在幼儿中,神经特征对亲社会和反社会相互作用
Victoria Licht1, Margaret Addabbo, Elena Nava1
1Department of Psychology, University of Milan-Bicocca, Milano, Italy.
Social neuroscience
|August 23, 2023
概括
五个月大的婴儿对亲社会和反社会互动有不同的大脑反应. 对帮助和阻碍事件的神经敏感性揭示了前言婴儿早期的社会处理.
科学领域:
- 发育神经科学的发展神经科学.
- 社会认知神经科学 社会认知神经科学
- 婴儿心理学 婴儿心理学
背景情况:
- 婴儿表现出对亲社会刺激的行为偏好.
- 关于婴儿对社会互动反应的神经基础的研究有限.
- 了解早期的社会处理对于发展轨迹至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查前言婴儿对亲社会与反社会相互作用的反应的神经相关性.
- 在观察帮助和阻碍事件期间检查大脑活动的时间动态.
- 探索婴儿气质和神经对社会刺激的反应之间的关系.
主要方法:
- 与事件相关的潜力 (ERP) 记录在5个月大的婴儿身上 (N=24).
- 婴儿熟悉亲社会 (帮助) 和反社会 (阻碍) 视频场景.
- 分析的重点是特定的ERP组件 (N290,Nc,LPP) 和它们与气质的关系.
主要成果:
- 婴儿在帮助和阻碍事件之间表现出早期的神经歧视 (N290反应).
- 反社会事件引起了比亲社会事件更多的关注 (Nc组成部分).
- 与反社会事件相比,亲社会事件参与了更大的认知评估 (LPP组成部分).
- 在婴儿中,更高的努力控制与对反社会场景的N290敏感性增加有关.
结论:
- 前言的婴儿在处理早期具有神经能力,可以区分亲社会和反社会行为.
- 婴儿大脑对社交互动的反应涉及注意力和认知评估过程.
- 气质,特别是努力控制,会影响婴儿时对社会刺激的神经敏感性.
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