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Open AccessMaternal perceived stress and infant behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic
Maternal stress has negative consequences on infant behavioral development, and COVID-19 presented uniquely stressful situations to mothers of infants born during the pandemic. We hypothesized that mothers wit...
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OWLET: An automated, open-source method for infant gaze tracking using smartphone and webcam recordings
Groundbreaking insights into the origins of the human mind have been garnered through the study of eye movements in preverbal subjects who are unable to explain their thought processes. Developmental research ...
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Open AccessA comparison of the infant gut microbiome before versus after the start of the covid-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic and resulting public health directives led to many changes in families’ social and material environments. Prior research suggests that these changes are likely to impact composition of th...
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Geotemporal analysis of perinatal care changes and maternal mental health: an example from the COVID-19 pandemic
Our primary objective was to document COVID-19 induced changes to perinatal care across the USA and examine the implication of these changes for maternal mental health. We performed an observational cross-sect...
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Open AccessPerceived discrimination as a modifier of health, disease, and medicine: empirical data from the COVID-19 pandemic
Increasing reports of long-term symptoms following COVID-19 infection, even among mild cases, necessitate systematic investigation into the prevalence and type of lasting illness. Notably, there is limited dat...
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Open AccessBehavioral co** phenotypes and associated psychosocial outcomes of pregnant and postpartum women during the COVID-19 pandemic
The impact of COVID-19-related stress on perinatal women is of heightened public health concern given the established intergenerational impact of maternal stress-exposure on infants and fetuses. There is urgen...
