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Bringing developmental assessment to the 21st century: The NIH Baby Toolbox 将发展评估带入21世纪：美国国立卫生研究院婴儿工具箱。

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Infant Behavior & Development

Pub Date : 2025-09-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2025.102127

Courtney K. Blackwell

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Composite scores for the NIH Baby Toolbox®. 美国国立卫生研究院婴儿工具箱的综合得分。

IF 2 3区心理学 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL

Infant Behavior & Development

Pub Date : 2025-09-01 Epub Date: 2025-08-08 DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2025.102122

Y Catherine Han, Elizabeth M Dworak, Maxwell Mansolf, Richard C Gershon, Aaron J Kaat

The NIH Baby Toolbox® offers assessments spanning Cognition, Motor, and Social-Emotional Functioning domains and includes both measure-level and composite scores. Here, we describe the creation of eight composite scores, reflecting Language, Executive Function/Memory, Math, Cognition, Motor, Self-Regulation, Negative Affect, and Social Communication - key constructs in infant and toddler development. Using composite scores rather than measure-specific scores can offer a more holistic evaluation of functioning by combining measures, reducing the impact of outliers and measurement error. Using factor analysis, data from the original Baby Toolbox norming study (N = 2515 recruited; n = 2479 with at least one composite score; n = 2025 English, n = 454 Spanish) were analyzed to derive composite scores. Analyses were conducted on regression-weighted factor scores for individual measures to define composites. Psychometric properties were assessed using composite reliability, test-retest reliability, and external validation with the Ages and Stages Questionnaire (3rd edition), Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development (4th edition), and the child's age. Composite scores demonstrated excellent composite reliability, moderate to strong test-retest reliability, minimal practice effects for most scores, moderate and significant relations with most external measures, and moderate to strong correlations with age for abilities expected to improve with age. The Baby Toolbox composite scores offer a reliable, valid tool for assessing key areas of infant and toddler development. The evidence supporting their reliability and validity demonstrates their effectiveness as indicators of early cognitive, motor, and social-emotional growth, making them useful in clinical, research, and educational settings. This framework helps deepen our understanding and practical evaluation of developmental milestones during the early years.

美国国立卫生研究院婴儿工具箱®提供跨越认知，运动和社会情感功能领域的评估，包括测量水平和综合得分。在这里，我们描述了八个复合分数的创建，反映了语言，执行功能/记忆，数学，认知，运动，自我调节，负面影响和社会沟通-婴幼儿发展的关键结构。使用复合分数而不是特定的测量分数可以通过组合测量，减少异常值和测量误差的影响，提供更全面的功能评估。采用因子分析，从原始婴儿工具箱规范研究(N = 2515；N = 2479，至少有一个综合得分；n = 2025英语，n = 454西班牙语)分析得出综合得分。对定义复合材料的个别措施进行回归加权因子得分分析。采用复合信度、重测信度以及年龄和阶段问卷（第三版）、贝利婴幼儿发展量表（第四版）和儿童年龄的外部验证来评估心理测量特性。综合分数表现出优异的综合信度，中等到强的重测信度，大多数分数的实践效应最小，与大多数外部测量的关系中等和显著，随着年龄增长而提高的能力与年龄的关系中等到强。婴儿工具箱综合得分提供了一个可靠的，有效的工具，评估婴幼儿发展的关键领域。支持它们的可靠性和有效性的证据表明，它们作为早期认知、运动和社会情感成长的指标是有效的，这使它们在临床、研究和教育环境中非常有用。这个框架有助于加深我们对早期发展里程碑的理解和实际评估。

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Neurodevelopmental trajectories of face processing in infants: A review and future directions 婴儿面部加工的神经发育轨迹：综述及未来发展方向

IF 2 3区心理学 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL

Infant Behavior & Development

Pub Date : 2025-08-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2025.102132

Katherine Meltzoff, Cameron A. Ryczek

Face perception is integral for social development in infancy, and for skills such as joint attention, recognition, and emotion processing. This review synthesizes research findings over the past 25 years related to ERP biomarkers of face perception in infants. We review this literature as it relates to face perception in neurotypical infants and those at risk for, or diagnosed with, autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Future research may be able to utilize these neural signatures of face processing as ‘biomarkers’ to predict which infants are most likely to develop ASD, which is important for early diagnosis and intervention. The N290, P400, and Nc have all been highlighted as ERP components which relate to face processing. We discuss how nuances in these three components respond to face versus non-face stimuli and to emotional facial expressions in neurotypical (NT) infants. Evidence suggests that infants at high risk for ASD and those who go on to develop ASD have measurable differences in brain activity in response to faces compared to those at low risk and who do not go on to have ASD. Although differences in brain activity while viewing faces may not be observed between infants at high risk for ASD and those without at a single time point, longitudinal studies, studies with more varied stimuli, and studies utilizing source localization have uncovered differences. Finally, we present a novel hypothesis about developmental trajectories in both neurotypical children and those with ASD related to both face and non-face processing.

面部感知是婴儿社会发展不可或缺的一部分，也是共同注意、识别和情绪处理等技能的组成部分。本综述综合了过去25年来有关婴儿面部感知的ERP生物标志物的研究成果。我们回顾了这些文献，因为它与神经正常婴儿和那些有风险或被诊断为自闭症谱系障碍（ASD）的婴儿的面部感知有关。未来的研究可能能够利用这些面部处理的神经特征作为“生物标志物”来预测哪些婴儿最有可能发展为自闭症谱系障碍，这对早期诊断和干预很重要。N290、P400和Nc都被强调为与人脸处理相关的ERP组件。我们讨论了这三个成分的细微差别是如何对面部刺激和非面部刺激做出反应的，以及对神经典型（NT）婴儿的情绪面部表情。有证据表明，与低风险的婴儿和没有患自闭症的婴儿相比，患自闭症高风险的婴儿和那些继续发展为自闭症的婴儿在对面孔的反应中，大脑活动存在可测量的差异。虽然在单一时间点上，ASD高风险婴儿和非高风险婴儿在观看人脸时的大脑活动可能没有差异，但纵向研究、多种刺激的研究和利用源定位的研究已经发现了差异。最后，我们提出了一个关于神经正常儿童和ASD儿童在面部和非面部加工方面的发展轨迹的新假设。

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Investigating parental scaffolding and visual experiences in toddlers with autism and high familial likelihood for later autism diagnosis: A head-mounted eye-tracker study 一项头戴式眼动仪研究：调查自闭症幼儿的父母支架和视觉体验以及后来自闭症诊断的高家族可能性

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Infant Behavior & Development

Pub Date : 2025-08-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2025.102130

Elizabeth Perkovich , Sarah Mire , Hanako Yoshida

Parents of autistic children often exhibit distinct interaction styles—such as increased gesturing and sustained focus on their child’s face—compared to parents of neurotypical children, yet the mechanisms driving these behaviors remain unclear. This study examined how parental social scaffolding behaviors influence attention in toddlers at elevated likelihood of autism (i.e., younger siblings of autistic children) and their neurotypical peers. Thirty-eight toddlers (19 per group), matched on age and sex, participated in a semi-naturalistic parent-child play session while wearing head-mounted eye-trackers. Despite no group differences in toddlers’ sustained or joint attention (SA, JA), parents showed distinct interaction patterns: parents of elevated-likelihood toddlers focused more objects, while neurotypical-group parents engaged in more object naming and face-directed attention. Across groups, parental object-looking predicted toddler JA, and object-handling predicted SA. However, the link between object-handling and JA only emerged in neurotypical toddlers, suggesting group-specific differences in how parental cues are integrated. These findings suggest that toddlers at elevated likelihood for autism show comparable attentional behaviors but receive qualitatively different social input. Parents may adjust their scaffolding strategies in response to subtle developmental cues before formal diagnosis. This study highlights the importance of considering developmental context in early social scaffolding and contributes to understanding how parental input shapes attention in diverse populations.

与正常儿童的父母相比，自闭症儿童的父母经常表现出不同的互动方式——比如更多的手势和持续关注孩子的脸，然而驱动这些行为的机制尚不清楚。本研究考察了父母的社会脚手架行为如何影响自闭症可能性较高的幼儿（即自闭症儿童的弟弟妹妹）及其正常同龄人的注意力。38名年龄和性别相匹配的幼儿（每组19名）戴着头戴式眼球追踪器参加了一场半自然的亲子游戏。尽管幼儿的持续或联合注意（SA， JA）没有组间差异，但父母表现出明显的互动模式：高可能性幼儿的父母更多地关注物体，而神经典型组的父母更多地关注物体命名和面部定向注意。在各组中，父母观察对象预测幼儿JA，对象处理预测SA。然而，物体处理和JA之间的联系仅在神经正常的幼儿中出现，这表明在如何整合父母的线索方面存在群体特异性差异。这些发现表明，自闭症可能性较高的幼儿表现出类似的注意力行为，但接受的社会输入在质量上不同。在正式诊断之前，父母可能会根据细微的发育线索调整他们的支架策略。这项研究强调了在早期社会框架中考虑发展背景的重要性，并有助于理解父母的投入如何影响不同人群的注意力。

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Broadening the lens: How 25 years of prospective longitudinal studies have reshaped infant neurodevelopment in the majority world 拓宽视野：25年的前瞻性纵向研究如何重塑了大多数世界的婴儿神经发育

IF 2 3区心理学 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL

Infant Behavior & Development

Pub Date : 2025-08-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2025.102128

Laura Katus , Sarah Lloyd-Fox

Since the turn of the 21st century, advances in longitudinal research have underscored the critical importance of investing in early childhood development. Longitudinal neuroimaging, in particular, offers a powerful means of capturing within-person changes in infant brain development over time, rather than relying solely on age-based normative comparisons. Yet despite this progress, longitudinal infant neuroimaging studies, especially in Majority World contexts, remain the exception rather than the norm. As a result, opportunities to intervene during the first 1000 days, a crucial window for neurodevelopment, are often missed. Building on foundational work in Jamaica and Romania, recent studies in The Gambia, India, Brazil, South Africa and Bangladesh have begun to establish scalable, longitudinal metrics of neurodevelopmental change that can be implemented across diverse study sites. These approaches hold promise not only for integration into large, representative cohort studies, but potentially into standard healthcare practice, laying the groundwork for identifying infants who may benefit most from early intervention, particularly given that many neuroimaging biomarkers emerge before 12 months of age. There have also been promising advances in interventions targeting both psychosocial and biological sources of early adversity to improve neurodevelopmental outcomes for at-risk infants. Looking ahead, the full integration of neural markers into intervention studies across Majority World contexts will be essential to ensuring that all children, regardless of geography, have the opportunity to thrive.

自21世纪初以来，纵向研究的进展强调了投资于儿童早期发展的至关重要性。纵向神经成像，特别是，提供了一种强有力的手段来捕捉婴儿大脑发育随时间的变化，而不是仅仅依赖于基于年龄的规范比较。然而，尽管取得了这些进展，纵向婴儿神经影像学研究，特别是在大多数世界的背景下，仍然是例外，而不是规范。因此，在头1000天（神经发育的关键窗口期）进行干预的机会往往被错过。在牙买加和罗马尼亚的基础工作的基础上，最近在冈比亚、印度、巴西、南非和孟加拉国的研究已经开始建立可扩展的、纵向的神经发育变化指标，可以在不同的研究地点实施。这些方法不仅有望整合到大型、有代表性的队列研究中，而且有可能纳入标准的医疗实践，为识别可能从早期干预中获益最多的婴儿奠定基础，特别是考虑到许多神经成像生物标志物在12个月前出现。在针对早期逆境的社会心理和生物来源的干预措施方面也取得了有希望的进展，以改善高危婴儿的神经发育结果。展望未来，将神经标记物全面纳入多数世界背景下的干预研究，对于确保所有儿童，无论其地理位置如何，都有机会茁壮成长至关重要。

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Learning to move, moving to learn: A quarter century of insights into infant motor development 学会移动，通过移动来学习：四分之一世纪对婴儿运动发展的洞察

IF 2 3区心理学 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL

Infant Behavior & Development

Pub Date : 2025-08-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2025.102131

Ravid-Roth Tal , Kunde Wilfried , Jaffe-Dax Sagi , Eitam Baruch

Over the past quarter century, the field of infant motor development has undergone a profound conceptual shift from viewing motor behavior as a biologically preprogrammed sequence to understanding it as a dynamic, emergent process shaped by interaction, feedback, and prediction. This review traces that evolution across three key eras: the rise of Dynamic Systems Theory (DST) in the 2000s, which emphasized real-time coordination across bodily and environmental systems, the developmental cascades framework of the 2010s, which demonstrated how early motor milestones shape broader developmental trajectories, and the emergence of predictive, mechanistic models in the 2020 s, inspired by advances in artificial intelligence and robotics. Building on this trajectory, we propose a unifying framework termed Reinforcement from Sensorimotor Predictability (RSP, which posits that infants repeat actions not because they are goal-directed, but because those actions produce consistent and expected feedback. We present preliminary findings from a gaze-contingent eye-tracking study, along with a large-scale longitudinal project that applies machine learning to track sensorimotor trajectories in early infancy. Together, these lines of work suggest that predictability itself may serve as an intrinsic reinforcer, thus laying the groundwork for learning, agency, and the emergence of intentional behavior.

在过去的四分之一世纪里，婴儿运动发育领域经历了深刻的概念转变，从将运动行为视为生物学上预先编程的序列，到将其理解为一个动态的、由相互作用、反馈和预测形成的紧急过程。这篇综述追溯了三个关键时期的进化：21世纪初动态系统理论（DST）的兴起，强调了身体和环境系统之间的实时协调；21世纪10年代的发展级联框架，展示了早期运动里程碑如何塑造更广泛的发展轨迹；以及20世纪90年代 出现的预测性机制模型，受到人工智能和机器人技术进步的启发。基于这一轨迹，我们提出了一个统一的框架，称为来自感觉运动可预测性的强化（RSP），它假设婴儿重复动作不是因为他们是目标导向的，而是因为这些动作产生了一致的和预期的反馈。我们介绍了一项基于注视的眼动追踪研究的初步发现，以及一个大规模的纵向项目，该项目应用机器学习来跟踪婴儿早期的感觉运动轨迹。总之，这些研究表明，可预测性本身可能是一种内在强化物，从而为学习、代理和有意行为的出现奠定了基础。

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Home learning environment in Latin America and the Caribbean: Associations with young children’s cognitive and socioemotional development 拉丁美洲和加勒比地区的家庭学习环境：与幼儿认知和社会情感发展的关系

IF 2 3区心理学 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL

Infant Behavior & Development

Pub Date : 2025-08-14 DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2025.102126

Ana Clara Ventura , Diana Leyva

The home learning environment (HLE) plays a crucial role in children’s early development. Most research on the associations between the quantity and quality of the HLE and infant and toddler development has been conducted with North American and Western European samples. This is a synthesis of studies on HLE that examine associations with cognitive and socioemotional skills across the first 3 years of life in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). Studies reviewed were published between 2000 and 2025 and involved ethnically diverse samples. The article identifies key findings and discusses methodological and conceptual limitations in the studies. The article concludes by offering five recommendations and directions for research specifically in the LAC region: 1) emphasize more culturally relevant operationalizations; 2) investigate the interactive effects of the HLE components on young child development; 3) move beyond the frequency of home literacy activities; 4) incorporate the caregiver’s cognition and behavior measures; and 5) explore bidirectional associations between HLE and young children’s development. Expanding research efforts in this area beyond North America and Western Europe will contribute to a more inclusive, diverse, and globally representative infant developmental science.

家庭学习环境对儿童的早期发展起着至关重要的作用。大多数关于HLE的数量和质量与婴幼儿发展之间关系的研究都是在北美和西欧进行的。这是一项关于高智商的综合研究，研究了拉丁美洲和加勒比地区（LAC） 3岁前认知和社会情感技能与高智商的关系。回顾的研究发表于2000年至2025年之间，涉及不同种族的样本。本文确定了主要发现，并讨论了研究方法和概念上的局限性。文章最后提出了五个建议和研究方向，特别是在拉丁美洲和加勒比地区：1)强调更多的文化相关的操作；2)研究HLE各成分对幼儿发展的交互作用；3)超越家庭扫盲活动的频率；4)纳入照顾者的认知和行为测量；5)探索HLE与幼儿发展之间的双向关系。将这一领域的研究工作扩大到北美和西欧以外，将有助于形成一个更具包容性、多样性和全球代表性的婴儿发育科学。

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Early Development in cross-country perspective: A systematic review of a quarter century of developmental research 跨国视角下的早期发展：四分之一世纪发展研究的系统回顾

IF 2 3区心理学 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL

Infant Behavior & Development

Pub Date : 2025-08-14 DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2025.102124

Alessandro Carollo , Dorina Shermadhi , Gaia Doderovic , Giada Carrer , Pietro Pizzo , Michelle Pederzolli , Angela Mazzon , Marc H. Bornstein , Gianluca Esposito

The first years of life are characterized by rapid developmental changes across multiple domains, including neurobiological maturation, motor skills, socio-emotional characteristics, and cognitive abilities. These developmental processes are, in part, influenced by external factors such as culture and country. For this reason, the predominant contemporary reliance on so-called WEIRD populations poses a significant limitation to the generalizability of developmental theories. For the Special Issue, this review aims to present a cross-country perspective on early development by analyzing literature from the first 25 years of the 21st century published in Infant Behavior and Development. We screened 1768 documents and identified 58 studies that included data from multiple countries. The majority of these studies were authored by researchers from the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, and the Netherlands. In this review, we categorized and discussed the studies into five recurring research domains, which encompass developmental processes: temperament, socio-emotional development, communication and language development, cognitive development, and motor development. The current review documents the growing interest in cross-country research on early development, yet also reveals notable gaps, particularly in studies of cognitive and motor development as well as neurodevelopmental processes. Most studies have focused on the influence of parenting and socialization practices on early development, mainly using cross-sectional data from high-income countries. However, expanding research to encompass a broader range of cultural contexts and developmental domains is essential to advancing the science of infancy. By fostering greater diversity in cultural perspectives, future studies can provide a more comprehensive understanding of how different environments shape early development. This development, in turn, can inform more effective, culturally responsive early childhood care and education practices worldwide.

生命最初几年的特点是多个领域的快速发展变化，包括神经生物学成熟、运动技能、社会情感特征和认知能力。这些发展过程在一定程度上受到文化和国家等外部因素的影响。由于这个原因，当代对所谓的怪异种群的主要依赖对发展理论的概括性构成了重大限制。在本期特刊中，本综述旨在通过分析21世纪前25年发表在《婴儿行为与发展》杂志上的文献，呈现一个跨国家的早期发展视角。我们筛选了1768份文献，并确定了58项研究，其中包括来自多个国家的数据。这些研究中的大多数是由来自美国、英国、德国和荷兰的研究人员撰写的。在这篇综述中，我们将研究分为五个反复出现的研究领域，包括发育过程：气质、社会情感发展、沟通和语言发展、认知发展和运动发展。当前的综述记录了对早期发展的跨国研究日益增长的兴趣，但也揭示了显著的差距，特别是在认知和运动发展以及神经发育过程的研究方面。大多数研究主要使用高收入国家的横断面数据，侧重于父母教养和社会化做法对早期发展的影响。然而，扩大研究范围以涵盖更广泛的文化背景和发展领域对于推进婴儿科学至关重要。通过促进文化视角的更大多样性，未来的研究可以更全面地了解不同的环境如何影响早期发展。这一发展反过来又可以为全世界更有效、更符合文化的幼儿保育和教育实践提供信息。

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Are maternal and paternal bonding problems associated with child sleep problems at 8 and 24 months? 母亲和父亲的关系问题是否与8个月和24个月大的孩子睡眠问题有关？

IF 2 3区心理学 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL

Infant Behavior & Development

Pub Date : 2025-08-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2025.102123

E. Rusanen , M. Flykt , A. Kylliäinen , O. Saarenpää-Heikkilä , E.J. Paavonen

Both parental bonding and infant’s sleep are important for healthy child psychosocial development. This study investigates how maternal and paternal bonding with their infant is associated with child sleep problems at the ages of 8 and 24 months. The data is based on a representative birth cohort. The independent variables assessed were maternal (N = 1299) and paternal (N = 1211) bonding at 8 months, using the Postpartum Bonding Questionnaire (PBQ). Infant sleep problems were measured using the Infant Sleep Questionnaire (ISQ) at 8 months (N = 1301) and at 24 months of age (N = 950). Numerous covariates, measured either prenatally or postnatally at the 3, 8, or 24-month time points, were included in the analyses. Using linear regression analyses, we found that maternal bonding problems at 8 months were associated with child sleep problems at the age of 8 and 24 months. Furthermore, maternal bonding problems at 8 months mediated the effects of maternal depression at both timepoints. In contrast, paternal postnatal bonding problems at 8 months were not associated with infant sleep problems at either time point. Our findings highlight the role of the primary caregiver in infant sleep problems. Accordingly, it is vital to screen for and provide early support for both infant sleep problems and parent-infant relationship difficulties, as these two are highly interconnected and one may pose reciprocal risks.

父母关系和婴儿睡眠对儿童健康的心理社会发展都很重要。这项研究调查了母亲和父亲与婴儿的关系如何与8个月和24个月大的孩子睡眠问题有关。这些数据是基于一个有代表性的出生队列。采用产后结合问卷（PBQ）评估8个月时母亲（N = 1299）和父亲（N = 1211）的结合程度。在8个月大（N = 1301）和24个月大（N = 950）时使用婴儿睡眠问卷（ISQ）测量婴儿睡眠问题。在产前或产后3个月、8个月或24个月的时间点测量的大量协变量被纳入分析。通过线性回归分析，我们发现8个月大的母亲关系问题与8个月和24个月大的孩子睡眠问题相关。此外，8个月时的母亲结合问题介导了两个时间点母亲抑郁的影响。相比之下，父亲在8个月时的产后关系问题与婴儿在两个时间点的睡眠问题无关。我们的研究结果强调了主要照顾者在婴儿睡眠问题中的作用。因此，对婴儿睡眠问题和亲子关系困难进行筛查并提供早期支持至关重要，因为这两者是高度相互关联的，其中一个可能构成相互的风险。

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Listening to development: How electroencephalography informs infant language and music research 聆听发展：脑电图如何为婴儿语言和音乐研究提供信息

IF 2 3区心理学 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL

Infant Behavior & Development

Pub Date : 2025-08-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2025.102125

Holly Bradley , Christina M. Vanden Bosch der Nederlanden , Laura K. Cirelli

In this review, we discuss how advances in infant electroencephalography (EEG) in the last quarter century have allowed developmental scientists to revisit old questions and ask new ones about early auditory perception. We specifically focus on integrating research on language and music perception given both methodological and theoretical overlaps. We discuss how EEG’s high temporal resolution has provided insights into how infants process subtle changes in language and music, detecting phonemic contrasts, rhythmic patterns, and melodic cues sometimes even before these abilities are observable behaviorally. More recently, advanced methods have uncovered how neural coherence and neural tracking reflect auditory processing and predict future developmental outcomes. Coupling EEG with behavioral measures has enriched our insights into developmental milestones in cognition and perception that traditional methods may miss. Looking forward, we consider how advances in technology such as mobile EEG and hyperscanning can open doors for exploring auditory processing in naturalistic environments, such as during live caregiver interactions. We also discuss pressing challenges in the field, such as the focus on WEIRD populations and a lack of standardized data processing and analysis pipelines. Ultimately, the insights gained from infant language and music EEG research provide a strong foundation for informing parental guidance, and supporting early cognitive and linguistic growth. The continued integration of innovative technologies with rigorous, inclusive methodologies will be crucial in deepening our understanding of how infants perceive and learn language and music, two domains that connect infants to their social and cultural world.

在这篇综述中，我们讨论了在过去的四分之一世纪中，婴儿脑电图（EEG）的进步如何使发育科学家重新审视关于早期听觉感知的老问题并提出新的问题。我们特别关注语言和音乐感知的整合研究，因为方法和理论都有重叠。我们讨论了脑电图的高时间分辨率如何为婴儿如何处理语言和音乐的细微变化提供了见解，有时甚至在这些能力被观察到行为之前就检测音位对比，节奏模式和旋律线索。最近，先进的方法揭示了神经连贯性和神经跟踪如何反映听觉加工并预测未来的发展结果。将脑电图与行为测量相结合，丰富了我们对认知和感知发展里程碑的见解，这是传统方法可能忽略的。展望未来，我们考虑移动脑电图和超扫描等技术的进步如何为探索自然环境中的听觉处理打开大门，比如在看护人的实时互动中。我们还讨论了该领域的紧迫挑战，例如对WEIRD人群的关注以及缺乏标准化的数据处理和分析管道。最终，从婴儿语言和音乐脑电图研究中获得的见解为父母指导提供了坚实的基础，并支持早期认知和语言发展。不断将创新技术与严谨、包容的方法相结合，对于加深我们对婴儿如何感知和学习语言和音乐的理解至关重要，这两个领域将婴儿与他们的社会和文化世界联系起来。

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