2024
Risk avoidance and social anxiety in adolescence: Examination of event-related potentials and theta-dynamics on the Balloon Risk Avoidance Task
Edgar E, Waugh A, Wu J, Castagna P, Potenza M, Mayes L, Crowley M. Risk avoidance and social anxiety in adolescence: Examination of event-related potentials and theta-dynamics on the Balloon Risk Avoidance Task. Brain And Cognition 2024, 180: 106209. PMID: 39137602, PMCID: PMC11371477, DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2024.106209.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLevels of social anxietySocially anxious youthSocial anxietyAnxious youthAvoidance taskSocial Phobia and Anxiety InventoryLow levels of social anxietyRisk avoidanceNeural correlatesAvoidance conditioningSuccessful avoidanceTheta dynamicsAnxiety InventoryTheta powerBehavioral correlatesAnxietyTheta responseFRNAdolescentsAvoidanceConcurrent electroencephalographySlow-waveYouthOscillatory dynamicsTaskW147 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 ResearchAssessing the Efficacy of Large Language Models in Health Literacy: A Comprehensive Cross-Sectional Study
Amin K, Mayes L, Khosla P, Doshi R. Assessing the Efficacy of Large Language Models in Health Literacy: A Comprehensive Cross-Sectional Study. The Yale Journal Of Biology And Medicine 2024, 97: 17-27. PMID: 38559461, PMCID: PMC10964816, DOI: 10.59249/ztoz1966.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsImprove health literacyReading grade levelHealth literacyEnhance health literacyCross-sectional studyComprehensive cross-sectional studyPrimary outcome measureGrade levelFlesch-Kincaid Grade LevelHealth outcomesHealth conditionsOutcome measuresPediatric conditionsHealthFlesch-KincaidGunning FogColeman-Liau IndexLanguage modelSeventh-gradersAutomated Readability IndexWord countLiteracyParental 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 literatureNeural 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 ResearchRelationships Between Prenatal Cocaine Exposure, Cannabis-Use Onset and Emotional and Related Characteristics in Young/Emerging Adults
Morie K, Zhai Z, Crowley M, Potenza M, Mayes L. Relationships Between Prenatal Cocaine Exposure, Cannabis-Use Onset and Emotional and Related Characteristics in Young/Emerging Adults. Substance Use & Misuse 2023, 59: 388-397. PMID: 37964628, DOI: 10.1080/10826084.2023.2275558.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMorphologic Severity and Age at Surgery Are Associated with School-Age Neurocognitive Outcomes in Metopic Craniosynostosis
Long A, Hauc S, Almeida M, Alper D, Beiriger J, Rivera J, Goldstein J, Mayes L, Persing J, Alperovich M. Morphologic Severity and Age at Surgery Are Associated with School-Age Neurocognitive Outcomes in Metopic Craniosynostosis. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery 2023, 154: 824-835. PMID: 37585876, PMCID: PMC10867281, DOI: 10.1097/prs.0000000000010999.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchKnowing Your Child’s Mind and Its Relationship with Theory of Mind Acquisition
Nijssens L, Luyten P, Malcorps S, Vliegen N, Mayes L. Knowing Your Child’s Mind and Its Relationship with Theory of Mind Acquisition. Journal Of Child And Family Studies 2023, 33: 1682-1693. DOI: 10.1007/s10826-023-02613-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchToM acquisitionParental reflective functioningTrait-like featuresReflective capacitySocial cognitionMind acquisitionMind capacitiesReflective functioningParents' capacityChild's mindChildren's capacityCross-sectional relationshipPreschool childrenMothers' estimatesMultidimensional approachToMMindChildrenAcquisitionCognitionFunctioningRelationshipConceptualizationDegree of certaintyThe effects of social belonging and kindness on stress and well‐being during the COVID‐19 pandemic: A longitudinal experiment
Nelson‐Coffey S, Layous K, Coffey J, Mayes L. The effects of social belonging and kindness on stress and well‐being during the COVID‐19 pandemic: A longitudinal experiment. Social And Personality Psychology Compass 2023, 17 DOI: 10.1111/spc3.12798.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPositive emotionsLongitudinal experimentSelf-directed strategiesPre-registered hypothesesPandemic-related stressImproved life satisfactionLong-term stressorsNegative emotionsPerceived stressEmotional benefitsLife satisfactionEmotionsSignificant stressorsSocial belongingPreliminary evidenceCOVID-19 pandemicStressorsKindnessMore researchAffirmationPeople's livesAnxietyLonelinessParticipantsSatisfaction26. The Association of Age at Surgery and Behavioral Functioning in Children with Surgically Corrected Metopic Craniosynostosis
Almeida M, Long A, Alper D, Hauc S, Rivera J, Mayes L, Persing J, Alperovich M. 26. The Association of Age at Surgery and Behavioral Functioning in Children with Surgically Corrected Metopic Craniosynostosis. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Global Open 2023, 11: 17-18. PMCID: PMC10194476, DOI: 10.1097/01.gox.0000937700.78240.57.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchParticipation in an Attachment-Based Home Visiting Program Is Associated with Lower Child Salivary C-Reactive Protein Levels at Follow-Up
Tobón A, Condon E, Slade A, Holland M, Mayes L, Sadler L. Participation in an Attachment-Based Home Visiting Program Is Associated with Lower Child Salivary C-Reactive Protein Levels at Follow-Up. Journal Of Developmental And Behavioral Pediatrics 2023, 44: e292-e299. PMID: 37126599, PMCID: PMC10353420, DOI: 10.1097/dbp.0000000000001180.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSalivary inflammatory biomarkersInflammatory biomarkersEarly childhood adversityC-reactive protein levelsChildhood adversitySalivary cytokine levelsEarly adversityMaternal-child dyadsHome Visiting ProgramSalivary CRP levelsMother-infant dyadsBlack/African AmericanHispanics/LatinosRCT completionCRP levelsCytokine levelsFollow-upSalivary specimensVisiting ProgramEarly interventionNegative psychosocial outcomesPsychosocial outcomesLong-term biological effectsProtein levelsMtb41. AI Radiographic Severity Assessment and Age at Surgery Associated with Neurocognitive Outcomes in Metopic Craniosynostosis
Almeida M, Long A, Hauc S, Alper D, Mozaffari M, Rivera J, Beiriger J, Goldstein J, Mayes L, Persing J, Alperovich M. 41. AI Radiographic Severity Assessment and Age at Surgery Associated with Neurocognitive Outcomes in Metopic Craniosynostosis. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Global Open 2023, 11: 20-20. PMCID: PMC10125443, DOI: 10.1097/01.gox.0000934284.33532.e8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchReframing caring for parents who struggle with substance‐use disorders
Mayes L. Reframing caring for parents who struggle with substance‐use disorders. Infant Mental Health Journal 2023, 44: 284-289. PMID: 36917210, DOI: 10.1002/imhj.22052.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLong-term neurocognitive outcomes in 204 single-suture craniosynostosis patients
Junn A, Long A, Hauc S, Almeida M, Alper D, Rivera J, Mayes L, Persing J, Alperovich M. Long-term neurocognitive outcomes in 204 single-suture craniosynostosis patients. Child's Nervous System 2023, 39: 1921-1928. PMID: 36877207, DOI: 10.1007/s00381-023-05908-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFull Scale IQVisuomotor integrationVisual perceptionVerbal IQNeurocognitive testingVisual perception scoresHigher scoresLong-term neurocognitive outcomesCognitive profileWhite matter connectionsNeurocognitive deficitsIQPerception scoresMean IQNeurocognitive outcomesFrontal lobeLower scoresMotor controlMotor coordinationPerceptionNon-syndromic craniosynostosisUnicoronal synostosisScoresChildren 6
2022
Current 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 assessmentFamiliarityQuantitative MRI Characterization of the Extremely Preterm Brain at Adolescence: Atypical versus Neurotypical Developmental Pathways
McNaughton R, Pieper C, Sakai O, Rollins J, Zhang X, Kennedy D, Frazier J, Douglass L, Heeren T, Fry R, O'Shea T, Kuban K, Jara H, Rollins J, Shah B, Singh R, Vaidya R, Van Marter L, Martin C, Ware J, Rollins C, Cole C, Perrin E, Sakai C, Bednarek F, Frazier J, Ehrenkranz R, Benjamin J, Montgomery A, O'Shea T, Washburn L, Gogcu S, Bose C, Warner D, O'Shea T, Engelke S, Higginson A, Higginson J, Bear K, Poortenga M, Pastyrnak S, Karna P, Paneth N, Lenski M, Schreiber M, Hunter S, Msall M, Batton D, Klarr J, Lee Y, Obeid R, Christianson K, Klein D, Wagner K, Pimental M, Hallisey C, Coster T, Dolins M, Mittleman M, Haile H, Rohde J, Nylen E, Neger E, Mattern K, Ma C, Toner D, Vitaro E, Venuti L, Powers B, Foley A, Sacco T, Williams J, Romano E, Henry C, Hiatt D, Peters N, Brown P, Ansusinha E, Smith J, Yang N, Bose G, Wereszczak J, Bernhardt J, Adams J, Wilson D, Darden-Saad N, Williams B, Jones E, Sutton D, Rathbun J, Fagerman S, Boshoven W, Johnson J, James B, Miras K, Solomon C, Weiland D, Yoon G, Ramoskaite R, Wiggins S, Washington K, Martin R, Prendergast B, Lynch E, Kring B, Smith A, McQuiston S, Butler S, Wilson R, McGhee K, Lee P, Asgarian A, Sadhwani A, Henson B, Keller C, Walkowiak J, Barron S, Miller A, Dessureau B, Wood M, Damon-Minow J, Romano E, Mayes L, Tsatsanis K, Chawarska K, Kim S, Dieterich S, Bearrs K, Waldrep E, Friedman J, Hounshell G, Allred D, Helms R, Whitley L, Stainback G, Bostic L, Jacobson A, McKeeman J, Meyer E, Price J, Lloyd M, Plesha-Troyke S, Scott M, Solomon K, Brooklier K, Vogt K. Quantitative MRI Characterization of the Extremely Preterm Brain at Adolescence: Atypical versus Neurotypical Developmental Pathways. Radiology 2022, 304: 419-428. PMID: 35471112, PMCID: PMC9340244, DOI: 10.1148/radiol.210385.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWhite matterPerinatal white matter injuryExtremely preterm birthsProspective multicenter studyWhite matter injuryPreterm birthCerebral palsyMRI evaluationMulticenter studyClinical correlatesNeurocognitive outcomesHigh riskCerebrospinal fluidQuantitative MRI parametersCognitive impairmentMRI biomarkersGray matterMRI parametersCSF volumeBrain developmentModerate negative associationAdolescentsBoysGirlsAutism spectrum disorder
2021
Avoidance in Adolescence: The Balloon Risk Avoidance Task (BRAT)
Crowley M, van Noordt S, Castagna P, Vaca F, Wu J, Lejuez C, Mayes L. Avoidance in Adolescence: The Balloon Risk Avoidance Task (BRAT). Journal Of Psychopathology And Behavioral Assessment 2021, 44: 297-311. DOI: 10.1007/s10862-021-09928-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBalloon Analogue Risk TaskAvoidance behaviorRisk TaskMore avoidance behaviorSubset of youthRisk-taking behaviorMotivational correlatesBehavioral measuresAnxiety symptomsAvoidance taskLate adolescenceDiscriminant validityValidity dataDepressed moodAdolescenceAge 10TaskYouthAvoidanceAnxietyGreater levelsSignificant positive associationClinical implicationsPositive associationLess attention
2020
Maternal working memory, emotion regulation, and responsivity to infant distress
Martin R, Bridgett D, Mayes L, Rutherford H. Maternal working memory, emotion regulation, and responsivity to infant distress. Journal Of Applied Developmental Psychology 2020, 71: 101202. DOI: 10.1016/j.appdev.2020.101202.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEmotion regulationCognitive reappraisalInfant distressMemory capacityMaternal responsivityInfant distress cuesBehavioral responsesAffective processesDistress cuesInfant cuesLong latencyMother's capacityInfant simulatorMemoryCuesDistressIndirect effectsBehavioral responsivityLimited researchReappraisalEngagementResponsivityLatencyContextMothers