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Assistant Professor Adjunct in the Child Study Center
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Tal Yatziv, Ph.D., is a Postdoctoral Associate at the Yale Child Study Center, working under the mentorship of Dr. Helena Rutherford. She received her Ph.D. in Psychology from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel in 2019. Her research interests focus on the interplay between cognitive and affective processes in shaping early parenting and infant socioemotional development. Specifically, Dr. Yatziv studies the contributions of cognitive control and automatic processing to how parents understand their children's thoughts and feelings, focusing on parental processing of infant cues, parental mentalization, and parental sensitive-responsiveness. In her research, she combines reaction-time and accuracy-based cognitive performance measures and computational modeling (e.g., evidence accumulation modeling), together with observation-based ecological methods (e.g., videotaped parent-infant interactions), to gain insights into how adaptive parenting unfolds in time.
Last Updated on January 04, 2025.
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- Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Psychology (2019)
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Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms; Child Development; Mental Disorders; Parent-Child Relations; Parenting; Psychological Phenomena
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0000-0001-5431-5970
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Helena Rutherford, PhD
Kathryn M Wall Funaro, MS, MA
Amanda Lowell, PhD
Francesca Penner, PhD
Linda Mayes, MD
Melissa C Funaro, MLS, MS
17Publications
155Citations
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Child Development
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2026
Associations Between Paternal Sensitivity and Cognitive and Behavioural Outcomes in Preterm Children: An Individual Participant Data Meta‐Analysis
Gueron‐Sela N, Treyvaud K, Atzaba‐Poria N, Cheong J, Spittle A, Yatziv T, Anderson P, Jaekel J. Associations Between Paternal Sensitivity and Cognitive and Behavioural Outcomes in Preterm Children: An Individual Participant Data Meta‐Analysis. Child Care Health And Development 2026, 52: e70338. PMID: 42693535, PMCID: PMC13542345, DOI: 10.1111/cch.70338.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMaternal mind-mindedness: A latent profile analysis approach
Wall K, Guan K, Malcorps S, Armstrong K, Mayes L, Yatziv T, Rutherford H. Maternal mind-mindedness: A latent profile analysis approach. Infant Behavior And Development 2026, 84: 102227. PMID: 42600561, DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2026.102227.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchScanning for representation: A scoping review of racial and ethnic diversity in MRI studies of the maternal brain
Orchard E, Murray C, Wall K, Levy J, Shin J, Gaebler C, Hart‐Derrick V, Ayala K, Adodo A, Day M, Funaro M, Guan K, Parker T, Ricard J, Penner F, Yatziv T, Rutherford H. Scanning for representation: A scoping review of racial and ethnic diversity in MRI studies of the maternal brain. Journal Of Neuroendocrinology 2026, 38: e70232. PMID: 42494294, PMCID: PMC13397045, DOI: 10.1111/jne.70232.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsA Protocol for the International Translation and Validation of the Postpartum Specific Anxiety Scale for Preterm Birth [PSAS‐PTB] and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit [PSAS‐NICU] Contexts
Worrall S, Fallon V, Christiansen P, Khalil A, Spencer R, Fresno A, Wormald F, Radoš S, Katušić A, Kostović M, Aburas K, Moussa S, Wendland J, Crivano G, Yahiaoui A, Stenzel N, Payne E, Wittkowski A, Mirghafourvand M, Mashayekh‐Amiri S, Yatziv T, Gueron‐Sela N, Bramante A, Ionio C, Ciuffo G, Jarašiūnaitė‐Fedosejeva G, Gibė E, Stankevičienė V, SaadAdeen S, Moreira H, Caiado B, Rebega O, Aparicio‐García M, Costas‐Ramón N, Cárdaba‐García R, Kariyawasam A, Maduwanthi M, Thilakarathne R, Silverio S, Psychometrics G. A Protocol for the International Translation and Validation of the Postpartum Specific Anxiety Scale for Preterm Birth [PSAS‐PTB] and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit [PSAS‐NICU] Contexts. International Journal Of Methods In Psychiatric Research 2026, 35: e70065. PMID: 41689173, PMCID: PMC12904837, DOI: 10.1002/mpr.70065.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetric
2024
Anxiety and neural correlates of attention and self-regulation in pregnancy: a resting-state EEG study
Levy J, Yatziv T, Bunderson M, Bartz C, Vancor E, Rutherford H. Anxiety and neural correlates of attention and self-regulation in pregnancy: a resting-state EEG study. Archives Of Women's Mental Health 2024, 28: 43-53. PMID: 39214911, DOI: 10.1007/s00737-024-01505-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricThe association between maternal and child posttraumatic stress symptoms among families living in southern Israel: The buffering role of maternal executive functions
Levy M, Yatziv T, Levavi K, Yakov P, Pike A, Deater‐Deckard K, Hadar A, Bar G, Froimovici M, Atzaba‐Poria N. The association between maternal and child posttraumatic stress symptoms among families living in southern Israel: The buffering role of maternal executive functions. Stress And Health 2024, 40: e3456. PMID: 39116030, DOI: 10.1002/smi.3456.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMaternal Perceptions and Responsiveness to Cry in Armed Conflict Zones: Links to Child Behavior Problems
Levavi K, Yatziv T, Yakov P, Pike A, Deater-Deckard K, Hadar A, Bar G, Froimovici M, Atzaba-Poria N. Maternal Perceptions and Responsiveness to Cry in Armed Conflict Zones: Links to Child Behavior Problems. Research On Child And Adolescent Psychopathology 2024, 52: 1455-1468. PMID: 38833107, PMCID: PMC11420313, DOI: 10.1007/s10802-024-01207-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetric
2023
Envisioning motherhood: Mental‐state language in caregiving narratives across the perinatal period
Rutherford H, Yatziv T, Vess M, Brooker R. Envisioning motherhood: Mental‐state language in caregiving narratives across the perinatal period. Infant Mental Health Journal Infancy And Early Childhood 2023, 44: 218-227. PMID: 36862383, PMCID: PMC10559800, DOI: 10.1002/imhj.22048.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetric
2022
Reflective functioning in mothers with addictions: Differential relationships involving family history of mental illness and substance use
Lowell A, Yatziv T, Peacock-Chambers E, Zayde A, DeCoste C, Suchman N, McMahon T. Reflective functioning in mothers with addictions: Differential relationships involving family history of mental illness and substance use. Frontiers In Psychology 2022, 13: 911069. PMID: 36312152, PMCID: PMC9614557, DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.911069.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsParental Mentalizing During a Pandemic: Use of Mental-State Language on Parenting Social Media Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Yatziv T, Simchon A, Manco N, Gilead M, Rutherford H. Parental Mentalizing During a Pandemic: Use of Mental-State Language on Parenting Social Media Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Clinical Psychological Science 2022, 10: 1129-1150. DOI: 10.1177/21677026211062612.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetric
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