Cited by Communicative signals during joint attention promote neural processes of infants and caregivers

Communicative signals during joint attention promote neural processes of infants and caregivers DOI

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Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 65, P. 101321 - 101321

Published: Dec. 6, 2023

Communicative signals such as eye contact increase infants' brain activation to visual stimuli and promote joint attention. Our study assessed whether communicative during attention enhance infant-caregiver dyads' neural responses objects, their synchrony. To track mutual processes, we applied rhythmic stimulation (RVS), presenting images of objects 12-month-old infants mothers (n = 37 dyads), while recorded activity (i.e., steady-state evoked potentials, SSVEPs) with electroencephalography (EEG) hyperscanning. Within dyads, either communicatively showed the infant or watched without engagement. cues increased mothers' SSVEPs at central-occipital-parietal, central electrode sites, respectively. Infants significantly more gaze behaviour Dyadic synchrony (SSVEP amplitude envelope correlations, AECs) was not modulated by cues. Taken together, maternal in shape own processes. We show that cortical processing, thus play an essential role social learning. Future studies need elucidate effect on Finally, our introduces RVS dynamics contexts.

Language: Английский

Analytical pipeline optimisation in developmental fNIRS hyperscanning data: Neural coherence between four- to six-year-olds collaborating with their mothers DOI

Victoria L. Mousley, Letizia Contini, Rebecca Re

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Imaging Neuroscience, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 3

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

Abstract Much of a child’s early learning takes place during social interactions with others. Neural synchrony, the temporal alignment individuals’ functional brain activity, is neural mechanism that may support successful interaction, but its biological origins and sensitivity to environmental factors remain unknown. This study measures coherence between 4- 6-year-old children their mothers using wearable near-infrared spectroscopy (“fNIRS”) in collaborative problem-solving hyperscanning paradigm. Best practices fNIRS data processing are incorporated optimise quantification extricate environmental- task-related effects. Results suggest physiological noise extracerebral layer artificially inflated strength both oxygenated (“HbO2”) deoxygenated (“HbR”) haemoglobin. Coherence remained stronger than individual problem solving chromophores after reduction. Phase-scrambled pseudodyad analyses supported interpretation collaboration relates dynamics interaction rather task- or environmental-related components. Strength HbO2 was positively related task performance negatively background maternal stress. HbR also stress direction results were mixed. Overall, this provides new insight into nature play.

Language: Английский

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Individual Differences in Infants' Speech Segmentation Performance: The Role of Mother‐Infant Cardiac Synchrony DOI

Monica Vanoncini, Ezgi Kayhan, Birgit Elsner

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Infancy, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 30(2)

Published: March 1, 2025

Caregiver-infant coregulation is an early form of communication. This study investigated whether mother-infant biological associated with 9-month-olds' word segmentation performance, a crucial milestone predicting language development. We hypothesized that would relate infants' performance. Additionally, we examined this relationship influenced by the caregiving environment (i.e., parental reflective functioning) and infant's emotional state positive affect). Coregulation was via cardiac synchrony in 28 nine-month-old infants (16 females) during 5-min free-play their German-speaking mothers. Cardiac measured through Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia (RSA), employing Recurrence Quantification Analysis to evaluate dyadic coupling Rate) predictability Entropy). Infants' eye-tracking central-fixation procedure. A stepwise regression revealed higher coupling, but not predictability, dyads' RSA looking longer toward screen when listening novel as compared familiar test words, indicating advanced performance (Cohen's d = 0.25). Moreover, correlated positively maternal sensitivity mental states, affect. These results suggest caregiver-infant may play foundational role acquisition.

Language: Английский

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Effects of preference alignment and client-rated attachment style on therapy: The moderating role of interpersonal synchrony DOI

Xiaoyan Dai,

Liying Chen, Qianyi Zhou

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Psychotherapy Research, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 1 - 15

Published: April 13, 2025

This study aims to explore whether activity-preference alignment provides unique contributions the working alliance and counseling outcomes beyond client-rated adult attachment style, examine moderating roles of behavioral brain synchrony in this process. Sixteen pairs counselors clients participated five consecutive weekly sessions. The 1st, 3rd, 5th sessions took place offline a near-infrared laboratory, while 2nd 4th were conducted online via video conferencing. After controlling for preference showed significant impact on symptom improvement. Specifically, had positive predictive effect improvement when counselor-guided synchronization was high. Attachment avoidance also negatively predicted but only client-guided temporoparietal junction low. suggests that insights into style alone. Counselor-guided amplifies differences improvement, whereas reduces avoidance's alliance. These findings highlight therapeutic differently based who guides process, emphasizing need consider both interpersonal dynamics factors counseling.

Language: Английский

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Measurement of interpersonal physiological synchrony in dyads: A review of timing parameters used in the literature DOI