{Reference Type}: Preprint
{Title}: Parent attention-orienting behavior is associated with neural entropy in infancy.
{Author}: Williams CL;Belkowitz AR;Nance MG;Mortman ET;Bae S;Ahmed SB;Puglia MH;
{Journal}: bioRxiv
{Volume}: 0
{Issue}: 0
{Year}: 2024 Mar 18
暂无{DOI}: 10.1101/2024.03.14.585061
{Abstract}: Parents play a significant role in directing infant's attention to environmental stimuli via joint attention. We hypothesized that infants whose parents provide more bids for joint attention will display a more complex neural response when viewing social scenes. Sixty-one 8-month-old infants underwent electroencephalography (EEG) while viewing videos of joint- and parallel-play and participated in a parent-infant free play interaction. EEG data was analyzed using multiscale entropy, which quantifies moment-to-moment neural variability. Free play interactions were coded for parent alternating gaze, a behavioral mechanism for directing attention to environmental cues. We found a significant positive association between parent alternating gaze and neural entropy in frontal and central brain regions. These results suggest a relationship between parent behavior and infant neural mechanisms that regulate social attention, underlying the importance of parent cues in the formation of neural networks in infancy.