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Pathways to understanding mind: Construct validity and predictive validity of maternal mind-mindedness (2003)
Journal Article
Meins, E., Fernyhough, C., Wainwright, R., Clark-Carter, D., Das Gupta, M., Fradley, E., & Tuckey, M. (2003). Pathways to understanding mind: Construct validity and predictive validity of maternal mind-mindedness. Child Development, 74(4), 1194-1211. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8624.00601

The construct validity of maternal mind-mindedness (MM) was investigated in the context of its relations with children's later understanding of mind. MM measures were obtained from infant–mother (N=52) interactions at 6 months, and from maternal inte... Read More about Pathways to understanding mind: Construct validity and predictive validity of maternal mind-mindedness.

Maternal mind-mindedness and attachment security as predictors of theory of mind understanding (2002)
Journal Article
Meins, E., Fernyhough, C., Wainwright, R., Das Gupta, M., Fradley, E., & Tuckey, M. (2002). Maternal mind-mindedness and attachment security as predictors of theory of mind understanding. Child Development, 73(6), 1715-1726. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8624.00501

This study investigated relations between social interaction during infancy and children's subsequent theory of mind (ToM). Infant-mother pairs (N= 57) were observed in a free-play context at 6 months. Interactions were coded for (a) mothers' use of... Read More about Maternal mind-mindedness and attachment security as predictors of theory of mind understanding.

Rethinking maternal sensitivity: Mothers' comments on infants' mental processes predict security of attachment at 12 months (2001)
Journal Article
Meins, E., Fernyhough, C., Fradley, E., & Tuckey, M. (2001). Rethinking maternal sensitivity: Mothers' comments on infants' mental processes predict security of attachment at 12 months. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 42(5), 637-648. https://doi.org/10.1111/1469-7610.00759

This study investigated predictors of attachment security in a play context using a sample of 71 mothers and their 6-month-old infants. We sought to rethink the concept of maternal sensitivity by focusing on mothers' ability accurately to read the me... Read More about Rethinking maternal sensitivity: Mothers' comments on infants' mental processes predict security of attachment at 12 months.

Working memory in chess. (1996)
Journal Article
Robbins, T., Anderson, E., Barker, D., Bradley, A., Fernyhough, C., Henson, R., …Baddeley, A. (1996). Working memory in chess. Memory and Cognition, 24, 83-93