title: Infant frontal EEG asymmetry in relation with postnatal maternal depression and parenting behavior.
abstract: Right frontal electroencephalogram (EEG) asymmetry associates with negative affect and depressed mood, which, among children, are predicted by maternal depression and poor parenting. This study examined associations of maternal depression and maternal sensitivity with infant frontal EEG asymmetry based on 111 mother-6-month-infant dyads. There were no significant effects of postnatal maternal depression or maternal sensitivity, or their interaction, on infant EEG frontal asymmetry. However, in a subsample for which the infant spent at least 50% of his/her day time hours with his/her mother, both lower maternal sensitivity and higher maternal depression predicted greater relative right frontal EEG asymmetry. Our study further showed that greater relative right frontal EEG asymmetry of 6-month-old infants predicted their greater negative emotionality at 12 months of age. Our study suggested that among infants with sufficient postnatal maternal exposure, both maternal sensitivity and mental health are important influences on early brain development.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Engineering, Clinical Imaging Research Center, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Wen
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Engineering, Clinical Imaging Research Center, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
authors.forename: N N
authors.initials: NN
authors.lastname: Soe
authors.affiliation: Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences, Singapore, Singapore.
authors.forename: L W
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Sim
authors.affiliation: Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences, Singapore, Singapore.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sanmugam
authors.affiliation: KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore, Singapore.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kwek
authors.affiliation: Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences, Singapore, Singapore.|Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
authors.forename: Y-S
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Chong
authors.affiliation: Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences, Singapore, Singapore.
authors.forename: P D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Gluckman
authors.affiliation: Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences, Singapore, Singapore.|Ludmer Centre for Neuroinformatics and Mental Health, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada.|Sackler Program for Epigenetics & Psychobiology, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Meaney
authors.affiliation: Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences, Singapore, Singapore.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rifkin-Graboi
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Engineering, Clinical Imaging Research Center, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.|Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences, Singapore, Singapore.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Qiu
mesh_terms: D019052:Depression, Postpartum; D003866:Depressive Disorder; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005260:Female; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008425:Maternal Behavior; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D016487:Parenting