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Developing connections for affective regulation: age-related changes in emotional brain connectivity

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Perlman, Susan B., Pelphrey, Kevin A.·2011·Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

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The regulation of affective arousal is a critical aspect of children's social and cognitive development. However, few studies have examined the brain mechanisms involved in the development of this aspect of "hot" executive functioning. This process has been conceptualized as involving prefrontal control of the amygdala. Here, using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), we investigated the brain mechanisms involved in the development of affective regulation in typically developing 5- to 11-year-olds and an adult comparison sample. Children and adults displayed differing patterns of increased anterior cingulate cortex and decreased amygdala activation during episodes in which emotion regulation was required. Specifically, amygdala activation increased in adults but decreased in children during recovery from a frustrating episode. In addition, we used effective connectivity analyses to investigate differential correlations between key emotional brain areas in response to the regulatory task demands. We found reliable increases in effective connectivity between the anterior cingulate cortex and the amygdala during periods of increased demand for emotion regulation. This effective connectivity increased with age.

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Authors
Perlman, S. B., & Pelphrey, K. A.
Affiliations
Yale University (US)
Corresponding author
Perlman, Susan B.
Venue
Journal of Experimental Child Psychology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2011-03
Volume
108
Issue
3
Pages
607-620
ISSN
0022-0965 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2013504614
Cited by
198
References
64
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FWCI
5.04
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of Experimental Child Psychology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health
  • National Institute of Mental Health (R21MH074780, K01MH071284, MH0704780, MH071284)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
Keywords
emotion regulation, age-related development, anterior cingulate cortex, amygdala, effective connectivity, prefrontal control, frustration, children, typically developing children
MeSH terms
Adult, Affect, Age Factors, Amygdala, Brain, Brain Mapping, Child, Child Behavior, Child, Preschool, Emotions, Female, Gyrus Cinguli, Humans, Image Processing, Computer-Assisted, Internal-External Control, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Task Performance and Analysis, Young Adult

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