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Maternal Prenatal Depression And Anxiety Affect Neonatal Neurobehavior, Shelby Siddall, Jason Gibbs, Aimee Martin, Nicki Aubuchon-Endsley (Mentor)

Idaho Conference on Undergraduate Research

Prenatal depression and anxiety have been linked to impaired infant neurobehavior including altered attention, responsivity, and quality of movement. No known studies have assessed individual and joint effects of prenatal depressive and anxiety on neonatal neurobehavioral outcomes. The current study compared these outcomes among (1) mothers diagnosed with comorbid Depressive and Anxiety Disorders, (2) mothers diagnosed with only Depressive Disorders, (3) mothers diagnosed with only Anxiety Disorders, and (4) mothers with no prenatal diagnosis.

Maternal prenatal diagnoses were assessed by the SCID-I. Offspring neurobehavior was assessed from 1-2 to 30 days using the NNNS. There was a between-subject's effect ( …

Interactions Between Maternal Prenatal Obesity And Physiological Stress: Predictors Of Offspring Adult Obesity, Jennifer L. Hambleton, Jared Vineyard, Nicki L. Aubuchon-Endsley (Mentor)

Idaho Conference on Undergraduate Research

Over half of US women of childbearing age are overweight or obese. This is significant because excessive gestational maternal weight may program offspring for greater risk of lifetime obesity. Preliminary research suggests this effect may be moderated by fetal exposure to stress hormones, known to be dysregulated in obese individuals. However, long-term longitudinal research of these constructs is needed.

Therefore, this study used archival data from the NEFS/CPP Studies to examine interactions between maternal pre-pregnancy BMI/gestational weight gain and fetal cortisol exposure as predictors of offspring growth trajectories from birth-7 years and adult BMI via growth curve modeling and ANOVAs. …

Sex Differences In Placental Epigenetic Regulation Of Leptin Hormone Are Associated With Elevated Maternal Gestational Weight Gain, Nicole E. Douthit, Nicki Aubuchon-Endsley Ph.D. (Mentor)

Idaho Conference on Undergraduate Research

In utero epigenetic factors affect health and development, though sex differences in epigenetic effects of prenatal maternal health may exist for placental hormones. Specifically, maternal prenatal obesity affects expression of placental leptin hormone genes, which play a unique role in metabolism and appetite. However, the effects of such expression on infant neurobehavioral development differ by offspring sex.

Therefore, we examined sex differences in the effects of maternal gestational weight on placental leptin gene methylation. Data (n=155) were taken from the Behavior and Mood in Mothers and Behavior in Infants Study. Maternal pre-pregnancy weight was self-reported, while delivery weight …

Locke, Figure, And Judgement: A Consistent Answer To The Molyneux Problem, Jamale Nagi

Student Research Symposium

Ever since the early modern period the Molyneux Problem has been a topic of debate both in the philosophy of perception and the psychology of perception. The problem centers on whether the senses share representational content between one another, or does each sense modality have its own stock of representational content that becomes associated with the others after some habituation. For example, if you knew a shape only by touch, could you identify that shape when seeing it for the first time without being allowed to touch the object? Typically, rationalists have held to the former claiming yes, while empiricists …

The Importance Of Treatment For Foster Youth, Lyl T. Cartagena

Creative Activity and Research Day - CARD

This presentation provides an overview of mental health interventions including highlights of their outcomes.The summary of the extant findings helps identify the strengths and deficits of what has been done, and supports a call for further research in order to change current methods of care provided along with developing an improved method of treatment for foster care youth.

Folk Physics Of Infants Versus Primates, Kateri Louise Hunt

Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference

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Children’S Responses To Irrelevant And Inaccurate Sources Of Information, Kamarea Brown

Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference

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Does Comprehension Of Gesture Have The Same Positive Relation To Child Vocabulary As Production Of Gesture?, Aleisha Rucker, Lauren M. Schmuck, Nevena Dimitrova, Seyda Özçalışkan, Lauren B. Adamson

Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference

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Toddlers' Body Scale Errors: Influences Of Age And Parents, Yemimah King, Lauren B. Adamson

Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference

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Do Young Children Show Early Sensitivity To Viewpoint In Iconic Gestures?, Tikenya Joseph

Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference

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Adult Survivors Of Pediatric Brain Tumors: Empirical Investigation Of A Cognitive Model Of Academic Achievement, Luke Shin

Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference

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Preschoolers’ Use Of Semantic Memory To Solve A Future-Oriented Problem, Nathaniel B. Foster

Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference

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Predictors Of Children’S Sentence Perception Performance, Jessica Walker, Anna Creighton, Joanne Deocampo, Christopher M. Conway

Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference

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The Relation Between Children’S Focus Of Attention And Their Delay Of Gratification Performance, Kachiri Harris, Adriane Davis

Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference

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Do Children Differ In Their Comprehension Of Different Types Of Gestures And Gesture-Speech Combinations?, Lauren Schmuck, Aleisha Rucker, Nevena Dimitrova, Seyda Ozcaliskan, Lauren B. Adamson

Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference

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University Scholar Series: Nadia Sorkhabi, Nadia Sorkhabi

University Scholar Series

Cultural Similarities in Parenting Styles and Practices of Mothers and Father

On March 18, 2015, Dr. Nadia Sorkhabi spoke in the University Scholar Series hosted by Provost Andy Feinstein at the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library. Her talk, titled "Cultural Similarities in Parenting Styles and Practices of Mothers and Father," explored parenting styles and how domain-specific practices of mothers and fathers are related to the academic achievement, social competence, and mental health of children and adolescents. Her research includes frequency and intensity of parent-adolescent conflicts, conflict resolution strategies, and adolescent disclosure of their activities to their parents. Sorkhabi is …