New Approaches to Assessing Behavioral and Brain Synchrony in Infant-Parent Dyads [Paperback]

This Element presents methods for assessing brain and behavior, revealing new insights into the structure of infantparent interactions.Historically, infantparent synchrony has been measured using methods that provide a global assessment of interpersonal synchrony. This Element introduces technologically advanced methods for assessing brain and behavior that can offer detailed insights into the dynamic temporal structure of infantparent social exchanges.Historically, infantparent synchrony has been measured using methods that provide a global assessment of interpersonal synchrony. This Element introduces technologically advanced methods for assessing brain and behavior that can offer detailed insights into the dynamic temporal structure of infantparent social exchanges.Historically, infantparent synchrony has been measured using methods that provide a global assessment of interpersonal synchrony, representing the quality of dyadic interactions. These approaches have illuminated much about synchrony as a broad construct but lack granular details on the temporal dynamics of these interactions. This Element introduces technologically advanced methods for assessing brain and behavior that can offer detailed insights into the dynamic temporal structure of infantparent social exchanges. These advancements will significantly enhance our understanding of the bidirectional processes that underpin early emerging dyadic exchanges and how these vary across time and context.1. Introduction; 2. Behavioral measures of interpersonal synchrony; 3. Neural measures of interpersonal synchrony; 4. Interpersonal synchrony: coupling of behavior and brain; 5. A new approach to the coupling of brain and behavior: phase patterning and direction; 6. Conclusions; References.