In their study there were 28 mothers (between the ages of 22-37, 12-21 years of education), and their infants were between the ages of 4-6 months old (Atzil et al., 2011). Mothers were first screened using the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (Atzil et al., 2011). Five mothers were excluded from the study since they showed high levels of depressive symptoms (Atzil et al., 2011). The two consisted of two sessions, in the first the families were visited at home and several sessions of mother-infant interaction and infant independent play were videotaped, which were later used to fMRI stimuli and behavioral analysis (Atzil et al., 2011). During they fMRI study they showed mothers an image of their infant playing alone and one of the mother-infant interaction and for control purposes they also showed one of an unfamiliar infant and unfamiliar mother-infant interaction (Atzil et al., 2011). Maternal intrusiveness was defined as mothers providing stimulatory or proprioceptive touch or presenting objects when the infant showed gaze aversion and need for rest (Atzil et al.,
In their study there were 28 mothers (between the ages of 22-37, 12-21 years of education), and their infants were between the ages of 4-6 months old (Atzil et al., 2011). Mothers were first screened using the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (Atzil et al., 2011). Five mothers were excluded from the study since they showed high levels of depressive symptoms (Atzil et al., 2011). The two consisted of two sessions, in the first the families were visited at home and several sessions of mother-infant interaction and infant independent play were videotaped, which were later used to fMRI stimuli and behavioral analysis (Atzil et al., 2011). During they fMRI study they showed mothers an image of their infant playing alone and one of the mother-infant interaction and for control purposes they also showed one of an unfamiliar infant and unfamiliar mother-infant interaction (Atzil et al., 2011). Maternal intrusiveness was defined as mothers providing stimulatory or proprioceptive touch or presenting objects when the infant showed gaze aversion and need for rest (Atzil et al.,