ArticleDevelopmental psychology2026
Greater mother-infant synchrony predicts less positive emotion in infants at high levels of maternal anxiety.
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- Greater mother-infant synchrony predicts less positive emotion in infants at high levels of maternal anxiety.Developmental psychology · 2026Article
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High levels of mother-infant neural synchrony in the first year of life are traditionally linked to positive socioemotional outcomes for infants, while low synchrony relates to more negative outcomes. However, the notion of synchrony as universally beneficial draws largely from studies involving mothers at low risk for psychopathology. Theories of mothers as scaffolds for development suggest that synchrony with a dysregulated mother may be less beneficial for developing infants. In a sample (
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