Publications

Rutherford, M.D., and Anderson, M.V. (2020). Changes in intelligence across pregnancy and the postpartum. Human Ethology, 35, 90-104.

Anderson, M.V. and Rutherford, M.D. (2013). Evidence of a nesting psychology during human pregnancy. Evolution and Human Behavior. 34(6): 390-397.

Anderson, M.V. and Rutherford, M.D. (2012). Cognitive reorganization during pregnancy and the postpartum period: An evolutionary perspective. Evolutionary Psychology, 10 (4): 656-681.

Anderson, M.V. and Rutherford, M.D. (2010). Recognition of novel faces after single exposure is enhanced during pregnancy. Evolutionary psychology, 9 (1): 47-60.

Anderson, M.V. and Henderson, A.J.Z. (2005) Pernicious portrayals: the impact of children’s attachment of animals of fiction on animals of fact. Society & Animals, 13, 297-314.

WORKS IN PROGRESS

Morden, M.V. (Submitted, 2022).Young adult status and low household income worsened the mental health impact of COVID-19 on Canadians: Summer 2020-2021

Morden, M.V. & Ferris, E. (Submitted, 2022). A qualitative study of how COVID-19 transformed – for better and worse – the pregnancy and postpartum experiences of Canadian women.

Morden, M.V. (in progress, 2022). A detailed analysis of how COVID-19 impacted the mental health of school-aged children in three school systems: Face to Face, Distance Learning, and Home-school. (Data collection ongoing)

Morden, M.V. (in progress, 2022). Innovative methods for investigating cognitive reorganization during pregnancy (REB approval; pilot study commencing fall 2022)