ArticleImaging neuroscience (Cambridge, Mass.)2025
Analytical pipeline optimisation in developmental fNIRS hyperscanning data: Neural coherence between 4- to 6-year old children collaborating with their mothers.
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- You Are Always on My Mind: Neural Synchrony Between Mothers and Their 2-Year-Olds During Collaborative Play.Developmental science · 2026Article
- Synchronizing brains and hearts: A practical guide for caregiver-child fNIRS-ECG multimodal hyperscanning.Behavior research methods · 2026Article
- Enhanced word learning and neural synchrony during children's storytelling.NPJ science of learning · 2026Article
- A developmental framework of interpersonal neural synchrony.Developmental review : DR · 2025Article
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Abstract
Much of a child's early learning takes place during social interactions with others. Neural synchrony, the temporal alignment of individuals' functional brain activity, is a neural mechanism that may support successful interaction, but its biological origins and sensitivity to environmental factors remain unknown. This study measures neural coherence between 4- to 6-year-old children and their mothers using wearable functional near-infrared spectroscopy ("fNIRS") in a collaborative problem-solving hyperscanning paradigm. Best practices in fNIRS data processing are incorporated to optimise coherence quantification and extricate environmental- and task-related effects. Results suggest physiological noise in the extracerebral layer artificially inflated coherence strength in both oxygenated ("HbO
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