A5010691711- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Language Development and Disorders
- Infant Development and Preterm Care
- Child and Animal Learning Development
- Reading and Literacy Development
- Early Childhood Education and Development
- Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
- Child Development and Digital Technology
- COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction
- Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
- Stress Responses and Cortisol
- Infant Health and Development
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Family Dynamics and Relationships
- Birth, Development, and Health
- Gut microbiota and health
- Neonatal and fetal brain pathology
- Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
- Memory and Neural Mechanisms
New York University
2018-2025
NYU Langone Health
2023
Reinhardt University
2019
Columbia University
2014-2018
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
2015-2017
New York Psychoanalytic Society and Institute
2016
New York State Psychiatric Institute
2016
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
2015
Georgetown University
2011-2013
ABSTRACT Socioeconomic status (SES) is strongly associated with cognition and achievement. disparities in language memory skills have been reported from elementary school through adolescence. Less known about the extent to which such emerge infancy. Here, 179 infants socioeconomically diverse families were recruited. Using a cohort‐sequential design, 90 followed at 9 15 months, 89 21 months. SES developmental trajectories of present that, months age, children highly educated parents scored...
Abstract Very few studies have examined the cognitive advantages of bilingualism during first two years development, and a majority examining throughout lifespan focused on relationship between multiple languages control. Early experience with language systems may influence domain‐general processes, such as memory, that increase bilingual child’s capacity for learning. In current study, we found bilingual, but not monolingual, infants were able to generalize across cues at 18 months. This is...
Abstract The impact of COVID-19-related stress on perinatal women is heightened public health concern given the established intergenerational maternal stress-exposure infants and fetuses. There urgent need to characterize coping styles associated with adverse psychosocial outcomes in during COVID-19 pandemic help mitigate potential for lasting sequelae both mothers infants. This study uses a data-driven approach identify patterns behavioral strategies that associate distress large...
Memory flexibility is a hallmark of the human memory system. As indexed by generalization between perceptually dissimilar objects, develops gradually during infancy. A recent study has found bilingual advantage in at 18 months age [Brito and Barr [2012] Developmental Science, 15, 812-816], present examines when this may first emerge. In current study, 6-month-olds were more likely than monolinguals to generalize puppet that differed two features (shape color) monolingual 6-month-olds. When...
Bilingual advantages in memory flexibility, indexed using a generalization task, have been reported (Brito & Barr, 2012; 2014), and the present study examines what factors may influence performance. The first experiment role of language similarity; bilingual 18-month-old infants exposed to two similar languages (Spanish–Catalan) or more different (English–Spanish) were tested on task compared monolingual 18-month-olds. second compares performance by trilingual 18-month-olds infants’ from...
The specificity of the bilingual advantage in memory was examined by testing groups monolingual, bilingual, and trilingual 24-month-olds on tasks tapping cued recall, generalization working memory. For recall conditions, there a 24-h delay between time encoding retrieval. In addition to tasks, parent-toddler dyads completed picture-book reading task, order observe emotional responsiveness, parental report productive vocabulary. Results indicated no difference language memory, or vocabulary,...
Infants perceptually tune to the phonemes of their native languages in first year life, thereby losing ability discriminate non‐native phonemes. who earlier have been shown develop stronger language skills later childhood. We hypothesized that socioeconomic disparities, which associated with differences quality and quantity home, would contribute individual phonetic discrimination. Seventy‐five infants were assessed on measures discrimination at 9 months, home environment 15 abilities both...
Abstract Family socioeconomic status ( SES ) is strongly associated with children's cognitive development, and past studies have reported disparities in both neurocognitive skills brain structure across childhood. In other studies, bilingualism has been advantages differences the lifespan. The aim of current study to concurrently examine joint independent associations between family dual‐language use during A subset data from Pediatric Imaging, Neurocognition Genetics PING was analyzed;...
Abstract Chronic stress has been increasingly linked with aberrations in children's behavioral, cognitive, and social development, yet the effect of chronic physiological on neural development during first year life is largely unknown. The present study aims to link a index (maternal hair cortisol concentration) maturational differences infant functional brain life. Participants were 94 mother‐infant dyads. To stress, maternal samples assayed for previous three months’ output. examine...
Psychological distress during the perinatal period has increased COVID-19 pandemic.A systematic review of 81 studies (N = 132 917 pregnant or postpartum women; research published prior to January 31, 2021) reported prevalence depression and anxiety ranging from 20% 64% ongoing pandemic. 1Although there is still a need examine more representative samples, large cross-sectional study 1 mostly US women corroborated these findings, reporting clinical levels in 36% compared with an estimated...
Characteristics of the home language environment, independent socioeconomic background, may account for disparities in early abilities. Past studies have reported links between quantity input within and differences brain function during childhood. The current study examined associations EEG activity a socioeconomically diverse sample 6- to 12-month-old infants (N = 94). Replicating past studies, positive correlation was found measures status input. Examining activity, analyses yielded...
Increasing reports of long-term symptoms following COVID-19 infection, even among mild cases, necessitates systematic investigation into the prevalence and type lasting illness. Notably, there is limited data regarding influence social determinants health, like perceived discrimination economic stress, which may exacerbate health risks. The primary goals this study are to test bearing subjective experiences discrimination, financial security, quality care on illness severity symptom...
Abstract The first months of life are critical for establishing neural connections relevant social and cognitive development. Yet, the United States lacks a national policy paid family leave during this important period brain This study examined associations between infant electroencephalography (EEG) at 3 in sociodemographically diverse sample families from New York City ( N = 80; 53 males; 48% Latine; data collection occurred 05/2018–12/2019). Variable‐centered regression results indicate...