Infant Health and Development

A potential marker for problematic mother-infant bonding revealed by magnetoencephalography study of first-time mothers listening to infant cries

This study uses MEG to show that weaker mother-infant bonding in first-time mothers is associated with reduced brain responses to infant cries in specific regions.

Associations between neonatal cry acoustics and visual attention during the first year

The paper examines if neonatal cry acoustic features correlate with visual attention in the first year, finding a marginal link between cry fundamental frequency and attention disengagement in one cohort.