新生儿大脑功能和早期出现的冷酷无情特征
Rebecca G Brady1,2, Megan Rose Donohue3, Rebecca Waller4
1Division of Biology and Biomedical Sciences, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri.
JAMA psychiatry
|December 20, 2023
概括
新生儿大脑的连接线-骨网络和中间前额叶皮层之间的连接与后来的无情-无情的特征,较低的同情心和儿童减少的亲社会性有关. 这一发现可能有助于早期识别和干预处于危险的年轻人.
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:
- 儿童的高无情无情的特征与严重的行为问题有关.
- 新生儿早期冷酷无情特征的潜在神经生物学尚未得到充分理解.
- 识别神经机制可以帮助早期风险分层和干预开发.
研究的目的:
- 调查新生儿大脑功能与同情心,亲社会性和冷酷无情特征的发展之间的联系.
- 为了确定早期的神经连接模式是否预测以后的社会情感发展.
主要方法:
- 对283名新生儿及其母亲进行了前性,纵向的队列研究.
- 新生儿大脑磁共振成像 (MRI) 用于功能连接分析.
- 在1,2,3岁时对冷酷无情的特征,同理心和亲社会性的纵向评估.
主要成果:
- 在3岁时,新生儿中 cingulo-opercular网络 (CO) 和中间前额叶皮质 (mPFC) 之间的功能连接更强,与更高的无情无情特征有关.
- 在控制父母特征和儿童外部化症状后,这种关联仍然很重要.
- 新生儿CO-mPFC连接性增加也与从1岁到3岁的同理心和亲社会性较低相关.
结论:
- 新生儿大脑的功能连接是早期出现的同情心,亲社会性和冷酷无情特征的重要预测因素.
- 这些发现凸显了早期神经生物学标志物对于理解社会情绪发展的重要性.
- 了解这些早期的神经基础可以为那些有行为问题风险的儿童提供有针对性的干预措施.
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