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Social re-orientation and brain development: An expanded and updated view
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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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“For healthy development, parental and caregiver input is a crucial component, especially during early development, whereas later in development the influence of peers becomes an additional important element of the social environment.25”
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“The onset of puberty seems to re-orient greater attention and salience toward social and emotional information-processing streams, which are particularly relevant to interest in romantic relationships and sexual behavior (Dahl, 2016, Nelson et al., 2016).”
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- 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.
- Venue
- Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2016-02
- Volume
- 17
- Pages
- 118-127
- ISSN
- 1878-9293 (ISSN-L)
- 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
- 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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