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ERIC Number: EJ597750
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-3920
Infants of Depressed Mothers Exhibit Atypical Frontal Electrical Brain Activity during Interactions with Mother and with a Familiar, Nondepressed Adult.
Dawson, Geraldine; Frey, Karin; Panagiotides, Heracles; Yamada, Emily; Hessl, David; Osterling, Julie
Child Development, v70 n5 p1058-66 Sep-Oct 1999
Examined whether the atypical pattern of brain activity found in infants of depressed mothers generalized to situations not involving the mother. Found that 13- to 15-month-olds of depressed mothers exhibited reduced left--relative to right--frontal activity during baseline and during interactions with mother and familiar experimenter. This atypical brain activity pattern generalizes to a variety of situations. (Author/KB)
Descriptors: Brain, Depression (Psychology), Electroencephalography, Generalization, Infant Behavior, Infants, Interpersonal Relationship, Mothers, Parent Child Relationship
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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