SynthesisNeuroscience and biobehavioral reviews2021
Infant social interactions and brain development: A systematic review.
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- Family protective service involvement and reduced infant cortical grey matter volume.Infant mental health journal · 2026Article
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- Development of interoception: the critical role of maternal affective touch in early attachment.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2026Article
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- A developmental framework of interpersonal neural synchrony.Developmental review : DR · 2025Article
- Characterizing Transdiagnostic Processes Underlying the Drive to Socially Engage: A Multimeasurement Factor Analytic Investigation.JAACAP open · 2025Article
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Abstract
From birth, interactions with others are an integral part of a person's daily life. In infancy, social exchanges are thought to be critical for optimal brain development. This systematic review explores this association by drawing together infant studies that relate adult-infant behaviours - coded from their social interactions - to children's brain measures collected during a neuroimaging session in infancy, childhood, adolescence or adulthood. In total, we identified 55 studies that explored associations between infants' social interactions and neural measures. These studies show that several aspects of caregiver-infant behaviours are associated with, or predict, a variety of neural responses in infants, children and adolescents. The presence of both concurrent and long-term associations - some of which are first observed just a few months postnatally and extend into adulthood - open an important research avenue and motivate further longitudinal studies.
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