儿童的同理心和休息状态功能连接性.
Katherine O Bray1,2, Elena Pozzi1, Nandita Vijayakumar3
1Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre (MNC), Department of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne & Melbourne Health, Melbourne, Australia.
Neuroimage. Reports
|June 26, 2025
概括
童年同理心涉及复杂的大脑连接. 较高的情感同理心与较弱的默认模式网络连接相关,而认知同理心显示了不同的默认模式网络连接模式,表明神经参与是分散的.
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
- 社会神经科学是一种社会神经科学.
背景情况:
- 共感对于社会功能和心理健康至关重要,包括认知和情感组成部分.
- 虽然研究了成年人的同理心神经相关性,但对儿童的研究仍然有限.
- 了解童年同情的神经基础对于终身视角至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究同情成分和儿童大脑功能连接之间的关联.
- 在儿科样本中探索认知和情感同理心的神经基础.
- 为全面了解整个发育过程中的同理心神经相关性做出贡献.
主要方法:
- 112名儿童 (平均年龄为10岁) 接受了休息状态功能磁共振成像 (fMRI).
- 参与者完成了同情的自我报告措施.
- 进行了种子到全脑静止状态的功能连接性分析.
主要成果:
- 较高的情感同理心 (情感共享,同理心的痛苦) 与默认模式网络 (DMN) 枢纽和其他大脑区域之间的连接性较弱相关.
- 较高的认知同情心与DMN区域和DMN以外区域 (例如,中心前环,小脑) 的连接性更强和更弱的关联.
- 情感共享和前侧突出网络连接之间的关联没有在多个模型校正中存活下来.
结论:
- 研究结果表明,儿童的同理心组件可能涉及广泛和分散的大脑连接模式.
- 与成年人相比,儿童的同理心可能以较少的神经专业化和更广泛的网络参与为特征.
- 需要使用多种不同的测量方法进行进一步的研究,以复制和确认这些初步发现.
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