Gender difference in functional activity of 4-months-old infants during sleep

Sex differences emerge early in infancy. A number of earlier studies have investigated the resting-state network of infant sleep states, and there have been many studies using functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) to examine the effects of infant language learning on changes in oxyhemoglobin and deoxyhemoglobin levels. However, studies examining sex differences from the resting-state network of infant sleep states are scarce. This study uses an open access dataset of task-free hemodynamic activity in 4-month-old infants during sleep by fNIRS, to identify some difference between male and female infants. We used Power Spectral Density showing at which frequencies the data variation/variance is high. We have also analyzed some gender differences by analyzing the relationship between individual channels, the degree of activation, etc. The results of this study showed that female and male infants had different Power Spectral Density for oxyhemoglobin and deoxyhemoglobin at rest, showing stronger differences at frontoparietal network, somatomotor network, visual network and dorsal network. This may be due to the differences in the timing or extent of development of those networks. These differences will provide some assistance in future studies of the early education of male and female infants

Analysis of variance · Audiology · Cognition · Developmental psychology · Functional connectivity · Functional near-infrared spectroscopy · Resting state fMRI · Medicine · Neonatal and fetal brain pathology · Neuroscience · Non-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring · Optical Imaging and Spectroscopy Techniques · Psychology · Internal Medicine

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