Publications
Salivary cortisol, progesterone, and estradiol levels across the perinatal period and associations with depressive symptoms
Faivre, M., Pegg, S., Bean, C. A. L., Abitante, G., Jackson, M., Cole, D. A., Humphreys, K. L. & Kujawa, A. (2026). Psychoneuroendocrinology, 192, 107982.
Associations between new mothers’ neural reward response and perceptions of their own infant
Hill, K. E., Garon-Bissonnette, J., Greene, M. N., Cárdenas, E. F., Jackson, M., Pegg, S., Humphreys, K. L., & Kujawa, A. (2026). Developmental Psychobiology, 68, e70164.
Associations between birth-related stressors, social reward responsiveness, and postpartum internalizing symptoms
Cárdenas, E.F., Jackson, M., Garon-Bissonnette, J., Harkness, K. L., Humphreys, K. L., & Kujawa, A. (in press). Anxiety, Stress, & Coping.
Neural reactivity to infant faces and trait mindfulness as prospective predictors of postpartum depressive symptoms
Woronko, S. E., Cárdenas, E.F., Bean, C. A. L., Gupta, R. S., Humphreys, K. L., & Kujawa, A. (2026). Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience, 26, 294-305.
Social reward responsiveness as a moderator of the association between perceived bonding with infants and depressive symptoms in postpartum women
Cárdenas, E. F., Jackson, M., Garon-Bissonnette, J., Humphreys, K. L., & Kujawa, A. (2025). Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience, 25, 1181-1191.
A systematic review of associations between hormone levels in hair and peripartum depression
Hill, K. E., Cárdenas, E. F., Yu, E., Hammond, R., Humphreys, K. L., & Kujawa, A. (2025). Psychoneuroendocrinology, 171, 107194.
Longitudinal associations between prenatal internalizing symptoms and mindfulness with postpartum bonding difficulties
Garon-Bissonnette, J., Bean, C. A. L., Cárdenas, E. F., Jackson, M., Abitante, G., Humphreys, K. L., & Kujawa, A. (2025). Archives of Women’s Mental Health, 28, 583-592.
Associations between maternal birth complications and postpartum depressive symptoms: A systematic narrative review and meta-analysis
Cárdenas, E. F., Yu, E., Jackson, M., Humphreys, K.L., & Kujawa, A. (2025). Women’s Health, 21.
Longitudinal investigation of neurobiological changes across pregnancy
Niu, Y., Conrad, B. N., Camacho, M. C., Ravi, S., Piersiak, H. A., Bailes, L. G., Barnett, W., Manhard, M. K., Cole, D. A., Clayton, E. W., Osmundson, S. S., Smith, S. A., Kujawa, A., & Humphreys, K. L. (2025). Communications Biology, 8, 82.
Are brains rewired for caring in pregnancy? Why the jury’s out
Humphreys, K. L., & Kujawa, A. (2024). Correspondence in Nature, 632, 739.
Neural reactivity to infant emotion cues during pregnancy: Associations with peripartum anxiety and depressive symptoms
Cárdenas, E. F., Hill, K. H., Estes, E., Jackson, M., Venanzi, L., Humphreys, K. L., & Kujawa, A. (2023). Biological Psychology, 183, 108673.
Neurobiological changes across the perinatal period: Implications for health and behavior
Cárdenas, E. F., Kujawa, A., & Humphreys, K. L. (2020). Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 15, 1097-1110.