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Neurophysiological sensitivity in early childhood: The aperiodic EEG slope moderates the association between maternal anxiety and child internalizing symptoms

2025-11-04 psychiatry and clinical psychology Title + abstract only
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Maternal internalizing (anxiety and depressive) symptoms are a robust risk factor for the development of internalizing symptoms in offspring, yet the neurobiological mechanisms that influence this association remain relatively unexplored. The aperiodic slope of the EEG power spectrum (i.e., aperiodic exponent) is hypothesized to index the cortical excitatory-inhibitory balance and may serve as an early neurophysiological marker of mental health risk. In a prospective longitudinal cohort (N = 32...

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