Epigenetic modification of the oxytocin receptor gene is associated with child-parent neural synchrony during competition.

ABSTRACT: Interpersonal neural synchrony (INS) occurs when neural electrical activity temporally aligns between individuals during social interactions. It has been used as a metric for interpersonal closeness, often during naturalistic child-parent interactions. This study evaluated whether other biological correlates of social processing predicted the prevalence of INS during child-parent interactions, and whether their observed cooperativity modulated this association. Child-parent dyads (n = 27) performed a visuospatial tower-building task in cooperative and competitive conditions. Neural activity was recorded using mobile electroencephalogram (EEG) headsets, and experimenters coded video-recordings post-hoc for behavioral attunement. DNA methylation of the oxytocin receptor gene (OXTRm) was meas

SUBMITTER: Marzoratti A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10518595 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature