Publications

2024

Dikker, S., Brito, N. H., & Dumas, G. (2024). It takes a village: A multi-brain approach to studying multigenerational family communication. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience PDF

2023

Werchan, D. M., Hendrix, C. L., Hume, A. H., Zhang, M., Thomason, M. E., & Brito, N. H. (2023). Effects of prenatal psychosocial stress and COVID-19 infection on infant attention and socioemotional development. Pediatric Research PDF

Brandes-Aitken, A., Pini, N., Weatherhead, W., & Brito, N. H. (2023). Maternal hair cortisol predicts periodic and aperiodic infant frontal EEG activity longitudinally across infancy. Developmental Psychobiology PDF

Brandes-Aitken, A., Metser, M., Braren, S. H., Vogel, S. C., & Brito, N. H. (2023). Neurophysiology of sustained attention in early infancy: Investigating longitudinal relations with recognition memory outcomes. Infant Behavior and Development PDF

Querdasi, F. R., Vogel, S. C., Thomason, M.E., Callaghan , B. L., & Brito, N. H. (2023). A comparison of the infant gut microbiome before versus after the start of the covid-19 pandemic. Scientific Report PDF

2022

Werchan, D. M., Brandes-Aitken, A., & Brito, N. H. (2022). Signal in the noise: Dimensions of predictability in the home auditory environment are associated with neurobehavioral measures of early infant sustained attention. Developmental Psychobiology PDF

Werchan, D. M., Thomason, M. E., & Brito, N. H. (2022). OWLET: An automated, open-source method for infant gaze tracking using smartphone and webcam recordings. Behavior Research Methods PDF

Hendrix, C. L., Werchan, D., Lenniger, C., Ablow, J. C., Amstadter, A. B., Austin, A., Babineau, V., Bogat, G. A., Cioffredi, L. A., Conradt, E., Crowell, S. E., Dumitriu, D., Elliott, A. J., Fifer, W., Firestein, M., Gao, W., Gotlib, I., Graham, A., Gregory, K. D., Gustafsson, H., … Thomason, M. E. (2022). Geotemporal analysis of perinatal care changes and maternal mental health: an example from the COVID-19 pandemic. Archives of women’s mental health PDF

Shuffrey, L. C., Thomason, M. E., & Brito, N. H. (2022). Improving perinatal maternal mental health starts with addressing structural inequities. JAMA psychiatry PDF

Werchan, D.M., Hendrix, C.L., Ablow, J.C. et al. Behavioral coping phenotypes and associated psychosocial outcomes of pregnant and postpartum women during the COVID-19 pandemic. Sci Rep 12, 1209 (2022) PDF

Uy, J. P., Schwartz, C., Chu, K. A., Towner, E., Lemus, A., Brito, N. H., & Callaghan, B. L. (2022). Parenting under pressure: Parental transmission and buffering of child fear during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Developmental Psychobiology PDF

Thomason, M. E., Hendrix, C. L., Werchan, D., & Brito, N. H. (2022). Perceived discrimination as a modifier of health, disease, and medicine: empirical data from the COVID-19 pandemic. Translational Psychiatry PDF

Scott, L. S., & Brito, N. H. (2022). Supporting Healthy Brain and Behavioral Development During Infancy. Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences PDF

Lemus, A., Vogel, S. C., Greaves, A. N., & Brito, N. H. (2022). Maternal anxiety symptoms associated with increased behavioral synchrony in the early postnatal period. Infancy PDF

Brito, N. H., Werchan, D., Brandes‐Aitken, A., Yoshikawa, H., Greaves, A., & Zhang, M. (2022). Paid maternal leave is associated with infant brain function at 3 months of age. Child development PDF

2021

Kozak, K. *Greaves, A., Waldfogel, J., Angal, J., Elliott, A.J., Fifer, W.P., & Brito, N.H. (2021). Paid Maternal Leave is Associated with Better Language and Socioemotional Outcomes During Toddlerhood. PDF

Nketia, J., Amso, D., & Brito, N.H. (2021). Towards a more inclusive and equitable developmental cognitive neuroscience. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience. PDF

Gustafsson, H.C., Young, A.S., Stamos, G., Wilken, S., Brito, N.H., Thomason, M.E., Graham, Nigg, J.T., & Sullivan, E.L. (2021). Innovative methods for remote assessment of neurobehavioral development. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience. PDF

Darcy-Mahoney, A., Brito, N.H., Baralt, M., Buerlein, J. Patel, S., & Lu, M. (2021). Innovating Maternal and Child Health: Incentive Prizes to Improve Early Childhood Development. Maternal and Child Health. PDF

Thomason, M., Palpoli, A.C., Jariwala, N.N., Werchan, D.M., Chen, A., Adhikari, S., Espinoza-Heredia, C., Brito, N.H., & Trentacosta, C.J. (2021). Miswiring the brain: Human prenatal D9-tetrahydrocannabinol use associated with altered fetal hippocampal brain network connectivity. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience. PDF

Braren, S.H., Perry, R.E., Brandes-Aitken, A., Ribner, A., Brito, N.H., Blair, C., & the New Fathers and Mothers Study (NewFAMS) Team. (2021). Prenatal Mother-Father Cortisol Linkage Predicts Infant Executive Functions at 24-months. Developmental Psychobiology. PDF

Brandes-Aitken, A., Braren, S., Vogel, S., Perry, R.E., Brito, N.H., & Blair, C. (2021). Within-Person Changes in Basal Cortisol and Caregiving Modulate Executive Attention across Infancy. Development and Psychopathology. PDF

2020

Brito, N.H., *Greaves, A., Leon-Santos, A., Fifer, W.P., & Noble, K.G. (2020). Associations between Bilingualism and Memory Generalization During Infancy: Does Socioeconomic Status Matter? Bilingualism: Language & Cognition. PDF

Troller-Renfree, S.V., Brito, N.H., Desai, P.M., Meyer, J.S., & Noble, K.G. (2020). Infants of mothers with higher physiological stress show alterations in brain function. Developmental Science. PDF

Brito, N.H., Troller-Renfree, S.V, Leon-Santos, A., Isler, J., Fifer, W.P., & Noble, K.G. (2020). Associations among the home language environment and neural activity during infancy. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 43, 100780. PDF

Baralt, M., Darcy-Mahoney, A., & Brito, N.H. (2020). Háblame Bebé: A phone application intervention to support Hispanic children’s early language environments and bilingualism. Child Language Teaching & Therapy, 1-25. DOI: 10.1177/0265659020903779.PDF

Vogel, S., Brito, N.H., & Callaghan, B. (2020). Early life stress and the development of the infant gut microbiome: Implications for mental health and neurocognitive development. Current Psychiatry Reports. PDF

2019

Barr, R., Rusnak, S. Brito, N.H., & Nugent, C., (2019). Actions speak louder than words: Differences in memory flexibility between monolingual and bilingual 18-month-olds. Developmental Science, e12881. PDF

Brito, N.H., Elliott, A.J., Isler, J.R., Rodriguez, C., Friedrich, C., Shuffrey, L., & Fifer, W.P. (2019). Neonatal EEG as a Biomarker for Later Neurodevelopmental Disorder Risk during Toddlerhood. Developmental Psychobiology. PDF

Brito, N.H., Fifer, W.P., Amso, D., Barr, R.F., Bell, M.A., Calkins, S., Flynn, A., Montgomery-Downs, H.E., Oakes, L.M., Richards, J.E., Samuelson, L.M., & Colombo, J. (2019). Beyond the Bayley: Neurocognitive Assessments of Development during Infancy and Toddlerhood. Developmental Neuropsychology. DOI: 10.1080/87565641.2018.1564310 PDF

2018

Brito, N.H. & Noble, K.G., for the Pediatric Imaging, Neurocognition, and Genetics Study. (2018). The independent and interacting effects of socioeconomic status and dual language use on brain structure and cognition. Developmental Science. DOI: 10.1111/desc.12688 PDF

Perzanowski, M., Savary, K., Arteaga-Solis, E., Lautenbacher, L., Brito, N.H., Raugh, V.A., Nugent, J.D., Elliott, A.J., Myers, M.M., & Fifer, W.P. (2018). Associations between parasympathetic activity in the month after birth and wheeze at age 2-3 years. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine PDF

2017

Brito, N.H. (2017). Influence of the home linguistic environment on early language development. Policy Insights from Behavioral and Brain Science, 1-8, DOI:10.1177/2372732217720699 PDF

Brito, N.H., Piccolo, L., & Noble, K.G. (2017). Associations between cortical thickness and neurocognitive skills during childhood vary by family socioeconomic factors. Brain & Cognition, 116, 54-62. DOI:10.1016/j.bandc.2017.03.007 PDF

2016

Brito, N.H., Fifer, W.P., Myers, M., Elliott, A.J., & Noble, K.G. (2016). Associations among family socioeconomic status, EEG power at birth, and cognitive skills during infancy. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 19, 144-151. DOI:10.1016/j.dcn.2016.03.004 PDF

Melvin, S., Brito, N.H., Mack, L.J., Engelhardt, L.E., Fifer, W.P., Elliot, A.J., & Noble, K.G., in collaboration with the PASS Network (2016). Contributions of the home environment to early disparities in language development. Infancy, 22, 42-55. DOI:10.1111/infa.12145

Brito, N.H., Murphy, E., Vaidya, C., & Barr, R. (2016). Do bilingual advantages in attentional control influence memory encoding during a divided attention task? Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 19(3), 621-629. DOI:10.1017/S1366728915000851 PDF

2015

Noble, K.G., Houston, S.M., Brito, N.H., Bartsch, H., Kan, E., … & Sowell, E.R, for the Pediatric Imaging, Neurocognition, and Genetics Study. (2015). Family income, parental education and brain development in children and adolescents. Nature Neuroscience, 18, 773-778. DOI: 10.1038/nn.3983 PDF

Noble, K.G., Engelhardt, L.E., Brito, N.H., Mack, L.J., Nail, E.J., Angal, J., Barr, R., Fifer, W.P., and Elliott, A.J., in collaboration with the PASS Network. (2015). Socioeconomic disparities in neurocognitive development in the first two years of life. Developmental Psychobiology, 57(5), 535-551. DOI: 10.1002/dev.21303 PDF

Brito, N.H., Sebastían-Gallés, N., & Barr, R. (2015). Differences in language exposure and its effects on memory flexibility in monolingual, bilingual, and trilingual infants. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 18(4), 670-682. DOI: 10.1017/S1366728914000789 PDF

2014

Brito, N.H. & Noble, K.G. (2014). Socioeconomic status and structural brain development. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 8, 276. DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2014.00276 PDF

Brito, N.H., Grenell, A., & Barr, R. (2014). Specificity of the Bilingual Advantage for Memory: Examining Recognition, Generalization, and Working Memory in Monolingual, Bilingual, and Trilingual Toddlers. Frontiers in Psychology. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01369 PDF

Barr, R., Morin, M., Brito, N., Richeda, B., Rodriguez, J., & Shauffer, C. (2014). Delivering Services to Incarcerated Teen Fathers: A Pilot Intervention to Increase the Quality of Father-infant Interactions during Visitation. Psychological Services, 11 (1), 10–21. DOI: 10.1037/a0034877 PDF

Brito, N. & Barr, R. (2014). Flexible Memory Retrieval in Bilingual 6-month-old Infants. Developmental Psychobiology, 56 (5), 1156–1163. DOI: 10.1002/dev.21188 PDF

Brito, N., Ryan, R. M., & Barr, R. (2014). Methods for assessing parent-child interactions in large-scale studies. In O. Saracho & B. Spodek (Eds.), Handbook of research method on early childhood education, Volume II, p. 147–189. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

2013

Barr, R., Brito, N., & Simcock, G. (2013). Revisiting the Effect of Reminders on Infants’ Memories: Does the encoding format matter? Developmental Psychology, 49(11), 2112-2119. DOI: 10.1037/a0031759 PDF

Barr, R., & Brito, N. (2013). From specificity to flexibility: Early developmental changes in memory generalization. In P. Bauer & R. Fivush (Eds.), Wiley-Blackwell Handbook on the Development of Children’s Memory, p. 453–479. Chichester: John Wiley and Sons. DOI: 10.1002/9781118597705.ch20 PDF

2012

Brito, N. & Barr, R. (2012). Influence of Bilingualism on Memory Generalization during Infancy. Developmental Science, 15 (6), 812–816. DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2012.1184.x PDF

Brito, N., Barr, R., McIntyre, P. & Simcock, G. (2012) Long-term Transfer of Learning from Books and Video during Toddlerhood. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 111 (1), 108–119. DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2011.08.004 PDF

Brito, N., Barr, R., Rodriguez, J., & Shauffer, C. (2012). Increasing the Quality of Father Child Interactions within the Juvenile Justice System. Zero-to-Three: Parenting from a Distance Special Issue.

Barr, R., & Brito, N. (2012). Learning from television in young children. In N.M. Seel, Encyclopedia of the Sciences of Learning. New York, NY: Springer Publications. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-1428-6_1835

2011

Barr, R., Brito, N., Zocca, J., Reina, S., Rodriguez, J., & Shauffer, C. (2011). The Baby Elmo Program: Improving teen father-child interactions within the juvenile justice facilities. Child and Youth Services Review, 33 (9), 1555–1562. DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2011.03.020 PDF