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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
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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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
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
DEEP: A dual EEG pipeline for developmental hyperscanning studies.
Kayhan, E., Matthes, D., Haresign, I. M., Bánki, A., Michel, C., Langeloh, M., Wass, S.V. & Hoehl, S. (2022). DEEP: A dual EEG pipeline for developmental hyperscanning studies. Developmental cognitive neuroscience, 54, 101104. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dcn.2022.101104
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Measuring the temporal dynamics of inter-personal neural entrainment in continuous child-adult EEG hyperscanning data.
Measuring the temporal dynamics of inter-personal neural entrainment in continuous child-adult EEG hyperscanning data. (2022). Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 54, 101093. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dcn.2022.101093.
Automatic classification of ICA components from infant EEG using MARA.
Automatic classification of ICA components from infant EEG using MARA. (2021). Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 52. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dcn.2021.101024
Toward the Understanding of Topographical and Spectral Signatures of Infant Movement Artifacts in Naturalistic EEG.
Georgieva, S., Lester, S., Noreika, V., Yilmaz, M. N., Wass, S.V., & Leong, V. (2020). Toward the Understanding of Topographical and Spectral Signatures of Infant Movement Artifacts in Naturalistic EEG. Frontiers in neuroscience, 14, 352. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2020.00352
Interpersonal neural entrainment during early social interaction.
Wass, S. V., Whitehorn, M., Haresign, I. M., Phillips, E., & Leong, V. (2020). Interpersonal neural entrainment during early social interaction. Trends in cognitive sciences, 24(4), 329-342. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2020.01.006
Emotional valence modulates the topology of the parent-infant inter-brain network.
Santamaria, L., Noreika, V., Georgieva, S., Clackson, K., Wass, S., & Leong, V. (2020). Emotional valence modulates the topology of the parent-infant inter-brain network. NeuroImage, 207, 116341. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2019.116341
14 challenges for conducting social neuroscience and longitudinal EEG research with infants.
Noreika, V., Georgieva, S., Wass, S.V. & Leong, V. (2020). 14 challenges for conducting social neuroscience and longitudinal EEG research with infants. Infant Behavior and Development, 58(Art. 101393). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infbeh.2019.101393
Parental neural responsivity to infants’ visual attention: how mature brains scaffold immature brains during social interaction.
Wass, S.V., Noreika, V., Georgieva, S., Clackson, K., Brightman, L., Nutbrown, R., Santamaria, L., Leong, V. (2018) Parental neural responsivity to infants’ visual attention: how mature brains scaffold immature brains during social interaction. PLoS Biology. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.2006328
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Speaker gaze increases information coupling between infant and adult brains.
Leong, V., Byrne, E., Clackson, K., Lam, S. & Wass, S.V. (2017). Speaker gaze increases information coupling between infant and adult brains. Proceedings of the National Academy of the Sciences. 114 (50), 13290–13295. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.170249311
Distortions and disconnections: disrupted brain connectivity in autism.
Wass, S.V. (2011). Distortions and disconnections: disrupted brain connectivity in autism. Brain and Cognition 75(1), 18-28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bandc.2010.10.005