2021
Promoting mother‐infant relationships and underlying neural correlates: Results from a randomized controlled trial of a home‐visiting program for adolescent mothers in Brazil
Alarcão FSP, Shephard E, Fatori D, Amável R, Chiesa A, Fracolli L, Matijasevich A, Brentani H, Nelson CA, Leckman J, Miguel EC, Polanczyk GV. Promoting mother‐infant relationships and underlying neural correlates: Results from a randomized controlled trial of a home‐visiting program for adolescent mothers in Brazil. Developmental Science 2021, 24: e13113. PMID: 33844435, PMCID: PMC8596406, DOI: 10.1111/desc.13113.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMother-infant attachmentHome visit programHealthy parent-child relationshipsEarly attachment relationshipsAdolescent mothersParent-child relationshipMother-infant interactionGood social behaviourMother-infant relationshipSocial processingAttachment relationshipsNeural correlatesNc amplitudeMother's faceElectrophysiological correlatesAge 6 monthsHome-visiting interventionInfant developmentSocial behaviorPregnant youthSecondary outcomesMiddle-income countriesFirst trimesterMother's healthIntervention group
2020
Effects of semantic categorization strategy training on episodic memory in children and adolescents
Miotto E, Balardin J, da Graça M. Martin M, Polanczyk G, Savage C, Miguel E, Batistuzzo M. Effects of semantic categorization strategy training on episodic memory in children and adolescents. PLOS ONE 2020, 15: e0228866. PMID: 32069310, PMCID: PMC7028277, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0228866.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFunctional magnetic resonance imagingEpisodic memoryPrefrontal cortexCognitive trainingStrategy trainingMiddle frontal gyrus activationDefault mode network areasVerbal episodic memoryImproved memory performanceRight frontal poleLateral orbital gyrusCategorization trainingSuccessful memoryExecutive processesNeural correlatesMemory performanceWord listsAnterior cingulateFrontal poleMemoryHigher activationBrain regionsAdolescentsOrbital gyrusBehavioral effects