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Analyzing caregiver-child brain coordination requires event-related methods. Current non-event-locked approaches in neuroimaging may produce artifacts and obscure true inter-brain synchrony mechanisms.

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  • Neuroscience
  • Developmental Psychology
  • Cognitive Science

Background:

  • Simultaneous neuroimaging of interacting caregiver-child dyads is now possible.
  • Existing analyses of inter-brain coordination often use block-averaged measures, neglecting event-related dynamics.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To highlight limitations of non-event-locked analyses in studying inter-brain coordination.
  • To propose event-related approaches for more accurate analysis of caregiver-child dyadic interactions.

Main Methods:

  • The study discusses artifactual influences on neuroimaging data (EEG, fNIRS) from behavioral event-related temporal dependencies.
  • It contrasts non-event-locked versus event-locked analytical approaches.

Main Results:

  • Non-event-locked analyses can introduce artifacts (e.g., power and phase synchrony in EEG, wavelet coherence in fNIRS).
  • These artifacts can obscure the true nature of inter-brain coordination.

Conclusions:

  • Event-related analyses are crucial for accurately assessing inter-brain coordination in caregiver-child dyads.
  • Examining interpersonal dynamics around behavioral events can differentiate underlying mechanisms and mitigate confounds.