Theta power relates to infant object encoding in naturalistic mother-infant interactions

Autor(en)
Christine Michel, Daniel Matthes, Stefanie Hoehl
Abstrakt

This study investigates infants' neural and behavioral responses to maternal ostensive signals during naturalistic mother-infant interactions and their effects on object encoding. Mothers familiarized their 9- to 10-month-olds (N = 35, 17 females, mainly White, data collection: 2018–2019) with objects with or without mutual gaze, infant-directed speech, and calling the infant's name. Ostensive signals focused infants' attention on objects and their mothers. Infant theta activity synchronized and alpha activity desynchronized during interactions compared to a nonsocial resting phase (Cohen' d: 0.49–0.75). Yet, their amplitudes were unrelated to maternal ostensive signals. Ostensive signals did not facilitate object encoding. However, higher infant theta power during encoding predicted better subsequent object recognition. Results strengthen the role of theta-band power for early learning processes.

Organisation(en)
Institut für Klinische und Gesundheitspsychologie, Institut für Psychologie der Entwicklung und Bildung
Externe Organisation(en)
Hochschule für Gesundheit, Max-Planck-Institut für Kognitions- und Neurowissenschaften, Universität Leipzig, Hochschule für Technik, Wirtschaft und Kultur Leipzig
Journal
Child Development
Band
95
Seiten
530-543
Anzahl der Seiten
14
ISSN
0009-3920
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.14011
Publikationsdatum
09-2023
Peer-reviewed
Ja
ÖFOS 2012
501005 Entwicklungspsychologie
ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health, Education, Developmental and Educational Psychology
Link zum Portal
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/theta-power-relates-to-infant-object-encoding-in-naturalistic-motherinfant-interactions(32df93c9-aaf3-4019-9f2f-12b3bfd984e3).html