Publications

Journal Articles

  • Bell, M.A., & Deater-Deckard, K. (2007). Biological systems and the development of self-regulation: Integrating behavior, genetics, and psychophysiology. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 28, 409-420. [pdf]
  • Wolfe, C.D., & Bell, M.A. (2007). Sources of variability in working memory in early childhood: A consideration of age, temperament, language, and brain electrical activity. Cognitive Development, 22, 431-455.[pdf]
  • Bell, M.A., & Wolfe, C.D. (2007). Brain reorganization from infancy to early childhood: Evidence from EEG power and coherence during working memory tasks. Developmental Neuropsychology, 31, 21-38. [pdf]
  • Wolfe, C.D., & Bell, M.A. (2007). The integration of cognition and emotion during infancy and early childhood: Regulatory processes associated with the development of working memory. Brain and Cognition, 65, 3-13. [pdf]
  • Roberts, J.E., & Bell, M.A. (2005). Letter to the Editor: Reply to Bauer (2005) commentary on Roberts & Bell (2003). International Journal of Psychophysiology, 57, 153. [pdf]
  • Bell, M.A., & Wolfe, C.D. (2004). Emotion and cognition: An intricately bound developmental process. Child Development, 75, 366-370. [pdf]
  • Wolfe, C.D., & Bell, M.A. (2004). Working memory and inhibitory control in early childhood: Contributions from electrophysiology, temperament, and language. Developmental Psychobiology, 44, 68-83. [pdf]
  • Bell, M.A., & Fox, N.A. (2003). Cognition and affective style: Individual differences in brain electrical activity during spatial and verbal tasks. Brain and Cognition, 53, 441-451. [pdf]
  • Roberts, J.E., & Bell, M.A. (2003). 2- and 3-dimensional mental rotation tasks lead to different parietal laterality for men and women. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 50, 235-246. [pdf]
  • Bell, M.A. (2002). Power changes in infant EEG frequency bands during a spatial working memory task. Psychophysiology, 39, 450-458. [pdf]
  • Roberts, J.E., & Bell, M.A. (2002). The effects of age and sex on mental rotation performance, verbal performance, and brain electrical activity. Developmental Psychobiology, 40, 391-407. [pdf]
  • Bell, M.A. (2001). Brain electrical activity associated with cognitive processing during a looking version of the A-not-B task. Infancy, 2, 311-330. [pdf]
  • Roberts, J.E., & Bell, M.A. (2000). Sex differences on a mental rotation task: Variations in EEG hemispheric activation between children and college students. Developmental Neuropsychology, 17, 199-223. [pdf]
  • Roberts, J.E., & Bell, M.A. (2000). Sex differences on a computerized mental rotation task disappear with computer familiarization. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 91, 1027-1034. [pdf]
  • Bell, M.A., & Adams, S.E. (1999). Comparable performance on looking and reaching versions of the A-not-B task at 8 months of age. Infant Behavior and Development, 22, 221-235. [pdf]
  • Bell, M.A., & Fox, N.A. (1997). Individual differences in object permanence performance at 8 months: Locomotor experience and brain electrical activity. Developmental Psychobiology, 31, 287-297. [pdf]
  • West, R.W., & Bell, M.A. (1997). Stroop color-word interference and electroencephalogram activation: Evidence for age-related decline of the anterior attention system. Neuropsychology, 11, 421-427. [pdf]
  • Bell, M.A., & Fox, N.A. (1996). Crawling experience is related to changes in cortical organization during infancy: Evidence from EEG coherence. Developmental Psychobiology, 29, 551-561. [pdf]
  • Fox, N.A., Calkins, S.D., & Bell, M.A. (1994). Neural plasticity and development in the first two years of life: Evidence from cognitive and socio-emotional domains of research. Development and Psychopathology, 6, 677-698. [pdf]
  • Bell, M.A., & Fox, N.A. (1992). The relations between frontal brain electrical activity and cognitive development during infancy. Child Development, 63, 1142-1163. [pdf]
  • Fox, N.A., Bell, M.A., & Jones, N.A. (1992). Individual differences in response to stress and cerebral asymmetry. Developmental Neuropsychology, 8, 161-184. [pdf]

Book Chapters

  • Bell, M.A., & Wolfe, C.D. (2007). The use of the electroencephalogram in research on cognitive development. In L.A. Schmidt & S.J. Segalowitz (Eds.), Developmental psychophysiology: Theory, systems, and methods (pp. 150-170). New York: Cambridge University Press.[pdf]
  • Bell, M.A., & Morasch, K.C. (2007). Individual differences in the development of working memory during infancy and early childhood. In L.M. Oakes & P.J. Bauer (Eds.), Short- and long-term memory in early childhood: Taking the first steps toward remembering (pp. 27-50). New York: Oxford. [pdf]
  • Bell, M.A., & Wolfe, C.D. (2007). The cognitive neuroscience of early socioemotional development. In C.A. Brownell & C.B. Kopp (Eds.) Socioemotional development in the toddler years (pp. 345-369). New York: Guilford. [pdf]
  • Bell, M.A., Wolfe, C.D., & Adkins, D.R. (2007). Frontal lobe development during infancy and childhood. In D. Coch, G. Dawson, & K.W. Fischer (Eds.), Human behavior, learning, and the develoing brain: Typical development (pp. 247-276). New York: Guilford. [pdf]
  • Kim, K.J., & Bell, M.A. (2006). Frontal EEG asymmetry and regulation during childhood. In B.M. Lester, A. Masten, & B. McEwen (Eds.), Resilience in children (pp. 308-312). New York: New York Academy of Sciences Press.[pdf]
  • Carver, L.J., & Bell, M.A. (2006). Clinical electrophysiology of the developing human brain. In C.D. Coffey, R.A. Brumback, D.R. Rosenberg, & K.K.S. Voeller (Eds.), Pediatric neuropsychiatry (pp. 135-148). Baltimore: Lippincott, Williams, & Wilkins. [pdf]
  • Bell, M.A. (2000). Brain, development of. In L. Balter (ed.), Parenthood in America: An encyclopedia (pp. 10-18). Denver: ABC-CLIO. [pdf]
  • Bell, M.A. (1998). Frontal lobe function during infancy: Implications for the development of cognition and attention. In J.E. Richards (Ed.), Cognitive neuroscience of attention: A developmental perspective (pp. 287-316). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum. [pdf]
  • Bell, M.A. (1998). The ontogeny of the EEG during infancy and childhood: Implications for cognitive development. In B. Garreau (Ed.), Neuroimaging in child neuropsychiatric disorders (pp. 97-111) Berlin: Springer-Verlag. [pdf]
  • Schmauder, A.R., & Bell, M.A. (1995). EEG, brain and language development: A case study. In D. MacLaughlin & S. McEwen (Eds.), Proceedings of the 19th annual Boston University Conference on Language Development (Vol. 2) (pp. 533-542). Somerville, MA: Cascadilla. [pdf]
  • Bell, M.A., & Fox, N.A. (1994). Brain development over the first year of life: Relations between EEG frequency and coherence and cognitive and affective behaviors. In G. Dawson & K. Fischer (Eds.), Human behavior and the developing brain (pp. 314-345). New York: Guilford. [pdf]
  • Fox, N.A., & Bell, M.A. (1993). Frontal function in cognitive and emotional behaviors during infancy: Effects of maturation and experience. In B. de Boysson-Bardies et al (Eds.), Developmental neurocognition: Speech and face processing in the first year of life (pp. 199-210). Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer. [pdf]
  • Fox, N.A., & Bell, M.A. (1990). Electrophysiological indices of frontal lobe development: Relations to cognitive and affective behavior in human infants over the first year of life. In A. Diamond (Ed.), The development and neural bases of higher cognitive functions (pp. 677-698). New York: New York Academy of Sciences Press. [pdf]