母亲的焦虑塑造了婴儿大脑中的预测错误反应
Addison D N Billing1,2, Eleanor S Smith1, Robert J Cooper2
1University of Cambridge, Department of Psychology, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Neurophotonics
|September 18, 2025
概括
新生母亲的产妇焦虑会影响婴儿大脑对意外事件的反应. 更焦虑的母亲的婴儿在预测错误处理过程中表现出中部前额叶皮质 (mPFC) 中神经活动的增加.
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
- 孕产妇心理健康 孕产妇心理健康
背景情况:
- 产后母亲焦虑是常见的,并与后代的焦虑风险有关.
- 关联母亲焦虑与婴儿认知发育的神经机制尚不清楚.
- 预测错误处理对于在不确定的环境中学习至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 研究产后母亲焦虑如何影响婴儿大脑对预测错误的反应.
- 检查中部前额叶皮层 (mPFC) 在这个过程中的作用.
- 确定母亲的焦虑水平是否与婴儿的神经反应相关.
主要方法:
- 使用高密度扩散光学断层扫描和眼睛追踪研究了6至8个月大的婴儿.
- 婴儿观看了旨在引起预测错误的视听刺激.
- 使用国家-特征焦虑清单测量母亲特征焦虑.
主要成果:
- 预测错误响应局部化到mPFC.
- 通过眼睛跟踪测量婴儿的注意力,对于检测这些反应至关重要.
- 患有较高特征焦虑症的母亲的婴儿表现出显著增强的皮质激活.
结论:
- 母亲的焦虑调节婴儿大脑中的预测错误处理.
- 这种调制可能会影响早期对环境不可预测性的敏感性.
- 这些发现表明,焦虑风险从母亲传播到婴儿的潜在途径.
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