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Adult attachment is related to maternal neural response to infant cues: an ERP study
Lowell AF, Dell J, Potenza MN, Strathearn L, Mayes LC, Rutherford HJV. Adult attachment is related to maternal neural response to infant cues: an ERP study. Attachment & Human Development 2021, 25: 71-88. PMID: 33522435, PMCID: PMC10861024, DOI: 10.1080/14616734.2021.1880057.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInfant facesInfant cuesAttachment securityInsecure mothersNeural responsesMaternal neural responseOwn infant's faceMaternal attachment securityAdult Attachment InterviewEvent-related potentialsAttentional allocationAdult attachmentAttachment InterviewERP studyInfluence processingNeuroscientific approachNeural processingSecure mothersNeurobiological mechanismsInfant vocalizationsInfant cryingCuesInitial processingImportant predictorCaregiving
2022
The effects of prenatal stress on neural responses to infant cries in expectant mothers and fathers
Peoples SG, Lowell AF, Bunderson M, Bartz C, Yip SW, Rutherford HJV. The effects of prenatal stress on neural responses to infant cries in expectant mothers and fathers. Developmental Psychobiology 2022, 64: e22280. PMID: 35603419, DOI: 10.1002/dev.22280.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInfant cryingAttentional processingNeural processingInfant cuesNeural responsesGreater LPP responsesMore attentional resourcesEvent-related potentialsLPP responsesAttentional resourcesAttentional processesPrenatal stress exposurePsychological changesNeural markersDistress levelsPerceptual responsesParental sex differencesStress exposurePrenatal stressSex differencesEarly riskCuesParentsCaregivingProcessing