations for future research. Archives Of Women's Mental Health 2024, 1-4. PMID: 39264403, DOI: 10.1007/s00737-024-01514-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAnxiety and neural correlates of attention and self-regulation in pregnancy: a resting-state EEG study
Levy J, Yatziv T, Bunderson M, Bartz C, Vancor E, Rutherford H. Anxiety and neural correlates of attention and self-regulation in pregnancy: a resting-state EEG study. Archives Of Women's Mental Health 2024, 1-11. PMID: 39214911, DOI: 10.1007/s00737-024-01505-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPregnancy-related anxietySelf-regulationBeta oscillationsNeural markersNeural markers of attentionNeural correlates of attentionSelf-regulation difficultiesMarkers of attentionDelta-beta couplingMental health difficultiesCorrelates of attentionResting-state EEG studiesGeneral populationPrefrontal regionsAttentional processesNeural correlatesAttentional controlGeneralized anxietyMind-wanderingCognitive functionHealth difficultiesNeural patternsAnxietyEEG sessionEEG studiesW147 Neural and Behavioral Habituation to Sad Infant Stimuli in Mothers who Use Substances
McCurdy L, Yip S, Worhunsky P, Kim S, Strathearn L, Potenza M, Mayes L, Rutherford H. W147 Neural and Behavioral Habituation to Sad Infant Stimuli in Mothers who Use Substances. Drug And Alcohol Dependence 2024, 260: 110848. DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2023.110848.Peer-Reviewed Original Research27. Investigating Neural Markers of Maternal Psychological Risk
Wall K, Penner F, Dell J, Lowell A, Potenza M, Mayes L, Rutherford H. 27. Investigating Neural Markers of Maternal Psychological Risk. Biological Psychiatry 2024, 95: s109-s110. DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2024.02.262.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMade to move: A review of measurement strategies to characterize heterogeneity in normal fetal movement
Ayala K, Huynh C, Voegtline K, Rutherford H. Made to move: A review of measurement strategies to characterize heterogeneity in normal fetal movement. Infant Behavior And Development 2024, 75: 101949. PMID: 38663329, DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2024.101949.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFetal movementsAssessment of fetal movementsIndicator of fetal well-beingNormal fetal movementFetal well-beingPredicting adverse outcomesAbnormal fetal movementsMovement assessmentMagnetic resonance imagingGestational ageFetal behaviorAdverse outcomesDoppler ultrasoundResonance imagingClinical implicationsMaternal perceptionGestationReview of studiesUltrasoundMaternal attachmentComprehensive review of studiesFetusesParental Tobacco Smoking and Caregiving in the Perinatal and Early Infancy Periods
Martin R, Sandoval I, Penner F, Mayes L, Potenza M, Krishnan-Sarin S, Rutherford H. Parental Tobacco Smoking and Caregiving in the Perinatal and Early Infancy Periods. Journal Of Child And Family Studies 2024, 33: 2583-2595. DOI: 10.1007/s10826-024-02800-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchParental tobacco smokingTobacco smokePostpartum caregivingRisk of child neglectPostpartum periodImpact of tobacco smokingTobacco-cessation programsIllicit substance useChild neglectTobacco useSmoking tobaccoCaregiversPeriod of child developmentChild developmentSubstance usePostpartumSmokingEarly infancy periodPredominant focusTobaccoReview current literatureFathersPotential impactMothersCurrent literatureLetter to the Editor: Does fetal movement shape the maternal brain?
Ayala K, Voegtline K, Rutherford H. Letter to the Editor: Does fetal movement shape the maternal brain? Developmental Psychobiology 2024, 66: e22467. PMID: 38339781, DOI: 10.1002/dev.22467.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNeural correlates of altered emotional responsivity to infant stimuli in mothers who use substances
McCurdy L, Yip S, Worhunsky P, Zhai Z, Kim S, Strathearn L, Potenza M, Mayes L, Rutherford H. Neural correlates of altered emotional responsivity to infant stimuli in mothers who use substances. Journal Of Psychiatric Research 2024, 171: 126-133. PMID: 38277872, PMCID: PMC10922955, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2024.01.024.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsResponses to infant stimuliInfant stimuliMaternal behaviorAffective processesBrain regionsPsychological processesEmotional responsesFunctional magnetic resonance imagingPotential neural targetsInfant emotional expressionsMaternal emotional responsivenessSubstance-use statusAssociated with difficultiesSocial-emotional developmentInfant social-emotional developmentMaternal substance useInfant facesCognitive processesImprove child outcomesEmotional expressionEmotional intensityNeural targetsSubstance useGroups of mothersChild outcomes
2023
Maternal psychological risk and the neural correlates of infant face processing: A latent profile analysis
Wall K, Penner F, Dell J, Lowell A, Potenza M, Mayes L, Rutherford H. Maternal psychological risk and the neural correlates of infant face processing: A latent profile analysis. Developmental Psychobiology 2023, 66: e22445. PMID: 38131237, PMCID: PMC10783861, DOI: 10.1002/dev.22445.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNeurobiology of Parenting and Implications for Emotion Regulation
Rutherford H. Neurobiology of Parenting and Implications for Emotion Regulation. 2023, 229-243. DOI: 10.1017/9781009304368.017.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMaternal Prenatal Attachment: An Early Intergenerational Intervention for Child Psychiatry
Gao L, Givrad S, Rutherford H. Maternal Prenatal Attachment: An Early Intergenerational Intervention for Child Psychiatry. JAACAP Connect 2023, 10 DOI: 10.62414/001c.92191.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNonverbal face‐to‐face interactions in macaques and humans: A translational pilot study
Dettmer A, Bartz C, Rutherford H. Nonverbal face‐to‐face interactions in macaques and humans: A translational pilot study. Developmental Psychobiology 2023, 65: e22416. PMID: 37860898, DOI: 10.1002/dev.22416.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMother-infant dyadsHuman mothersPilot studyFirst-time mothersTranslational pilot studyOptimal infant developmentMaternal primiparityMother-infant interactionNonhuman primate speciesTranslational validityRhesus macaquesNonhuman primatesInfant developmentSex influenceExperienced mothersMacaquesMothersFace mother-infant interactionsHigh rateMothers of sonsHumansDevelopmental domainsCortisol reactivity to a laboratory stressor predicts increases in depressive symptoms in perinatal and nulliparous women during population-level stress
Beech A, Edelman A, Yatziv T, Rutherford H, Joormann J, Gadassi-Polack R. Cortisol reactivity to a laboratory stressor predicts increases in depressive symptoms in perinatal and nulliparous women during population-level stress. Journal Of Affective Disorders 2023, 340: 33-41. PMID: 37499916, PMCID: PMC10529046, DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2023.07.093.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDepressive symptomsNulliparous womenCortisol reactivityLaboratory stressorHigh-risk groupDepressive symptom questionnairesBiomarkers of riskPsychosocial stress testCurrent depressive symptomsCOVID-19Salivary cortisol samplesPopulation-level stressorGestational weeksSymptom questionnairePerinatal periodNeed of interventionDepression riskCortisol levelsSymptomsCortisol samplesPregnancyWomenCOVID-19 pandemicStress testRiskMatrescence: lifetime impact of motherhood on cognition and the brain (Trends in Cognitive Sciences 25, 302–316; 2023)
Orchard E, Rutherford H, Holmes A, Jamadar S. Matrescence: lifetime impact of motherhood on cognition and the brain (Trends in Cognitive Sciences 25, 302–316; 2023). Trends In Cognitive Sciences 2023, 27: 974. PMID: 37385907, DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2023.06.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEEG coherence before and after giving birth
Sandoval I, Ngoh G, Wu J, Crowley M, Rutherford H. EEG coherence before and after giving birth. Brain Research 2023, 1816: 148468. PMID: 37336317, DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2023.148468.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPostpartum periodEEG coherenceParietal regionsIntrahemispheric EEG coherenceInterhemispheric EEG coherenceMaternal brainMonths postpartumNeurophysiological changesBrain volumeCortical couplingFrontopolar regionNeural circuitsBrain functionPregnancyElectroencephalographic coherenceAlphaBetaEmotional processesLongitudinal modificationsPostpartumBrainEnvisioning motherhood: Mental‐state language in caregiving narratives across the perinatal period
Rutherford H, Yatziv T, Vess M, Brooker R. Envisioning motherhood: Mental‐state language in caregiving narratives across the perinatal period. Infant Mental Health Journal 2023, 44: 218-227. PMID: 36862383, PMCID: PMC10559800, DOI: 10.1002/imhj.22048.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMental state languageCognitive mentalizingCaregiving representationsParental mentalizationMaternal mentalizationMentalizationMental healthMaternal addictionStudy limitationsModerate consistencyLanguagePositive sentimentMentalizingMonths postpartumMothersNarrativesCaregivingWhite mothersPerinatal periodAddictionHigher useTime pointsRelative dominanceImplicationsSentimentMatrescence: lifetime impact of motherhood on cognition and the brain
Orchard E, Rutherford H, Holmes A, Jamadar S. Matrescence: lifetime impact of motherhood on cognition and the brain. Trends In Cognitive Sciences 2023, 27: 302-316. PMID: 36609018, PMCID: PMC9957969, DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2022.12.002.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2022
Racial disparities in EEG research and their implications for our understanding of the maternal brain
Penner F, Wall K, Guan K, Huang H, Richardson L, Dunbar A, Groh A, Rutherford H. Racial disparities in EEG research and their implications for our understanding of the maternal brain. Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience 2022, 23: 1-16. PMID: 36414837, PMCID: PMC9684773, DOI: 10.3758/s13415-022-01040-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCurrent Substance Use and Maternal Neural Responses to Infant Faces and Cries
Wall K, Dell J, Lowell A, Potenza M, Mayes L, Rutherford H. Current Substance Use and Maternal Neural Responses to Infant Faces and Cries. International Journal Of Mental Health And Addiction 2022, 22: 1629-1644. DOI: 10.1007/s11469-022-00947-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInfant cuesCurrent substance useInfant facesSubstance useNeural responsesMaternal neural responseUnknown infant facesSubstance use effectsN170 responseChild developmentMaternal substance useSubstance use assessmentCuesLong delayContinuous measureElectroencephalographyCentral findingPrior workFaceSalienceHigh levelsCaregivingStimuliUse assessmentFamiliarityFrontal EEG Asymmetry in Fathers who use Intimate Partner Violence
Baker E, McFaul C, Wu J, Sandoval I, Crowley M, Rutherford H, Stover C. Frontal EEG Asymmetry in Fathers who use Intimate Partner Violence. Journal Of Family Violence 2022, 38: 321-332. DOI: 10.1007/s10896-022-00366-w.Peer-Reviewed Original Research