Neuroimaging of the Development of Neural Mechanisms Social Cognition

神经机制社会认知发展的神经影像学

基本信息

批准号：
7895008
负责人：
Kevin A Pelphrey
金额：
$ 50万
依托单位：
YALE UNIVERSITY
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2009
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2009-08-01 至 2012-07-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7895008
关键词：
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项目摘要

Psychologists have produced theories and a wealth of empirical evidence concerning the basic building blocks of social cognition. This understanding has recently benefited from the use of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRl) to identify a network of brain regions that support various facets of social cognition in humans. Studies of how we think about ourselves and other minds, how we mimic and respond, and how we regulate our emotions have allowed us to learn about the paths toward better and worse mental health outcomes. However, much of this work has focused on the mature minds of adult humans almost exclusively. lt is becoming clear that in order to understand the basis of mental health and illness in adults, it is important to understand the development of social cognition in children because such a focus can provide the crucially needed early view of intricate mental processes during formation. Advances in techniques for imaging the developing brain have provided exciting opportunities for studying the mechanisms involved in the development of social cognition abilities. What remains to be initiated are programs of research to produce the first empirical studies. The overarching aim of this grant is to use fMRl to identify and characterize the neural basis of development in aspects of social cognition. We will recruit neurologically normal children and adolescents (5-14 years of age). ln this two-year longitudinal study, each child will be studied once per year. This design will provide the start of much needed longitudinal data regarding the normal development of the social brain in childhood. Our studies will focus on the development of brain mechanisms for: (1) the perception of other people's actions and intentions and (2) the formation of representations of the self and the relationship between self and others.

心理学家产生了有关社会认知基本基础的理论和丰富的经验证据。最近，这种理解受益于使用功能磁共振成像（FMRL）来识别支持社会各个方面的大脑区域网络人类的认知。研究我们如何思考自己和其他思想，如何模仿和反应以及如何调节情绪使我们能够了解通往更好，更糟糕的心理健康成果的道路。但是，这项工作的大部分都集中在成年人的成熟思想上。 LT越来越清楚，为了了解成年人的心理健康和疾病的基础，重要的是要了解儿童的社会认知发展，因为这种重点可以提供编队过程中复杂的精神过程至关重要的早期观点。成像发展的技术的进步为研究社会认知能力发展所涉及的机制提供了令人兴奋的机会。尚待启动的是研究第一批实证研究的研究计划。这笔赠款的总体目的是使用FMRL来识别和表征社会认知方面发展的神经基础。我们将招募神经学正常的儿童和青少年（5-14岁）。在这项为期两年的纵向研究中，每个孩子每年将进行一次研究。该设计将提供有关急需的纵向数据的开始童年时期社会大脑的正常发展。我们的研究将重点介绍：（1）对他人的行为和意图的感知以及（2）自我表示形成以及自我与他人之间的关系。