15/01/2026
🧠✨ Exploring a Brite mind where it really happens.
Bulgarelli et al. present an innovative approach to studying preschoolers’ social development by combining with the Brite wearable . Moving beyond screen-based lab tasks, this setup enables naturalistic, self-guided social interaction, better reflecting how children engage in the real world.
In this proof-of-principle study, brain activity was recorded in children aged 3–5 years as they chose and interacted with human-like avatars. The results revealed clear social preferences and distinct fronto-temporoparietal connectivity patterns, particularly in girls, highlighting the neural basis of early .
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