Vetter, Nora C. and Weigelt, Sarah and Doehnel, Katrin and Smolka, Michael N. and Kliegel, Matthias (2014) Ongoing neural development of affective theory of mind in adolescence. SOCIAL COGNITIVE AND AFFECTIVE NEUROSCIENCE, 9 (7). pp. 1022-1029. ISSN 1749-5016, 1749-5024
Full text not available from this repository. (Request a copy)Abstract
Affective Theory of Mind (ToM), an important aspect of ToM, involves the understanding of affective mental states. This ability is critical in the developmental phase of adolescence, which is often related with socio-emotional problems. Using a developmentally sensitive behavioral task in combination with functional magnetic resonance imaging, the present study investigated the neural development of affective ToM throughout adolescence. Eighteen adolescent (ages 12-14 years) and 18 young adult women (aged 19-25 years) were scanned while evaluating complex affective mental states depicted by actors in video clips. The ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC) showed significantly stronger activation in adolescents in comparison to adults in the affective ToM condition. Current results indicate that the vmPFC might be involved in the development of affective ToM processing in adolescence.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; FRONTAL-LOBE; EMOTION RECOGNITION; ASPERGER-SYNDROME; SOCIAL COGNITION; PUBERTAL STATUS; BRAIN; ADULTS; CHILDREN; INSIGHTS; Theory of Mind; adolescence; emotion; development; fMRI |
| Subjects: | 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine |
| Divisions: | Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 17 Oct 2019 09:53 |
| Last Modified: | 17 Oct 2019 09:53 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/9940 |
Actions (login required)
 |
View Item |
