Do Children's Brains Function Differently During Book Reading and Screen Time? A fNIRS Study
Developmental Science,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
28(2)
Опубликована: Янв. 30, 2025
ABSTRACT
Previous
research
suggests
that
book
reading
and
screen
time
have
contrasting
effects
on
language
brain
development.
However,
few
studies
explicitly
investigated
whether
children's
brains
function
differently
during
these
two
activities.
The
present
study
used
functional
near‐infrared
spectroscopy
(fNIRS)
to
measure
response
in
28
typically
developing
preschool‐aged
children
(36–72
months
old)
conditions—a
condition,
which
listened
a
story
read
by
live
experimenter
while
viewing
words
pictures
book,
was
played
via
an
audio
recording
screen.
Analyses
revealed
significant
activation
the
right
temporal
parietal
junction
(TPJ)
condition
only.
Across
regions
of
interest
(ROIs),
including
inferior
middle
frontal
gyrus
(IMFG),
superior
(SMTG),
TPJ,
greater
right‐lateralized
ROIs
than
left‐lateralized
ROIs,
similar
across
left
ROIs.
Findings
suggest
lateralization
within
differs
time,
provides
possible
neurobiological
explanation
for
why
impact
development
such
different
ways.
provide
important
insights
into
how
types
activities
(dyadic
vs.
solitary)
when
using
media
(print
digital).
Язык: Английский
Mother–Infant Dyadic Neural Synchrony Measured Using EEG Hyperscanning and Validated Using Behavioral Measures
Children,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
12(2), С. 115 - 115
Опубликована: Янв. 22, 2025
Background/objective:
Greater
parent–infant
synchrony
is
associated
with
improved
child
outcomes.
Behavioral
measures
of
are
still
developing
in
young
infants;
thus,
researchers
need
tools
to
quantify
between
parents
and
their
infants.
We
examined
neural
measured
using
dual
EEG
hyperscanning
associations
synchrony,
infant
behavioral
maternal
bondedness
depression.
Methods:
Our
prospective
cohort
study
included
mother–infant
dyads
at
2–4
months
age.
collected
time-locked
recordings
mother
simultaneous
video-recordings
during
a
scaffolded
interaction
where
the
sequentially
layered
sensory
modalities
interaction.
Neural
was
analyzed
circular
correlation
coefficient
(CCorr),
validated
Welch
Emotional
Connection
Screen
(WECS)
scores,
depression
were
standardized
questionnaires.
Results:
n
=
47
dyads.
Dyadic
CCorr
increased
across
as
added
tactile
stimulation
visual
stimulation.
also
found
dyadic
such
that
infants
higher
scores
on
emotional
connection
WECS
showed
greater
increases
indicative
this
no
or
Conclusion:
These
findings
support
construct
validity
CCorr.
Opportunities
for
future
research
quantification
abound.
Язык: Английский
Disconnected Connections: The Impact of Technoference on Adolescent Emotions and Behavior
Informatics in Medicine Unlocked,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
unknown, С. 101621 - 101621
Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2025
Язык: Английский
Measuring and interpreting individual differences in fetal, infant, and toddler neurodevelopment
Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
73, С. 101539 - 101539
Опубликована: Март 1, 2025
As
scientists
interested
in
fetal,
infant,
and
toddler
(FIT)
neurodevelopment,
our
research
questions
often
focus
on
how
individual
children
differ
their
neurodevelopment
the
predictive
value
of
those
differences
for
long-term
neural
behavioral
outcomes.
Measuring
interpreting
can
present
challenges:
Is
there
a
"standard"
way
human
brain
to
develop?
How
do
semantic,
practical,
or
theoretical
constraints
that
we
place
studying
"development"
influence
measure
interpret
differences?
While
it
is
important
consider
these
across
lifespan,
they
are
particularly
relevant
conducting
due
rapid,
profound,
heterogeneous
changes
happening
during
this
period,
which
may
be
This
article,
therefore,
has
three
goals:
1)
provide
an
overview
about
studied
field
developmental
cognitive
neuroscience,
2)
identify
challenges
considerations
when
3)
discuss
potential
implications
solutions
moving
forward.
Язык: Английский
Neural hyperscanning in caregiver-child dyads: A paradigm for studying the long-term effects of facilitated vs. disrupted attention on working memory and executive functioning in young children
Developmental Review,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
75, С. 101170 - 101170
Опубликована: Дек. 4, 2024
Язык: Английский
Caregiver-child Neural Synchrony: Magic, Mirage, or Developmental Mechanism?
Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
71, С. 101482 - 101482
Опубликована: Ноя. 29, 2024
Язык: Английский
From behavioral synchrony to language and beyond
Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
18
Опубликована: Дек. 11, 2024
Decades
of
research
on
joint
attention,
coordinated
engagement,
and
social
contingency
identify
caregiver-child
interaction
in
infancy
as
a
foundation
for
language.
These
patterns
early
behavioral
synchrony
contribute
to
the
structure
connectivity
brain
temporoparietal
regions
typically
associated
with
language
skills.
Thus,
children
attune
their
communication
partner
subsequently
build
cognitive
skills
directly
relating
comprehension
production
language,
literacy
skills,
beyond.
This
has
yielded
marked
interest
measuring
this
contingent,
synchronous
behavior
neurally.
Neurological
measures
interactions
between
caregiver
child
have
become
hotbed
research.
In
paper,
we
review
that
suggest
these
neural
couplings
adults
lay
broader
system
includes
problem
solving,
executive
function
describes
role
development,
asks
what
relationship
is
growth,
how
may
play
development
founded
socially-gated
brain.
We
address
known
correlates
processes
an
emphasis
work
examines
tight
temporal
communicative
partners
during
rich
interactions,
focus
EEG
fNIRS
brief
survey
MRI
MEG.
Язык: Английский