Development of functional connectivity during adolescence: a longitudinal study using an action-observation paradigm.
J Cogn Neurosci
; 23(12): 3713-24, 2011 Dec.
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| ID: mdl-21812564
ABSTRACT
Successful interpersonal interactions rely on an ability to read the emotional states of others and to modulate one's own behavior in response. The actions of others serve as valuable social stimuli in this respect, offering the observer an insight into the actor's emotional state. Social cognition continues to mature throughout adolescence. Here we assess longitudinally the development of functional connectivity during early adolescence within two neural networks implicated in social cognition one network of brain regions consistently engaged during action observation and another one associated with mentalizing. Using fMRI, we reveal a greater recruitment of the social-emotional network during the observation of angry hand actions in male relative to female adolescents. These findings are discussed in terms of known sex differences in adolescent social behavior.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Estimulação Luminosa
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Desempenho Psicomotor
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Caracteres Sexuais
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Comportamento do Adolescente
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Rede Nervosa
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2011
Tipo de documento:
Article