August 3, 2025Open Access

Functional specialisation across the first five years of life: a longitudinal characterisation of social perception with fNIRS

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JBJohann BenerradiUniversity of Cambridge CBChiara BulgarelliUniversity College London EMEbrima MbyeMRC Unit the Gambia

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Longitudinal research demonstrates brain activation patterns for social stimuli in infants, indicating critical changes in neurodevelopment over early years.

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Social visual stimuli triggered a consistent response in the right posterior temporal cortex across all age points.
Inferior frontal regions exhibited age-related changes, with broader activation in younger and older infants.
Social auditory stimuli resulted in stronger responses than non-social stimuli across all ages, indicating developmental significance.
Individual trajectories revealed varying profiles of age-dependent specialization to social stimuli, emphasizing unique developmental timelines.

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Benerradi et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/689a0c7be6551bb0af8d0594 https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.07.28.667189

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August 3, 2025Open Access

Functional specialisation across the first five years of life: a longitudinal characterisation of social perception with fNIRS

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JBJohann BenerradiUniversity of Cambridge CBChiara BulgarelliUniversity College London EMEbrima MbyeMRC Unit the Gambia

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Longitudinal research demonstrates brain activation patterns for social stimuli in infants, indicating critical changes in neurodevelopment over early years.

Key Points

Social visual stimuli triggered a consistent response in the right posterior temporal cortex across all age points.
Inferior frontal regions exhibited age-related changes, with broader activation in younger and older infants.
Social auditory stimuli resulted in stronger responses than non-social stimuli across all ages, indicating developmental significance.
Individual trajectories revealed varying profiles of age-dependent specialization to social stimuli, emphasizing unique developmental timelines.

Cite This Study

Benerradi et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/689a0c7be6551bb0af8d0594 https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.07.28.667189

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