Maternal gaze to the infant face: Effects of infant age and facial configuration during mother-infant engagement in the first nine weeks by De Pascalis, L, Kkeli, N, Chakrabarti, B, Dalton, L, Vaillancourt, K, Rayson, H, Bicknell, S, Goodacre, T, Cooper, P, Stein, A, Murray, L

“…<p>Background</p><p>Adult gaze plays an important role in early infant development, and infants are highly sensitive to its presence and direction. …”

Improving quality of mother-infant relationship and infant attachment in socioeconomically deprived community in South Africa: randomised controlled trial by Cooper, P, Tomlinson, M, Swartz, L, Landman, M, Molteno, C, Stein, A, McPherson, K, Murray, L

“…Objective: To assess the efficacy of an intervention designed to improve the mother-infant relationship and security of infant attachment in a South African peri-urban settlement with marked adverse socioeconomic circumstances. …”

Improving quality of mother-infant relationship and infant attachment in socioeconomically deprived community in South Africa: randomised controlled trial. by Cooper, P, Tomlinson, M, Swartz, L, Landman, M, Molteno, C, Stein, A, McPherson, K, Murray, L

“…OBJECTIVE: To assess the efficacy of an intervention designed to improve the mother-infant relationship and security of infant attachment in a South African peri-urban settlement with marked adverse socioeconomic circumstances. …”

An observational study of mothers with eating disorders and their infants. by Stein, A, Woolley, H, Cooper, S, Fairburn, C

“…Two groups of primiparous mothers and their infants were observed at home during play and at a mealtime when the infants were 12-24 months old. …”

The functional neuroanatomy of the evolving parent-infant relationship. by Parsons, C, Young, K, Murray, L, Stein, A, Kringelbach, M

“…Infant survival and the development of secure and cooperative relationships are central to the future of the species. …”

Interactions between mothers and infants: impact of maternal anxiety by Nicol-Harper, R, Harvey, A, Stein, A

“…The aim of the study was to examine the impact of anxiety in the postnatal year on maternal contribution to mother-infant interaction. Participants were 32 mothers with high anxiety and 32 mothers with low anxiety, when their infants were aged 10-14 months. …”

Parent-infant interaction: a growth model approach. by Malmberg, L, Stein, A, West, A, Lewis, S, Barnes, J, Leach, P, Sylva, K

“…The aim of this study is to compare the interaction of fathers and mothers with their 10-12 months old infants (n=97; parental sensitivity and mood, and infant mood) during five structured contiguous play segments, and to examine the utility of individual growth modeling. …”

The motivational salience of infant faces is similar for men and women. by Parsons, C, Young, K, Kumari, N, Stein, A, Kringelbach, M

“…Infant facial features are thought to be powerful elicitors of caregiving behaviour. …”

The motivational salience of infant faces is similar for men and women by Parsons, C, Young, K, Kumari, N, Stein, A, Kringelbach, M

“…Infant facial features are thought to be powerful elicitors of caregiving behaviour. …”

Interpretation of infant facial expression in the context of maternal postnatal depression by Stein, A, Arteche, A, Lehtonen, A, Craske, M, Harvey, A, Counsell, N, Murray, L

“…As most signals arising from the infant come from facial expressions one possible explanation for these difficulties is that mothers with postnatal depression are differentially affected by particular infant facial expressions. …”

Listening to infant distress vocalizations enhances effortful motor performance. by Parsons, C, Young, K, Parsons, E, Stein, A, Kringelbach, M

Listening to infant distress vocalizations enhances effortful motor performance by Parsons, C, Young, K, Parsons, E, Stein, A, Kringelbach, M

Interpreting infant vocal distress: the ameliorative effect of musical training in depression. by Young, K, Parsons, C, Stein, A, Kringelbach, M

“…An infant's cry is one of the most emotionally salient sounds in our environment. …”

Music training and empathy positively impact adults' sensitivity to infant distress. by Parsons, C, Young, K, Jegindø, E, Vuust, P, Stein, A, Kringelbach, M

“…Crying is the most powerful auditory signal of infant need. Adults' ability to perceive and respond to crying is important for infant survival and in the provision of care. …”

Ready for action: a role for the human midbrain in responding to infant vocalizations. by Parsons, C, Young, K, Joensson, M, Brattico, E, Hyam, J, Stein, A, Green, A, Aziz, T, Kringelbach, M

“…Infant vocalizations are among the most biologically salient sounds in the environment and can draw the listener to the infant rapidly in both times of distress and joy. …”

Intuitive parenting: understanding the neural mechanisms of parents’ adaptive responses to infants by Parsons, C, Young, K, Stein, A, Kringelbach, M

“…When interacting with an infant, parents intuitively enact a range of behaviours that support infant communicative development. …”

Effects of reboxetine and citalopram on appraisal of infant facial expressions and attentional biases. by Stein, A, Murphy, S, Arteche, A, Lehtonen, A, Harvey, A, Craske, MG, Harmer, C

“…This study aimed to examine the effects of two different antidepressants (reboxetine and citalopram) on the appraisal of infant facial expressions of emotion using a faces rating task, and on attention to infant emotion using an attentional probe. …”

Infant care in England: Mothers' aspirations, experiences, satisfaction and caregiver relationships by Barnes, J, Leach, P, Sylva, K, Stein, A, Malmberg, L

“…This paper investigates non-maternal infant care in the first year of life, examining the relationships between child care ideals, attitudinal, sociodemographic and psychological characteristics of mothers at three months postpartum and their child care experiences at 10 months. …”

The power of smiling: the adult brain networks underlying learned infant emotionality by Stark, EA, Cabral, J, Riem, MME, Van IJzendoorn, MH, Stein, A, Kringelbach, ML

“…The perception of infant emotionality, one aspect of temperament, starts to form in infancy, yet the underlying mechanisms of how infant emotionality affects adult neural dynamics remain unclear. …”

Effects of reboxetine and citalopram on appraisal of infant facial expressions and attentional biases by Stein, A, Murphy, S, Arteche, A, Lehtonen, A, Harvey, A, Craske, MG, Harmer, C