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Robertson SS. (2014). Empty-headed dynamical model of infant visual foraging. Developmental Psychobiology, 56: 1129–1133. PDF
*Watamura SE, *Devine K, Robertson SS. (2013). The dynamics of attention during free looking. PLoS ONE, 8: e56428. PDF
Robertson SS, *Watamura SE, *Wilbourn MP. (2012). Attentional dynamics of infant visual foraging.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 109: 11460–11464. PDF
*Watamura
SE, Coe CL, Laudenslager M, Robertson SS. (2010). Child care setting
affects salivary cortisol and antibody secretion in young children.
Psychoneuroendocrinology, 35: 1156-1166. PDF
Robertson SS, *Johnson SL. (2009). Embodied infant attention. Developmental Science, 12: 297–304. PDF
*Watamura
SE, Kryzer EM, Robertson SS. (2009). Cortisol patterns at home and
child care: Afternoon differences and evening recovery in children
attending very high quality full-day center-based child care. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 30: 475-485. PDF
Robertson SS, *Johnson SL, *Masnick AM, *Weiss SL. (2007). Robust coupling of body movement and gaze in young infants. Developmental Psychobiology, 49: 208-215. PDF
*Friedman AH, *Watamura SE, Robertson SS. (2005). Movement-attention
coupling in infancy and attention problems in childhood. Developmental
Medicine and Child Neurology, 47: 660-665. PDF
Robertson SS, Guckenheimer J, *Bacher LF, *Masnick AM. (2004). The
dynamics of infant visual foraging. Developmental Science, 7:
194-200. PDF
Robertson SS, Dierker LJ. (2003). Fetal cyclic motor activity in diabetic pregnancies: Sensitivity to maternal blood glucose. Developmental Psychobiology, 42: 9-16. PDF
*Bacher LF, Smotherman WP, Robertson SS. (2001). Effects of warmth on newborn rats' motor activity and oral responsiveness to an artificial nipple. Behavioral Neuroscience, 115: 675-682. PDF
Robertson SS, *Bacher LF, *Huntington NL. (2001). The integration of body movement and attention in young infants. Psychological Science, 12: 523-526. PDF
*Bacher LF, Robertson SS. (2001). Stability of coupled fluctuations in movement and visual attention in infants. Developmental Psychobiology, 39: 99-106. PDF
Robertson SS, *Bacher LF, *Huntington NL. (2001). Structure and irregularity in the spontaneous behavior of young infants. Behavioral Neuroscience, 115: 758-763. PDF
*Bacher LF, Robertson SS, Smotherman WP. (2001). An instrinsic source of behavioral regulation that influences discrete responses to cues important for the initiation of suckling. Behavioral Neuroscience, 114: 594-601. PDF
Unno N, Wong CH, Jenkins SL, Wentworth RA, Ding X-Y, Li C, Robertson SS, Smotherman WP, Nathanielsz PW. (1999). Blood pressure and heart rate in the ovine fetus: ontogenic changes and effects of fetal adrenalectomy. American Journal of Physiology: Heart and Circulatory Physiology, 276: 248-256. PDF
*MacLennan BD, Smotherman WP, Robertson SS. (1998). Variation in motor activity on different time scales and responsiveness to oral stimulation in the rat fetus. Developmental Psychobiology, 33: 125-131. PDF
Anderson CM, Mandell AJ, Selz KA, Terry LM, Wong CH, Robinson SR, Robertson SS, Smotherman WP. (1998). The development of nuchal atonia associated with active (REM) sleep in fetal sheep: presence of recurrent fractal organization. Brain Research, 787: 351-357. PDF
*Reilly JL, Robertson SS, Smotherman WP. (1997). Variability in general activity and the expression of complex behavior in the fetal rat (Rattus norvegicus). Behavioral Neuroscience, 111: 785-791. PDF
Robertson SS, *Johnson SL, *Bacher LF, *Wood JR, Wong CH, Robinson SR, Smotherman WP, Nathanielsz PW. (1996). Contractile activity of the uterus prior to labor alters the temporal organization of spontaneous motor activity in the fetal sheep. Developmental Psychobiology, 29: 667-683. PDF
Robertson, SS., Cohen, AH., Mayer-Kress, G. (1993). Behavioral chaos: Beyond the metaphor. In L. Smith and E. Thelen (Eds.), A Dynamic Systems Approach to Development: Applications. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press (pp. 119-150). PDF
Robertson, SS. (1993). Oscillation and complexity in early infant behavior. Child Development, 64, 1022-1035. PDF