Journal
DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOBIOLOGY
Volume 64, Issue 3, Pages -Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/dev.22221
Keywords
brain development; EEG; hyperscanning; neural synchrony; parent-child interaction
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- Dutch Scientific Council [VI.Veni.191G.025]
- Sara van Dam z.l. Foundation, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
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This review explores the potential of dual-EEG technique in studying parent-child interactions and developmental research. By measuring neural activity in both caregivers and children, this approach allows for the investigation of brain-to-brain synchrony between the two. The review discusses the strengths, limitations, and future directions of this innovative method.
Healthy interaction between parent and child is foundational for the child's socioemotional development. Recently, an innovative paradigm shift in electroencephalography (EEG) research has enabled the simultaneous measurement of neural activity in caregiver and child. This dual-EEG or hyperscanning approach, termed parent-child dual-EEG, combines the strength of both behavioral observations and EEG methods. In this review, we aim to inform on the potential of dual-EEG in parents and children (0-6 years) for developmental researchers. We first provide a general overview of the dual-EEG technique and continue by reviewing the first empirical work on the emerging field of parent-child dual-EEG, discussing the limited but fascinating findings on parent-child brain-to-behavior and brain-to-brain synchrony. We then continue by providing an overview of dual-EEG analysis techniques, including the technical challenges and solutions one may encounter. We finish by discussing the potential of parent-child dual-EEG for the future of developmental research. The analysis of multiple EEG data is technical and challenging, but when performed well, parent-child EEG may transform the way we understand how caregiver and child connect on a neurobiological level. Importantly, studying objective physiological measures of parent-child interactions could lead to the identification of novel brain-to-brain synchrony markers of interaction quality.
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