2023
Knowing 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' capacityChildren's capacityChild's mindCross-sectional relationshipPreschool childrenMothers' estimatesMultidimensional approachToMMindChildrenAcquisitionCognitionFunctioningRelationshipConceptualizationDegree of certainty
2018
“In the best interest of the child”—the pioneering work of Anna Freud in the field of children and the law, and the court assessment project at the Anna Freud Centre
Daum M, Mayes L. “In the best interest of the child”—the pioneering work of Anna Freud in the field of children and the law, and the court assessment project at the Anna Freud Centre. 2018, 335-338. DOI: 10.4324/9780429481086-27.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMinds shaped through relationships: the emerging neurobiology of parenting
Rutherford H, Mayes L. Minds shaped through relationships: the emerging neurobiology of parenting. 2018, 50-69. DOI: 10.4324/9780429474064-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInfant signalsNeurobiology of parentingSelf-report measuresNumber of psychopathologiesOnset of parenthoodIndividual differencesParental brainNeurobiological changesNeurobiological studiesGroup differencesPrimary maternal preoccupationMaternal preoccupationBiological childrenAdult transitionParenthoodMindChildrenParentingPsychopathologyReduced sensitivityNeurobiologyBrainRelationshipPreoccupationFathers
2015
Investigating the relationship between working memory and emotion regulation in mothers
Rutherford H, Booth C, Crowley M, Mayes L. Investigating the relationship between working memory and emotion regulation in mothers. Journal Of Cognitive Psychology 2015, 28: 52-59. DOI: 10.1080/20445911.2015.1075542.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchVisuospatial working memoryEmotion regulationWorking memorySelf-report measuresMemory relateEmotion dysregulationExecutive functioningExecutive functionRegulatory functioningMemoryFunctioningEmotionsUnique roleParentingBroad implicationsMeasuresRecent mothersMothersRecent workRelateImplicationsFindingsRelationshipDysregulation
2000
The Mother-Child Dyad Facing Trauma
WOLMER L, LAOR N, GERSHON A, MAYES L, COHEN D. The Mother-Child Dyad Facing Trauma. The Journal Of Nervous And Mental Disease 2000, 188: 409-415. PMID: 10919698, DOI: 10.1097/00005053-200007000-00003.Peer-Reviewed Original Research