Infant Communicative Signals Elicit Differential Brain Dynamics in Fathers and Non-Fathers

Autor/inn/en	Truzzi, Anna; Islam, Tanvir; Valenzi, Stefano; Esposito, Gianluca
Titel	Infant Communicative Signals Elicit Differential Brain Dynamics in Fathers and Non-Fathers
Quelle	In: Early Child Development and Care, 190 (2020) 4, S.549-557 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Esposito, Gianluca)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0300-4430
DOI	10.1080/03004430.2018.1482890
Schlagwörter	Infants; Verbal Communication; Brain; Fathers; Autism; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Infant Behavior; Auditory Stimuli; Responses; Brain Hemisphere Functions; Crying + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Gehirn; Autismus; Auditive Stimulation; Weinen
Abstract	Responses to infant signals are critical to infant development and well-being. However, brain mechanisms underlying paternal responses to infant crying are still largely unknown. Here using EEG, we investigated brain activations in two different groups, 10 fathers and 10 non-fathers, in response to infant-related sounds: typically developing infants' cry(TD), ASD infants' cry(ASD), infants' laughter(LAU), and white noise(WN). Event Related Potentials in the first second after stimuli onset were analyzed. Analysis revealed a significant interaction between group and stimulus type in the left dorsolateral frontal cluster of electrodes, a brain area involved in motor programming and communicative signals' processing. A main effect of group in response to all auditory stimuli, irrespective of stimulus duration, emerged in the right temporal and parietal clusters. The different levels of familiarity and distinct processing strategies found in response to infant vocalizations shed light on the physiological mechanisms underlying adaptive paternal responses to infants' behaviours. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01