DEVELOPMENT OF MIND
AND EMOTIONS LAB

Publications

Rebecca J. Brooker's publications

2024

• Kling, J. L., & Brooker, R. J. (2024). Socioeconomic status moderates neural markers of cognitive reappraisal across preschool. Biological Psychology, 186, 108738. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2023.108738 

2023

• Mistry-Patel, S., & Brooker, R. J. (2023). Socioeconomic status as a moderator of neural and parental pathways to anxiety risk in early childhood. Developmental Psychology, 59(5), 801–812. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0001461 

• Brooker, R. J., Mistry, S., Kiel, E. J., Liu, S., VanLieshout, R. J., Schmidt, L. A., & John-Henderson, N. (2023). Infant negative reactivity modulates trajectories of maternal mental health symptoms during the pre- to postpartum period. Journal of Affective Disorders Reports, 11, 100481. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadr.2023.100481 

• Kling, J. L., Mistry-Patel, S., Peoples, S. G., Caldera, D. R., & Brooker, R. J. (2023). Prenatal maternal depression predicts neural maturation and negative emotion in infants. Infant Behavior and Development, 70, 101802. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infbeh.2022.101802 

• Rutherford, H. J. V., Yatziv, T., Vess, M., & Brooker, R. J. (2023). Envisioning motherhood: Mental-state language in caregiving narratives across the perinatal period. Infant Mental Health Journal, 44(2), 218–227. https://doi.org/10.1002/imhj.22048 

2022

• Penner, F., Bunderson, M., Bartz, C., Brooker, R. J., & Rutherford, H. J. V. (2022). Emotion regulation strategies and perceived stress during pregnancy in expectant mothers and fathers. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/02646838.2022.2110224 

• Ettekal, I., Li, H., Chaudhary, A., Luo, W., & Brooker, R. J. (2022). Chronic and desisting peer victimization trajectories and the development of problem behaviors and inhibitory control in middle childhood. Development and Psychopathology, 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579422000426 

• Nyman, T., Stichter, M., Rivera, G. N., Maffly-Kipp, J., Brooker, R. J., & Vess, M. (2022). Genetic causal beliefs and developmental context: Parents’ beliefs predict psychologically controlling approaches to parenting. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 39, 3487–3505. https://doi.org/10.1177/02654075221099188 

2021

• Brooker, R. J., Mistry-Patel, S., Kling, J. L., & Howe, H. A. (2021). Deriving within-person estimates of delta-beta coupling: A novel measure for identifying individual differences in emotion and neural function in childhood. Developmental Psychobiology, 63(6), e22172. https://doi.org/10.1002/dev.22172 

• Mathur, V. A., Nyman, T., Nanavaty, N., George, N., & Brooker, R. J. (2021). Trajectories of pain during pregnancy predict symptoms of postpartum depression. Pain Reports, 6, e933. https://doi.org/10.1097/PR9.0000000000000933 

• Hammond, M., Brooker, R. J., Mistry-Patel, S., Schlegel, R. J., Vess, M., Wines, M., & Havens, J. (2021). Feelings of parental authenticity moderate concurrent links between breastfeeding experience and symptoms of postpartum depression. Frontiers in Global Women’s Health, 2, 651244. https://doi.org/10.3389/fgwh.2021.651244 

• Kiel, E. J., Phelps, R. A., & Brooker, R. J. (2021). Maternal dynamic respiratory sinus arrhythmia during toddlers’ interactions with novelty. Infancy, 26, 388–408. https://doi.org/10.1111/infa.12382 

• Rivera, G. N., Vess, M., Brooker, R. J., Stichter, M., & Neiderhiser, J. M. (2021). Exploring relations between beliefs about the genetic etiology of virtue and the endorsement of parenting practices. Parenting: Science and Practice, 21(2), 79–107. https://doi.org/10.1080/15295192.2021.1891036 

2020

• Brooker, R. J., Kiel, E. J., MacNamara, A., Nyman, T., John-Henderson, N., Schmidt, L. A., & VanLieshout, R. A. (2020). Maternal neural reactivity during pregnancy predicts infant temperament. Infancy, 15(1), 46–66. https://doi.org/10.1111/infa.12385 (PMCID: PMC316194)

• Brooker, R. J., Moore, M. N., Van Hulle, C. A., Beekman, C. R., Begnoche, J. P., Lemery-Chalfant, K., & Goldsmith, H. H. (2020). Attentional control explains covariation between symptoms of ADHD and anxiety during adolescence. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 30(1), 126–141. https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.12471 (PMCID: PMC6858492)

2019

• Brooker, R. J., Bates, J. E., Buss, K. A., Canen, M. J., Dennis-Tiwary, T. A., Gatzke-Kopp, L., ... & Schmidt, L. A. (2019). Conducting event related potential (ERP) research with young children: A review of components, special considerations and recommendations for research on cognition and emotion. Journal of Psychophysiology, 34(3), 137–158. https://doi.org/10.1027/0269-8803/a000250 (PMCID: PMC8136588)

• Schmidt, N. L., Brooker, R. J., Carroll, I. C., Gagne, J. R., Luo, Z., Moore, M. N., ... & Goldsmith, H. H. (2019). Longitudinal research at the interface of affective neuroscience, developmental psychopathology, and behavioral genetics: Findings from the Wisconsin Twin Project. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 22(3), 233–239. https://doi.org/10.1017/thg.2019.31 (PMCID: PMC6750215)

• Vess, M., Brooker, R. J., Stichter, M., & Neiderhiser, J. M. (2019). Genes and virtue: Exploring how heritability beliefs shape conceptions of virtue and its development. Behavior Genetics, 49(2), 168–174. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10519-019-09947-y 

• Vess, M., Brooker, R. J., Schlegel, R. J., & Hicks, J. A. (2019). Daily mental lapses and the subjective experience of true self alienation. Journal of Research in Personality, 78, 148–152. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2018.10.007 

2018

• Brooker, R. J. (2018). Parenting and socioeconomic status predict developmental changes in error-related negativity in young children. Child Development, 89(3), 725–733. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.12757  (PMCID: PMC5948123)

2017

• Van Hulle, C. A., Moore, M. N., Lemery-Chalfant, K., Goldsmith, H. H., & Brooker, R. J. (2017). Infant stranger fear trajectories predict diurnal cortisol rhythm and anxious behaviors during childhood. Development and Psychopathology, 29(3), 1119–1130. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579416000798 (PMCID: PMC5509479)

• Brooker, R. J., Canen, M. J., Davidson, R. J., & Goldsmith, H. H. (2017). Short- and long-term stability of alpha asymmetry: Baseline and affective measures. Psychophysiology, 54(8), 1100–1109. https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.12862 (PMCID: PMC5507748)

• Canen, M. J., & Brooker, R. J. (2017). ERN, theta power, and risk for anxiety problems in preschoolers. Biological Psychology, 123, 103–110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2016.11.001 (PMCID: PMC5292075)

• Najjar, R., & Brooker, R. J. (2017). Delta beta coupling is associated with paternal caregiving behaviors during preschool. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 112, 31–39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2016.09.010 (PMCID: PMC5243183)

2016

• Brooker, R. J., Alto, K. M., Marceau, K., Najjar, R., Leve, L. D., Ganiban, J. M., Reiss, D., Shaw, D. S., & Neiderhiser, J. M. (2016). Early inherited risk for anxiety moderates the association between fathers' child-centered parenting and early social inhibition. Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease, 7(6), 602–615. https://doi.org/10.1017/S2040174416000429 

• Brooker, R. J., Kiel, E. J., & Buss, K. A. (2016). Early social fear predicts kindergarteners’ socially anxious behaviors: Direct associations, moderation by inhibitory control, and differences from nonsocial fear. Emotion, 16(7), 991–1010. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0000187 

• Begnoche, J. P., Brooker, R. J., & Vess, M. (2016). EEG asymmetry and ERN: Temperament outcomes in children. PLOS ONE, 11(5), e0155713. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0155713 

• Brooker, R. J., Phelps, R. A., Davidson, R. J., & Goldsmith, H. H. (2016). Context differences in delta-beta coupling are associated with neuroendocrine reactivity in infants. Developmental Psychobiology, 58(3), 406–418. https://doi.org/10.1002/dev.21398 

• Brooker, R. J., Davidson, R. J., & Goldsmith, H. H. (2016). Maternal negative affect in infancy is linked to disrupted patterns of change in cortisol and alpha asymmetry across contexts during childhood. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 142, 274–290. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2015.10.003 

• Phelps, R. A., Brooker, R. J., & Buss, K. A. (2016). Toddlers’ dysregulated fear predicts delta-beta coupling during preschool. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 17, 28–34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dcn.2015.12.005 

2015

• Brooker, R. J., Neiderhiser, J. M., Leve, L. D., Shaw, D. S., Scaramella, L., & Reiss, D. (2015). Associations between infant negative affect and parent anxiety symptoms are bidirectional: Evidence from mothers and fathers. Frontiers in Psychology, 6, 1875. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01875 

2014

• Brooker, R. J., & Buss, K. A. (2014). Toddler fearfulness is linked to individual differences in error-related negativity during preschool. Developmental Neuropsychology, 39(1), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1080/87565641.2013.841147 

• Brooker, R. J., & Buss, K. A. (2014). Harsh parenting and fearfulness in toddlerhood interact to predict amplitudes of preschool error-related negativity. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 9, 148-159. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dcn.2014.03.003 

• Brooker, R. J., Buss, K. A., Lemery-Chalfant, K., Aksan, N., Davidson, R. J., & Goldsmith, H. H. (2014). Profiles of observed infant anger predict preschool behavior problems: Moderation by life stress. Developmental Psychology, 50(10), 2343-2352. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0037284 

• Brooker, R. J., Neiderhiser, J. M., Ganiban, J. M., Leve, L. D., Shaw, D. S., & Reiss, D. (2014). Birth and adoptive parent anxiety symptoms moderate the link between infant attention control and internalizing problems in toddlerhood. Development and Psychopathology, 26, 347-359. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579414000084 

2013

• Brooker, R. J., Buss, K. A., Lemery-Chalfant, K., Aksan, N., Davidson, R. J., & Goldsmith, H. H. (2013). The development of stranger fear in infancy and toddlerhood: Normative development, individual differences, antecedents, and outcomes. Developmental Science, 16(6), 864-878. https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.12072 

• Buss, K. A., Davis, E. L., Kiel, E. J., Brooker, R. J., Beekman, C. R., & Early, M. C. (2013). Dysregulated fear predicts social wariness and social anxiety symptoms during kindergarten. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 42(5), 603-616. https://doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2013.789028 

• Schmidt, N. L., Van Hulle, C., Brooker, R. J., Meyer, L. R., Lemery-Chalfant, K., & Goldsmith, H. H. (2013). Wisconsin twin research: Early development, childhood psychopathology, autism, and sensory over-responsivity. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 16(Special Issue 1), 376-384. https://doi.org/10.1017/thg.2013.22 

2012

• Brooker, R. J., Berenbaum, S. A., Bricker, J., Corley, R. P., & Wadsworth, S. A. (2012). Pubertal timing as a potential mediator of adoption effects on problem behaviors. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 22(4), 739-745. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1532-7795.2012.00850.x 

2011

• Brooker, R. J., Buss, K. A., & Dennis, T. A. (2011). Error-monitoring brain activity is associated with affective behaviors in young children. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 1, 141-152. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dcn.2010.12.001 

• Brooker, R. J., Neiderhiser, J. M., Kiel, E. J., Leve, L. D., Shaw, D. S., & Reiss, D. (2011). The association between infants’ attention control and social inhibition is moderated by genetic and environmental risk for anxiety. Infancy, 16, 490-507. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1532-7078.2011.00084.x 

• Buss, K. A., Dennis, T. A., Brooker, R. J., & Sippel, L. M. (2011). An ERP study of conflict monitoring in 4- to 8-year-old children: Associations with temperament. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 1, 131-140. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dcn.2010.11.003 

2010

• Brooker, R. J., & Buss, K. A. (2010). Dynamic measures of RSA predict distress and regulation in toddlers. Developmental Psychobiology, 52, 372-382. https://doi.org/10.1002/dev.20420 

2008

• Buss, K. A., Brooker, R. J., & Leuty, M. (2008). Girls most of the time, boys some of the time: Gender differences in toddlers’ use of maternal proximity and comfort seeking. Infancy, 13, 1-29. https://doi.org/10.1207/s15327078in1301_1 

In Press

• Jennings, K. E., Piper, M. E., Kling, J. L., Bruner, A., & Brooker, R. J. (in press). Maternal symptoms of prenatal depression predict context inappropriate negative emotion in infants. Emotion.

• Peoples, S. G., Davis, E. L., & Brooker, R. J. (in press). Variation in coupling across neural and cardiac systems of regulation is linked to markers of anxiety risk in preschool. Development & Psychopathology. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579424000609 

Under Review

• Burkey, R. C., Ramirez, P. J., Walker, A. L., Akbaryan, A., Choi, J., Mistry-Patel, S., Kling, J. L., & Brooker, R. J. (under review). The N2 during preschool: Temporal stability a test of bidirectional effects with maternal emotion. Child Development.

• Mistry-Patel, S., Nyman-Mallis, T., Dollar, J. M., Gagne, J. R., & Brooker, R. J. (invited revision). Cognitive control moderates associations between domains of temperamental reactivity and preschoolers’ social behaviors. Developmental Psychobiology.

• Penner, F., Rutherford, H. J. V., & Brooker, R. J. (under review). Perceived stress and emotion regulation: Markers of affective vulnerability in the perinatal period. Cognition and Emotion.

Under Revision

• Beekman, C., Neiderhiser, J. M., Brooker, R. J., Loken, E., Buss, K. A., Moore, G. A., Leve, L. D., Shaw, D. S., Ganiban, J. M., & Reiss, D. (under revision). A single genetic liability for psychopathology? A stringent test of parent-to-child transmission in an adoption sample.

• Brooker, R. J., Vess, M., Rivera, G. N., Stichter, M., & Neiderhiser, J. M. (under revision). Maternal beliefs about heritability and perceptions about children's antisocial behaviors predict parental control and child depression: Moderation by SES.

• Choi, J., Kling, J., Kiel, E. J., VanLieshout, R. J., Schmidt, L. A., & Brooker, R. J. (under revision). State and trait maternal late positive potential during pregnancy as predictors of infant negativity at age 4 months.

• Nyman-Mallis, T., Heffer, R. W., & Brooker, R. J. (under revision). Maternal social phobia, but not generalized anxiety, symptoms interact with early childhood error-related negativity to prospectively predict child anxiety symptoms. British Journal of Developmental Psychology.

• Peoples, S. G., Brooker, R. J., Rivera, G. N., Nyman, T., Stichter, M., Neiderhiser, J. M., & Vess, M. (under revision). Authoritarian parenting does not promote virtuous adolescent behaviors.