Hand or spoon? Exploring the neural basis of affective touch in 5-month-old infants
| Autor: | Ricarda Braukmann, Mark H. Johnson, Teodora Gliga, Laura Pirazzoli, Sarah Lloyd-Fox |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Lloyd-Fox, Sarah [0000-0001-6742-9889], Johnson, Mark [0000-0003-4229-2585], Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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medicine.medical_specialty affective touch Cognitive Neuroscience IFG Inferior frontal gyrus fNIRS Audiology STS Article 050105 experimental psychology psyc 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine medicine Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Stroke Posterior superior temporal sulcus Brain Mapping integumentary system Action intention and motor control infants lcsh:QP351-495 05 social sciences Infant Social cue medicine.disease lcsh:Neurophysiology and neuropsychology Touch Perception Touch Functional near-infrared spectroscopy Female Psychology 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 35, pp. 28-35 Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, Vol 35, Iss, Pp 28-35 (2019) Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 35, 28-35 |
| ISSN: | 1878-9293 |
| Popis: | Highlights • 5-month-old infants do not show selective cortical responses to affective touch. • Similar responses observed when infants are stroked with a hand or with a spoon. • Infants might need additional social cues to be able to identify affective touch. In adults, affective touch leads to widespread activation of cortical areas including posterior Superior Temporal Sulcus (pSTS) and Inferior Frontal Gyrus (IFG). Using functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS), we asked whether similar areas are activated in 5-month-old infants, by comparing affective to non-affective touch. We contrasted a human touch stroke to strokes performed with a cold metallic spoon. The hypothesis that adult-like activation of cortical areas would be seen only in response to the human touch stroke was not confirmed. Similar patterns of activation were seen in both conditions. We conclude that either the posterior STS and IFG have not yet developed selective responses to affective touch, or that additional social cues are needed to be able to identify this type of touch. |
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