2018
Minds 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 sensitivityNeurobiologyBrainRelationshipPreoccupationFathersPrimary parental preoccupation: revisited
Leckman J, Feldman R, Swain J, Mayes L. Primary parental preoccupation: revisited. 2018, 89-115. DOI: 10.4324/9780429473654-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSpecial mental stateBrain systemsMaternal behaviorBasic cognitive capacitiesChild attachment securitySecure attachment relationshipsDifferent brain systemsRelevant brain systemsInter-generational transmissionShort-term behavioral interventionAttachment securityParental preoccupationAttachment relationshipsIndividual differencesBody of researchCognitive capacityParental sensitivityMental statesCognitive characterizationVan IJzendoornBehavioral interventionsDepressed mothersTwin studiesPrimary maternal preoccupationMaternal preoccupation
2009
Exclusion and micro-rejection: event-related potential response predicts mitigated distress
Crowley MJ, Wu J, McCarty ER, David DH, Bailey CA, Mayes LC. Exclusion and micro-rejection: event-related potential response predicts mitigated distress. Neuroreport 2009, 20: 1518-1522. PMID: 19829163, PMCID: PMC4457507, DOI: 10.1097/wnr.0b013e328330377a.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdaptation, PsychologicalAdolescentAdultAffectAssociation LearningBrain MappingCerebral CortexCognitionConcept FormationElectroencephalographyEmotionsEvoked PotentialsFemaleHumansInterpersonal RelationsMaleNeuropsychological TestsPrefrontal CortexPsychomotor PerformanceReaction TimeRejection, PsychologySocial IsolationSocial PerceptionStress, PsychologicalYoung AdultConceptsEvent-related potentialsDense-array event-related potentialsExclusion eventsNeural activityEvent-related potential responsesMedial frontal cortical regionsBall-tossing gameSelf-reported distressFrontal cortical regionsPerceptual processesNeural basisIndividual differencesNeural responsesSimilar distressCortical regionsDistressYoung adultsSlow wave activityFair playPlayParticipantsPotential responseAdultsAssociationGame
1992
An Observational Study of the Affective Concomitants of Mastery in Infants
Mayes L, Zigler E. An Observational Study of the Affective Concomitants of Mastery in Infants. Journal Of Child Psychology And Psychiatry 1992, 33: 659-667. PMID: 1601941, DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1992.tb00903.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNew motor taskPositive affective behaviorPositive affective responsesMotor tasksMastery motivationAffective responsesAffective behaviorAffective concomitantsPositive affectIndividual differencesLater competenciesDaycare settingOlder infantsTaskObservational studyMasteryMotivationBabblingInfantsAffectSupportHypothesisBehaviorCompetenciesProportion