Research Interests

Emotional and Biological Risk Factors for Anxiety Problems in Early Life

Neurodevelopmental Correlates of Risk for Psychopathology

Identifying Normative and Atypical Developmental Trajectories of Emotion Development

Gene-environment Interplay in the Development of Risk for Anxiety Problems

Recent Publications

Brooker, R.J. (In Press.). Parenting and socioeconomic status predict developmental changes in error-related negativity in young children. Child Development. NIHMSID: NIHMS922396.

Van Hulle, C.A., Moore, M.N., Goldsmith, H.H., & Brooker, R.J. (2017). Infant stranger fear trajectories predict diurnal cortisol rhythm and anxious behaviors during childhood. Development and Psychopathology, 29(3), 1119-1130. PMCID: PMC5509479.

Brooker, R.J., Canen, M.J., Davidson, R.J., & Goldsmith, H.H. (2017). Short- and long-term stability of alpha asymmetry: Baseline and affective measures. Psychophysiology, 54, 1100-1109. PMCID: PMC5507748.

Canen, M.J. & Brooker, R.J. (2017). ERN, theta power, and risk for anxiety problems in preschoolers. Biological Psychology, 123, 103-110. PMCID: PMC5292075

Najjar, R. & Brooker, R.J. (2017). Delta beta coupling is associated with paternal caregiving behaviors during preschool. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 112, 31-39. PMCID: PMC5243183.

Brooker, R.J., Alto, K.M., Marceau, K., Najjar, R., Leve, L.D., Ganiban, J.M., Reiss, D., Shaw, D.S., & Neiderhiser, J.M. (2016). Early inherited risk for anxiety moderates the association between fathers’ child-centered parenting and early social inhibition. Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease, 7, 602-615. PMCID: PMC5102788.

Brooker, R.J., Kiel, E.J., & Buss, K.A. (2016). Early social fear predicts kindergarteners’ socially anxious behaviors: Direct associations, moderation by inhibitory control, and differences from nonsocial fear. Emotion, 16(7), 991-1010. PMCID: PMC27213729.

Begnoche, J.P., Brooker, R.J., & Vess, M. (2016). EEG asymmetry and ERN: Temperament outcomes in children. PLoS ONE, 11(5), e0155713. PMCID: PMC4880182

Brooker, R.J., Phelps, R.A., Davidson, R.J., & Goldsmith, H.H. (2016). Context differences in delta-beta coupling are associated with neuroendocrine reactivity in infants. Developmental Psychobiology, 58(3), 406-418. PMCID: PMC4801734.

Brooker, R.J., Davidson, R.J., & Goldsmith, H.H. (2016). Maternal negative affect in infancy is linked to disrupted patterns of change in cortisol and alpha asymmetry across contexts during childhood. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 142, 274-290. PMCID: PMC4666756.

 Phelps, R.A., Brooker, R.J., & Buss, K.A. (2016). Toddlers’ dysregulated fear predicts delta-beta coupling during preschool. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience,17, 28-34. PMCID: PMC4727986.