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View article: Simultaneously Acquired Magnetoencephalography and Diffuse Optical Tomography Data Reveals Correlated Somatosensory Activity
Simultaneously Acquired Magnetoencephalography and Diffuse Optical Tomography Data Reveals Correlated Somatosensory Activity Open
Simultaneous measurement of electrophysiological and hemodynamic brain signals imposes special requirements on the instrumentation. Here, we developed a high‐density fiberoptic probe for concurrent diffuse optical tomography (DOT) and magn…
View article: Maternal prenatal depressive symptoms and child brain responses to affective touch at two years of age
Maternal prenatal depressive symptoms and child brain responses to affective touch at two years of age Open
The results show that maternal depressive symptoms during pregnancy may be associated with reduced child responses to affective touch in the temporoparietal cortex. Responses to affective touch may be considered as potential biomarkers for…
View article: Improved utilization of frequency-domain data for optical tomographic imaging of the human brain
Improved utilization of frequency-domain data for optical tomographic imaging of the human brain Open
Funding Information: We acknowledge the computational resources provided by the Aalto Science-IT project. Many thanks to the families participating the FinnBrain Birth Cohort Study. We also appreciate the following sources of funding: The …
View article: Relationship between maternal pregnancy-related anxiety and infant brain responses to emotional speech – a pilot study
Relationship between maternal pregnancy-related anxiety and infant brain responses to emotional speech – a pilot study Open
Maternal pregnancy-related anxiety may affect child brain emotion processing development. Further research is needed to understand the functional and developmental significance of the findings.
View article: Emotional Processing in the First 2 Years of Life: A Review of Near‐Infrared Spectroscopy Studies
Emotional Processing in the First 2 Years of Life: A Review of Near‐Infrared Spectroscopy Studies Open
Emotional stimuli processing during childhood helps us to detect salient cues in our environment and prepares us for our social life. In early childhood, the emotional valences of auditory and visual input are salient and relevant cues of …
View article: Affective and non-affective touch evoke differential brain responses in 2-month-old infants
Affective and non-affective touch evoke differential brain responses in 2-month-old infants Open
Caressing touch is an effective way to communicate emotions and to create social bonds. It is also one of the key mediators of early parental bonding. The caresses are generally thought to represent a social form of touching and indeed, sl…