Ongoing neural development of affective theory of mind in adolescence.
Ongoing neural development of affective theory of mind in adolescence.
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DOI：
10.1093/scan/nst081
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发表时间：
2014-07
影响因子：
4.2
通讯作者：
Nora C. Vetter;S. Weigelt;K. Döhnel;M. Smolka;M. Kliegel
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作者：
Nora C. Vetter;S. Weigelt;K. Döhnel;M. Smolka;M. Kliegel
情感心理理论是心理理论的一个重要方面，涉及对情感心理状态的理解。这种能力在青少年的发展阶段至关重要，这往往与社会情感问题有关。采用发育敏感的行为任务结合功能磁共振成像，本研究探讨了整个青春期情感心理理论的神经发展。18名青少年（年龄12-14岁）和18名年轻的成年女性（年龄19-25岁）进行了扫描，同时评估复杂的情感心理状态所描绘的演员在视频剪辑。腹内侧前额叶皮层（vmPFC）显示出显着更强的激活青少年相比，成人的情感心理理论条件。目前的研究结果表明，vmPFC可能参与发展的情感心理理论加工在青春期。
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.