Would your group be interested in doing hyper scanning fMRI research on social interaction (joint attention) with infant-parent dyads? The brain activity with infant parent dyads may be very similar to adult dyads, as we are now discovering more precocious brain development, even in human newborns. Broccas area is an example of unexpectedly advanced neural circuitry in human infants. We also need to map out the critical and sensitive periods of human infant development and you have the technology to help!
Dr Pamela Collman, Lic Clinical Psychologist, EmotionalBabyCheckups.com
You might be interested in:
Kolb, Bryan; Gibb, Robbin (2011): Brain Plasticity and Behaviour in the Developing Brain. In: Journal of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 20 (4), S. 265–276.
Personally, I do not have the skills, but I would like to point out the challenges of using fMRI with infants (although other brain technologies are possible). I suggest that you contact people who have been able to use various brain imaging technologies, such as Richard Aslin: https://haskinslabs.org/people/richard-aslin
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