Genetic variability in the Oxytocin System is linked to Individual Differences in Cuddliness among Human Infants
Grossmann, T., & Fairhurst, A. (in press). Psychoneuroendocrinology.

Variability in the Expression and Perception of Positive Affect in Human Infancy
Grossmann, T., & Wood, A. (2023). Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 18, nsad049.

Extending and Refining the Fearful Ape Hypothesis
Grossmann, T. (2023). Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 46, e81.

No Evidence for Discontinuity between Infants and Adults  
Liu, S., Raz, G., Kamps, F., Saxe, R., & Grossmann, T. (2023). Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 27: 694-695.

Maternal Recognition of Positive Emotion Predicts Sensitive Parenting in Infancy 
Stern, J., Kelsey, C.M., Krol, K.M., & Grossmann, T. (2023). Emotion, 23: 1506-1512.

The human fear paradox: Affective Origins of Human Cooperative Care
Grossmann, T. (2022). Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 46, e52.

Processing Third-Party Social Interactions in the Human Infant Brain 
Farris, K., Kelsey, C.M., Krol, K.M., Thiele, M., Hepach, R., Haun, D.B.M., & Grossmann, T. (2022). Infant Behavior and Development, 68, 101727.

Examining the Role of Socioeconomic status and Maternal Sensitivity on Functional  Brain Network Connectivity in 5-Month-Old Infants 
Chajes, J.R., Stern, J., Kelsey, C.M., & Grossmann, T. (2022). Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 16, 892482.

Fairness takes Time: Development of Cooperative Decision-Making in Fairness Contexts 
Chajes, J.R., Grossmann, T., & Vaish, A. (2022). Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 216, 105334.

Becoming Uniquely Human? Comparing Chimpanzee to Human Infancy
Grossmann, T. (2022). Developmental Science, 25, e13142.

Mother’s Engagement with Infant Linked to Infant’s Responding to Threat
Thrasher, C., Krol, K.M., & Grossmann, T. (2021). Developmental Psychobiology, 63, 22224.

Genetic Variation in the Oxytocin System and Its Link to Social Motivation in Human Infants
Krol, K.M., Namaky, N., Monakov, M.V., Lai, P.S., Ebstein, R. & Grossmann, T. (2021). Psychoneuroendocrinology, 131, 105290.

Variability in Infants’ Functional Network Connectivity Is Associated With Differences in Affect and Behavior
Kelsey, C.M., Farris, K.,  & Grossmann, T. (2021). Frontiers in Psychiatry, 685754.

Developmental Origins of the Pathway for Social Perception
Grossmann, T. (2021). Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 25, 546-547.

Probing Infants’ Sensitivity to Pupil Size When Viewing Eyes
Haynes, K.T., Kelsey, C.M.,  & Grossmann, T. (2021). Infancy, 26, 291-302.

Gut Microbiota Composition Is Associated With Newborn Functional Brain Connectivity and Behavioral Temperament
Kelsey, C.M., Prescott, S., McCulloch, J.A., Trinchieri, G., Valladares, T., Dreisbach, C., Alhusen, J. & Grossmann, T. (2021). Brain, Behavior & Immunity, 91, 472-486.

Insights into the Uniquely Human Origins of Understanding Other Minds
Grossmann, T. & Dela Cruz, K. (2021). Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 44, e155.

Impression Formation in the Human Infant Brain
Krol, K.M., & Grossmann, T. (2020). Cerebral Cortex Communications, 1, 1-11.

The Developmental Origins of Subliminal Face Processing
Jessen, S., & Grossmann, T. (2020). Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 116, 454-460.

Epigenetic Tuning of Brain Signal Entropy in Emergent Human Social Behavior
Puglia, M.H., Krol, K.M., Missana, M., Williams, C.L., Morris, J.P., Connelly, J.J., & Grossmann, T. (2020). BMC Medicine, 18(1), 244.

Helping, Fast and Slow: Exploring Intuitive Cooperation in Early Ontogeny
Grossmann, T., Missana, M., & Vaish, A. (2020). Cognition, 196: 104144.

Neural Evidence for the Impact of Trustworthiness on Object Processing in a Gaze-Cueing Task in 7-Month-Old Infants
Jessen, S., & Grossmann, T. (2020). Social Neuroscience, 15, 74-82.

Epigenetic Dynamics in Infancy and the Impact of Maternal Engagement
Krol, K.M., Moulder, R.G., Lillard, T.S., & Grossmann, T.,& Connelly, J.J. (2019). Science Advances, 16, eaay0680.

Children’s Emotion Perception in Context: The Role of Caregiver Touch and Relationship Quality
Thrasher, C., & Grossmann, T. (2019). Emotion [online ahead of print].

A Call for Mapping the Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis During Human Infancy
Kelsey, C.M. & Grossmann, T. (2019). Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 42, e74.

Epigenetic Modification of the Oxytocin Receptor Gene Is Associated With Emotion Processing in the Infant Brain
Krol, K.M., Puglia, M.H., Morris, J.P., Connelly, J.J., & Grossmann, T. (2019). Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 37, 100648.

Infants’ Brain Responses to Pupillary Changes in Others Are Affected by Race
Kelsey, C.M., Krol, K.M., Kret, M.E., & Grossmann, T. (2019). Scientific Reports, 9, 4317.

Neural Evidence for the Subliminal Processing of Facial Trustworthiness in Infancy
Jessen, S. , & Grossmann, T. (2019). Neuropsychologia, 126, 46-53.

Modality-Independent Recruitment of Inferior Frontal Cortex During Speech Processing in Human Infants
Altvater-Mackensen, N. & Grossmann, T. (2018). Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 34, 130-138.

The Neurodevelopmental Precursors to Altruistic Behavior in Infancy
Grossmann, T., Missana, M., & Krol, K.M. (2018). PLOS Biology, 16:e2005281.

A Primer on Investigating the Role of the Microbiome in Brain and Cognitive Development
Kelsey, C.M., Dreisbach, C.N.,  Alhusen, J.L., & Grossmann, T. (2018). Developmental Psychobiology. [Epub ahead of print]

Eyes, More Than Other Facial Features, Enhance Real-World Donation Behavior
Kelsey, C.M., Vaish, A., & Grossmann, T. (2018). Human Nature, 29, 390-401.

Psychological Effects of Breastfeeding on Mothers and Children
Krol, K.M., & Grossmann, T. (2018). Bundesgesundheitsblatt, 61, 977-985. 

Desire Understanding in 2-Year-Old Children: An Eyetracking Study
Vaish, A., Hepach, R., & Grossmann, T. (2018). Infant Behavior & Development, 52, 22-31.

Early Reputation Management: Three-Year-Old Children Are More Generous Following Exposure to Eyes
Kelsey, C.M., Grossmann, T., &Vaish, A. (2018). Frontiers in Psychology, 9: 698.

Genetic Variation in the Maternal Oxytocin System Affects Cortisol Responsiveness to Breastfeeding in Infants and Mothers
Krol, K.M., Monakhov, M., Lai, P.S., Ebstein, R., Heinrichs, M. & Grossmann, T. (2018). Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology, 4, 248-263.

Exploring the Role of Spatial Frequency Information During Neural Emotion Processing in Human Infants
Jessen, S., & Grossmann, T. (2017). Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 11: 486.

How to Build a Helpful Baby: A Look at the Roots of Prosociality in Infancy
Grossmann, T. (2017). Current Opinion in Psychology, 20, 21-24. 

Attentiveness to Eyes Predicts Generosity in a Reputation-Relevant Context
Vaish, A., Kelsey, C.M., Tripathi, A., & Grossmann, T. (2017). Evolution and Human Behavior, 38, 729-733.   

Neural Correlates of Infants’ Sensitivity to Vocal Expressions in Peers
Missana, M., Altvater-Mackensen, N., & Grossmann, T. (2017). Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 26, 39-44.

The Eyes as Windows Into Other Minds: An Integrative Perspective
Grossmann, T. (2017). Perspectives on Psychological Science, 12, 107-121.

When in Infancy Does the ‘Fear Bias’ Develop?
Grossmann, T., & Jessen, S. (2017). Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 153, 149-154.

Brain Responses Reveal That Infants’ Face Discrimination Is Guided by Statistical Learning From Distributional Information
Altvater-Mackensen, N., Jessen, S., & Grossmann, T. (2017). Developmental Science, 20, e12393.

Neural and Behavioral Evidence for Infants’ Sensitivity to the Trustworthiness of Faces
Jessen, S., & Grossmann, T. (2016). Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 28, 1728-1736.

Young Children Want to See Others Get the Help They Need
Hepach, R., Vaish, A., Grossmann, T., & Tomasello, M. (2016). Child Development, 87, 1703-1714.

Children’s Altruistic Behavior in Context: The Role of Emotional Responsiveness and Culture
Rajhans, P., Altvater-Mackensen, N., Vaish, A., & Grossmann, T. (2016). Scientific Reports, 6, 24089.

Pupillary Responses Reveal Infants’ Discrimination of Facial Emotions Independent of Conscious Perception
Jessen, S., Altvater-Mackensen, N., & Grossmann, T. (2016). Cognition, 150, 163-169.

The Role of Left Inferior Frontal Cortex During Audiovisual Speech Perception in Infants
Altvater-Mackensen, N., & Grossmann, T. (2016). NeuroImage, 133, 14-20.

Audiovisual Speech Perception in Infancy: The Influence of Vowel Identity and Infants' Productive Abilities on Sensitivity to (Mis)Matches Between Auditory and Visual Speech Cues
Altvater-Mackensen, N., Mani, N., & Grossmann, T. (2016). Developmental Psychology, 52, 191-204.

Putting the Face Into Context: Body Expressions Impact Facial Emotion Processing in Human Infants
Rajhans, P., Jessen, S., Missana, M., & Grossmann, T. (2016). Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 19, 115-121.

The Developmental Emergence of Unconscious Fear Processing From Eyes in Infancy
Jessen, S. & Grossmann, T. (2016). Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 142, 334-343.

The Development of Social Brain Functions During Infancy
Grossmann, T. (2015). Psychological Bulletin, 141, 1266-1287.

Genetic Variation in CD38 and Breastfeeding Experience Interact to Impact Infants’ Attention to Social Eye Cues
Krol, K.M., Monakhov, M., Lai, P.S., Ebstein, R., & Grossmann, T. (2015). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 112, E5434-5442.

The Association of Temperament and Maternal Empathy With Individual Differences in Infants’ Neural Responses to Emotional Body Expressions
Rajhans, P., Missana, M., Krol, K.M., & Grossmann, T. (2015). Development & Psychopathology, 27, 1205-1216.

Person-Centered Positive Emotions, Object-Centered Negative Emotions: Two-Year-Olds Generalize Negative But Not Positive Emotions Across Individuals
Vaish, A., Grossmann, T., & Woodward, A. (2015). British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 33, 391-397.

Duration of Exclusive Breastfeeding Is Associated With Differences in Infants’ Brain Responses to Emotional Body Expressions
Krol, K.M., Rajhans, P., Missana, M., & Grossmann, T. (2015). Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 8: 459.

Neural Signatures of Conscious and Unconscious Emotional Face Processing in Human Infants
Jessen, S. & Grossmann, T. (2015). Cortex, 64, 260-270.

Infants’ Emerging Sensitivity to Emotional Body Expressions: Insights From Frontal Asymmetrical Brain Activity
Missana, M. & Grossmann, T. (2015). Developmental Psychology, 51, 151-160.

Tuning the Developing Brain to Emotional Body Expressions
Missana, M., Atkinson, A. P., & Grossmann, T. (2015). Developmental Science, 18, 243-253.

Learning to Match Auditory and Visual Speech Cues: Social Influences on the Acquisition of Phonological Categories
Altvater-Mackensen, N., & Grossmann, T. (2015). Child Development, 86, 362-378.

Unconscious Discrimination of Social Cues From Eye Whites in Infants
Jessen, S. & Grossmann, T. (2014). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 111, 16208-16213.

Breastfeeding Experience Differentially Impacts Recognition of Happiness and Anger in Mothers
Krol, K.M., Kamboj, S., Curran, V. & Grossmann, T. (2014). Scientific Reports, 4: 7006.

Discrimination of Fearful and Happy Body Postures in 8-Month-Old Infants: An Event-Related Potential Study
Missana, M., Rajhans, P., Atkinson, A. P., & Grossmann, T. (2014). Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 8: 531.

Physiological and Behavioral Responses Reveal 9-Month-Old Infants’ Sensitivity to Pleasant Touch
Fairhurst, M.T., Löken, L., & Grossmann, T. (2014). Psychological Science, 25, 1124-1131.

Developmental and Individual Differences in the Neural Processing of Emotional Expressions of Pain and Anger
Missana, M., Grigutsch, M., & Grossmann, T. (2014). PLOS One, 9 : e93728.

Three Different Profiles: Early Socio-Communicative Capacities in Typical Rett Syndrome, the Preserved Speech Variant and Normal Development
Marschik, P.B., Tager-Flusberg, H., Kaufmann, W.E., Grossmann, T., & Einspieler, C. (2014). Developmental Neurorehabilitation, 17, 34-38.

Brain Responses Reveal Young Infants’ Sensitivity to When a Social Partner Follows Their Gaze
Grossmann, T., Lloyd-Fox, S., & Johnson, M.H. (2013). Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 6, 155-161.

Early Socio-Communicative Forms and Functions in Typical Rett Syndrome
Bartl-Pokorny, K.D., Marschik, P.B., Sigafoos, J., Tager-Flusberg, H., Kaufmann, W.E., Grossmann, T., & Einspieler, C. (2013). Research in Developmental Disabilities, 34, 3133-8.

The Role of Prefrontal Cortex in Early Social Cognition
Grossmann, T. (2013). Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 7:340. 

Emotional Voice Processing: Investigating the Role of Genetic Variation in the Serotonin Transporter Across Development
Grossmann, T., Vaish, A., Franz, J., Schroeder, R., Stoneking, M., & Friederici, A.D. (2013). PLOS One, 8, e68377.

Mapping Prefrontal Cortex Function in Human Infancy
Grossmann, T. (2013). Infancy, 18, 303-324.

Action Observation in the Infant Brain: The Role of Body Form and Motion
Grossmann, T., Cross, E.S., Ticini, L.F., & Daum, M.M. (2012). Social Neuroscience, 8, 22-30.

Neural Correlates of Multisensory Perceptual Narrowing
Grossmann, T., Missana, M., Friederici, A.D., & Ghazanfar, A.A. (2012). Developmental Science, 15, 830-839.

When During Development Do Our Brains Get Tuned to the Human Voice?
Grossmann, T. & Friederici, A.D. (2012). Social Neuroscience, 7, 369-372.

Genetic and Neural Dissociation of Individual Responses to Facial Expressions of Emotion in Human Infants
Grossmann, T., Johnson, M.H., Vaish, A., Hughes, D., Quinque, D., & Friederici, A.D. (2011). Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 1, 57-66.

The Detection of Communicative Signals Directed at the Self in Infant Prefrontal Cortex
Grossmann, T., Parise, E., & Friederici, A.D. (2010). Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 4, 201.

Selective Prefrontal Cortex Responses to Joint Attention in Early Infancy
Grossmann, T. & Johnson, M.H. (2010). Biology Letters, 6, 540-543.

The Developmental Origins of Voice Processing in the Human Brain
Grossmann, T., Oberecker, R., Koch, S.P., & Friederici, A.D. (2010). Neuron, 65, 852-858.

The Development of Emotion Perception in Face and Voice During Infancy
Grossmann, T. (2010). Restorative Neurology & Neuroscience, 28, 219-236.

The Neural Basis of Perceptual Category Learning in Human Infants
Grossmann, T., Gliga, T., Johnson, M. H., & Mareschal, D. (2009). Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 21, 2276-2286.

Mapping Functional Brain Development: Building a Social Brain Through Interactive Specialization
Johnson, M. H., Grossmann, T., & Cohen Kadosh, K. (2009). Developmental Psychology, 45, 151-159.

Early Cortical Specialization for Face-to-Face Communication in Human Infants
Grossmann, T., Johnson, M. H., Lloyd-Fox, S., Blasi, A., Deligianni, F., Elwell, C., & Csibra, G. (2008). Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 275, 2803-2811.

Not All Emotions Are Created Equal: The Negativity Bias in Early Social-Emotional Development
Vaish, A., Grossmann, T., & Woodward, A. (2008). Psychological Bulletin, 134, 383-403.

Shedding Light on Infant Brain Function: The Use of Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) in the Study of Face Perception
Grossmann, T. (2008). Acta Paediatrica, 97, 1156-1158.

The Social Cognitive Neuroscience of Infancy: Illuminating The Early Development of Social Brain Functions
Johnson, M. H., Grossmann, T., & Farroni, T. (2008). Advances in Child Development and Behavior, 36, 331-364.

The Discrimination of Angry and Fearful Facial Expressions in 7-Month-Old Infants: An Event-Related Potential Study
Kobiella, A., Grossmann, T., Striano, T., & Reid, V. M. (2008). Cognition & Emotion, 22, 134-146.

The Development of the Social Brain in Infancy
Grossmann, T., & Johnson, M. H. (2007). European Journal of Neuroscience, 25, 909-919.

Social Perception in the Infant Brain: Gamma Oscillatory Activity in Response to Eye Gaze
Grossmann, T., Johnson, M. H., Farroni, T., & Csibra, G. (2007). Social Cognitive & Affective Neuroscience, 2, 284-291.

Developmental Changes in Infants’ Processing of Happy and Angry Facial Expressions: A Neurobehavioral Study
Grossmann, T., Striano, T., & Friederici, A. D. (2007). Brain & Cognition, 64, 30-41.

Eye Contact Influences Neural Processing of Emotional Expressions in 4-Month-Old Infants
Striano, T., Kopp, F., Grossmann, T., & Reid, V.M. (2006). Social Cognitive & Affective Neuroscience, 1, 87-94.

Crossmodal Integration of Emotional Information From Face and Voice in the Infant Brain
Grossmann, T., Striano, T., & Friederici, A.D. (2006). Developmental Science, 9, 309-315.

Infants’ Electric Brain Responses to Emotional Prosody
Grossmann, T., Striano, T., & Friederici, A.D. (2005). NeuroReport, 16, 1825-1828.

Children Processing Music: Electric Brain Responses Reveal Musical Competence and Gender Differences
Koelsch, S., Grossmann, T., Gunter, T.C., Hahne, A., Schröger, E., & Friederici, A.D. (2003). Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 15, 683-693.

Electric Brain Responses Reveal Gender Differences in Music Processing
Koelsch, S., Maess, B., Grossmann, T., & Friederici, A.D. (2003). NeuroReport, 14, 709-713.