The list of selected publications below is organized by topic area. Please click on a publication for more details. For a full list of publications, please see my CV or my Google Scholar profile.
Neural Body Maps / Self-Other Correspondences
Shen, G., Weiss, S. M., Meltzoff, A. N., Allison, O. N., & Marshall, P. J. (2022). Exploring developmental changes in infant anticipation and perceptual processing: EEG responses to tactile stimulation. Infancy, 27, 97-114 https://doi.org/10.1111/infa.12438
Meltzoff, A. N., & Marshall, P. J. (2020). Importance of body representations in social-cognitive development: New insights from infant brain science. Progress in Brain Research, 254, 25-48.
Weiss, S. M., Laconi, R. N., & Marshall, P. J. (2020). Individual differences in anticipatory mu rhythm modulation are associated with executive function and processing speed. Cognitive Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience, 20, 901-916.
Shen, G., Meltzoff, A. N., Weiss, S. M., & Marshall, P. J. (2020). Body representation in infants: Categorical boundaries of body parts as assessed by somatosensory mismatch negativity. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 44, 100795.
Marshall, P. J., & Meltzoff, A. N. (2020). Body maps in the infant brain: implications for neurodevelopmental disabilities. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 62, 778-783.
Shen, G., Meltzoff, A. N., & Marshall, P. J. (2019). Body representations as indexed by oscillatory EEG activities in the context of tactile novelty processing. Neuropsychologia, 132, 107144.
Meltzoff, A. N., Saby, J. N., & Marshall, P. J. (2019). Neural representations of the body in 60-day-old human infants. Developmental Science, 22, 12698.
Drew, A. R., Meltzoff, A. N., Marshall, P. J. (2018). Interpersonal influences on body representations in the infant brain. Frontiers in Psychology, 9, 2601.
Weiss, S. M., Meltzoff, A. N., & Marshall, P. J. (2018). Neural measures of anticipatory bodily attention in children: Relations with executive function. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 34, 148-158.
Smyk, N. J., Weiss, S. M., Marshall, P. J. (2018). Sensorimotor oscillations during a reciprocal touch paradigm with a human or robot partner. Frontiers in Psychology, 9, 2280.
Shen, G., Weiss, S. M., Meltzoff, A. N., & Marshall, P. J. (2018). The somatosensory mismatch negativity as a window into body representations in infancy. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 134, 144-150.
Shen, G., Smyk, N. J., Meltzoff, A. N., & Marshall, P. J. (2018). Neuropsychology of human body parts: Exploring categorical boundaries of tactile perception using somatosensory mismatch responses. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 30, 1858-1869.
Bunlon, F. Gazeau, J-P., Colloud, F., Marshall, P. J., & Bouquet, C. A. (2018). Joint action with a virtual robotic vs. human agent. Cognitive Systems Research, 52, 816-827.
Meltzoff, A. N., & Marshall, P. J. (2018). Human infant imitation as a social survival circuit. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 24, 130-136.
Meltzoff, A. N., Ramirez, R. R., Saby, J. N., Larson, E., Taulu, S., & Marshall, P. J. (2018). Infant brain responses to felt and observed touch of hands and feet: An MEG study. Developmental Science, 21, 12651.
Shen, G., Meltzoff, A. N., & Marshall, P. J. (2018). Touching lips and hearing fingers: Effector-specific congruency between tactile and auditory stimulation modulates N1 amplitude and alpha desynchronization. Experimental Brain Research, 236, 13-29.
Shen, G., Smyk, N. J., Meltzoff, A. N., & Marshall, P. J. (2018). Using somatosensory mismatch responses as a window into somatotopic processing of tactile stimulation. Psychophysiology, 55, e13030.
Shen, G., Saby, J. N., Drew, A. R., & Marshall, P. J. (2017). Exploring potential social influences on brain potentials during anticipation of tactile stimulation. Brain Research, 1659, 8-18.
Saby, J. N., Meltzoff, A. N, & Marshall, P. J. (2016). Beyond the N1: A review of late somatosensory evoked responses in human infants. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 110, 146-152.
Marshall, P. J., & Meltzoff, A. N. (2015). Body maps in the infant brain. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 19, 499-505.
Saby, J. N., Meltzoff, A. N., & Marshall, P. J. (2015). Neural body maps in human infants: Somatotopic responses to tactile stimulation in 7-month-olds. NeuroImage, 118, 74-78.
Bunlon, F., Marshall, P. J., Quandt, L. C, Bouquet, C. A. (2015). Influence of action-effect associations acquired by ideomotor learning on imitation. PLOS ONE, 10, e0121617.
Drew, A. R., Quandt, L. C., & Marshall, P. J. (2015). Visual influences on sensorimotor EEG responses during observation of hand actions. Brain Research, 1597, 119-128.
Saby, J. N., Bouquet, C. A., & Marshall, P. J. (2014). Young children co-represent a partner’s task: Evidence for a joint Simon effect in five-year-olds. Cognitive Development, 32, 38-45.
Marshall, P. J., & Drew, A. R. (2014). What makes Simon Says so difficult for young children? Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 126, 112-119.
Marshall, P. J., & Meltzoff, A. N. (2014). Neural mirroring mechanisms and imitation in human infants. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 369, 20130620.
Quandt, L. C., & Marshall, P. J. (2014). The effect of action experience on sensorimotor EEG rhythms during action observation. Neuropsychologia, 56, 401-408.
Marshall, P. J., Saby, J. N., & Meltzoff, A. N. (2013). Imitation and the developing social brain: Infants’ somatotopic EEG patterns for acts of self and other. International Journal of Psychological Research, 6, 22-29.
Saby, J. N., Meltzoff, A. N., & Marshall, P. J. (2013). Infants’ somatotopic neural responses to seeing human actions: I’ve got you under my skin. PLOS ONE, 8, e77905.
Marshall, P. J., Saby, J. N., & Meltzoff, P. J. (2013). Infant brain responses to object weight: Exploring goal-directed actions and self-experience. Infancy, 18, 942–960.
Quandt, L. C., Marshall, P. J., Bouquet, C. A., & Shipley, T. F. (2013). Somatosensory experiences with action modulate alpha and beta power during subsequent action observation. Brain Research, 1534, 55-65.
Marshall, P. J., & Comalli, C. E. (2012). Young children’s conceptualizations of brain function: Implications for teaching neuroscience in early elementary settings. Early Education and Development, 23, 4-23.
Saby, J. N., Marshall, P. J., & Meltzoff, A. N. (2012). Neural correlates of being imitated: An EEG study in preverbal infants. Social Neuroscience, 6, 650-661
Quandt, L. C., Marshall., P. J., Shipley, T. F., Beilock, S. L., & Goldin-Meadow, S. (2012). Sensitivity of alpha and beta oscillations to sensorimotor characteristics of action: An EEG study of action production and gesture observation. Neuropsychologia, 50, 2745-2751.
Saby, J. N., Marshall, P. J., Smythe, R., Bouquet, C. A., & Comalli, C. E. (2011). An investigation of the determinants of motor contagion in preschool children. Acta Psychologica, 138, 231-236.
Quandt, L. C., Marshall, P. J., Bouquet, C. A., Young, T., & Shipley, T. F. (2011). Experience with novel actions modulates frontal alpha EEG desynchronization. Neuroscience Letters, 499, 37-41.
Bouquet, C. A., Shipley, T. F., Capa, R. L., & Marshall, P. J. (2011). Motor contagion: Goal-directed actions are more contagious than non-goal-directed actions. Experimental Psychology, 58, 71-78.
Capa, R. L., Marshall, P. J., Shipley, T. F., Salesse, R. N., & Bouquet, C. A. (2011). Does motor interference arise from mirror system activation? The effect of prior visuo-motor practice on automatic imitation. Psychological Research, 75, 152-157.
Marshall, P. J., & Meltzoff, A. N. (2011). Neural mirroring systems: Exploring the EEG mu rhythm in infancy. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 1, 110-123.
Marshall, P. J., Young, T., & Meltzoff, A. N. (2011). Neural correlates of action observation and execution in 14-month-old infants: An event-related EEG desynchronization study. Developmental Science, 14, 474-480.
Marshall, P. J., Bouquet, C. A., Thomas, A. L., & Shipley, T. F. (2010). Motor contagion in young children: Exploring social influences on perception-action coupling. Neural Networks, 23, 1017-1025.
Marshall, P. J., Bouquet, C. A., Shipley, T. F., & Young, T. (2009). Effects of brief imitative experience on EEG desynchronization during action observation. Neuropsychologia, 47, 2100-2106.
Theoretical Writings on Embodiment
Marshall, P. J., Houser, T. M., & Weiss, S. M. (2021). The shared origins of embodiment and development. Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience, 15, 726403. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnsys.2021.726403
Witherington, D. C., Overton, W. F., Lickliter, R., Marshall, P. J., & Narvaez, D. (2018). Metatheory and the primacy of conceptual analysis in developmental science. Human Development, 61, 181-198. doi 10.1159/000490160.
Marshall, P. J. (2018). Embodiment. In A. S. Dick & U. Müller (Eds.), Advancing developmental science: Philosophy, theory, and method (pp. 29-40). New York: Psychology Press.
Marshall, P. J. (2016). Embodiment and human development. Child Development Perspectives, 10, 245-250.
Marshall, P. J. (2015). Neuroscience, embodiment, and development. In W. F. Overton & P. C. Molenaar (Eds.), Theory and method. Volume 1 of the Handbook of child psychology and developmental science (7th ed., p. 244-283). Editor-in-chief: R. M. Lerner. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
Marshall, P. J. (2014). Beyond different levels: Embodiment and the developmental system. Frontiers in Psychology, 5, 929.
Marshall, P. J. (2014). The details are being worked out. [Review of: Touching a nerve: The self as brain by Patricia S. Churchland]. PsycCRITIQUES, 59 (3).
Marshall, P. J. (2013). Coping with complexity: Developmental systems and multilevel analyses in developmental psychopathology. Development and Psychopathology, 25, 1311-1324.
Marshall, P. J. (2009). Relating psychology and neuroscience: Taking up the challenges. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 4, 113-125.
Temperament, Attachment, and Emotional Development
Marshall, P. J. (2010). The development of emotion. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Cognitive Science, 1, 417-425.
Marshall, P. J., Reeb, B. C., & Fox, N. A. (2009). Electrophysiological responses to auditory novelty in temperamentally different 9-month-old infants. Developmental Science, 12, 568-582.
Hane, A. A., Fox, N. A., Henderson, H. A., & Marshall, P. J. (2008). Behavioral reactivity and approach-withdrawal bias in infancy. Developmental Psychology, 44, 1491-1496.
Marshall, P. J., & Fox, N. A. (2006). The development of social engagement: Neurobiological perspectives. New York: Oxford University Press.
Fox, N. A., Henderson, H. A., Marshall, P. J., Nichols, K. E., & Ghera, M. M. (2005). Behavioral inhibition: Linking biology and behavior within a developmental framework. Annual Review of Psychology, 56, 235-262.
Marshall, P. J., & Fox. N. A. (2005). Relations between behavioral reactivity at 4 months and attachment classification at 14 months in a selected sample. Infant Behavior and Development, 28, 492-502 .
The Effects of Early Life Adversity
Vanderwert, R. E., Marshall, P. J., Nelson, C. A., Zeanah, C. H., & Fox, N. A. (2010). Timing of intervention affects brain electrical activity in children exposed to severe psychosocial neglect. PLoS ONE, 5, e11415.
Ghera, M. M., Marshall, P. J., Fox, N. A., Zeanah, C. H., Nelson, C. A., Smyke, A. T., & Guthrie, D. (2009). The effects of a foster care intervention on socially deprived institutionalized children’s attention and positive affect: Results from the BEIP study. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 50, 246-253.
Marshall, P. J., & Kenney, J. W. (2009). Biological perspectives on the effects of early psychosocial experience. Developmental Review, 29, 96-119.
Zeanah, C. H., Egger, H. L., Smyke, A. T., Nelson, C. A., Fox, N. A., Marshall, P. J., & Guthrie, D. (2009). Institutional rearing and psychiatric disorders in Romanian preschool children. American Journal of Psychiatry, 166, 777-785.
Marshall, P. J., Reeb, B. C., & Fox, N. A. (2008). Effects of early intervention on EEG power and coherence in previously institutionalized children in Romania. Development and Psychopathology, 20, 861-880.
Nelson, C. A., Zeanah, C. H., Fox, N. A., Marshall, P. J., Smyke, A. T., & Guthrie, D. (2007). Cognitive recovery in socially deprived young children: The Bucharest Early Intervention Project. Science, 318, 1937-40.
Smyke, A. T., Koga, S. F., Johnson, D. E., Fox, N. A., Marshall, P. J., Nelson, C. A., Zeanah, C. H., & the BEIP Core Group (2007). The caregiving context in institution reared and family reared infants and toddlers in Romania. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 48, 210-218.
EEG Measures with Infants and Children
Saby, J. N., & Marshall, P. J. (2012). The utility of EEG band power analysis in the study of infancy and early childhood. Developmental Neuropsychology, 37, 253-273.
Marshall, P. J., & Fox, N. A. (2007). Electrophysiological measures in research on social and emotional development. In L. A. Schmidt & S. J. Segalowitz (Eds.). Developmental psychophysiology (p. 127-149). New York: Cambridge University Press.
Marshall, P. J., & Fox, N. A. (2007). The utility of infant EEG and ERP in studying emotional development. In M. de Haan (Ed.), Infant EEG and event-related potentials (p. 227-250). Hove, UK: Psychology Press.
Fox, N. A., Schmidt, L. A., Henderson, H. A., & Marshall, P. J. (2007). Developmental psychophysiology: Conceptual and methodological perspectives. In J. T. Cacioppo, L. G. Tassinary, & G. G. Berntson (Eds.), Handbook of psychophysiology (3rd ed., p. 453-481). New York: Cambridge University Press.
Marshall, P. J., Bar-Haim, Y., & Fox, N. A. (2002). Development of the EEG from 5 months to 4 years of age. Clinical Neurophysiology, 113, 1199-1208.