Publications [#302647] of Geraldine Dawson

Journal Articles

1. Dawson, G; Panagiotides, H; Klinger, LG; Hill, D (1992). The role of frontal lobe functioning in the development of infant self-regulatory behavior.. Brain Cogn, 20(1), 152-175. [doi]
   (last updated on 2025/07/03)

   Abstract:
   In the last two decades, there has been tremendous growth in two fields of study related to human infant development: (1) the development of neural processes during the early postnatal years and (2) the development of self-regulatory behavior. In an attempt to stimulate research on the relation between early brain development and self-regulatory processes, several hypotheses pertaining to the role of frontal lobe functioning in the development of emotion regulation during infancy are proposed. The results of a study of the relation between frontal electroencephalographic (EEG) activity and emotional behavior of 21-month-old infants are reported. It was found that increases in frontal lobe activation were associated with increases in emotional arousal, while EEG activity recorded from the parietal region showed either a reciprocal pattern of activation or did not change as a function of level of emotional arousal. These results provide evidence for the specialized role of the frontal lobe in mediating emotional behavior during infancy.