Neural marker of habituation at 5 months of age associated with deferred imitation performance at 12 months: a longitudinal study in the UK and the Gambia

• Main Authors: Katus, Laura, Milosavljevic, Bosiljka, Rozhko, Maria, McCann, Samantha, Mason, Luke, Mbye, Ebrima, Touray, Ebou, Moore, Sophie E., Elwell, Clare E., Lloyd-Fox, Sarah, de Haan, Michelle, The Bright Study Team
• Other Authors: School of Social Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Social sciences::Psychology; Habituation; Novelty Detection
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/164806
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Across cultures, imitation provides a crucial route to learning during infancy. However, neural predictors which would enable early identification of infants at risk of suboptimal developmental outcomes are still rare. In this paper, we examine associations between ERP markers of habituation and nov...