Interactive live fNIRS reveals engagement of the temporoparietal junction in response to social contingency in infants

Live social interaction is the dominant form of human social activity, but it remains unclear if brain processing of live interactive social stimuli differs substantially from processing of non-interactive social stimuli, mainly because of technical difficulties measuring brain activity during natur...

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Published inNeuroImage (Orlando, Fla.) Vol. 218; p. 116901
Main Authors Hakuno, Yoko, Hata, Masahiro, Naoi, Nozomi, Hoshino, Ei-ichi, Minagawa, Yasuyo
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Elsevier Inc 01.09.2020
Elsevier Limited
Elsevier
Subjects
Adults
Babies
Brain - physiology
Brain research
Communication
Contingent responsiveness
Developmental change
Eye contact
Female
Functional Neuroimaging - methods
Humans
Infant
Infants
Infrared spectroscopy
Male
Medical imaging
Mutual gaze
Nursery rhymes
Ostensive signal
Social Behavior
Social Interaction
Social interactions
Social Perception
Spectroscopy, Near-Infrared - methods
Studies
TPJ
Mutual gaze
Contingent responsiveness
Social interaction
Ostensive signal
Developmental change
TPJ
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Summary:Live social interaction is the dominant form of human social activity, but it remains unclear if brain processing of live interactive social stimuli differs substantially from processing of non-interactive social stimuli, mainly because of technical difficulties measuring brain activity during natural social interactions. This distinction is particularly important during infancy considering the importance of real-life interactions for various forms of learning. To assess the impact of live social interaction accompanied by ostensive social signals on infant cortical processing, the present study measured the cortical activities of 6–8-month-old and 10−12-month-old infants using functional near-infrared spectroscopy under contingent and non-contingent conditions (appropriately timed versus delayed responsiveness). We found greater activation over the right temporoparietal junction region in response to contingent interactions relative to non-contingent interactions in 6–8-month-old and 10–12-month-old infants. Our study indicates a critical role of contingent responsiveness for differential processing of live interactive social stimuli.
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ISSN:1053-8119
1095-9572
DOI:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.116901