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Social re-orientation and brain development: An expanded and updated view

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Nelson, Eric E., Jarcho, Johanna M., Guyer, Amanda E.·2016·Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience

DOI 10.1016/j.dcn.2015.12.008PMC PMC6990069

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Social development has been the focus of a great deal of neuroscience based research over the past decade. In this review, we focus on providing a framework for understanding how changes in facets of social development may correspond with changes in brain function. We argue that (1) distinct phases of social behavior emerge based on whether the organizing social force is the mother, peer play, peer integration, or romantic intimacy; (2) each phase is marked by a high degree of affect-driven motivation that elicits a distinct response in subcortical structures; (3) activity generated by these structures interacts with circuits in prefrontal cortex that guide executive functions, and occipital and temporal lobe circuits, which generate specific sensory and perceptual social representations. We propose that the direction, magnitude and duration of interaction among these affective, executive, and perceptual systems may relate to distinct sensitive periods across development that contribute to establishing long-term patterns of brain function and behavior.

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Preface
Kirmayer, L. J., Worthman, C. M., Kitayama, S., Lemelson, R., & Cummings, C. A. (2020) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781108695374.001
The Co-emergence of Culture, Mind, and Brain
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The Situated Brain
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(2020) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781108695374.017
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“Second, the onset of puberty marks a critical period of increased sensitivity to interpersonal stress, often coinciding with a ”social reorientation” phase ( 34,35 ).”
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Functional connectivity during facial and vocal emotion recognition: Preliminary evidence for dissociations in developmental change by nonverbal modality
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“The growth of these skills is thought to be mechanistically related to the fine-tuning of relevant neural circuits in adolescence (Blakemore, 2008; Blakemore and Choudhury, 2006; Blakemore and Mills, 2014; Burnett and Blakemore, 2009; Nelson and Guyer, 2011; Nelson et al., 2016).”
If I Share With You, Will You Share With Me? A Quasi-Experimental Study on Social Anxiety and Self-Disclosure in Dictator Game
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“During this transition from infancy to adulthood, individuals strive for independence from their parents, developing empathy and relying more on peer interactions (Nelson et al., 2016).”

Authors: Nelson, E. E., Jarcho, J. M., & Guyer, A. E.
Affiliations: National Institutes of Health (US)
University of California, Davis (US)
Corresponding author: Nelson, Eric E.
ORCID: Nelson, Eric E.
Jarcho, Johanna M.
Guyer, Amanda E.
Venue: Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Published: 2016-02
Volume: 17
Pages: 118-127
ISSN: 1878-9293 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1016/j.dcn.2015.12.008
PMC: PMC6990069
OpenAlex: W2217470353
Cited by: 447
References: 196
Citations by year: 2026: 41 · 2025: 39 · 2024: 45 · 2023: 55 · 2022: 54 · 2021: 51 · 2020: 65 · 2019: 32 · 2018: 29 · 2017: 22 · 2016: 11
FWCI: 4.53
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: gold
doi.org
Licence: cc-by-nc-nd
www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (vor)
Locations: Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion)
eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
Funders: Intramural Research Program of NIMH (EEN & JMJ)
NIH (R01-MH098370, R01-MH093605)
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Child and Animal Learning Development
Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Endocrine and Autonomic Systems › Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
Keywords: social development (developmental psychology), brain development, sensitive period, affective motivation, subcortical structures, prefrontal cortex, executive function, social representations, mother-child interaction, peer play, peer integration, romantic intimacy
MeSH terms: Animals, Brain, Humans, Motivation, Nerve Net, Peer Group, Sexual Behavior, Social Behavior, Temporal Lobe, Prefrontal Cortex

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