Summit

2024 APS Global Psychological Science Summit · 2024

Mother-Infant Neural Synchrony, Maternal Depression, and Infant Development: An Electrocortical Study

Virtual · October 2024

Posters · Lifespan Development

  • Emily Mallin
    Texas A&M University
  • Aliuna Schorn-Pagel
    TAMUSA
  • Chloe Van Noy
    Texas A&M University
  • Abigail Varghese
    Texas A&M University
  • Kylie McDaniel
    Texas A&M University
  • Rebecca Brooker
    Texas A&M University

Abstract

We evaluated the role of maternal depressive symptoms in the relationship between mother-infant neural synchrony and infant development. 139 mother-infant dyads participated in our study. Questionnaire-based and EEG hyperscanning methods produced results indicating that synchrony and maternal depression interact to predict poorer infant outcomes. We consider methodological and societal implications.

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