Age differences in neural activity related to mentalizing during person perception.
Neuropsychol Dev Cogn B Aging Neuropsychol Cogn
; 28(1): 143-160, 2021 01.
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ABSTRACT
Mentalizing, or thinking about others' mental states, shapes social interactions. Older adults (OA) have reduced mentalizing capacities reflected by lower medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) activation. The current study assessed if OA' lower mPFC activation reflects less spontaneous mentalizing during person perception. Younger adults (YA) and OA viewed ingroup White and outgroup Black and Asian faces and completed a mentalizing task during fMRI. Afterward, they completed a task in which they inferred mental states from faces. Using an mPFC region defined by the mentalizing task, OA had lower activity than YA during person perception. OA' mPFC activity toward faces positively related to their mentalizing outside the scanner. The extent of OA' lower mPFC activation during person perception may depend on their actual detection of mental states in faces. Further, YA', but not OA', mPFC activity distinguished between outgroups. OA' lower mentalizing-related mPFC activity may reduce their ability to individuate outgroup members.
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Asunto principal:
Envejecimiento
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Corteza Prefrontal
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Reconocimiento Facial
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Mentalización
Límite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
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Revista:
Neuropsychol Dev Cogn B Aging Neuropsychol Cogn
Asunto de la revista:
PSICOLOGIA
Año:
2021
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Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos