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Take Action on Distraction: The definitive guide to improving attention and focus in the Early Years and Key Stage 1.
Wass, S., & Goldenberg, G. (2025). Take Action on Distraction: The definitive guide to improving attention and focus in the Early Years and Key Stage One. Bloomsbury Publishing. https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/take-action-on-distraction-9781801995580/
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Who Leads and Who Follows? The Pathways to Joint Attention During Free-Flowing Interactions Change Over Developmental Time.
M. Perapoch Amadó, Phillips, M., Esposito, G., Greenwood, E., Ives, J., P. Labendzki, Lancaster, K., Northrop, T. J., Viswanathan, N. K., M. Gök, Peñaherrera, M. J., Jones, H., & Wass, S. V. (2025). Who Leads and Who Follows? The Pathways to Joint Attention During Free‐Flowing Interactions Change Over Developmental Time. Child Development. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.14229
Neural signatures of word learning during adult-child interactions
Mosteller, S., Sobanawartiny Wijeakumar and Wass, S. (2025). Neural Signatures of Word Learning During Adult-Child Interactions. Imaging Neuroscience. https://doi.org/10.1162/imag_a_00407
Foraging and inertia: Understanding the developmental dynamics of overt visual attention
Wass, S. V., Perapoch Amadó, M., Northrop, T., Marriott Haresign, I., & Phillips, E. A. M. (2024). Foraging and inertia: understanding the developmental dynamics of overt visual attention. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2024.105991
Finding order in chaos: influences of environmental complexity and predictability on development
Lancaster, K. L., & Wass, S. V. (2024). Finding order in chaos: influences of environmental complexity and predictability on development. Trends in Cognitive Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2024.11.012
Leader–follower dynamics during early social interactions matter for infant word learning
Goupil, L., Dautriche, I., Denman, K., Henry, Z., Marriott-Haresign, I. and Wass, S. (2024). Leader–follower dynamics during early social interactions matter for infant word learning. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 121(38). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2321008121
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Learning to imitate facial expressions through sound
Viswanathan, N. K., C.J.M, C., Wass, S. V., & Goupil, L. (2024). Learning to imitate facial expressions through sound. Developmental Review, 73. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dr.2024.101137
Outdoor learning in urban schools: Effects on 4–5 year old children's noise and physiological stress
Goldenberg, G., Atkinson, M., Dubiel, J. and Wass, S. (2024). Outdoor learning in urban schools: Effects on 4–5 year old children’s noise and physiological stress. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 97. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2024.102362
Examining speech-brain tracking during early bidirectional, free-flowing caregiver-infant interactions
Phillips, E.A.M., Goupil, L., Ives, J.E., Labendzki, P., Whitehorn, M., Marriott Haresign, I. and Wass, S.V. (2024). Examining speech-brain tracking during early bidirectional, free-flowing caregiver-infant interactions. : https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.05.16.594544
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Why behaviour matters: Studying inter-brain coordination during child-caregiver interaction
Marriot Haresign, I., Phillips, E. A. M., & Wass, S. V. (2024). Why behaviour matters: Studying inter-brain coordination during child-caregiver interaction. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 67. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dcn.2024.101384
Endogenous oscillatory rhythms and interactive contingencies jointly influence infant attention during early infant-caregiver interaction.
Phillips, E. A. M., Goupil, L., Whitehorn, M., Bruce-Gardyne, E., Csolsim, F. A., Kaur, N., Greenwood, E., Haresign, I. M., & Wass, S. V. (2024). Endogenous oscillatory rhythms and interactive contingencies jointly influence infant attention during early infant-caregiver interaction. ELife, 12. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.88775.2
Annual Research Review: ‘There, the dance is – at the still point of the turning world’ – dynamic systems perspectives on coregulation and dysregulation during early development
Wass, S., Greenwood, E., Esposito, G., Smith, C., Necef, I., & Phillips, E. (2024). Annual Research Review: “There, the dance is – at the still point of the turning world” – dynamic systems perspectives on coregulation and dysregulation during early development. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 65(4), 481–507. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.13960
The neural and physiological substrates of real-world attention change across development.
Perapoch Amadó, M., Greenwood, E., Ives, J., Labendzki, P., Marriott Haresign, I., Northrop, T. J., Phillips, E. A. M., Viswanathan, N. K., Whitehorn, M., Jones, E. J. H., & Wass, S. V. (2023). The neural and physiological substrates of real-world attention change across development. Elife. https://doi.org/10.7554/elife.92171.2
Sing to me, baby: Infants show neural tracking and rhythmic movements to live and dynamic maternal singing.
Nguyen, T., Reisner, S., Lueger, A., Wass, S. V., Hoehl, S., & Markova, G. (2023). Sing to me, baby: Infants show neural tracking and rhythmic movements to live and dynamic maternal singing. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dcn.2023.101313
The development of the relationship between auditory and visual neural sensitivity and autonomic arousal from 6m to 12m.
Daubney, K., Suata, Z., Marriott Haresign, I., Thomas, M., Kushnerenko, E., & Wass, S. V. (2023). The development of the relationship between auditory and visual neural sensitivity and autonomic arousal from 6m to 12m. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dcn.2023.101289
Comparative Strengths and Challenges on Face-to-Face and Computer-Based Attention Tasks in Autistic and Neurotypical Toddlers.
Sacrey, L.-A. R., Zwaigenbaum, L., Elshamy, Y., Smith, I., Brian, J., & Wass, S. (2023). Comparative strengths and challenges on face‐to‐face and computer‐based attention tasks in autistic and neurotypical toddlers. Autism Research. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.2983
Editorial perspective: Leaving the baby in the bathwater in neurodevelopmental research.
Wass, S., & Jones, E. J. (2023). Editorial perspective: Leaving the baby in the bathwater in neurodevelopmental research. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. https://acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jcpp.13750
Vocal communication is tied to interpersonal arousal coupling in caregiver-infant dyads.
Wass, S.V., Phillips, E., Smith, C., Goupil, L. (2022) Vocal communication is tied to interpersonal arousal coupling in caregiver-infant dyads. eLife. e77399. https://elifesciences.org/articles/77399
The effect of perinatal interventions on parent anxiety, infant socio‐emotional development and parent‐infant relationship outcomes: A systematic review.
Smith, C. G., Jones, E. J. H., Wass, S. V., Jacobs, D., Fitzpatrick, C., & Charman, T. (2022). The effect of perinatal interventions on parent anxiety, infant socio‐emotional development and parent‐infant relationship outcomes: A systematic review. JCPP Advances, 2(4). https://doi.org/10.1002/jcv2.12116
Attention and social communication skills of very preterm infants after training attention control: Bayesian analyses of a feasibility study.
Perra, O., Alderdice, R., Sweet, D., McNulty, A., Papageorgiou, K., Johnston, M., Wass, S.V. (2022) Attention abilities, focused attention, and social communication skills of very preterm infants after training attention control: results from a feasibility study of a randomised controlled trial. Pilot and Feasibility Studies. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0273767