副交感神经系统的功能缓解了无情无情的特征和在童年后期理解情感困难之间的关联
Sarah F Lynch1, Samantha Perlstein2, Cora Ordway1
1Developmental Sciences, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
Children (Basel, Switzerland)
|February 24, 2024
概括
具有冷酷无情 (CU) 特征的儿童表现出较差的情感理解,特别是对恐惧的理解. 这种联系在患有表交神经系统 (PNS) 活动表明注意力参与的儿童中较弱.
科学领域:
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 儿童精神病学 儿童精神病学
背景情况:
- 儿童的冷酷无情 (CU) 特性与低同理心和未来的反社会行为有关.
- CU特征与理解情绪的困难和被破坏的副交感神经系统 (PNS) 功能有关.
- 与CU特征相关的PNS功能和情绪理解之间的相互作用仍然未被探索.
研究的目的:
- 研究儿童的CU特征,情感理解和神经神经系统功能 (呼吸道鼻失常症 - RSA) 之间的关联.
- 为了确定情绪理解的缺陷是否在不同的情绪中有所不同.
- 检查PNS功能在CU特征和情感理解之间的关系中起的调节作用.
主要方法:
- 招募了55名7至10岁的儿童.
- 在电影观看期间连续记录呼吸道鼻节律失常 (RSA).
- 通过让孩子在动画电影场景中识别情绪来评估情感理解;父母报告了CU特征.
主要成果:
- 较高的CU特征与较低的整体情感理解相关.
- PNS活动调节了CU特征和情绪理解之间的关联.
- 在理解恐惧方面的缺陷特别推动了温和的关联.
结论:
- CU特征和情感理解不良,特别是恐惧之间的关系,在儿童表现出PNS模式,表明注意力参与的儿童中不那么明显.
- 研究结果表明,注意力参与可能会缓冲CU特征对情绪识别的负面影响.
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