2021
Maternal perinatal anxiety and neural responding to infant affective signals: Insights, challenges, and a road map for neuroimaging research
Yatziv T, Vancor EA, Bunderson M, Rutherford HJV. Maternal perinatal anxiety and neural responding to infant affective signals: Insights, challenges, and a road map for neuroimaging research. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews 2021, 131: 387-399. PMID: 34563563, PMCID: PMC8642296, DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2021.09.043.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInfant cuesSensitive responsivenessMothers' sensitive responsivenessFunctional neuroimaging studiesMaternal perinatal anxietyPerinatal maternal anxietyPerinatal anxietyCue valenceNeural correlatesAffective signalsSensitive caregivingNeuroimaging studiesCore facetsAnxiety symptomsLongitudinal investigationNeural circuitryMixed findingsDepression symptomsMaternal anxietyAnxietyCuesFuture researchTemporal dynamicsCaregivingCurrent research
2018
What’s going on in my baby’s mind? Mothers’ executive functions contribute to individual differences in maternal mentalization during mother-infant interactions
Yatziv T, Kessler Y, Atzaba-Poria N. What’s going on in my baby’s mind? Mothers’ executive functions contribute to individual differences in maternal mentalization during mother-infant interactions. PLOS ONE 2018, 13: e0207869. PMID: 30500853, PMCID: PMC6267990, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0207869.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMother-infant interactionExecutive functionResponse inhibitionMaternal mentalizationFree-play interactionsMemory updatingCognitive mechanismsInfant-related factorsCognitive tasksPsychological agentIndividual differencesStressful contextsChild temperamentInfant temperamentBaby's mindPlay interactionsInfant behaviorMother's capacityMentalizationTemperamentChildrenMothers' resistanceMindParentingFull-term infants