Mother-infant interactional synchrony

• Grant number: 24/08249-2
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: July 01, 2024
• End date: June 30, 2026
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Psychology - Human Development Psychology
• Principal Investigator: Ana Alexandra Caldas Osório
• Grantee: Isabela Macen Petrovitch de Oliveira
• Host Institution: Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde (CCBS). Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie (UPM). Instituto Presbiteriano Mackenzie. São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 21/06693-4 - The importance of social touch for infant social-emotional development: integrating neuroimaging, psychophysiological, endocrine, and behavioral evidence, AP.JP2

Abstract

Social synchrony concerns the coordination of behaviors, emotions, physiological states and neural activity between individuals. Studies have shown that mother-child synchrony is important for social, cognitive and emotional development, especially during the first years of life (Abraham et al., 2021). The aim of this study is to characterize behavioral (gaze, affect and vocalization) synchrony between mothers and their 6-month-old infants during an interaction.