scholarly journals Neural correlates of “Theory of Mind” in very preterm born children

2017 ◽  
Vol 38 (11) ◽  
pp. 5577-5589 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah I. Mossad ◽  
Mary Lou Smith ◽  
Elizabeth W. Pang ◽  
Margot J. Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Theory Of Mind ◽  
Neural Correlates ◽  
Very Preterm ◽  
Preterm Born

scholarly journals The preterm social brain: altered functional networks for Theory of Mind in very preterm children

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah I Mossad ◽  
Marlee M Vandewouw ◽  
Mary Lou Smith ◽  
Margot J Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Theory Of Mind ◽  
Functional Mri ◽  
Social Cognitive ◽  
Mental States ◽  
Angular Gyrus ◽  
Social Brain ◽  
Significant Group ◽  
Very Preterm ◽  
The Social ◽  
Preterm Born

Abstract Neurodevelopmental difficulties emerge in very preterm born children (<32-week gestation) in infancy and continue to early adulthood but little is known about their social-cognitive development. This study utilized the complementary methodological advantages of both functional MRI and magnetoencephalography to examine the neural underpinnings of Theory of Mind in very preterm birth. Theory of Mind, one of the core social-cognitive skills, is the ability to attribute mental states to others, and is crucial for predicting others’ behaviours in social interactions. Eighty-three children (40 very preterm born, 24 boys, age = 8.7 ± 0.5 years, and 43 full-term born, 22 boys, age = 8.6 ± 0.5 years) completed the study. In functional MRI, both groups recruited classic Theory of Mind areas, without significant group differences. However, reduced Theory of Mind connectivity in the very preterm born group was found in magnetoencephalography in distinct theta, alpha and beta-band networks anchored in a set of brain regions that comprise the social brain. These networks included regions such as the angular gyrus, the medial pre-frontal cortex, the superior temporal gyrus and the temporal poles. Very preterm born children showed increased connectivity compared to controls in a network anchored in the occipital gyri rather than classical social-processing regions. Very preterm born children made significantly more attribution errors and mis-construed the social scenarios. Findings offer novel insight into the neural networks, supporting social cognition in very preterm born children and highlight the importance of multimodal neuroimaging to interrogate the social brain in clinical populations.

Development of executive functions from childhood to adolescence in very preterm-born individuals - A longitudinal study

2019 ◽  
Vol 129 ◽  
pp. 45-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Regula Everts ◽  
Corina G. Schöne ◽  
Ines Mürner-Lavanchy ◽  
Maja Steinlin
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Executive Functions ◽  
Very Preterm ◽  
Preterm Born

scholarly journals Neural Correlates of Theory of Mind Are Preserved in Young Women With Anorexia Nervosa

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monica Leslie ◽  
Daniel Halls ◽  
Jenni Leppanen ◽  
Felicity Sedgewick ◽  
Katherine Smith ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Anorexia Nervosa ◽  
Prefrontal Cortex ◽  
Theory Of Mind ◽  
Social Interactions ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Inferior Frontal Gyrus ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Neural Correlates ◽  
Neural Activation ◽  
Neural Basis

People with anorexia nervosa (AN) commonly exhibit social difficulties, which may be related to problems with understanding the perspectives of others, commonly known as Theory of Mind (ToM) processing. However, there is a dearth of literature investigating the neural basis of these differences in ToM and at what age they emerge. This study aimed to test for differences in the neural correlates of ToM processes in young women with AN, and young women weight-restored (WR) from AN, as compared to healthy control participants (HC). Based on previous findings in AN, we hypothesized that young women with current or prior AN, as compared to HCs, would exhibit a reduced neural response in the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC), the inferior frontal gyrus, and the temporo-parietal junction (TPJ) whilst completing a ToM task. We recruited 73 young women with AN, 45 WR young women, and 70 young women without a history of AN to take part in the current study. Whilst undergoing a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scan, participants completed the Frith-Happé task, which is a commonly used measure of ToM with demonstrated reliability and validity in adult populations. In this task, participants viewed the movements of triangles, which depicted either action movements, simple interactions, or complex social interactions. Viewing trials with more complex social interactions in the Frith-Happé task was associated with increased brain activation in regions including the right TPJ, the bilateral mPFC, the cerebellum, and the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex. There were no group differences in neural activation in response to the ToM contrast. Overall, these results suggest that the neural basis of spontaneous mentalizing is preserved in most young women with AN.

scholarly journals Action mechanisms for social cognition: behavioral and neural correlates of developing Theory of Mind

2016 ◽  
Vol 20 (5) ◽  
pp. e12447 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lindsay C. Bowman ◽  
Samuel G. Thorpe ◽  
Erin N. Cannon ◽  
Nathan A. Fox
Keyword(s):  
Social Cognition ◽  
Theory Of Mind ◽  
Neural Correlates ◽  
Action Mechanisms

Neural Correlates of Mental State Decoding in Human Adults: An Event-related Potential Study

2004 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 415-426 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark A. Sabbagh ◽  
Margaret C. Moulson ◽  
Kate L. Harkness
Keyword(s):  
Theory Of Mind ◽  
Mental State ◽  
Right Hemisphere ◽  
Mental States ◽  
Neural Correlates ◽  
Event Related Potential ◽  
Neural Systems ◽  
Core Theory ◽  
Human Adults ◽  
The Right

Successful negotiation of human social interactions rests on having a theory of mind—an understanding of how others' behaviors can be understood in terms of internal mental states, such as beliefs, desires, intentions, and emotions. A core theory-of-mind skill is the ability to decode others' mental states on the basis of observable information, such as facial expressions. Although several recent studies have focused on the neural correlates of reasoning about mental states, no research has addressed the question of what neural systems underlie mental state decoding. We used dense-array eventrelated potentials (ERP) to show that decoding mental states from pictures of eyes is associated with an N270–400 component over inferior frontal and anterior temporal regions of the right hemisphere. Source estimation procedures suggest that orbitofrontal and medial temporal regions may underlie this ERP effect. These findings suggest that different components of everyday theory-of-mind skills may rely on dissociable neural mechanisms.

scholarly journals Neural correlates of developing theory of mind competence in early childhood

NeuroImage ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 184 ◽  
pp. 707-716 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yaqiong Xiao ◽  
Fengji Geng ◽  
Tracy Riggins ◽  
Gang Chen ◽  
Elizabeth Redcay
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Theory Of Mind ◽  
Neural Correlates

Motor impairment in very preterm-born children: links with other developmental deficits at 5 years of age

2013 ◽  
Vol 56 (6) ◽  
pp. 587-594 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janeline W Van Hus ◽  
Eva S Potharst ◽  
Martine Jeukens-Visser ◽  
Joke H Kok ◽  
Aleid G Van Wassenaer-Leemhuis
Keyword(s):  
Motor Impairment ◽  
Very Preterm ◽  
Preterm Born

The Very Preterm Brain in Young Adulthood: The Neural Correlates of Verbal Paired Associate Learning

2010 ◽  
Vol 156 (6) ◽  
pp. 889-895 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emma J. Lawrence ◽  
Philip K. McGuire ◽  
Matthew Allin ◽  
Muriel Walshe ◽  
Vincent Giampietro ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Young Adulthood ◽  
Paired Associate ◽  
Neural Correlates ◽  
Paired Associate Learning ◽  
Associate Learning ◽  
Very Preterm
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