2023
Cortisol 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 testRisk
2019
Maternal positive responses to a distressed infant simulator predict subsequent negative affect in infants
McKay ER, Rosinski L, Mayes LC, Rutherford HJV, Bridgett DJ. Maternal positive responses to a distressed infant simulator predict subsequent negative affect in infants. Infant Behavior And Development 2019, 56: 101299. PMID: 30670294, DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2018.12.004.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2013
Here's looking at you, kid: attention to infant emotional faces in mothers and non‐mothers
Thompson-Booth C, Viding E, Mayes LC, Rutherford H, Hodsoll S, McCrory EJ. Here's looking at you, kid: attention to infant emotional faces in mothers and non‐mothers. Developmental Science 2013, 17: 35-46. PMID: 24341972, PMCID: PMC4352331, DOI: 10.1111/desc.12090.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInfant facesEmotional facesAttentional processingAdult facesTask interferenceTarget stimuliInfant facial cuesAttentional capture paradigmEmotional facial expressionsLonger response timesEmotional infantFacial cuesSocial stimuliSample of mothersParental distressFacial expressionsAdaptive behavioural changesMore salientAdult caregiversParental statusStimuliBehavioral changesGreater levelsFaceResponse time
2012
Investigating the impact of parental status and depression symptoms on the early perceptual coding of infant faces: An event-related potential study
Noll LK, Mayes LC, Rutherford HJ. Investigating the impact of parental status and depression symptoms on the early perceptual coding of infant faces: An event-related potential study. Social Neuroscience 2012, 7: 525-536. PMID: 22435403, DOI: 10.1080/17470919.2012.672457.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInfant facesDepression symptomsInfant cuesEvent-related potential studyEvent-related potential (ERP) techniqueParental statusN170 ERP componentIntuitive parenting behaviorsSalient social stimuliEarly visual processingSub-clinical levelsDepression symptom severityFace stimuliSocial stimuliERP componentsNeural correlatesParenting behaviorsVisual processingNormative attentionCommunity samplePerceptual codingPotential studiesAdult womenPsychiatric symptomatologySymptom severity