Negative affect is related to reduced differential neural responses to social and non-social stimuli in 5-to-8-month-old infants
- Both social perception and temperament in young infants have been related to social functioning later in life. Previous functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS) data (Lloyd-Fox et al., 2009) showed larger blood-oxygenation changes for social compared to non-social stimuli in the posterior temporal cortex of five-month-old infants. We sought to replicate and extend these findings by using fNIRS to study the neural basis of social perception in relation to infant temperament (Negative Affect) in 37 five-to-eight-month-old infants. Infants watched short videos displaying either hand and facial movements of female actors (social dynamic condition) or moving toys and machinery (non-social dynamic condition), while fNIRS data were collected over temporal brain regions. Negative Affect was measured using the Infant Behavior Questionnaire. Results showed significantly larger blood-oxygenation changes in the right posterior-temporal region in the social compared to the non-social condition. Furthermore, this differential activation wasBoth social perception and temperament in young infants have been related to social functioning later in life. Previous functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS) data (Lloyd-Fox et al., 2009) showed larger blood-oxygenation changes for social compared to non-social stimuli in the posterior temporal cortex of five-month-old infants. We sought to replicate and extend these findings by using fNIRS to study the neural basis of social perception in relation to infant temperament (Negative Affect) in 37 five-to-eight-month-old infants. Infants watched short videos displaying either hand and facial movements of female actors (social dynamic condition) or moving toys and machinery (non-social dynamic condition), while fNIRS data were collected over temporal brain regions. Negative Affect was measured using the Infant Behavior Questionnaire. Results showed significantly larger blood-oxygenation changes in the right posterior-temporal region in the social compared to the non-social condition. Furthermore, this differential activation was smaller in infants showing higher Negative Affect. Our results replicate those of Lloyd-Fox et al. and confirmed that five-to-eight-month-old infants show cortical specialization for social perception. Furthermore, the decreased cortical sensitivity to social stimuli in infants showing high Negative Affect may be an early biomarker for later difficulties in social interaction.…
Author details: | Anne van der Kant, Szilvia BiroORCiD, Claartje LeveltORCiD, Stephan HuijbregtsORCiD |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dcn.2017.12.003 |
ISSN: | 1878-9293 |
ISSN: | 1878-9307 |
Pubmed ID: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29248823 |
Title of parent work (English): | Developmental cognitive neuroscience : a journal for cognitive, affective and social developmental neuroscience |
Subtitle (English): | a functional near-infrared spectroscopy-study |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Place of publishing: | Oxford |
Publication type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Date of first publication: | 2018/12/14 |
Publication year: | 2018 |
Release date: | 2021/12/15 |
Tag: | Functional near-infrared spectroscopy; Infants; Negative affect; Social perception; Temperament; fNIRS |
Volume: | 30 |
Number of pages: | 8 |
First page: | 23 |
Last Page: | 30 |
Funding institution: | Leiden Institute for Brain and Cognition (LIBC); Department of Education and Child Studies (Leiden University); Leiden University Fund/Gratama Foundation |
Organizational units: | Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Strukturbereich Kognitionswissenschaften / Department Linguistik |
DDC classification: | 4 Sprache / 41 Linguistik / 410 Linguistik |
External remark: | Zweitveröffentlichung in der Schriftenreihe Postprints der Universität Potsdam : Postprints der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe ; 643 |