情绪调节和反应性与儿童早期到中期皮质厚度有关
Arcadia Ewell1, Tamara Allard2, Morgan Botdorf2,3
1Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Developmental psychobiology
|August 22, 2023
概括
儿童大脑发育显示出不同的神经模式,用于情绪调节和反应. 研究结果表明,与成年人相比,儿童在这些过程中利用大脑更广泛的区域,突出了发育差异.
科学领域:
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
- 儿童精神病学 儿童精神病学
背景情况:
- 情绪调节和反应性对儿童发育至关重要.
- 了解儿童中这些过程的神经基础至关重要.
- 以前的研究主要集中在成人神经生物学上.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究早期到中期儿童情绪调节和情绪反应的神经相关性.
- 检查特定的大脑区域,包括杏仁体,胰岛和前额叶皮层.
- 在这些过程中区分皮层厚度和表面积的作用.
主要方法:
- 分析了96名儿童 (3-8岁) 的结构神经成像数据.
- 用护理人员的报告来评估情绪调节和情绪反应.
- 进行了兴趣区域 (ROI) 和全脑分析.
主要成果:
- 情绪调节与胰岛皮层厚度正相关.
- 情绪反应性与较低的额头回环皮质厚度负相关.
- 还发现与叶皮质厚度的关联,但不是杏仁体积或皮质表面积.
结论:
- 皮层厚度和表面积代表了大脑成熟的不同方面.
- 儿童可能比成年人更广泛地使用神经区域网络来调节情绪和反应.
- 这些发现与整个生命周期的交互专业化理论一致.
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