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These findings raise important\nquestions about the cause and nature of atypical EEG patterns in infants of depressed mothers.\nThe present study begins to address some of these questions by examining whether or not\nvariations in patterns of frontal brain activity in infants of depressed and nondepressed mothers\nare related to variations in infant behavior as observed in naturalistic situations. If such relations\nexist, are they specific to certain behaviors hypothesized to be mediated by the frontal region\n(i.e., positive approach behaviors)? Frontal and parietal brain electrical activity was recorded\nfrom 14- to 15-month old infants of depressed versus nondepressed mothers during a baseline\ncondition and during conditions designed to elicit interest and positive affect. Infant behavior\nwas observed in naturalistic play conditions, with and without mother, on a separate day from\nEEG testing. Mothers provided information on infant temperament. Infants of depressed mothers\nshowed less affection and touching of their mothers. For infants of depressed mothers only,\nreduced left frontal brain activity was found to be related to lower levels of affection toward\nmother, but not to infant temperament. Furthermore, increased generalized frontal activation was\nfound to be related to higher levels of negative affect, hostility, and tantrums and aggression.\nRelations between infant brain activity and behavior were not found for parietal EEG activity.\nThese results suggest that infant frontal electrical brain activity is related to variations in infant\nbehavior, especially those involved in positive affiliative behavior and the expression and\nregulation of negative affect. The nature and cause of atypical patterns of brain activity and\nquestion of whether such atypical patterns of frontal brain activity predispose infants to affective\ndisorders in later life are discussed.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1017\/s0954579499002229","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2002,7,27]],"date-time":"2002-07-27T09:45:41Z","timestamp":1027763141000},"page":"589-605","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":65,"title":["Frontal brain electrical activity in infants of depressed and nondepressed mothers: Relation\nto variations in infant behavior"],"prefix":"10.1017","volume":"11","author":[{"given":"GERALDINE","family":"DAWSON","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"KARIN","family":"FREY","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"JOANNA","family":"SELF","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"HERACLES","family":"PANAGIOTIDES","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"DAVID","family":"HESSL","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"EMILY","family":"YAMADA","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"JULIE","family":"RINALDI","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"56","published-online":{"date-parts":[[1999,9,1]]},"container-title":["Development and Psychopathology"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/services\/aop-cambridge-core\/content\/view\/S0954579499002229","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2019,4,7]],"date-time":"2019-04-07T15:26:47Z","timestamp":1554650807000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/product\/identifier\/S0954579499002229\/type\/journal_article"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[1999,9]]},"references-count":0,"journal-issue":{"issue":"3","published-print":{"date-parts":[[1999,9]]}},"alternative-id":["S0954579499002229"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1017\/s0954579499002229","relation":{},"ISSN":["0954-5794","1469-2198"],"issn-type":[{"value":"0954-5794","type":"print"},{"value":"1469-2198","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[1999,9]]}}}