Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Concept Videos

Naturalistic Observations02:30

Naturalistic Observations

15.6K
If you want to understand how behavior occurs, one of the best ways to gain information is to simply observe the behavior in its natural context. However, people might change their behavior in unexpected ways if they know they are being observed. How do researchers obtain accurate information when people tend to hide their natural behavior? As an example, imagine that your professor asks everyone in your class to raise their hand if they always wash their hands after using the restroom. Chances...
15.6K
Cognitive Development During Adolescence01:18

Cognitive Development During Adolescence

110
During adolescence, individuals experience significant cognitive development that enhances their understanding of others' emotions and thoughts, known as cognitive empathy. This period is marked by an increased ability to adapt to others' perspectives and a more nuanced understanding of others' mental states, a skill that is foundational for social problem-solving and conflict avoidance. The development of cognitive empathy relies heavily on the theory of mind — the...
110
Observational Learning01:12

Observational Learning

269
Albert Bandura's observational learning, also known as imitation or modeling, occurs when a person observes and imitates another's behavior. It is a quicker process than operant conditioning. A well-known example is the Bobo doll study, where children who saw an adult acting aggressively towards the doll were more likely to act aggressively when left alone, compared to those who observed a nonaggressive adult. Many psychologists view observational learning as a form of latent learning...
269
Observational Studies01:11

Observational Studies

8.8K
Observational studies are a type of analytical study where researchers observe events without any interventions. In other words, the researcher does not influence the response variable or the experiment's outcome.
There are three types of observational studies – Prospective, retrospective, and cross-sectional.
Prospective Study
Prospective studies, also known as longitudinal or cohort studies, are carried out by collecting future data from groups sharing similar characteristics. One...
8.8K
Socioemotional Development during Infancy01:30

Socioemotional Development during Infancy

90
Socio-emotional development in infancy is primarily shaped by early emotional responses and social connections, with temperament playing a central role. Temperament refers to the consistent patterns in an individual's emotional and behavioral responses, observable even in infancy. By examining temperament, researchers can better understand an infant's unique ways of interacting with the world, influencing subsequent personality and socio-emotional growth.
Primary Temperament Types
90
Erikson's Theory on Socioemotional Development during Adolescence01:17

Erikson's Theory on Socioemotional Development during Adolescence

299
Erik Erikson's fifth stage of psychosocial development, "identity versus role confusion," is crucial during adolescence (ages 12 to 18). In this stage, adolescents face the developmental task of forging a distinct personal identity, a process influenced by social, psychological, and biological changes typical of this period. Adolescents naturally explore different roles, behaviors, and ideologies as they navigate complex questions of self-concept, asking, "Who am I?" and "What is my place in...
299

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by
Same author

Articulatory effort modulates speech adaptation to auditory perturbations.

Frontiers in human neuroscience·2026
Same author

Manipulable but not semantic distractors disrupt the selection of mechanically alternative tools.

Cognition·2026
Same author

Functional properties of the handwriting brain network: Effects of motor sequence and spatial adaptation constraints.

Cortex; a journal devoted to the study of the nervous system and behavior·2026
Same author

Prognostic Value of MRI Anatomical Radiologic Scores for One-Year Neurological Outcome After Severe Traumatic Brain Injury.

Neurocritical care·2026
Same author

Correction: Left area PF as a neural marker of technical reasoning.

Brain structure & function·2026
Same author

Integrating arousal and valence approaches to advance cognitive effort research.

Cognitive, affective & behavioral neuroscience·2026

Related Experiment Video

Updated: Aug 22, 2025

Comparing Eye-tracking Data of Children with High-functioning ASD, Comorbid ADHD, and of a Control Watching Social Videos
05:32

Comparing Eye-tracking Data of Children with High-functioning ASD, Comorbid ADHD, and of a Control Watching Social Videos

Published on: December 7, 2018

9.0K

Action Observation Network Activity Related to Object-Directed and Socially-Directed Actions in Adolescents.

Mathieu Lesourd1, Alia Afyouni2, Franziska Geringswald2

  • 1Laboratoire de Recherches Intégratives en Neurosciences et Psychologie Cognitive and Maison des Sciences de l'Homme et de l'Environnement Ledoux, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université Franche-Comté, Besançon F-25000, France mathieu.lesourd@univ-fcomte.fr marie-helene.grosbras@univ-amu.fr.

The Journal of Neuroscience : the Official Journal of the Society for Neuroscience
|November 8, 2022
PubMed
Summary

Adolescents

Keywords:
action observationadolescencefMRIoccipito-temporal cortexparietal cortexsocial actions

More Related Videos

A Novel Experimental and Analytical Approach to the Multimodal Neural Decoding of Intent During Social Interaction in Freely-behaving Human Infants
11:14

A Novel Experimental and Analytical Approach to the Multimodal Neural Decoding of Intent During Social Interaction in Freely-behaving Human Infants

Published on: October 4, 2015

11.0K
Gaze in Action: Head-mounted Eye Tracking of Children's Dynamic Visual Attention During Naturalistic Behavior
07:09

Gaze in Action: Head-mounted Eye Tracking of Children's Dynamic Visual Attention During Naturalistic Behavior

Published on: November 14, 2018

10.7K

Related Experiment Videos

Last Updated: Aug 22, 2025

Comparing Eye-tracking Data of Children with High-functioning ASD, Comorbid ADHD, and of a Control Watching Social Videos
05:32

Comparing Eye-tracking Data of Children with High-functioning ASD, Comorbid ADHD, and of a Control Watching Social Videos

Published on: December 7, 2018

9.0K
A Novel Experimental and Analytical Approach to the Multimodal Neural Decoding of Intent During Social Interaction in Freely-behaving Human Infants
11:14

A Novel Experimental and Analytical Approach to the Multimodal Neural Decoding of Intent During Social Interaction in Freely-behaving Human Infants

Published on: October 4, 2015

11.0K
Gaze in Action: Head-mounted Eye Tracking of Children's Dynamic Visual Attention During Naturalistic Behavior
07:09

Gaze in Action: Head-mounted Eye Tracking of Children's Dynamic Visual Attention During Naturalistic Behavior

Published on: November 14, 2018

10.7K

Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Developmental Psychology

Background:

  • The human action observation network (AON) is crucial for understanding observed actions.
  • Its developmental trajectory, especially sensitivity to action features, remains unclear.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate developmental differences in the AON's sensitivity to social and object-related action features between adolescents and adults.
  • To explore how the brain represents action content during adolescence.

Main Methods:

  • Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) was used to scan typically developing adolescents and adults.
  • Participants passively viewed videos of manual actions varying in sociality and transitivity.
  • Multivariate pattern analysis (MVPA) was employed to decode action features within brain regions.

Main Results:

  • Both adolescents and adults activated similar core AON regions.
  • Voxel-wise activity modulation by sociality and transitivity was comparable across age groups.
  • MVPA revealed lower decoding accuracy for action features in adolescents within the intraparietal sulcus/superior parietal lobe and lateral occipital temporal cortex.

Conclusions:

  • The adolescent AON shows less robust representation of action content, particularly social dimensions, compared to adults.
  • This suggests a later maturation of social processing within the posterior AON during adolescence.
  • The findings highlight ongoing development in the neural basis of social cognition through adolescence.