TY - JOUR
T1 - Development of functional connectivity during adolescence
T2 - A longitudinal study using an action-observation paradigm
AU - Shaw, Daniel J.
AU - Grosbras, Marie Helene
AU - Leonard, Gabriel
AU - Pike, G. Bruce
AU - Paus, Tomáš
N1 - © 2011 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
PY - 2011/12
Y1 - 2011/12
N2 - 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.
AB - 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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UR - https://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/10.1162/jocn_a_00112
U2 - 10.1162/jocn_a_00112
DO - 10.1162/jocn_a_00112
M3 - Article
C2 - 21812564
AN - SCOPUS:80055118844
SN - 0898-929X
VL - 23
SP - 3713
EP - 3724
JO - Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience
JF - Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience
IS - 12
ER -