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Neural and behavioral coordination in infant-caregiver communication across the socioeconomic spectrum

跨社会经济范围的婴儿护理人员沟通的神经和行为协调

基本信息

批准号：
10425241
负责人：
Jessica Elizabeth Kosie
金额：
$ 6.76万
依托单位：
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2021
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2021-07-01 至 2024-06-30
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10425241
关键词：
Address Adult Affect Area Attention Behavior Behavioral Behavioral Mechanisms Brain Caregiver support Caregivers Cognitive Collection Communication Complex Consequentialism Coupled Coupling Development Dimensions Elements Emotions Environment Family Gestures Goals Growth Individual Infant Intervention Investigation Knowledge Language Language Development Learning Linguistics Link Measures Mentorship Methodology Methods Nature Neurosciences Population Heterogeneity Research Resources Risk Signal Transduction Social Interaction Socioeconomic Status Speech Standardization Testing Time Touch sensation Training Universities Variant Vocabulary Work behavior measurement career cognitive development cognitive skill cognitive testing design dyadic interaction educational atmosphere experience functional near infrared spectroscopy gaze indexing insight joint attention language outcome low socioeconomic status neurobiological mechanism neuromechanism professor relating to nervous system social social cognitive theory socioeconomics standardize measure tenure track theories

项目摘要

Project Summary Much of infants’ learning occurs through social interactions with others, and the quality of these early social interactions is consequential for linguistic and cognitive development. In particular, there is substantial variation in input quality across the spectrum of socioeconomic status (SES), often putting infants from lower- SES families at risk for learning challenges1-4. However, current investigations into how input impacts learning have had a dominant focus on infants’ language input, undercutting understanding of the full complexity of infants’ everyday communicative environments. Further, minimal research has studied the neural mechanisms through which input quality influences learning. The proposed research will address both of these limitations, exploring relations between input quality and neural activity during natural caregiver-infant interactions. Specific Aim 1 is to determine how caregivers across the SES spectrum use a suite of interconnected signals when communicating with their 18-month-old infants. While substantial evidence links variability in SES, language input quality, and language outcomes, we propose to broaden the current understanding of input quality by examining five dimensions of communication: language, action, gesture, emotion, and touch. Together, we refer to these signals as “infant-directed communication” (IDC). Specific Aim 2 examines how the quality of IDC influences brain-to-brain coupling during natural, dynamic interactions between caregivers and infants. To do so, we will use dual-brain functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS), a methodology that was recently developed in the Princeton Baby Lab. Finally, Specific Aim 3 asks how IDC and neural coupling at 18 months independently and jointly relate to infants’ focused attention, a standardized measure of cognitive skills, and vocabulary growth, thereby providing links to established measures of cognitive and linguistic development. These aims provide the first investigation of neural coupling as a mechanism by which SES- related variability in the quality of infants’ environment influences later learning. In this way, the proposed research both advances current theories of social learning and enhances our ability to inform interventions in a meaningful and ecologically valid way. Through these aims, the applicant will acquire training in dual-brain neuroscience methods, broaden her theoretical knowledge of language development and communication, acquire advanced statistical training, and work with diverse populations including lower-SES families. Her sponsor, Dr. Casey Lew-Williams, has extensive experience in all of these areas and is known for his outstanding mentorship. The co-sponsor, Dr. Uri Hasson, has pioneered the study of brain-to-brain coupling. The training environment at Princeton University provides all resources needed for conducting the proposed research, as well as broad opportunities for intellectual and professional development. Together, this training will prepare the applicant well for a career as a tenure-track professor at a research university.

项目总结