Do individual differences in fetal physiology shape later sensitivity to early environments? Excited to share our new paper: interactions between fetal heart rate variability and postnatal parenting stress were associated with toddler externalizing behaviors! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Lower fetal heart rate variability and parenting stress associate with toddler psychopathology risk - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - Lower fetal heart rate variability and parenting stress associate with toddler psychopathology risk

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New paper, led by @semaylott.bsky.social, is out! Associations between maternal biobehavior and patterns of newborn neurobehavior emerged even among medically low-risk infants, underscoring the importance of emotional wellbeing in pregnancy 🤰 doi.org/10.1002/dev....

Neurobehavioral Profiles in Low‐Risk Infants: Associations With Prenatal Maternal Biobehavior and Birth Characteristics

Newborn neurobehavior is a critical indicator of early childhood development. Therefore, we examined perinatal predictors of neurobehavioral patterns among healthy, medically low-risk infants. Partic...

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First human newborn paper from my NSF CAREER Award! Automated detection of mouth opening in newborn infants - with our amazing @umiamipsych.bsky.social team: Guangyu Zung, Yeojin Amy Ahn, @tiffany6390.bsky.social, @semaylott.bsky.social, Arushi Malik, @dmessinger.bsky.social doi.org/10.3758/s134...

Automated detection of mouth opening in newborn infants - Behavior Research Methods

Automated behavioral measurement using machine learning is gaining ground in psychological research. Automated approaches have the potential to reduce the labor and time associated with manual behavio...

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New paper by PhD student, Arushi Malik! Stability of individual differences in social and nonsocial visual attention from newborn to 14 months #OpenAccess w/ wonderful team @tiffany6390.bsky.social, @shuoz.bsky.social, @semaylott.bsky.social, @dmessinger.bsky.social, et al. doi.org/10.1002/dev....

Training improves avoidance of natural sick faces: Changes in visual attention and approach decisions #OpenAccess led by @tiffany6390.bsky.social in collab with @semaylott.bsky.social @shuoz.bsky.social et al. doi.org/10.3390/visi...

Check out my first, first author publication! 🎉 We found prenatal resting RSA is directly associated with toddler vocab development! Also, postpartum stress mediated the association between prenatal emotion dysregulation and toddler vocab development. dx.doi.org/10.1002/dev....

Examining the Relation Between Prenatal Emotion Dysregulation and Toddler Vocabulary Development: A Biobehavioral Approach

Early language is shaped by parent–child interactions and has been examined in relation to maternal psychopathology and parenting stress. Minimal work has examined the relation between maternal emoti...

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Our new paper is out! We found that changes in maternal emotion dysregulation from pregnancy to 18-months postpartum are nonlinear, and that experiences during pregnancy and childbirth set the stage for postnatal maternal mental health🤰🏼 authors.elsevier.com/a/1kexhbXYiy...

Maternal Stress: The First 14 Months Postpartum - by Maylott, Patel-Syed, Lebowitz, @tiffany6390.bsky.social, & me doi.org/10.1080/1529...