Randal G. Ross

Prenatal Exposure to Maternal Anxiety is Associated with Less Developed Smooth Pursuit Eye Movements in Six-Month-Old Infants: An Initial Study

Laurel Pellegrino, Randal G. Ross & Sharon K. Hunter · International Neuropsychiatric Disease Journal · 2013

Aims: There are an increasing number of reports suggesting an association between maternal anxiety experienced during pregnancy and adverse outcomes of the offspring. However, exploration of the biological changes in the brain that mediate that relationship has been hampered by t...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/INDJ/2013/5174

Theory of Mind Development is Impaired in 4-Year-Old Children with Prenatal Exposure to Maternal Tobacco Smoking

Rosemary E. Reidy, Randal G. Ross & Sharon K. Hunter · International Neuropsychiatric Disease Journal · 2013

Aims: Theory of Mind (ToM) is an important component of social cognition. Deficits in ToM are found in various neurodevelopmental disorders and social and environmental factors have been found to influence ToM development. Little previous research has focused on effects of exposu...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/INDJ/2013/3916

Preschoolers of Mothers with Affective and Anxiety Disorders Show Impairments in Cognitive Inhibition During a Chimeric Animal Stroop

Elizabeth A. Calvin, Sharon K. Hunter & Randal G. Ross · International Neuropsychiatric Disease Journal · 2013

Aims: To determine whether maternal affective and anxiety disorders are associated with cognitive inhibitory deficits in four-year-old children utilizing a chimeric animal stroop task, a childhood adaptation of the traditional stroop task.  Study Design: Blinded Cross-Sectional S...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/INDJ/2013/4193