在人类婴儿期表达和感知积极情绪的变化
Tobias Grossmann1, Adrienne Wood1
1Department of Psychology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA.
Social cognitive and affective neuroscience
|September 27, 2023
概括
氧化系统中的遗传变异会影响婴儿如何表达积极的情绪. 这会影响他们的大脑.
科学领域:
- 发展心理学是发展心理学.
- 神经遗传学 神经遗传学
- 社会神经科学 社会神经科学
背景情况:
- 积极的情绪对社会发展和行为至关重要.
- 催产素系统在社会结合和情绪调节方面发挥着作用.
- 情绪表达的个体差异在婴儿期早期就会出现.
研究的目的:
- 研究氧化素系统中的遗传变异与婴儿积极情绪表达之间的联系.
- 探索积极情绪表现中的个人差异的神经生物学基础.
主要方法:
- 检查了CD38 (rs3796863) 的遗传变异,与催产素释放有关.
- 在7个月大的婴儿中使用家长报告措施评估了积极的情感表现 (微笑,笑声).
- 测量婴儿大脑响应在右下额叶皮层使用EEG观看微笑时.
主要成果:
- 具有特定CD38基因变异的婴儿表现出更高的积极情绪表达率.
- 增加的积极影响与在看到微笑时右下额叶皮质中增强的大脑活动相关.
- 这些发现表明,对积极的社会线索的感知-行动合有遗传影响.
结论:
- 催产素系统中的遗传变异影响婴儿的积极影响表达.
- 早期的遗传因素与个体在感知积极社会线索方面的差异有关.
- 这项研究揭示了婴儿期积极情绪变化的神经生物学基础.
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