ERIC Number: EJ1106571
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016
Pages: 16
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-3920
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Longitudinal Associations between the Quality of Mother-Infant Interactions and Brain Development across Infancy
Bernier, Annie; Calkins, Susan D.; Bell, Martha Ann
Child Development, v87 n4 p1159-1174 Jul-Aug 2016
The aim of this study was to investigate if normative variations in parenting relate to brain development among typically developing children. A sample of 352 mother-infant dyads came to the laboratory when infants were 5, 10, and 24 months of age (final N = 215). At each visit, child resting electroencephalography (EEG) was recorded. Mother-infant interactions were videotaped at the 5-month visit. The results indicated that higher quality maternal behavior during mother-infant interactions predicted higher frontal resting EEG power at 10 and 24 months, as well as increases in power between 5 and 10 months, and between 10 and 24 months. These findings provide rare support for the hypothesis that normative variation in parenting quality may contribute to brain development among typically developing infants.
Descriptors: Mothers, Infants, Brain, Medicine, Video Technology, Child Rearing, Parent Child Relationship, Longitudinal Studies, Child Development
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
Sponsor: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) (NIH)
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Grant or Contract Numbers: HD049878; HD043057