Frontal Lobe Activity and Affective Behavior of Infants of Mothers with Depressive Symptoms.

Dawson, Geraldine; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ447648

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Publication Date: 1992

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Frontal Lobe Activity and Affective Behavior of Infants of Mothers with Depressive Symptoms.

Dawson, Geraldine; And Others

Child Development, v63 n3 p725-37 Jun 1992

In comparison to infants of mothers who had no symptoms of depression, infants of mothers with symptoms exhibited reduced left frontal lobe activity during play and failed to exhibit increased right frontal lobe activity during distress. Infants of symptomatic mothers showed less distress during maternal separation than infants of nonsymptomatic mothers. (BC)

Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Depression (Psychology), Electroencephalography, Emotional Response, Infants, Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Play

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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