Associate Professor Atiqah Azhari

Provost’s Chair & Assoc. Prof; Head, PhD Programme, Graduate Studies; Head, Research Cluster

School of Humanities and Behavioural Sciences

Email:

[email protected]

Educational Qualifications

2021
Ph.D in Psychology, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

BSc. In Biological Sciences with 2nd Major in Psychology, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Academic and Professional Experience

2025 – Present
Head of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Programme, Graduate Studies

2025 – Present
Head of Research Cluster, School of Humanities and Behavioural Sciences

2025 – Present
Provost’s Chair and Associate Professor, Psychology Programme, Singapore University of Social Sciences

2024 – 2025
Provost’s Chair and Senior Lecturer, Psychology Programme, Singapore University of Social Sciences

2022 – 2024
Lecturer, Psychology Programme, Singapore University of Social Sciences

2022 – 2024
Visiting Researcher, Centre for Research and Development in Learning (CRADLE@NTU)

2022 – 2022
Adjunct Teaching, Nanyang Technological University

2021 – 2022
Research Fellow, Nanyang Technological University

2021 – 2021
Graduate Assistant, Nanyang Technological University

2019 – 2021
Communication and Writing Coach at the Language and Communication Centre,Nanyang Technological University

2019 – 2019
Substitute Lecturer, Nanyang Technological University

2019 – 2019
International Student Researcher and Academic Instructor, University of Trento, Italy

2018 – 2018
International Research Scholar, RIKEN Research Institute, Japan

Awards and Honours

2025
Teaching Excellence Award, SUSS

2025
Sakura Science Programme Scholarship, sponsored by the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JSTA), in partnership with Kumamoto University

2024
Provost’s Chair Appointment, SUSS

2024
Social Sciences and Humanities Research (SSHR) Fellowship, SSHR Council

2024
Teaching Excellence Award, SUSS

2022
Nanyang Assistant Professorship (NAP) Finalist, NTU

2021
Top 100 downloaded neuroscience papers for Scientific Reports (Social Neuroscience Category) in 2020 for article titled "Physical presence of spouse enhances brain-to-brain synchrony in co-parenting couples" with 3,343 article downloads in 2020

2020
Top 10% most downloaded papers in Developmental Psychobiology for article titled "A systematic review of gut-immune-brain mechanisms in Autism Spectrum Disorder" in 2019

2018
RIKEN Institute Summer Internship Scholarship, Japan

2018
Best Poster Award at the International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IASSIDD). Asia-Pacific Regional Congress, 13 - 16 November 2017, Bangkok, Thailand

2017
Nanyang President’s Graduate Scholarship, NTU

2015
Nanyang Research Scholar Award, NTU

Selected Publications

Azhari, A., Rai, A., & Chua, Y. V. (2025). A Systematic Review of Inter-Brain Synchrony and Psychological Conditions: Stress, Anxiety, Depression, Autism and Other Disorders. Brain Sciences, 15(10), 1113.

Heng, W. X., & Azhari, A. (2025). Maternal Stress, Social Support, and Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy: Understanding Their Interplay and Impact on Breastfeeding Outcomes in Singapore. Women’s Reproductive Health, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1080/23293691.2025.2554278

Abdul Malek, F. N. B., Lim, M., Khoo, V. Q. L., Ziyi, Z. G., Chai, H. P. S., Mustapha Kamal, N. A. H., … Azhari, A. (2025). Mothers with higher empathy have children who make moral decisions and exhibit higher medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) activity when discussing hypothetical moral dilemmas: an fNIRS study from Singapore. Social Neuroscience, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1080/17470919.2025.2526204

Heng, W. X., Ng, L. Y., Goh, Z. Z., Esposito, G., & Azhari, A. (2025). Romantic Partners with Mismatched Relationship Satisfaction Showed Greater Interpersonal Neural Synchrony When Co-Viewing Emotive Videos: An Exploratory Pilot fNIRS Hyperscanning Study. Social Neurosci, 6(2),55. https://doi.org/10.3390/neurosci6020055

Heng, W. X., & Azhari, A. (2025). Analysis of Social Media Posts: Breastfeeding Mothers Concerned About Breast Milk Supply, Logistics of Breastfeeding, and Child Development Outcomes.Women's Reproductive Health, 1–14.

Ashour, R., Halstead, E. J., Mangar, S., Lin, V. K. Q.,Azhari, A., Carollo, A., ... & Dimitriou, D. (2024). Childhood experiences and sleep problems: A cross-sectional study on the indirect relationship mediated by stress, resilience and anxiety.Plos one, 19(3),e0299057.

Zhu, G., Lim, M., Fan, X., Hou, C., Yuan, G., &Azhari, A. (2023). Lack of Diurnal Variation in Salivary Cortisol Is Linked to Sleep Disturbances and Heightened Anxiety in Adolescents with Williams Syndrome.Behavioral Sciences, 13(3), 220.

Hayton, J.,Azhari, A., Esposito, G., Iles, R., Chadiarakos, M., Gabrieli, G., & Mangar, S. (2023). Predicting students’ collaborative interdisciplinary problem solving. In Blikstein, P., Van Aalst, J., Kizito, R., & Brennan, K. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 17th International Conference of the Learning Sciences - ICLS 2023 (pp. 2091-2092). International Society of the Learning Sciences.

Azhari, A., Bizzego, A. and Esposito, G. (2023). Parent–child dyads with greater parenting stress exhibit less synchrony in posterior areas and more synchrony in frontal areas of the prefrontal cortex during shared play. Social Neuroscience. https://doi.org/10.1080/17470919.2022.2162118

Lim, M., Carollo, A., Neoh, M.J.Y., Sacchiero, M., Azhari, A.,Balboni, G., Marshik, P., Nordahl-Hansen, A., Dimitriou, D. and Esposito, G. (2023). Developmental disabilities in Africa: A scientometric review.Research in Developmental Disabilities. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2022.104395

Bizzego, A., Gabrieli, G., Azhari, A. et al. Dataset of parent-child hyperscanning functional near-infrared spectroscopy recordings.Sci Data 9,625 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-022-01751-2

Azhari, A., Toms, Z., Pavlopoulou, G., Esposito, G. & Dimitriou, D. (2022). Social media use in female adolescents: Associations with anxiety, loneliness, and sleep disturbances. Acta Psychologica, 229,103706. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2022.103706.

Azhari, A. , Bizzego, A., Balagtas, J. P. M., Leng, K. S. H., & Esposito, G. (2022). Asymmetric Prefrontal Cortex Activation Associated with Mutual Gaze of Mothers and Children during Shared Play. Symmetry, 14(5), 998. https://doi.org/10.3390/sym14050998

Bizzego, A., Azhari, A., & Esposito, G (2021). Assessing Computational Methods to Quantify Mother-Child Brain Synchrony in Naturalistic Settings Based on fNIRS Signals. Neuroinformatics.

Bizzego, A., Azhari, A., & Esposito, G (2021). Reproducible Inter-Personal Brain Coupling Measurements in Hyperscanning Settings With functional Near Infra-Red Spectroscopy. Neuroinformatics.

Azhari, A., Bizzego, A. and Esposito, G. “Father-child dyads exhibit unique inter-subject synchronisation during co-viewing of animation video stimuli,” Social Neuroscience, pp. 1-12, 2021. DOI: 10.1080/17470919.2021.1970016.

Pereira, A. S., Azhari, A. Hong, C. A., Gaskin, G. E., Borelli, J. L., and Esposito, G. “Savouring as an Intervention to Decrease Negative Affect in Anxious Mothers of Children with Autism and Neurotypical Children,”Brain Sci., vol. 11, no. 5, pp. 652, 2021. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci11050652

Ng, X.; Ng, L.Y.; Gabrieli, G.; Azhari, A. ; Neoh, M.J.Y. and Esposito, G. “An fNIRS Investigation of Masculinity, Femininity, and Sex on Nonparents’ Empathic Response to Infant Cries,” Brain Sci., vol. 11, pp. 635, 2021. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci11050635 (IF = 3.394, Citation = 0).

Esposito, G., Raghunath, B.L., Azhari, A. , Setoh, P. and Bornstein M.H. “Predicting Mother-Child Emotional Availability in Bilingual Dyads: Multilevel Approach to the Specificity Principle,” Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology,vol. 73, 2021. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appdev.2021.101241.

Bizzego, A., Gabrieli, G. & Azhari, A. . Setoh, P. & Esposito, G. “Computational Methods for the Assessment of Empathic Synchrony,” Progresses in Artificial Intelligence and Neural Systems, pp.555-564, 2021. DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-5093-5_47 (IF = 3.068, Citations = 10).l

Azhari, A., Gabrieli, G., Bizzego, A., Bornstein M.H. and Esposito, G. “Probing the Association between Maternal Anxious Attachment Style and Mother-Child Brain-to-Brain Coupling During Passive Co-Viewing of Visual Stimuli,” Attachment & human development, vol. 1, no. 16, 2020. DOI: 10.1080/14616734.2020.1840790.

Neoh, M., Azhari, A., Mulatti, C., Bornstein, M. and Esposito, G. “Disapproval from romantic partners, friends and parents: source of criticism regulates prefrontal cortex activity,” PLoS One, vol. 15, no. 10, 2020. DOI: 10.1101/2020.02.05.935460 (IF = 3.240, Citation = 1).

Durnford, J.R. Balagtas, J.P.M, Azhari, A., Lim, M., Gabrieli, G., Bizzego, A. and Esposito, G. “Presence of Parent, Gender and Emotional Valence Influences Preschoolers’ PFC Processing of Video Stimuli,” Early Child Development and Care, pp. 1-11, 2020. DOI: 10.1080/03004430.2020.1832997.

Azhari, A., Wong, A.W.T., Lim, M., Balagtas, J.P.M., Gabrieli, G., Setoh P. and Esposito, G. “Parents’ Past Bonding Experience with Their Parents Interacts with Current Parenting Stress to Influence the Quality of Interaction with Their Child,”Behavioral Sciences, vol. 10, no. 7, p. 114., 2020. DOI:10.3390/bs10070114 (IF = 2.66, Citation = 0).

Azhari, A., Rigo, P., Bornstein, M.H., Esposito, G. “Where Sounds Occur Matters: Context Effects Influence Processing of Salient Vocalisations,” Brain Sciences, vol. 10, no. 7, p. 429., 2020. DOI:10.3390/brainsci10070429.

Azhari, A., Lim, M.Y., Bizzego, A., Gabrieli, G., Bornstein, M.H.and Esposito, G. “Physical presence of spouse enhances brain-to-brain synchrony in co-parenting couples,” Sci. Rep., vol. 10, no. 7569, 2020. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-63596-2 (IF = 4.379, Citations = 18).

Azhari, A., Rigo, P., Tan, P. Y., Neoh, M. J.Y., and Esposito, G. “Viewing Romantic and Friendship Interactions Activate Prefrontal Regions in Persons With High Openness Personality Trait,” Frontiers in Psychology, vol. 11., no. 490, 2020. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00490.

Raghunath, B. L., Azhari, A., Bornstein, M. H., Setoh, P., and Esposito, G. “Experimental manipulation of maternal proximity during short sequences of sleep and infant calming response,” Infant Behavior and Development, vo. 59, no. 101426, 2020. DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2020.101426.

Gabrieli, G., Azhari, A., and Esposito, G. “PySiology: A Python Package for Physiological Feature Extraction,"Neural Approaches to Dynamics of Signal Exchanges, pp. 395–402, 2020. DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-8950-4_35.

Azhari, A., Truzzi, A., Neoh, M.J.Y, Balagtas, J.P.Y, Tan, H., Goh, P.P., Ang, X.H.A., Setoh, P., Rigo, P., Bornstein, M.H. and Esposito G. “A decade of infant neuroimaging research: What have we learned and where are we going?” Infant Behavior and Development, vol. 58, pp. 101389, 2020.

Bizzego, A., Azhari, A., Campostrini, N., Truzzi, A., Ng, L. Y., Gabrieli, G., Bornstein, M. H., Setoh, P., and Esposito, G. “Strangers, Friends, and Lovers Show Different Physiological Synchrony in Different Emotional States,” Behavioral Sciences, vol. 10, no. 1, 2019. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/bs10010011.

Azhari, A., Azizan, F., and Esposito G. “Does Regression Exist? Employing Biological Markers to Stratify Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD),” Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews,vol. 103, pp. 31-32, 2019. DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2019.06.016.

Azhari, A., Leck, W.Q., Gabrieli, G., Bizzego, A., Rigo, P., Setoh, P., Bornstein, M.H. and Esposito, G. “Parenting Stress Undermines Mother-Child Brain-to-Brain Synchrony: A Hyperscanning Study,” Sci. Rep., vol. 9, no. 11407, 2019. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-47810-4.

Venturoso, L., Gabrieli, G., Truzzi, A., Azhari, A., Setoh, P., Bornstein, M.H. and Esposito, G. “Effects of baby schema and mere exposure on explicit and implicit face processing,”Frontiers in Psychology, vol. 10, pp. 2649, 2019.

Cataldo, I., Azhari, A., Coppola, A., Bornstein, M., and Esposito, G.. “The influences of drug abuse on mother-infant interaction through the lens of biopsychosocial model of health and illness: A review,” Frontiers in Public Health, vol. 7, no. 45, 2019. DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2019.00045 (IF = 3.02, Citations = 11).

Azhari, A., Azizan, F., and Esposito G. “Beyond a Gut Feeling: How the Immune System Impacts the Effect of Gut Microbiota in Neurodevelopment,” Behavioral Brain Sciences, vol. 42, pp. 64, 2019. DOI: http://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X18002790.

Esposito, G., Azhari, A., and Borelli, J.L. “Gene x Environment Interaction in Developmental Disorders: Where do we Stand and What’s Next?,”Frontiers in Psychology, vol. 9, no. 2036, 2018. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02036.

Senese, V.P., Azhari, A., Shinohara, K., Doi, H., Venuti P., Bornstein, M.H., and Esposito, G. “Implicit Associations to Infant Cry: Genetics and Early Care Experiences Influence Caregiving Propensities,” Hormones and Behavior, vol.108, pp. 1-9, 2018. DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2018.12.012.

Azhari A., Azizan, F. and Esposito, G. “A Systematic Review of Gut-Immune-Brain Mechanisms in Autism Spectrum Disorder,”Developmental Psychobiology, Vol. 61, no. 5, pp. 752–771, 2018. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/dev.21803.

Senese, V.P., Azhari A., and Cataldo, I. “A Multi-System Psycho-Biological Approach to the Understanding of Parental Dispositions,”Parenting, vol. 19, no. 1-2, pp. 164-167, 2019. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15295192.2019.1556027 (IF = 1.156, Citations = 3)

Azhari, A., Truzzi A., Rigo P., Bornstein M.H., and Esposito G. “Putting Salient Vocalizations in Context: Adults’ Physiological Arousal to Emotive Cues in Domestic and External Environments,”Physiology & Behavior, vol. 196, pp. 25-32, 2018. DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2018.08.010.

Cataldo, I., Azhari A., and Esposito, G. “A Review of Oxytocin and Arginine-vasopressin Receptors and their Modulation of Autism Spectrum Disorder,”Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience vol. 11, no. 27, 2018. DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2018.00027.

Poquérusse J., Azhari, A., Setoh P., Cainelli S., Ripoli C., Venuti P. and Esposito G. “Salivary α-Amylase as a Marker of Stress Reduction in Individuals with Intellectual Disability and Autism in Response to Occupational and Music Therapy,” Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, vol. 62, no. 2, 2017. DOI:10.1111/jir.12453.

Cataldo I., Azhari, A., Lepri B. and Esposito G. "Oxytocin Receptors (OXTR) and Early Parental Care: An Interaction That Modulates the Emergence of Psychopathology," Research in developmental disabilities, vol. 82, pp. 27–38, 2017. DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2017.10.007.

Bonassi A., Ghilardi T., Truzzi A., Cataldo I, Azhari, A., Shinohara K. and Esposito G. “Dataset on genetic and physiological adults׳ responses to social distress,” Data Brief, vol. 13, pp. 742-748, 2017. DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2017.06.057.

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Social behavioural neuroscience
Brain synchrony
Interpersonal psychology
Social psychology
Parent-child relationships, spouse, families

Jan 2025 – Jun 2028
Building resilience in Singaporean families through App-based acquisition of coping strategies: An interpersonal neuroscience-informed approach (PI, Social Sciences and Humanities Research (SSHR) Fellowship, $614,497)

Jun 2024 – Jun 2028
Promoting Early Book Reading at Home: An Intervention with Enhanced eBooks (Co-PI, MOE Science of Learning, $1,312,004)

Aug 2024 – Jul 2027
Navigating co-parenting, parenting stress and child development in a novel Work From Home (WFH) environment: A mix-methods naturalistic on-field investigation (PI; MOE Tier 2, $533,611)

Jan 2024 – Jul 2025
Project “Cerignis Murus” - Neuromarketing Strategies For Countering Persuasive Disinformation (PI; TL@NTU, $173,670)

Jul 2023 – Jun 2026
Towards Future-Ready Undergraduates in the Hybrid Workforce: Identifying Mechanisms for Collaboration Using a Social Neuroscience Approach, MOE Start-Up Fund (PI; RFE23001; $96,542.00)

Oct 2022 – Mar 2024
Designing Group Activities to Enhance Undergraduates' Interdisciplinary Learning, NTU Edex Teaching and Learning Grants (Collaborator; NTU EdeX 1/22 ZG; $39,937.00)

Oct 2022 – Mar 2024
Cultural Narratives and Racial Attitudes: A Mother-Child fNIRS Study, Singapore Children’s Society (Co-PI; RAD/R/008/22; $1,500)

Oct 2020 – Sep 2024
A Study on Children’s Home ICT Use on their Language and Development (CHILD), Temasek Foundation (Co-PI; SMF-CHILD 6/20 SH; $699,067.78)

Nov 2019 – Nov 2021
Neurophysiological Synchrony in Relational Family Contexts, Singapore Children’s Society (PI; ARD/R/008/19; $1,500)

Mar 2019 – Mar 2023
Predicting Infant Neurophysiological Emotional Regulation: Elucidating The Roles Of The Mother-Infant Synchrony, Family Environment & Genetic Predisposition, MOE Tier 1 (Collaborator; RG55/18 (NS); $59,000)

2024 – Present
IRB Committee Member, Singapore University of Social Sciences

2024 – Present
Board Member, PPIS, Singapore

2023 – 2024
Advisory Committee Member, PPIS, Singapore

2022 – Present
Associate Editor, Research in Developmental Disabilities, Elsevier

2023 – Present
Guest Editor for special issues in Emerging Trends in Drugs, Addictions, and Health, Elsevier.

2023 – Present
Journal Reviewer, Nature Partner Journals

2023 – Present
Journal Reviewer, Parenting Science and Practice

2017 – Present
Journal Reviewer, Research in Developmental Disabilities, Elsevier

2021 – Present
Journal Reviewer, Acta Psychologica

Azhari. A. (2024). Brain-to-brain synchrony in parent-child dyads. MOE Standing Platform. September 6, 2024. Singapore.

Azhari. A. (2024). Introduction to fNIRS. Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) Invited Dialogue Session. July,19th 2024. Singapore.

Azhari. A. (2024). Parent-child Interactions and Brain Synchrony: Implications on Learning. Science of Learning in Education. April 25, 2024, Singapore.

Azhari, A., Lim, M., Malek, F.N., Chai, H.P.S., Esposito, G. and Chen, A. (2023). Mother-Child Brain Activity When Co-viewing and Discussing In-Group, Out-Group and Multicultural Preschool Stories: An fNIRS Hyperscanning Study from Singapore. 14th Asian Conference on Psychology and the Behavioural Sciences (ACP2024). March 21 – 25 2024, Tokyo, Japan.

Azhari, A., Bizzego, A. and Esposito, G. (2023). Greater Parenting Stress Enhanced Inter-brain Synchrony During Shared Play: Is that Optimal? Evidences from Singapore. World Association for Infant Mental Health (WAIMH). July 15 – 19 2023, Dublin, Ireland.

Azhari, A., Esposito, G. and Bizzego, Maternal Anxious Attachment is Associated with Less Brain-to-Brain Synchrony in Mother-Child Dyads During Co-Viewing. International Attachment Conference. July 14 – 16 2022, Hybrid Conference, Lisbon, Portugal.

Azhari, A., Esposito, G. and Bizzego, Using fNIRS to study Mother-Child Brain-to-Brain Synchrony in Typical and Atypical Contexts. 30th European Congress of Psychiatry (EPA). June 4 – 7, 2022, Virtual Conference, Budapest, Hungary.

Azhari, A. Nanyang Assistant Professorship (NAP) Webinar. February 9 2022, Singapore.

Azhari, A. Inter-brain Synchrony in Mother-Child & Father-Child Dyads. Nanyang Institute of Education (NIE). October 7, 2021, Singapore.

Azhari, A., Bizzego, A. and Esposito, G. Inter-brain Synchrony in Father-Child Dyads During Co-Viewing. Society for Emotion and Attachment Studies (SEAS). September 23 – 24, 2021,Virtual Mini Conference.

Hong, C., Pereira, A., Azhari, A., Gaskin, G., Borelli, J.L., and Esposito, G. (2020) Savouring as a Potential Intervention to Enhance Positive Affect and Parenting Satisfaction in Mothers of Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Gulf Autism Conference (GAC). 24 -26 January 2020, Muscat.

Azhari A., Esposito G. (2019). Maternal Stress, Maternal Depression and Mother-Child Synchrony. Meetings on Clinical Insights. University of Trento, 10 May 2019, Rovereto, Trento, Italy.

Azhari A., Esposito G. (2018). Social Affective Neuroscience – Parenting Response, Attachment & Synchrony. Kyoto University Seminar Presentation, 25-26 July 2018, Kyoto, Japan.

Azhari, A., Teo, V.H., Ng, L.Y., Bizzego, A., Rigo, P., Esposito, G. (2018). Synchrony of Love: An fNIRS Study on Emotional Attunement in Romantic Couples. 7th Consortium of European Research on Emotion (CERE), 4th-5th April, 2018, Glasgow, Scotland, UK.

Azhari A., Rigo P., Truzzi A., Esposito G. (2017). “Gender and context effects modulate adults’ neurophysiological response to infant vocalizations”. 13th International Infant Cry Workshop (IICW), 6-8 July 2017, Rovereto, Italy.

Azhari, A., Lim, M. , Bornstein, M.H. & Esposito, G. Co-Parenting an Infant Facilitates Spousal Brain-to-Brain Synchrony. Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP). February 27 – 29, 2020, New Orleans, Los Angeles, USA

Azhari, A., Leck, W.Q., Gabrieli, G., Bizzego, A., Rigo, P., Setoh, P., Bornstein, M.H. & Esposito, G . Parenting Stress Undermines Mother-Child Interbrain Synchrony. Social & Affective Neuroscience Society (SANS). May 2 – 4, 2019, Miami, Florida, USA

Azhari, A., Truzzi A., Esposito, G. (2019). Salivary Alpha Amylase, a Biomarker of Stress in Autism Spectrum Disorder – Evidence from Therapeutic Intervention. Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD), 21–23 March 2019, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

Azhari, A., Truzzi A., Kuroda, K., Esposito, G. (2019). Mechanisms of Mother-Infant Interaction in a Brief Separation and Reunion (BSR) Paradigm. Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD), 21–23 March 2019, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

Azhari A., Esposito G. (2018). Social Affective Neuroscience – Parenting Response, Attachment & Synchrony. Kyoto University Seminar Presentation, 25-26 July 2018, Kyoto, Japan.

Azhari A., Rigo P., Truzzi A., Bornstein M.H., Esposito G. (2018), RIKEN Centre for Brain Science (CBS) Summer Program, 9-12 July 2018, Wako, Saitama, Japan.

Gabrieli G., Azhari A., Esposito G. (2018), PySiology: a Python Package for Physiological Feature Extraction, Italian Workshop on Neural Networks (WIRN), 13-15 June 2018, Vietri sul Mare, Italy.

Rigo, P., Azhari, A., Esposito, G. (2018). Modulation of Responses to Infant Vocalization by Context and Gender. 16th World Association for Infant Mental Health (WAIMH) World Congress, 26-30 May 2018, Rome, Italy.

Azhari A., Tan A., Esposito G. (2018). "The brain mechanisms behind in-group and out-group dynamics: A study in multicultural Singapore ". Social & Affective Neuroscience Society (SANS), 3 - 5 May 2018, New York (USA).

Azhari, A., Truzzi, A., Tan, P., Bizzego, A., Rigo, P., Esposito, G. (2018). Differences in Males’ and Females’ Prefrontal Cortex Activation When Exposed to Romantic, Friendly or Sibling Love. 7th Consortium of European Research on Emotion (CERE), 4-5 April, 2018, Glasgow, Scotland, UK.

Cataldo I., Azhari A., Esposito G. (2017). "Involvement of oxytocin and arginine vasopressin may unveil underlying modulation of Autism Spectrum Disorder". International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IASSIDD). Asia-Pacific Regional Congress, 13 - 16 November 2017, Bangkok, Thailand.

Rigo, P., Azhari, A., Esposito, G. (2017). Effect of situational context on adult's response to infant cry. XIX - Congresso Nazionale della Sezione di Psicologia Dinamica e Clinica [XIX National Congress of the Section of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology], September 29 – October 1 2017 Torino, Italy.

Esposito G., Cataldo I., Azhari A. (2017). "Genetic assessment of social component in Autism Spectrum Disorder: a systematic review study on oxytocin and arginine-vasopressin receptor genes”. South African Association of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions (SA-ACAPAP). Africa Regional IMFAR, 7-9 September 2017, Spier Wine Estate, Stellenbosch, South Africa.

Rigo P., Azhari A., Truzzi A., Esposito G. (2017). “Context effect modulates central and peripheral nervous system response to infant vocalizations”. Social and Affective Neuroscience Society (SANS) Annual Meeting, 16-18 March 2017, Los Angeles, USA.

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