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A dog's life: Early life histories influence methylation of glucocorticoid (NR3C1) and oxytocin (OXTR) receptor genes, cortisol levels, and attachment styles Dev. Psychobiol. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Samantha L. Awalt, Lidia Boghean, David Klinkebiel, Rosemary Strasser
Early life deprivation and stress can contribute to life‐long, problematic consequences, including epigenetic variations related to behavior and health. Domestic dogs share human environments and social–cognitive traits, making them a promising comparative model to examine developmental plasticity. We examined 47 owner–dog dyads, including dogs rescued from abusive or neglectful environments, and matched
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Resting respiratory sinus arrhythmia moderates the within‐person relations of parental emotional expressivity and children's prosocial behaviors Dev. Psychobiol. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Runzhu Zhang, Zhenhong Wang
Parental supportive emotional expressivity could contribute to children's prosocial behaviors, and such an effect may differ for children with different levels of resting respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA). This study disentangled the stable differences across dyads (i.e., between‐person effects) from the dynamic associations between parental expressivity and children's prosocial behaviors within dyads
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Interactions among stress, behavioral inhibition, and delta–beta coupling predict adolescent anxiety during the COVID‐19 pandemic Dev. Psychobiol. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Michelle L. Ramos, Anna M. Zhou, Marisa N. Lytle, Sarah Myruski, Koraly Pérez‐Edgar, Kristin A. Buss
The COVID‐19 pandemic brought about unprecedented changes and uncertainty to the daily lives of youth. The range of adjustment in light of a near‐universal experience of COVID restrictions highlights the importance of identifying factors that may render some individuals more susceptible to heightened levels of anxiety during stressful life events than others. Two risk factors to consider are temperamental
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A preliminary investigation of epigenome‐wide DNA methylation and temperament during infancy Dev. Psychobiol. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 John Leri, Jingwen Liu, Maria Kelly, Darlene A. Kertes
This study provides preliminary evidence for an epigenetic architecture of infant temperament. At 12 months of age, blood was collected and assayed for DNA methylation and maternally reported infant temperament was assessed using the Infant Behavior Questionnaire in 67 mother–infant dyads. Epigenome‐wide analyses showed that the higher order temperament dimensions Surgency and Negative Affect were
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The role of epigenetic mechanisms in the long‐term effects of early‐life adversity and mother–infant relationship on physiology and behavior of offspring in laboratory rats and mice Dev. Psychobiol. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Olga V. Burenkova, Elena L. Grigorenko
Maternal care during the early postnatal period of altricial mammals is a key factor in the survival and adaptation of offspring to environmental conditions. Natural variations in maternal care and experimental manipulations with maternal–child relationships modeling early‐life adversity (ELA) in laboratory rats and mice have a strong long‐term influence on the physiology and behavior of offspring
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Developmental Psychobiology Reviewer Recognition for 2023 Dev. Psychobiol. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-03-04
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Synaptic pruning during adolescence shapes adult social behavior in both males and females Dev. Psychobiol. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Julia M. Kirkland, Erin L. Edgar, Ishan Patel, Paul Feustel, Sophie Belin, Ashley M. Kopec
Evolutionarily conserved, peer‐directed social behaviors are essential to participate in many aspects of human society. These behaviors directly impact psychological, physiological, and behavioral maturation. Adolescence is an evolutionarily conserved period during which reward‐related behaviors, including social behaviors, develop via developmental plasticity in the mesolimbic dopaminergic “reward”
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Examining the impact of prenatal maternal internalizing symptoms and socioeconomic status on children's frontal alpha asymmetry and psychopathology Dev. Psychobiol. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Alexis Hernandez, Ayesha Sania, Maureen E. Bowers, Stephanie C. Leach, Marco McSweeney, Lydia Yoder, William Fifer, Amy J. Elliott, Lauren Shuffrey, Virginia Rauh, Deana Around Him, Nathan A. Fox, Santiago Morales
Prenatal maternal internalizing psychopathology (depression and anxiety) and socioeconomic status (SES) have been independently associated with higher risk for internalizing and externalizing problems in children. However, the pathways behind these associations are not well understood. Numerous studies have linked greater right frontal alpha asymmetry to internalizing problems; however, findings have
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Associations between disordered eating, internalizing symptoms, and behavioral and neural correlates of response inhibition in preadolescence Dev. Psychobiol. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Kai S. Thomas, Catherine R. G. Jones, Marc O. Williams, Ross E. Vanderwert
Response inhibition difficulties are reported in individuals with eating disorders (EDs), anxiety, and depression. Although ED symptoms and internalizing symptoms co‐occur in preadolescence, there is limited research examining associations between these symptoms and response inhibition in this age group. This study is the first to investigate the associations between behavioral and neural markers of
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Repetitive neonatal procedural pain affects stress‐induced plasma corticosterone increase in young adult females but not in male rats Dev. Psychobiol. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Mathilde Baudat, Sinno H. P. Simons, Elbert A. J. Joosten
Exposure to repetitive painful procedures in the neonatal intensive care unit results in long‐lasting effects, especially visible after a “second hit” in adulthood. As the nociceptive system and the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis interact and are vulnerable in early life, repetitive painful procedures in neonates may affect later‐life HPA axis reactivity. The first aim of the present study
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Testing detectability, attractivity, hedonic specificity, extractability, and robustness of colostrum odor—Toward an olfactory bioassay for human neonates Dev. Psychobiol. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-02-29 Magali Klaey‐Tassone, Robert Soussignan, Karine Durand, Sarah Le Roy, Fabrice Damon, Angélique Villière, Catherine Fillonneau, Carole Prost, Bruno Patris, Paul Sagot, Benoist Schaal
Human milk odor is attractive and appetitive for human newborns. Here, we studied behavioral and heart‐rate (HR) responses of 2‐day‐old neonates to the odor of human colostrum. To evaluate detection in two conditions of stimulus delivery, we first presented the odor of total colostrum against water. Second, the hedonic specificity of total colostrum odor was tested against vanilla odor. Third, we delivered
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Developmental Psychobiology Reviewer Recognition for 2022 Dev. Psychobiol. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-02-23
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Sex differences in autism-like behavior and dopaminergic neurons in substantia nigra of juvenile mice prenatally exposed to valproate Dev. Psychobiol. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-02-13 David Zarate-Lopez, Andrea P. Garzón-Partida, Oscar Gonzalez-Perez, Alma Y. Gálvez-Contreras
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is characterized by deficits in social interaction and communication and repetitive and restricted behaviors. Sex dimorphism in the brain, including midbrain dopaminergic circuits, can explain differences in social behavior impairment and stereotypic behaviors between male and female individuals with ASD. These abnormal patterns may be due to alterations in dopamine synthesis
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The last stage of development: The restructuring and plasticity of the cortex during adolescence especially at puberty Dev. Psychobiol. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-02-13 Janice M. Juraska
There is considerable evidence of reorganization in the prefrontal cortex during adolescence in humans, as well as in rodents, where the cellular basis can be explored. Studies from my laboratory in the rat medial prefrontal cortex are reviewed here. In general, growth predominates before puberty. Pruning mainly occurs at puberty and after with decreases in the number of synapses, dendrites, and neurons
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Assessing the motivational value of infant video clips on chimpanzees through discrimination learning task Dev. Psychobiol. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-02-14 Yuri Kawaguchi, Masaki Tomonaga
The motivational value of visual infant stimuli in humans is considered to encourage parental behavior. To explore the evolutionary roots of this preference for infants, we examined the reward value of conspecific infant videos compared to adult ones in nine chimpanzees. We employed a novel approach, a simultaneous discrimination task with differential sensory reinforcement. In Experiments 1 and 2
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The impact of poor fetal growth and chronic hyperpalatable diet exposure in adulthood on hippocampal function and feeding patterns in male rats Dev. Psychobiol. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-01-30 Amanda Brondani Mucellini, Daniela Pereira Laureano, Márcio Bonesso Alves, Roberta Dalle Molle, Mariana Balbinot Borges, Ana Paula da Ascenção Salvador, Irina Pokhvisneva, Gisele Gus Manfro, Patrícia Pelufo Silveira
Poor fetal growth affects eating behavior and the mesocorticolimbic system; however, its influence on the hippocampus has been less explored. Brain insulin sensitivity has been linked to developmental plasticity in response to fetal adversity and to cognitive performance following high-fat diet intake. We investigated whether poor fetal growth and exposure to chronic hyperpalatable food in adulthood
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Toddlers’ physiological response to parent's mobile device distraction and technoference Dev. Psychobiol. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-01-28 Chris L. Porter, Sarah M. Coyne, Noah A. Chojnacki, Brandon T. McDaniel, Peter J. Reschke, Laura A. Stockdale
Given the prevalence of mobile device use, especially among parents of young children, the current study examines the impact of mobile device distraction (technoference) on toddlers’ physiological and emotional functioning. We suspected that toddlers’ would demonstrate difficultly maintaining physiological and emotional homeostasis when parents became distracted by a mobile device. In this study, we
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Comparative analysis of electrodermal activity metrics and their association with child behavior in autism spectrum disorder Dev. Psychobiol. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-01-28 Jessica L. Greenlee, Emily Lorang, Robert H. Olson, Geovanna Rodriquez, Dasoo Milton Yoon, Sigan Hartley
Researchers are increasingly utilizing physiological data like electrodermal activity (EDA) to understand how stress “gets under the skin.” Results of EDA studies in autistic children are mixed, with some suggesting autistic hyperarousal, others finding hypoarousal, and yet others detecting no difference compared to non-autistics. Some of this variability likely stems from the different techniques
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Maternal high-fat diet associated with LPS gestational injection induces hypothalamic inflammation and metabolic disorders in male Wistar rat offspring Dev. Psychobiol. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-01-28 Arthur Rocha-Gomes, Amanda Escobar Teixeira, Alexandre Alves da Silva, Mariana Muniz da Silva, Tatielly Roberta Santos, Túlio Pereira Alvarenga e Castro, Mayara Rodrigues Lessa, Daniel Campos Villela, Tania Regina Riul, Hércules Ribeiro Leite
Maternal high-fat diet (HFD) is linked to obesity and inflammation, predisposing offspring to metabolic and nutritional disorders. Accordingly, elevated blood levels of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) are also related to inflammation and metabolic complications in the offspring. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of the association of maternal HFD (gestation and lactation) and the LPS injection
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Examining the biological impacts of parent–child relationship dynamics on preschool-aged children who have experienced adversity Dev. Psychobiol. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-01-28 Jesse L. Coe, Teresa Daniels, Lindsay Huffhines, Ronald Seifer, Carmen J. Marsit, Hung-Teh Kao, Barbara Porton, Stephanie H. Parade, Audrey R. Tyrka
Parent–child relationship dynamics have been shown to predict socioemotional and behavioral outcomes for children, but little is known about how they may affect biological development. The aim of this study was to test if observational assessments of parent–child relationship dynamics (cohesion, enmeshment, and disengagement) were associated with three biological indices of early life adversity and
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Maternal childhood adversity and infant epigenetic aging: Moderation by restless sleep during pregnancy Dev. Psychobiol. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-01-28 David W. Sosnowski, Darlynn M. Rojo-Wissar, Gang Peng, Stephanie H. Parade, Katherine Sharkey, Cathrine Hoyo, Susan K. Murphy, Raquel G. Hernandez, Sara B. Johnson
Maternal exposure to childhood adversity is associated with detrimental health outcomes throughout the life span and may have implications for offspring. Evidence links maternal adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) to detrimental birth outcomes, yet the impact on the infant's epigenome is unclear. Moreover, maternal sleep habits during pregnancy may influence this association. Here, we explore whether
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Caudate volume is prospectively associated with irritability in toddlerhood: A preliminary investigation Dev. Psychobiol. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-01-28 Alexander J. Dufford, Leigha MacNeill, Yudong Zhang, Ashley Nielsen, Christopher Smyser, Joan L. Luby, Cynthia E. Rogers, Elizabeth Norton, Lauren Wakschlag
Irritability refers to the dispositional tendency to respond with anger and frustration to environmental challenges or limits, with both mood and behavioral elements. The dimensional spectrum of irritability is an RDoC-informed transdiagnostic marker of psychopathology risk, specifically for the common and modifiable internalizing and externalizing disorders. Despite substantial interest in this robust
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Associations between oxidative stress biomarkers during pregnancy and infant cognition at 7.5 months Dev. Psychobiol. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-01-29 Stephanie M. Eick, Kaegan Ortlund, Andréa Aguiar, Francheska M. Merced-Nieves, Megan L. Woodbury, Ginger L. Milne, Susan L. Schantz
Oxidative stress has been identified as an important biological pathway leading to neurodevelopmental delay. However, studies assessing the effects of oxidative stress on cognitive outcomes during infancy, a critical period of neurodevelopment, are limited. Our analysis included a subset of those enrolled in the Illinois Kids Development Study (N = 144). Four oxidative stress biomarkers (8-isoprostane-PGF2α
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Quality not quantity: Deficient juvenile play experiences lead to altered medial prefrontal cortex neurons and sociocognitive skill deficits Dev. Psychobiol. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-01-21 Jackson R. Ham, Madeline Szabo, Jessica Annor-Bediako, Rachel A. Stark, Andrew N. Iwaniuk, Sergio M. Pellis
Reduced play experience over the juvenile period leads to adults with impoverished social skills and to anatomical and physiological aberrations of the neurons found in the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC). Even rearing rats from high-playing strains with low-playing strains show these developmental consequences. In the present study, we evaluated whether low-playing rats benefit from being reared with
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Experience of discrimination reported during pregnancy and infant's emerging effortful control Dev. Psychobiol. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-01-17 Kenia M. Rivera, Kimberly L. D'Anna-Hernandez, Benjamin L. Hankin, Elysia Poggi Davis, Jenalee R. Doom
Discrimination reported during pregnancy is associated with poorer offspring emotional outcomes. Links with effortful control have yet to be examined. This study investigated whether pregnant individuals’ reports of lifetime racial/ethnic discrimination and everyday discrimination (including but not specific to race/ethnicity) reported during pregnancy were associated with offspring emerging effortful
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Developmental windows for effects of choline and folate on excitatory and inhibitory neurotransmission during human gestation Dev. Psychobiol. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-01-09 Sharon K. Hunter, M. Camille Hoffman, Angelo D'Alessandro, Robert Freedman
Choline and folate are critical nutrients for fetal brain development, but the timing of their influence during gestation has not been previously characterized. At different periods during gestation, choline stimulation of α7-nicotinic receptors facilitates the conversion of γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) receptors from excitatory to inhibitory and recruitment of GluR1-R2 receptors for faster excitatory
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Maternal oxytocin treatment at birth increases epigenetic age in male offspring Dev. Psychobiol. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-01-04 Joshua S. Danoff, C. Sue Carter, Juozas Gordevičius, Milda Milčiūtė, Robert T. Brooke, Jessica J. Connelly, Allison M. Perkeybile
Exogenous oxytocin is widely used to induce or augment labor with little understanding of the impact on offspring development. In rodent models, including the prairie vole (Microtus ochrogaster), it has been shown that oxytocin administered to mothers can affect the nervous system of the offspring with long-lasting behavioral effects especially on sociality. Here, we examined the hypothesis that perinatal
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An in-depth analysis of the polyvagal theory in light of current findings in neuroscience and clinical research Dev. Psychobiol. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-12-27 Andrea Manzotti, Cristina Panisi, Micol Pivotto, Federico Vinciguerra, Matteo Benedet, Federica Brazzoli, Silvia Zanni, Alberto Comassi, Sara Caputo, Francesco Cerritelli, Marco Chiera
The polyvagal theory has led to the understanding of the functions of the autonomic nervous system in biological development in humans, since the vagal system, a key structure within the polyvagal theory, plays a significant role in addressing challenges of the mother–child dyad. This article aims to summarize the neurobiological aspects of the polyvagal theory, highlighting some of its strengths and
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The role of fathers in child development from preconception to postnatal influences: Opportunities for the National Institutes of Health Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) program Dev. Psychobiol. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-12-27 Elena Jansen, Kristine Marceau, Ruth Sellers, Tong Chen, Craig F. Garfield, Leslie D. Leve, Jenae M. Neiderhiser, Erica L. Spotts, Mary Roary
A growing body of literature highlights the important role of paternal health and socioemotional characteristics in child development, from preconception through adolescence. Much of this research addresses the indirect effects of fathers, for instance, their influence on maternal behaviors during the prenatal period or via the relationship with their partner. However, emerging evidence also recognizes
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Adulthood effects of developmental exercise in rats Dev. Psychobiol. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-12-19 Emma C. Perez, Kevin H. Gehm, Valeria Gaume Lobo, Marcelle Olvera, J. Leigh Leasure
Exercise is known to promote efficient function of stress circuitry. The developing brain is malleable and thus exercise during adolescence could potentially exert lasting beneficial effects on the stress response that would be detectable in adulthood. The current study determined whether adolescent wheel running was associated with reduced stress response in adulthood, 6 weeks after cessation of exercise
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Adolescent morphine exposure changes the endogenous vlPAG opioid response to inflammatory pain in rats Dev. Psychobiol. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-12-10 Kawsar Alami, Elmira Ghasemi, Saeed Semnanian, Hossein Azizi
Adolescence is one of the most critical periods for brain development, and exposure to morphine during this period can have long-life effects on pain-related behaviors. The opioid system in the periaqueductal gray (PAG) is highly vulnerable to drug exposure. However, the impact of adolescent morphine exposure (AME) on the endogenous opioid system in the PAG is currently unknown. This study aims to
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Behavioral responses to natural rewards in developing male and female rats Dev. Psychobiol. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-12-10 Sasha Oak, Christine Nguyen, Paolaenid Rodney-Hernández, Millie Rincón-Cortés
Reward deficits are a hallmark feature of multiple psychiatric disorders and often recapitulated in rodent models useful for the study of psychiatric disorders, including those employing early life stress. Moreover, rodent studies have shown sex differences during adulthood in response to natural and drug rewards under normative conditions and in stress-based rodent models. Yet, little is known about
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Introduction to the special issue on threat and safety learning Dev. Psychobiol. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-12-14 Kalina J. Michalska, Elizabeth Moroney, Steve S. Lee
CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENT The authors declare no conflict of interest.
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Emotion dysregulation and reward responsiveness as predictors of autonomic reactivity to an infant cry task among substance-using pregnant and postpartum women Dev. Psychobiol. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-12-14 Nadia Bounoua, Alexandra R. Tabachnick, Rina D. Eiden, Madelyn H. Labella, Mary Dozier
Maternal substance use may interfere with optimal parenting, lowering maternal responsiveness during interactions with their children. Previous work has identified maternal autonomic nervous system (ANS) reactivity to parenting-relevant stressors as a promising indicator of real-world parenting behaviors. However, less is known about the extent to which individual differences in emotion dysregulation
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Cues associated with a single ethanol exposure elicit conditioned corticosterone responses in adolescent male but not female Sprague–Dawley rats Dev. Psychobiol. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-12-06 Anny Gano, Thaddeus M. Barney, Andrew S. Vore, Jamie E. Mondello, Elena I. Varlinskaya, Ricardo M. Pautassi, Terrence Deak
It has been shown that ethanol-induced interleukin-6 (IL-6) in adult male Sprague–Dawley rats was sensitized by environmental stimuli paired with ethanol and was accompanied by a conditioned increase in corticosterone (CORT). Adolescent males showed ethanol-induced IL-6 conditioning more readily than adults. The present studies examined whether female adolescents display IL-6 conditioning and whether
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Women are expected to smile: Preliminary evidence for the role of gender in the neurophysiological processing of adult emotional faces in 3-year-old children Dev. Psychobiol. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-12-06 Christel M. Portengen, Caroline M. M. Junge, Anneloes L. van Baar, Joyce J. Endendijk
Children form stereotyped expectations about the appropriateness of certain emotions for men versus women during the preschool years, based on cues from their social environments. Although ample research has examined the development of gender stereotypes in children, little is known about the neural responses that underlie the processing of gender-stereotyped emotions in children. Therefore, the current
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Maternal psychological risk and the neural correlates of infant face processing: A latent profile analysis Dev. Psychobiol. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-12-06 Kathryn M. Wall, Francesca Penner, Jaclyn Dell, Amanda Lowell, Marc N. Potenza, Linda C. Mayes, Helena J. V. Rutherford
Maternal psychological factors, including anxiety, depression, and substance use, may negatively affect parenting. Previous works with mothers have often assessed each of these factors in isolation despite their frequent co-occurrence. Psychological factors have also been associated with neural processing of facial stimuli, specifically the amplitude (i.e., size) and latency (i.e., timing) of the face-specific
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Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors during pregnancy and lactation: A scoping review of effects on the maternal and infant gut microbiome Dev. Psychobiol. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-12-01 Katelyn Desorcy-Scherer, Hannah P. Fricke, Laura L. Hernandez
Perinatal mood disorders are a tremendous burden to childbearing families and treatment with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) antidepressants is increasingly common. Exposure to SSRIs may affect serotonin signaling and ultimately, microbes that live in the gut. Health of the gut microbiome during pregnancy, lactation, and early infancy is critical, yet there is limited evidence to describe
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How mothers help children learn to use everyday objects Dev. Psychobiol. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-11-06 Brianna E. Kaplan, Isabella Kasaba, Jaya Rachwani, Karen E. Adolph, Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda
Children must learn specific motor actions to use everyday objects as their designers intended. However, designed actions are not obvious to children and often are difficult to implement. Children must know what actions to do and how to execute them. Previous work identified a protracted developmental progression in learning designed actions—from nondesigned exploratory actions, to display of the designed
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The impact of air pollution on neurocognitive development: Adverse effects and health disparities Dev. Psychobiol. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-11-06 Kim-Chi T. Pham, Kimberly S. Chiew
Air pollution is recognized as a major public health concern. The number of deaths related to ambient air pollution has increased in recent years and is projected to continue rising. Additionally, both short- and long-term air pollution exposure has been linked with deleterious effects on neurocognitive function and development. While air pollution poses as a threat to everyone, people of color and
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Continuity and change in neural plasticity through embryonic morphogenesis, fetal activity-dependent synaptogenesis, and infant memory consolidation Dev. Psychobiol. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-11-07 Phan Luu, Don M. Tucker
There is an apparent continuity in human neural development that can be traced to venerable themes of vertebrate morphogenesis that have shaped the evolution of the reptilian telencephalon (including both primitive three-layered cortex and basal ganglia) and then the subsequent evolution of the mammalian six-layered neocortex. In this theoretical analysis, we propose that an evolutionary–developmental
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Fingerprint patterns in relation to an altered neurodevelopment in patients with autism spectrum disorder Dev. Psychobiol. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-10-30 Klaudia Kyselicová, Dóra Dukonyová, Ivan Belica, Dominika Sónak Ballová, Viktória Jankovičová, Daniela Ostatníková
Dermatoglyphic patterns are permanently established and matured before the 24th week of gestation. Their frequencies and localization might be a good indicator of developmental instability in individuals with an altered neurodevelopment and show potential as biomarkers of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). In this study, fingerprint pattern counts and fluctuating asymmetry in the distribution of patterns
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Effect of baby swimming lessons on infants’ avoidance of bodies of water Dev. Psychobiol. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-10-30 Carolina Burnay, David I. Anderson, Chris Button, Rita Cordovil
Despite the popularity of infant swimming programs, no evidence exists to determine whether they influence infants’ judgments and behavior when confronted with bodies of water. We conducted two separate studies examining if the total number of swimming sessions an infant participated in predicted whether they avoided a body of water they could enter via an edge (Study 1—Water Cliff: n = 101 infants)
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Hair and plasma cortisol throughout the first 3 years of development in infant rhesus macaques, Macaca mulatta Dev. Psychobiol. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-10-30 Alexander J. Pritchard, John P. Capitanio, Laura Del Rosso, Brenda McCowan, Jessica J. Vandeleest
Cortisol expression has been demonstrated to have variation across development in rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta). There exists contradictory evidence for the nature of this change, and age at which it occurs, across biological sample types. Consequently, we lack a cohesive understanding for cortisol concentrations across the development of a major human health translational model. We examined hair
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Adolescents’ hair cortisol concentrations during COVID-19: Evidence from two longitudinal studies in the Netherlands and the United States Dev. Psychobiol. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-10-30 Stefania V. Vacaru, Anna M. Parenteau, Sydney Yi, Jennifer A. Silvers, Camelia E. Hostinar, Carolina de Weerth
Background: Prolonged stress exposure is associated with alterations in cortisol output. The COVID-19 pandemic represented a stressor for many, including children. However, a high-quality caregiving environment may protect against psychological problems and possibly against elevations in cortisol. We examined adolescents’ physiological stress responses to the pandemic and the role of attachment in
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Maternal care behavior and physiology moderate offspring outcomes following gestational exposure to opioids Dev. Psychobiol. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-10-23 Abigail M. Myers, Scott E. Bowen, Susanne Brummelte
The opioid epidemic has resulted in a drastic increase in gestational exposure to opioids. Opioid-dependent pregnant women are typically prescribed medications for opioid use disorders (“MOUD”; e.g., buprenorphine [BUP]) to mitigate the harmful effects of abused opioids. However, the consequences of exposure to synthetic opioids, particularly BUP, during gestation on fetal neurodevelopment and long-term
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Correction to electrophysical signatures of visual statistical learning in 3-month-old infants at familial and low risk for autism spectrum disorder Dev. Psychobiol. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-10-20
Marin, A., Hutman, T., Ponting, C., McDonald, N. M., Carver, L.J., Baker, E., Daniel, M., Dickinson, A., Dapretto, M., Johnson, S. P., & Jeste, S. S. (2020). Electrophysiological signatures of visual statistical learning in 3-month old infants at familial and low risk for autism spectrum disorder. Developmental Psychobiology, 62(6), 858–870. https://doi.org/10.1002/dev.21971 The condition key for Figure 2
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Cognitive development from infancy to young adulthood in common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus): Effect of age, sex, and hormones on learning and affective state Dev. Psychobiol. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-10-10 Hayley Ash, Robinson W. Goy, Abigail Spaulding, Ricki J. Colman, Cody J. Corbett, Toni E. Ziegler
Studies looking at individual variability in cognition have increased in recent years. We followed 43 marmosets (21 males, 22 females) from infancy to young adulthood. At 3-months old, marmosets were trained to touch a rewarded stimulus. At 9-, 15-, and 21-months old, they were given visual discrimination and cognitive bias tests, and urine samples were collected to examine hormone levels. Marmosets
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The effect of face orientation on audiovisual speech integration in infancy: An electrophysiological study Dev. Psychobiol. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-10-10 Magdalena Szmytke, Dianna Ilyka, Joanna Duda-Goławska, Zuzanna Laudańska, Anna Malinowska-Korczak, Przemysław Tomalski
Humans pay special attention to faces and speech from birth, but the interplay of developmental processes leading to specialization is poorly understood. We investigated the effects of face orientation on audiovisual (AV) speech perception in two age groups of infants (younger: 5- to 6.5-month-olds; older: 9- to 10.5-month-olds) and adults. We recorded event-related potentials (ERP) in response to
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The effect of physical and emotional partner violence exerted during pregnancy on prenatal attachment and depression levels in pregnant women Dev. Psychobiol. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-10-04 Hacer Alan Dikmen, Cevriye Ocaktan Tetikçok
Exposure of pregnant women to physical and emotional violence during pregnancy adversely affects the health of the mother and the fetus. This study aimed to assess the effects of emotional and physical partner violence on prenatal attachment and depression levels in pregnant women. Five-hundred and ten pregnant women in the second and third trimesters were included in the study. A personal information
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Spontaneous infant crying modulates vagal activity in real time Dev. Psychobiol. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-09-29 Anna Madden-Rusnak, Megan Micheletti, Alexis Dominguez, Kaya de Barbaro
Porges’ polyvagal theory (1991) proposes that the activity of the vagal nerve modulates moment-by-moment changes in adaptive behavior during stress. However, most work, including research with infants, has only examined vagal changes at low temporal resolutions, averaging 30+ s across phases of structured stressor paradigms. Thus, the true timescale of vagal regulation—and the extent to which it can
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Development of “personality” in the domestic cat: A longitudinal study Dev. Psychobiol. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-09-26 Andrea Urrutia, Oxána Bánszegi, Péter Szenczi, Robyn Hudson
Although individual differences in the behavior of animals, sometimes referred to as personality, have recently received considerable attention, the development of such differences remains understudied. We previously found consistent individual differences in behavior in four tests simulating everyday contexts in 74 preweaning age kittens from 16 litters of the domestic cat. To study the development
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Neurobehavioral alterations induced by third-trimester gestation-equivalent ethanol exposure are inhibited by folate administration Dev. Psychobiol. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-09-21 Leonardo Marengo, Agostina Barey, Agustín Salguero, María C. Fabio, Cruz Miguel Cendán, Ignacio Morón-Henche, Claudio D'Addario, Ricardo Marcos Pautassi
Prenatal ethanol exposure (PEE) causes several neurobehavioral impairments in the fetus. Postnatal days (PDs) 4–9 in rodents are considered equivalent to the third trimester of gestation in humans. This period is characterized by high rates of synaptogenesis and myelination and the maturation of key structures and transmitter systems. Nutritional supplements, such as folate, have gained attention as
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Prenatal serotonin reuptake inhibitor antidepressant exposure, SLC6A4 genetic variations, and cortisol activity in 6-year-old children of depressed mothers: A cohort study Dev. Psychobiol. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-09-15 Enav Z. Zusman, Cecil M. Y. Chau, Jeffrey N. Bone, Kaia Hookenson, Ursula Brain, Melissa B. Glier, Ruth E. Grunau, Joanne Weinberg, Angela M. Devlin, Tim F. Oberlander
Prenatal exposure to maternal depression and serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SRI) antidepressants both affect the development of the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) system, possibly via the neurotransmitter serotonin (5HT). In a community cohort, we investigated the impact of two factors that shape prenatal 5HT signaling (prenatal SRI [pSRI] exposure and child SLC6A4 genotype) on HPA activity at
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Exploring the effect of prenatal maternal stress on the microbiomes of mothers and infants: A systematic review Dev. Psychobiol. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-09-11 Jennifer Mepham, Taylor Nelles-McGee, Krysta Andrews, Andrea Gonzalez
Prenatal maternal stress (PNMS)—characterized by exposure to stress, anxiety, depression, or intimate partner violence—has been linked to biological alterations in infants, including disruptions to their intestinal microbiota, which have long-term implications for children's developmental outcomes. Significant research has been done examining the effects of PNMS on the microbiome in animals, but less
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The effects of early rearing experiences on mutual eye gaze among captive olive baboons (Papio anubis) Dev. Psychobiol. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-09-05 Angela M. Achorn, Michele M. Mulholland, William D. Hopkins
Among human and nonhuman primates, mutual eye gaze (MEG) and gaze following are believed to be important for social cognition and communicative signaling. The goals of this study were to examine how early rearing experiences contribute to individual variation in MEG and to examine the potential role of genetic factors underlying this variation. Subjects included 93 female and 23 male baboons (Papio
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Anxiety, aggression, reward sensitivity, and forebrain dopamine receptor expression in a laboratory rat model of early-life disadvantage Dev. Psychobiol. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-09-05 Joseph S. Lonstein, Erika M. Vitale, Doris Olekanma, Andrew McLocklin, Nathan Pence, Remco Bredewold, Alexa H. Veenema, Alexander W. Johnson, S. Alexandra Burt
Despite early-life disadvantage (ELD) in humans being a highly heterogenous construct, it consistently predicts negative neurobehavioral outcomes. The numerous environmental contributors and neural mechanisms underlying ELD remain unclear, though. We used a laboratory rat model to evaluate the effects of limited resources and/or heavy metal exposure on mothers and their adult male and female offspring
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Environmental enrichment initiated in adolescence restores the reduced expression of synaptophysin and GFAP in the hippocampus of chronically stressed rats in a sex-specific manner Dev. Psychobiol. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-09-05 Εvgenia Dandi, Paschalis Theotokis, Maria Christina Petri, Vaia Sideropoulou, Evangelia Spandou, Despina A. Tata
This study aims at investigating whether environmental enrichment (EE) initiated in adolescence can alter chronic unpredictable stress (CUS)-associated changes in astroglial and synaptic plasticity markers in male and female rats. To this end, we studied possible alterations in hippocampal glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) and synaptophysin (SYN) in CUS rats previously housed in EE. Wistar rats
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Fear response of rat pups to a non-aversive social stimulus: Evidence for the involvement of memory processes Dev. Psychobiol. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-08-30 María José Zuluaga, Daniella Agrati, Vanessa Athaíde, Annabel Ferreira, Natalia Uriarte
Learning processes in rats during early development are importantly mediated by the mother, which represents the primary source of environmental information. This study aimed to determine whether aversive early experiences can induce the expression of pups' fear responses toward a non-aversive stimulus as a consequence of a memory process. First, we determined pups’ fear responses toward an anesthetized