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14 challenges for conducting social neuroscience and longitudinal EEG research with infants.
Noreika, V., Georgieva, S., Wass, S.V. & Leong, V. (2020). 14 challenges for conducting social neuroscience and longitudinal EEG research with infants. Infant Behavior and Development, 58(Art. 101393). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infbeh.2019.101393
Do helpful mothers help? The effects of maternal responsiveness on infants’ performance on an object search task.
Clackson, K., Wass, S., Georgieva, S., Brightman, L., Nutbrown, R., Almond, H., Bieluczyk, J., Carro, G., Rigby Dames, B. and Leong, V. (2019). Do helpful mothers help? Effects of maternal scaffolding and infant motivation on cognitive performance. Frontiers in Psychology. 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02661
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Research Review: do parent ratings of infant reactivity and self-regulation predict psychopathology in childhood and adolescence?
Kostyrka-Allchorne, K., Wass, S.V. & Sonuga-Barke, E.J.S. (2019). Research Review: do parent ratings of infant reactivity and self-regulation predict psychopathology in childhood and adolescence? A systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective longitudinal studies. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.13144
Parents mimic and influence their infant’s autonomic state through dynamic affective state matching.
Wass., S.V., Smith, C.G., Clackson, K., Gibb, C., Eitzenberger, J., Mirza, F. U. (2019). Parents mimic and influence their infant’s autonomic state through dynamic affective state matching. Current Biology 29(14), 2415-2422. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2019.06.016
Influences of environmental stressors on autonomic function in 12-month-old infants: understanding early common pathways to atypical emotion regulation and cognitive performance.
Wass, S.V., Smith, C.G., Daubney, K.R., Suata, Z.M., Clackson, K., Begum, A., Mirza, F.U. (2019) Influences of environmental stressors on autonomic function in 12-month-old infants: understanding early common pathways to atypical emotion regulation and cognitive performance. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 60(12):1323-1333. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.13084
Impaired Visual Search in Children with Rett Syndrome.
Rose, S., Wass, S.V., Jankowski, J.J. Feldman, J.F. and Djukic, A. (2019) Impaired Visual Search in Children with Rett Syndrome. Pediatric Neurology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2018.10.002
Attention Shifting and Disengagement in Rett Syndrome.
Rose, S., Wass, S.V., Jankowski, J.J., Feldman, J.F., Djukic, A. (2019). Attentional Shifting and Disengagement in Rett Syndrome. Neuropsychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/neu0000515
Blending Human and Artificial Intelligence to support Autistic Children’s Social Skills.
Porayska-Pomsta, K., Alcorn, A., Avramides, K., Bernardini, S., Foster, M.-E.,Frauenberger, C., Good, J., Guldberg, K., Keay-Bright, W., Kossyvaki, L.,Lemon, O., Mademtzi, M., Menzies, R., Beale, S., Mital, P., Pain, H., Rajendran, G., Waller, A., Wass, S.V., Smith, T.J. (2018). Blending Human and Artificial Intelligence to support Autistic Children’s Social Skills. ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction. 25 (6) 35:1-35. https://doi.org/10.1145/3271484
Parental neural responsivity to infants’ visual attention: how mature brains scaffold immature brains during social interaction.
Wass, S.V., Noreika, V., Georgieva, S., Clackson, K., Brightman, L., Nutbrown, R., Santamaria, L., Leong, V. (2018) Parental neural responsivity to infants’ visual attention: how mature brains scaffold immature brains during social interaction. PLoS Biology. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.2006328
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Increases in arousal are more long-lasting than decreases in arousal: on homeostatic failures during emotion regulation in infancy.
Wass, S.V., Clackson, K. & Leong, V. (2018). Increases in arousal are more long-lasting than decreases in arousal: on homeostatic failures during emotion regulation in infancy. Infancy 23 (5), 628-649. https://doi.org/10.1111/infa.12243
Infants’ visual sustained attention is higher during joint play than solo play: is this due to increased endogenous attention control or exogenous stimulus capture?
Wass, S.V., Clackson, K., Georgieva, S.D., Brightman, L., Nutbrown, R., & Leong, V. (2018). Infants’ visual sustained attention is higher during joint play than solo play: is this due to increased endogenous attention control or exogenous stimulus capture? Developmental Science. https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.12667
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How orchids concentrate? The relationship between physiological stress reactivity and cognitive performance during infancy and early childhood.
Wass, S.V. (2018). How orchids concentrate? The relationship between physiological stress reactivity and cognitive performance during infancy and early childhood. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews. 90, 34-49. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2018.03.029
Toward a neuroscientific understanding of play: A neuropsychological coding framework for analysing infant-adult play patterns.
Neale, D. Clackson, K., Georgieva, S., Dedetas, H., Wass, S.V. & Leong, V. (2018). Towards a neuroscientific understanding of play: A neuropsychological coding framework for analysing infant-adult play patterns. Frontiers in Psychology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00273
New meanings of thin-skinned: the contrasting attentional profiles of typical 12-month-olds who show high, and low, stress reactivity.
Wass, S.V., de Barbaro, K., Clackson, K. & Leong, V. (2018). New meanings of thin-skinned: the contrasting attentional profiles of typical 12-month-olds who show high, and low, stress reactivity. Developmental Psychology. 54(5), 816-828.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/dev0000428
Speaker gaze increases information coupling between infant and adult brains.
Leong, V., Byrne, E., Clackson, K., Lam, S. & Wass, S.V. (2017). Speaker gaze increases information coupling between infant and adult brains. Proceedings of the National Academy of the Sciences. 114 (50), 13290–13295. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.170249311
Changes in behaviour and salivary cortisol following targeted cognitive training in typical 12-month-old infants.
Wass, S.V., Cook, C. & Clackson, K. (2017). Changes in behaviour and salivary cortisol following targeted cognitive training in typical 12-month-old infants. Developmental Psychology. 53(5), 815-825. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0000266
Training basic visual attention leads to changes in responsiveness to social communicative cues in 9-month- old infants.
Forssman, L. & Wass, S.V. (2017). Training basic visual attention leads to changes in responsiveness to social communicative cues in 9-month-old infants. Child Development. 89 (3) 199-213. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.12812
Sustained attention in the face of distractors: a study of children with Rett Syndrome.
Rose, S., Djukic, A., Wass, S.V., Jankowski, J., Feldman, J. (2017). Sustained attention in the face of distractors: a study of children with Rett Syndrome. Neuropsychology. 31(4), 403-410. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/neu0000369
Attention training for infants at familial risk of ADHD (INTERSTAARS): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.
Goodwin, A., Salomone, S., Bolton, P., Charman, T., Jones, E.J.H., Pickles, A., Robinson, E., Smith, T., Sonuga-Barke, E.J.S., Wass, S.V. & Johnson, M.H. (2016). Attention training for infants at familial risk of ADHD (INTERSTAARS): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials. 17:608. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-016-1727-0
Infant attention is dynamically modulated with changing arousal levels.
De Barbaro, K., Clackson, K. & Wass, S.V. (2016). Infant attention is dynamically modulated with changing arousal levels. Child Development. 88(2), 629-639. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.12689