Mothers and fathers show different neural synchrony with their children during shared experiences
Parent-child shared experiences has an important influence on social development in children although contributions of mothers and fathers may differ. Neural synchronicity occurs between mothers and fathers and their children during social interactions but it is unclear whether they differ in this r...
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| author | Qi Liu Siyu Zhu Xinqi Zhou Fang Liu Benjamin Becker Keith M. Kendrick Weihua Zhao |
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| description | Parent-child shared experiences has an important influence on social development in children although contributions of mothers and fathers may differ. Neural synchronicity occurs between mothers and fathers and their children during social interactions but it is unclear whether they differ in this respect. We used data from simultaneous fNIRS hyperscanning in mothers (n = 33) and fathers (n = 29) and their children (3–4 years) to determine different patterns and strengths of neural synchronization in the frontal cortex during co-viewing of videos or free-play. Mothers showed greater synchrony with child than fathers during passive viewing of videos and the synchronization was positively associated with video complexity and negatively associated with parental stress. During play interactions, mothers showed more controlling behaviors over their child and greater evidence for joint gaze and joint imitation play with child whereas fathers spent more time gazing at other things. In addition, different aspects of child communication promoted neural synchrony between mothers and fathers and child during active play interactions. Overall, our findings indicate greater neural and behavioral synchrony between mothers than fathers and young children during passive or active shared experiences, although for both it was weakened by parental distress and child difficulty. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2aa6bb276a4d416a99479c233eb189fc2024-02-21T05:24:44ZengElsevierNeuroImage1095-95722024-03-01288120529Mothers and fathers show different neural synchrony with their children during shared experiencesQi Liu0Siyu Zhu1Xinqi Zhou2Fang Liu3Benjamin Becker4Keith M. Kendrick5Weihua Zhao6The Center of Psychosomatic Medicine, Sichuan Provincial Center for Mental Health, Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 611731, PR ChinaSchool of Sport Training, Chengdu Sport University, Chengdu, 610041, PR ChinaInstitute of Brain and Psychological Sciences, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu, 610066, PR ChinaThe Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, MOE Key Laboratory for NeuroInformation, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 611731, PR ChinaThe State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 999077, PR China; The Center of Psychosomatic Medicine, Sichuan Provincial Center for Mental Health, Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 611731, PR China; The Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, MOE Key Laboratory for NeuroInformation, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 611731, PR ChinaThe Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, MOE Key Laboratory for NeuroInformation, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 611731, PR China; Corresponding authors at: The Center of Psychosomatic Medicine, Sichuan Provincial Center for Mental Health, Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, PR China.The Center of Psychosomatic Medicine, Sichuan Provincial Center for Mental Health, Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 611731, PR China; The Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, MOE Key Laboratory for NeuroInformation, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 611731, PR China; Institute of Electronic and Information Engineering of UESTC in Guangdong, Dongguan, 523808, PR China; Corresponding authors at: The Center of Psychosomatic Medicine, Sichuan Provincial Center for Mental Health, Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, PR China.Parent-child shared experiences has an important influence on social development in children although contributions of mothers and fathers may differ. Neural synchronicity occurs between mothers and fathers and their children during social interactions but it is unclear whether they differ in this respect. We used data from simultaneous fNIRS hyperscanning in mothers (n = 33) and fathers (n = 29) and their children (3–4 years) to determine different patterns and strengths of neural synchronization in the frontal cortex during co-viewing of videos or free-play. Mothers showed greater synchrony with child than fathers during passive viewing of videos and the synchronization was positively associated with video complexity and negatively associated with parental stress. During play interactions, mothers showed more controlling behaviors over their child and greater evidence for joint gaze and joint imitation play with child whereas fathers spent more time gazing at other things. In addition, different aspects of child communication promoted neural synchrony between mothers and fathers and child during active play interactions. Overall, our findings indicate greater neural and behavioral synchrony between mothers than fathers and young children during passive or active shared experiences, although for both it was weakened by parental distress and child difficulty.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1053811924000247Parent-childfNIRSSynchronyFrontal cortexParental stress |
| spellingShingle | Qi Liu Siyu Zhu Xinqi Zhou Fang Liu Benjamin Becker Keith M. Kendrick Weihua Zhao Mothers and fathers show different neural synchrony with their children during shared experiences NeuroImage Parent-child fNIRS Synchrony Frontal cortex Parental stress |
| title | Mothers and fathers show different neural synchrony with their children during shared experiences |
| title_full | Mothers and fathers show different neural synchrony with their children during shared experiences |
| title_fullStr | Mothers and fathers show different neural synchrony with their children during shared experiences |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mothers and fathers show different neural synchrony with their children during shared experiences |
| title_short | Mothers and fathers show different neural synchrony with their children during shared experiences |
| title_sort | mothers and fathers show different neural synchrony with their children during shared experiences |
| topic | Parent-child fNIRS Synchrony Frontal cortex Parental stress |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1053811924000247 |
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