Neural Reactivity to Emotional Faces May Mediate the Relationship Between Childhood Empathy and Adolescent Prosocial Behavior.
Neural Reactivity to Emotional Faces May Mediate the Relationship Between Childhood Empathy and Adolescent Prosocial Behavior.
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DOI：
10.1111/cdev.12630
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发表时间：
2016-11
影响因子：
4.6
通讯作者：
Dapretto M
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作者：
Flournoy JC;Pfeifer JH;Moore WE;Tackman AM;Masten CL;Mazziotta JC;Iacoboni M;Dapretto M
对他人情绪的反应可能会导致移情关注（EC），这是亲社会行为的重要动机，但也可能导致个人痛苦（PD），这可能会阻碍亲社会行为。检查情绪反应的神经基质可能会阐明 EC 和 PD 如何对亲社会行为产生不同的影响。参与者 (N=57) 提供了 10 岁和 13 岁时 EC、PD、亲社会行为和对情绪表达的神经反应的测量结果。初始 EC 预测了随后的亲社会行为。初始 EC 和 PD 分别预测随后额下回 (IFG) 和顶下小叶对情绪的反应。 IFG 是一个与镜像神经元过程以及认知控制和语言相关的区域，其活动介导了初始 EC 和随后的亲社会行为之间的关系。
Reactivity to others' emotions can result in empathic concern (EC), an important motivator of prosocial behavior, but can also result in personal distress (PD), which may hinder prosocial behavior. Examining neural substrates of emotional reactivity may elucidate how EC and PD differentially influence prosocial behavior. Participants (N=57) provided measures of EC, PD, prosocial behavior, and neural responses to emotional expressions at age 10 and 13. Initial EC predicted subsequent prosocial behavior. Initial EC and PD predicted subsequent reactivity to emotions in the inferior frontal gyrus (IFG) and inferior parietal lobule, respectively. Activity in the IFG, a region linked to mirror neuron processes, as well as cognitive control and language, mediated the relation between initial EC and subsequent prosocial behavior.