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Mapping Prefrontal Cortex Functions in Human Infancy
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Grossmann, Tobias – Infancy, 2013
It has long been thought that the prefrontal cortex, as the seat of most higher brain functions, is functionally silent during most of infancy. This review highlights recent work concerned with the precise mapping (localization) of brain activation in human infants, providing evidence that prefrontal cortex exhibits functional activation much…
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Infants, Neurological Organization, Spectroscopy
Individual Differences in the Contribution of Maternal Soothing to Infant Distress Reduction
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Jahromi, Laudan B.; Stifter, Cynthia A. – Infancy, 2007
This study investigates individual differences in the contribution of specific maternal regulatory behaviors to the mother-infant dyad's regulation of infant distress response. Additionally, we examined the stability of infants' stress responses and the stability of specific maternal soothing behaviors. The sample included 128 mother-infant dyads…
Descriptors: Mothers, Crying, Infants, Parent Child Relationship
Infant Affect during Parent--Infant Interaction at 3 and 6 Months: Differences between Mothers and Fathers and Influence of Parent History of Depression
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Forbes, Erika E.; Cohn, Jeffrey F.; Allen, Nicholas B.; Lewinsohn, Peter M. – Infancy, 2004
Fifty families participated in mother-infant and father-infant still-face interaction at infant ages 3 and 6 months as part of a study of affect in early parent-infant relationships. Infants' positive and negative affect and parents' positive affect and physical play were coded from videotapes. Consistent with previous research, during the normal…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Play, Mothers, Infants