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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
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
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 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
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 origins of effortful control: How early development within arousal/regulatory systems influences attentional and affective control.
Wass, S. V. (2021). The origins of effortful control: How early development within arousal/regulatory systems influences attentional and affective control. Developmental Review, 61, 100978. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dr.2021.100978
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Anxious parents show higher physiological synchrony with their infants.
Smith, C. G., Jones, E. J. H., Charman, T., Clackson, K., Mirza, F. U., & Wass, S. V. (2021). Anxious parents show higher physiological synchrony with their infants. Psychological Medicine, 52(14), 3040–3050. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0033291720005085
Too fast, too furious: Short-lived phasic influences, resting cardiac vagal activity and the importance of time: A response to Sylvain Laborde.
Koenig, J., Sørensen, L., Wass, S., & Sonuga-Barke, E. (2020). Too fast, too furious: Short-lived phasic influences, resting cardiac vagal activity and the importance of time: A response to Sylvain Laborde. Physiology & behavior, 218, 112691. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2019.112691
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
Parents mimic and influence their infant’s autonomic state through dynamic affective state matching.
Wass., S.V., Smith, C.G., Clackson, K., Gibb, C., Eitzenberger, J., Mirza, F. U. (2019). Parents mimic and influence their infant’s autonomic state through dynamic affective state matching. Current Biology 29(14), 2415-2422. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2019.06.016
Influences of environmental stressors on autonomic function in 12-month-old infants: understanding early common pathways to atypical emotion regulation and cognitive performance.
Wass, S.V., Smith, C.G., Daubney, K.R., Suata, Z.M., Clackson, K., Begum, A., Mirza, F.U. (2019) Influences of environmental stressors on autonomic function in 12-month-old infants: understanding early common pathways to atypical emotion regulation and cognitive performance. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 60(12):1323-1333. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.13084
Increases in arousal are more long-lasting than decreases in arousal: on homeostatic failures during emotion regulation in infancy.
Wass, S.V., Clackson, K. & Leong, V. (2018). Increases in arousal are more long-lasting than decreases in arousal: on homeostatic failures during emotion regulation in infancy. Infancy 23 (5), 628-649. https://doi.org/10.1111/infa.12243
How orchids concentrate? The relationship between physiological stress reactivity and cognitive performance during infancy and early childhood.
Wass, S.V. (2018). How orchids concentrate? The relationship between physiological stress reactivity and cognitive performance during infancy and early childhood. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews. 90, 34-49. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2018.03.029
New meanings of thin-skinned: the contrasting attentional profiles of typical 12-month-olds who show high, and low, stress reactivity.
Wass, S.V., de Barbaro, K., Clackson, K. & Leong, V. (2018). New meanings of thin-skinned: the contrasting attentional profiles of typical 12-month-olds who show high, and low, stress reactivity. Developmental Psychology. 54(5), 816-828.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/dev0000428
Changes in behaviour and salivary cortisol following targeted cognitive training in typical 12-month-old infants.
Wass, S.V., Cook, C. & Clackson, K. (2017). Changes in behaviour and salivary cortisol following targeted cognitive training in typical 12-month-old infants. Developmental Psychology. 53(5), 815-825. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0000266
Infant attention is dynamically modulated with changing arousal levels.
De Barbaro, K., Clackson, K. & Wass, S.V. (2016). Infant attention is dynamically modulated with changing arousal levels. Child Development. 88(2), 629-639. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.12689
Temporal dynamics of arousal and attention in 12-month-old infants.
Wass, S.V., Clackson, K., de Barbaro, K. (2016). Temporal dynamics of arousal and attention in 12-month-old infants. Developmental Psychobiology. 58(5), 623-639. https://doi.org/10.1002/dev.21406
Stress reactivity speeds basic encoding processes in infants.
De Barbaro, K., Clackson, K. & Wass, S.V. (2016). Stress reactivity speeds basic encoding processes in infants. Developmental Psychobiology. 58(5), 546-555. https://doi.org/10.1002/dev.21399
Tonic and phasic co-variation of peripheral arousal indices in infants.
Wass, S.V., Clackson, K., Cook, C. & de Barbaro, K. (2015). Tonic and phasic co-variation of peripheral arousal indices in infants. Biological Psychology 111, 26-39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2015.08.006