Proximity and touch are associated with neural but not physiological synchrony in naturalistic mother-infant interactions

Caregiver touch plays a vital role in infants’ growth and development, but its role as a communicative signal in human parent-infant interactions is surprisingly poorly understood. Here, we assessed whether touch and proximity in caregiver-infant dyads are related to neural and physiological synchro...

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Main Authors: Trinh Nguyen, Drew H. Abney, Dina Salamander, Bennett I. Bertenthal, Stefanie Hoehl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-12-01
Series:NeuroImage
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1053811921008727