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Look into my eyes: Investigating joint attention using interactive eye-tracking and fMRI in a developmental sample

Oberwelland, E., Schilbach, L., Barisic, I., Krall, S.C., Vogeley, K., Fink, G.R., Herpertz-Dahlmann, B., Konrad, K. +1 more·2016·NeuroImage
DOI 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2016.02.026
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Joint attention, the shared attentional focus of at least two people on a third significant object, is one of the earliest steps in social development and an essential aspect of reciprocal interaction. However, the neural basis of joint attention (JA) in the course of development is completely unknown. The present study made use of an interactive eye-tracking paradigm in order to examine the developmental trajectories of JA and the influence of a familiar interaction partner during the social encounter. Our results show that across children and adolescents JA elicits a similar network of "social brain" areas as well as attention and motor control associated areas as in adults. While other-initiated JA particularly recruited visual, attention and social processing areas, self-initiated JA specifically activated areas related to social cognition, decision-making, emotions and motivational/reward processes highlighting the rewarding character of self-initiated JA. Activation was further enhanced during self-initiated JA with a familiar interaction partner. With respect to developmental effects, activation of the precuneus declined from childhood to adolescence and additionally shifted from a general involvement in JA towards a more specific involvement for self-initiated JA. Similarly, the temporoparietal junction (TPJ) was broadly involved in JA in children and more specialized for self-initiated JA in adolescents. Taken together, this study provides first-time data on the developmental trajectories of JA and the effect of a familiar interaction partner incorporating the interactive character of JA, its reciprocity and motivational aspects.

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  • These regions reflect a broad integrated set of regions that support coordinated functioning of vision, attention, task control, and-along with subcortical and cingulate regions-motivation and reward signals.

    “These regions reflect a broad integrated set of regions that support the coordinated functioning of vision, attention, task control, and—along with subcortical and cingulate regions (Schilbach et al. 2010; Pfeiffer et al. 2014; Oberwelland et al. 2016)—motivation and reward signals.”

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Authors
Oberwelland, E., Schilbach, L., Barisic, I., Krall, S. C., Vogeley, K., Fink, G. R., Herpertz-Dahlmann, B., Konrad, K., & Schulte-Rüther, M.
Affiliations
  • Forschungszentrum Jülich (DE)
  • Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry (DE)
Corresponding author
Oberwelland, E.
ORCID
Venue
NeuroImage
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2016-04
Volume
130
Pages
248-260
ISSN
1053-8119 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.neuroimage.2016.02.026
OpenAlex
W2281983131
Cited by
93
References
87
Citations by year
2026: 8 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 9 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 8 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 10 · 2019: 9 · 2018: 8 · 2017: 19 · 2016: 5
FWCI
31.99
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations
  • NeuroImage (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Kölner Universitäts PublikationsServer (Universität zu Köln) (publishedVersion)
  • Max Planck Digital Library (submittedVersion)
  • RWTH Publications (RWTH Aachen) (submittedVersion)
  • MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, IRTG 1328)
  • German Federal Ministry for Research and Education (BMBF, 16SV7242)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Child and Animal Learning Development
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Action Observation and Synchronization
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Face Recognition and Perception
Keywords
joint attention, social brain, developmental trajectories, children and adolescents, precuneus, temporoparietal junction, reward processing, social cognition, reciprocal interaction, eye tracking
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Attention, Brain, Brain Mapping, Child, Eye Movements, Female, Humans, Image Processing, Computer-Assisted, Interpersonal Relations, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Reward, Social Behavior

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