Dual-MEG interbrain synchronization during turn-taking verbal interactions between mothers and children.

ABSTRACT: Verbal interaction and imitation are essential for language learning and development in young children. However, it is unclear how mother-child dyads synchronize oscillatory neural activity at the cortical level in turn-based speech interactions. Our study investigated interbrain synchrony in mother-child pairs during a turn-taking paradigm of verbal imitation. A dual-MEG (magnetoencephalography) setup was used to measure brain activity from interactive mother-child pairs simultaneously. Interpersonal neural synchronization was compared between socially interactive and noninteractive tasks (passive listening to pure tones). Interbrain networks showed increased synchronization during the socially interactive compared to noninteractive conditions in the theta and alpha bands. Enhanced interp

SUBMITTER: Lin JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10068303 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature