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• Upcoming conferences

  Monday, December 12, 2016 | By lberwick

  

  Please refer to the following list of conferences that Dr. Molnar and members of the lab will be attending in 2017. Look forward to seeing everyone there!

  Society for Research in Child Development 2017 Biennial Meeting – April 6 – 8, 2017, Austin, Texas

  Accepted Presentations:
  Title: Childhood Aggression in a High-Risk Sample: Developmental Cascade Model of Socioeconomic Adversity, Parenting and Child Conscience
  Authors: Idean Ettekal, Research Institution on Addictions, University at Buffalo; Amanda Nickerson, UB Alberti Center for Bullying Abuse Prevention; Danielle S. Molnar, Department of Child and Youth Studies, Brock University; Pamela Schuetze, SUNY Buffalo State; Rina Eiden, Research Institution on Addictions, University at Buffalo

  Title: Interaction Effect of Prenatal Risk, Maternal Warmth and Physiological Reactivity on Toddler Externalizing Behaviors
  Authors: Pamela Schuetze, SUNY Buffalo State; Danielle Molnar, Department of Child and Youth Studies, Brock University; Rina Eiden, Research Institution on Addictions, University at Buffalo; Shannon Shisler, Research Institute on Addictions, University at Buffalo

  Tags: children, conferences, development, prenatal, presentations, research, risk, youth
  

• Effects of fetal tobacco exposure on focused attention in infancy

  Thursday, December 08, 2016 | By lberwick

  

  New research links fetal tobacco exposure, particularly during the third trimester of pregnancy, with poorer attention in infants as early as 9 months of age. For more information please see Shisler, S., Eiden, R., Molnar, D. S., Schuetze, P., Coles, C., Huestis, M., Colder, C. (2016). Effects of fetal tobacco exposure on focused attention in infancy. Infant Behavior and Development, 46, 1-10.

  Tags: attention, children and youth, development, infancy, pregnancy, prenatal, prenatal environment, psychology, tobacco
  Categories: prenatal environment