Conference Talks
McCormick, S.A., Forest, T.A., Davel, L., Zieff, M.R., Khula South Africa Data Collection Team, Donald, K.A., Gabard-Durnam, L.J. (2024, October). Neural indices of auditory statistical learning in infancy associated with concurrent language skills at 24-months in a sample of South African infants. Paper presented at the International Society for Developmental Psychobiology Meeting in Chicago, IL, USA.
Mlandu, N., McCormick, S.A., Khula South Africa Data Collection Team, Donald, K.A., Gabard-Durnam, L.J. (2024, September). Evaluating a Novel High-Density EEG Sensor Net Structure for Improving Inclusivity in Infants with Curly or Tightly Coiled Hair. Paper presented at the Flux Society Meeting in Baltimore, MD, USA.
McCormick, S.A., Forest, T.A., Davel, L., Zieff, M.R., Khula South Africa Data Collection Team, Donald, K.A., Gabard-Durnam, L.J. (2024, September). Neural indices of auditory statistical learning in infancy associated with concurrent language skills at 24-months in a sample of South African infants. Paper presented at the FIT’NG Society Meeting in Baltimore, MD, USA.
McCormick, S.A., Davel, L., Zieff, M.R., Khula South Africa Data Collection Team, Donald, K.A., Gabard-Durnam, L.J. (2024, May). Longitudinal Trajectories of Frontal Alpha Power Asymmetry and Associations with Temperament in a Sample of South African Infants. Paper presented at the International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions Meeting in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
McCormick, S.A., Underwood, E., Tao, A., Kim, I., Coffman, S., Nelson, C.A., Berde, C., Hensch, T.K., Cornelissen, L., Gabard-Durnam, L.J. (2023, July). Visual development and face processing in U.S. infants exposed to GABA agonists. Flash talk paper presented at the International Society for Developmental Psychobiology Meeting in Utrecht, Netherlands.
Forest, T.A., McCormick, S.A., Amso, D., & Gabard-Durnam, L.J. (2023, May). Maternal predictability in dyadic parent-infant interactions: a role for shaping the engagement of critical learning and memory systems in early infancy. Paper presented at the Association for Psychological Science Conference in Washington, D.C.
McCormick, S.A., Underwood, E., Tao, A., Kim, I., Coffman, S., Nelson, C.A., Berde, C., Hensch, T.K., Cornelissen, L., Gabard-Durnam, L.J. (2023, March). Variation in Timing of Perceptual Narrowing for Faces in U.S. Infants Exposed to General Anesthesia. Flash talk paper presented at the Society for Research in Child Development Conference in Salt Lake City, UT.
McCormick, S.A., Chary, M.C., & Deater-Deckard, K. (2021, April). Associations between mutuality, household chaos, and child theory of mind in father-preschooler dyads. Flash talk paper presented at the Society for Research in Child Development Conference, online due to COVID-19.
McCormick, S.A., Chary, M.C., & Deater-Deckard, K. (2020, November). Moderating role of parent behavior on links between shy temperament and theory of mind. Paper presented at the Occasional Temperament Conference, online due to COVID-19.
Deater-Deckard, K., McCormick, S.A., McQuillan, M., Bates, J.E. (2018, May). Mother-Toddler Differences in Temperament: Family Context and “Fit”. Paper presented at the Occasional Temperament Conference in Murcia, Spain.
Bowman, L.C., McCormick, S.A., Zhou, A.M., Cataldo, J.K., Nelson, C.A. (2017, May). Predictors of Social Competence in Preschool Children: The Role of Temperament and Neural Correlates of Emotion-Perception over the First 3 Years of Life. Paper presented at the Association for Psychological Science Conference in Boston, MA.
Vanderwert, R.E., McCormick, S.A., Dinardo, P.B., Westerlund, A., Nelson, C.A. (2016, May). Attentional response to emotion faces is modulated by infant temperament. Paper presented at the International Conference on Infant Studies in New Orleans, LA.
Perdue, K.L., Cataldo, J.K., Westerlund, A., McCormick, S.A., Nelson, C.A. (2016, May). Age-dependence of emotional face processing in infants as measured with functional near-infrared spectroscopy. Paper presented at the International Conference on Infant Studies in New Orleans, LA.
Bowman, L.C., McCormick, S.A., Westerlund, A., Dinardo, P.B., Zhou, A.M., Nelson, C.A. (2016, May). Infant predictors of childhood internalizing: the role of temperament and neural correlates of emotion-perception. Paper presented at the International Conference on Infant Studies in New Orleans, LA.
Conference Posters
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McCormick, S.A., Forest, T.A., Davel, L., Zieff, M.R., Khula South Africa Data Collection Team, Donald, K.A., Gabard-Durnam, L.J (2025, June). Neural indices of auditory statistical learning in infancy associated with concurrent language skills at 24-months in a sample of South African infants. Poster presented at the Workshop in Infant Language Development in San Sebastian, Spain.
Mlandu, N., McCormick, S.A., Khula South Africa Data Collection Team, Donald, K.A., Gabard-Durnam, L.J. (2024, October). Evaluating a Novel High-Density EEG Sensor Net Structure for Improving Inclusivity in Infants with Curly or Tightly Coiled Hair. Poster to be presented at the International Society for Developmental Psychobiology Meeting in Chicago, IL, USA.
Sobrino, A.C., Franke, C.J., McCormick, S.A., Davel, L., Zieff, M.R., Khula South Africa Data Collection Team, Donald, K.A., Gabard-Durnam, L.J. (2024, October). Age and emotion impact emotional face processing in a large longitudinal cohort of infants in South Africa. Poster to be presented at the International Society for Developmental Psychobiology Meeting in Chicago, IL, USA.
Zieff, M.R., Ghosh, P., Davel, L., McCormick, S.A., Margolis, E.T., Khula South Africa Data Collection Team, Amso, D., Gabard-Durnam, L.J., Donald, K.A. (2024, September). Early exposure to intimate partner violence and EEG microstates in South African infants over the first postnatal year. Poster to be presented at the FIT’NG Society Meeting in Baltimore, MD, USA.
Herr, D., Zieff, M.R., Goolam Nabi, Z., Mazubane, T., Bradford, L., Davel, L., Williams, S.R., Methola, B., Knipe, C., Khumalo, A., Negota, R., Nkubangu, K., Madi, Z., Mlandu, N., Mhlakwaphalwa, T., Samuels, R., Pan, T., Jacobs, C.A., Williams, S., Miles, M., McCormick, S.A., Gabard-Durnam, L.J., Gladstone, M., Donald, K.A. (2023, December). Investigating the relationship between household chaos, maternal depression, and infant cognition: Results from a South African birth cohort. Poster to be presented at the 5th International Developmental Pediatrics Congress in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Davel, L., McCormick, S.A., Zieff, M.R., Bosco, C., Margolis, E.T., Williams, S.R., Samuels, R., Williams, S., Jacobs, C.A., Mlandu, N, Pan, T., Madi, Z., Mhlakwaphalwa, T., Mazubane, T., Gooldam Nabi, Z., Miles, M., Gabard-Durnam, L.J., Donald, K.A. (2023, December). The association between maternal postpartum depression and frontal alpha asymmetry in infants: Preliminary results from a South African birth cohort. Poster to be presented at the 5th International Developmental Pediatrics Congress in Johannesburg, South Africa.
McCormick, S.A., Bosco, C., Zieff, M.R., Miles, M., Jacobs, C.A., Williams, S., Bradford, L., Davel, L., Knipe, C., Madi, Z., Mazubane, T., Methola, B., Mhlawaphalwa, T., Mlandu, N., Nkubungu, K., Pan, T., Samuels, R., Williams, S., Fifer, W., Amso, D., Donald, K.A., & Gabard-Durnam, L.J. (2023, September). Neural activity during statistical learning and associations with household chaos. Poster presented at the FIT’NG Society Meeting in Santa Rosa, CA.
McCormick, S.A., Bosco, C., Zieff, M.R., Miles, M., Jacobs, C.A., Williams, S., Bradford, L., Davel, L., Knipe, C., Madi, Z., Mazubane, T., Methola, B., Mhlawaphalwa, T., Mlandu, N., Nkubungu, K., Pan, T., Samuels, R., Williams, S., Fifer, W., Amso, D., Donald, K.A., & Gabard-Durnam, L.J. (2023, September). Resting state neural activity in the first year of life and associations with household chaos. Poster presented at the Flux Society Meeting in Santa Rosa, CA.
McCormick, S.A., Barry, J.C.+, Chary, M., & Deater-Deckard, K. (2022, April). Associations between parental and child mental-state language, household chaos, and theory of mind in father-preschooler dyads. Poster presented at the Cognitive Development Society Bi-ennial conference in Madison, WI.
Anderson, C., Cousins, E., Arredondo, M.G., Devarajan, K., Zuñiga, L., Golden, N., Lee, N., Keisling, B., Bryant, R., Fernandez, N, Chacón-Vargas, K., Burrows, B., Vik, R., Kang, S., McCormick, S.A. (2020, November). BRiDGE: Enhancing Diversity and Inclusion in Lecture Series with Broader Impacts and Mentoring Opportunities. Poster presented at the Soil Science Society of America Meeting, online due to COVID-19.
McCormick, S.A., Chary, M.C., Helm, A.F., & Deater-Deckard, K. (2020, November). Links between father-child EEG asymmetry, temperament, and behavior. Poster presented at the Occasional Temperament Conference, online due to COVID-19.
Arredondo, M.G., Devarajan, K., Anderson, C., Bechtold, E., Bryant, R., Burrows, B., Chacon-Vargas, K., Cousins, E., Egwuatu, A., Fernandez, N., Golden, N., Kashyap, S., Kiesling, B., McCormick, S.A., Vik, R. (2019, December). BRiDGE: Enhancing Lecture Series with Broader Impacts and Mentoring Opportunities. Poster presented at the American Geophysical Union Centennial Meeting in San Francisco, CA.
Hong, Y., McCormick, S.A., Deater-Deckard, K., Bell, M.A. (2019, March). Role of Household Chaos in the Association Between Supportive Parenting and Child Emotion Regulation. Poster to be presented at the Society for Research in Child Development Conference in Baltimore, MD.
Normil, P.+, McCormick, S.A., Deater-Deckard, K. (2018, August). Development of Executive Function in Families. Poster presented at the UMass LSAMP Undergraduate Research Conference, Amherst, MA.
Xie, W., McCormick, S.A., Westerlund, A., Bowman, L.C., Cataldo, J.K., Zhou, A.M., Nelson, C.A. (2018, July). The Development of Cortical Source Responses to Emotional Expressions in the First Year of Life. Poster presented at the International Conference on Infant Studies in Philadelphia, PA.
McCormick, S.A., Deater-Deckard, K., Bell, M.A. (2018, May). Household chaos and the link between temperament and physiology in predicting child internalizing behaviors. Poster presented at the Occasional Temperament Conference in Murcia, Spain.
McCormick, S.A., Chary, M.C., Deater-Deckard, K., Bell, M.A. (2017, May). The Role of Stability in Frontal EEG Asymmetry and Correlates of Household Chaos and Behavior in Early Childhood. Poster presented at the Association for Psychological Science Conference in Boston, MA.
McCormick, S.A., Westerlund, A., Bowman, L.C., Zhou, A.M., Cataldo, J.K., Nelson, C.A. (2017, April). Neural Correlates of Emotional Face Processing and Anxious Behaviors in Early Childhood: An ERP Study. Poster presented at the Society for Research in Child Development Conference in Austin, TX.
Perdue, K.L., Cataldo, J.K., McCormick, S.A., Westerlund, A., Nelson, C.A. (2016, October). fNIRS reveals distinct infant emotional face processing. Poster presented at the Society for functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy Biennial Meeting in Paris, France.
McCormick, S.A., Westerlund, A., Bowman, L.C., Dinardo, P.D., Zhou, A.M., Nelson, C.A. (2016, May). Discrimination of Emotional Faces in Infancy and Early Childhood: A Longitudinal ERP Study. Poster presented at the International Conference on Infant Studies in New Orleans, LA.
Bowman, L.C., McCormick, S.A., Westerlund, A., Dinardo, P.B., Zhou, A.M., Nelson, C.A. (2016, May). Infant predictors of childhood social competence: The role of temperament and neural correlates of emotion-perception. Poster presented at the International Conference on Infant Studies in New Orleans, LA.
Perdue, K.L., Westerlund, A., McCormick, S.A., Ravicz, M., Nelson, C.A. (2015, June). Age-dependence of emotional face processing in infants as measured with functional near-infrared spectroscopy. Poster presented at the Organization for Human Brain Mapping Meeting in Honolulu, HI.
McCormick, S.A., Westerlund, A., Vanderwert, R.E., Dinardo, P.B., Nelson, C.A. (2015, March). Discrimination of Negative and Positive Emotions in the First Year of Life: An ERP Study. Poster presented at the Society for Research in Child Development Conference in Philadelphia
Miguel, H.O., Westerlund, A., McCormick, S.A., Nelson, C.A. (2014, May). Developmental Trajectory of Face Processing for Positive and Negative Emotions: Where Do Babies Look? Poster presented at the 4th UK Paediatric Neuropsychology Symposium in London, U.K.
Montoya, L., Vanderwert, R.E., Westerlund, A., McCormick, S.A., Nelson, C.A. (2014, April). ERP Differences in Infants’ Ability to Discriminate Emotions. Poster presented at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society Meeting, Boston, MA.
McCormick, S.A., Hadley, H., Scott, L.S. (2013, April). The Effects of Early Individual Level Training on the Processing of Human Faces in Early Childhood. Poster presented at the Massachusetts Statewide Undergraduate Research Conference, Amherst, MA.