2024
Letter to the Editor: Does fetal movement shape the maternal brain?
Ayala K, Voegtline K, Rutherford H. Letter to the Editor: Does fetal movement shape the maternal brain? Developmental Psychobiology 2024, 66: e22467. PMID: 38339781, DOI: 10.1002/dev.22467.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNeural 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 ResearchNonverbal face‐to‐face interactions in macaques and humans: A translational pilot study
Dettmer A, Bartz C, Rutherford H. Nonverbal face‐to‐face interactions in macaques and humans: A translational pilot study. Developmental Psychobiology 2023, 65: e22416. PMID: 37860898, DOI: 10.1002/dev.22416.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMother-infant dyadsHuman mothersPilot studyFirst-time mothersTranslational pilot studyOptimal infant developmentMaternal primiparityMother-infant interactionNonhuman primate speciesTranslational validityRhesus macaquesNonhuman primatesInfant developmentSex influenceExperienced mothersMacaquesMothersFace mother-infant interactionsHigh rateMothers of sonsHumansDevelopmental domainsCortisol reactivity to a laboratory stressor predicts increases in depressive symptoms in perinatal and nulliparous women during population-level stress
Beech A, Edelman A, Yatziv T, Rutherford H, Joormann J, Gadassi-Polack R. Cortisol reactivity to a laboratory stressor predicts increases in depressive symptoms in perinatal and nulliparous women during population-level stress. Journal Of Affective Disorders 2023, 340: 33-41. PMID: 37499916, PMCID: PMC10529046, DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2023.07.093.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDepressive symptomsNulliparous womenCortisol reactivityLaboratory stressorHigh-risk groupDepressive symptom questionnairesBiomarkers of riskPsychosocial stress testCurrent depressive symptomsCOVID-19Salivary cortisol samplesPopulation-level stressorGestational weeksSymptom questionnairePerinatal periodNeed of interventionDepression riskCortisol levelsSymptomsCortisol samplesPregnancyWomenCOVID-19 pandemicStress testRiskEEG coherence before and after giving birth
Sandoval I, Ngoh G, Wu J, Crowley M, Rutherford H. EEG coherence before and after giving birth. Brain Research 2023, 1816: 148468. PMID: 37336317, DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2023.148468.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPostpartum periodEEG coherenceParietal regionsIntrahemispheric EEG coherenceInterhemispheric EEG coherenceMaternal brainMonths postpartumNeurophysiological changesBrain volumeCortical couplingFrontopolar regionNeural circuitsBrain functionPregnancyElectroencephalographic coherenceAlphaBetaEmotional processesLongitudinal modificationsPostpartumBrainEnvisioning 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 2023, 44: 218-227. PMID: 36862383, PMCID: PMC10559800, DOI: 10.1002/imhj.22048.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMental state languageCognitive mentalizingCaregiving representationsParental mentalizationMaternal mentalizationMentalizationMental healthMaternal addictionStudy limitationsModerate consistencyLanguagePositive sentimentMentalizingMonths postpartumMothersNarrativesCaregivingWhite mothersPerinatal periodAddictionHigher useTime pointsRelative dominanceImplicationsSentimentMatrescence: lifetime impact of motherhood on cognition and the brain
Orchard E, Rutherford H, Holmes A, Jamadar S. Matrescence: lifetime impact of motherhood on cognition and the brain. Trends In Cognitive Sciences 2023, 27: 302-316. PMID: 36609018, PMCID: PMC9957969, DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2022.12.002.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2022
Racial disparities in EEG research and their implications for our understanding of the maternal brain
Penner F, Wall K, Guan K, Huang H, Richardson L, Dunbar A, Groh A, Rutherford H. Racial disparities in EEG research and their implications for our understanding of the maternal brain. Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience 2022, 23: 1-16. PMID: 36414837, PMCID: PMC9684773, DOI: 10.3758/s13415-022-01040-w.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2019
Parents’ Perceptions of Infant Crying: A Possible Path to Preventing Abusive Head Trauma
Wiley M, Schultheis A, Francis B, Tiyyagura G, Leventhal JM, Rutherford H, Mayes LC, Bechtel K. Parents’ Perceptions of Infant Crying: A Possible Path to Preventing Abusive Head Trauma. Academic Pediatrics 2019, 20: 448-454. PMID: 31629119, DOI: 10.1016/j.acap.2019.10.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMaternal positive responses to a distressed infant simulator predict subsequent negative affect in infants
McKay ER, Rosinski L, Mayes LC, Rutherford HJV, Bridgett DJ. Maternal positive responses to a distressed infant simulator predict subsequent negative affect in infants. Infant Behavior And Development 2019, 56: 101299. PMID: 30670294, DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2018.12.004.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2013
Here's looking at you, kid: attention to infant emotional faces in mothers and non‐mothers
Thompson-Booth C, Viding E, Mayes LC, Rutherford H, Hodsoll S, McCrory EJ. Here's looking at you, kid: attention to infant emotional faces in mothers and non‐mothers. Developmental Science 2013, 17: 35-46. PMID: 24341972, PMCID: PMC4352331, DOI: 10.1111/desc.12090.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInfant facesEmotional facesAttentional processingAdult facesTask interferenceTarget stimuliInfant facial cuesAttentional capture paradigmEmotional facial expressionsLonger response timesEmotional infantFacial cuesSocial stimuliSample of mothersParental distressFacial expressionsAdaptive behavioural changesMore salientAdult caregiversParental statusStimuliBehavioral changesGreater levelsFaceResponse time
2012
Investigating the impact of parental status and depression symptoms on the early perceptual coding of infant faces: An event-related potential study
Noll LK, Mayes LC, Rutherford HJ. Investigating the impact of parental status and depression symptoms on the early perceptual coding of infant faces: An event-related potential study. Social Neuroscience 2012, 7: 525-536. PMID: 22435403, DOI: 10.1080/17470919.2012.672457.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInfant facesDepression symptomsInfant cuesEvent-related potential studyEvent-related potential (ERP) techniqueParental statusN170 ERP componentIntuitive parenting behaviorsSalient social stimuliEarly visual processingSub-clinical levelsDepression symptom severityFace stimuliSocial stimuliERP componentsNeural correlatesParenting behaviorsVisual processingNormative attentionCommunity samplePerceptual codingPotential studiesAdult womenPsychiatric symptomatologySymptom severity
2010
Value associations of irrelevant stimuli modify rapid visual orienting
Rutherford H, O'Brien J, Raymond J. Value associations of irrelevant stimuli modify rapid visual orienting. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review 2010, 17: 536-542. PMID: 20702874, DOI: 10.3758/pbr.17.4.536.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsReward-associated cuesVisual orientingVisual orienting paradigmTarget localization taskUninformative cuesUncued locationsValue cuesIrrelevant stimuliVisual processingUnrelated experiencesPresence of objectsSuch stimuliVisual behaviorMonetary gainsLocalization taskCuesValue associationsLow-level effectsFamiliar environmentOrientingStimuliFaceMotivationTaskTwo-phase experimentNeurobiology of Adolescent Substance Use Disorders: Implications for Prevention and Treatment
Rutherford HJ, Mayes LC, Potenza MN. Neurobiology of Adolescent Substance Use Disorders: Implications for Prevention and Treatment. Child And Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics Of North America 2010, 19: 479-492. PMID: 20682216, PMCID: PMC2928062, DOI: 10.1016/j.chc.2010.03.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSubstance use disordersAdolescent substance use disordersUse disordersBehavioral risk takingAdult studiesNeuronal maturationLikely markerPotential treatmentDisordersAdolescent substanceTreatmentPreventionRisky behaviorsNormative adolescent developmentNeurobiologyAdolescenceAdolescent developmentPeriod