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Social scaffolding of human amygdala-mPFCcircuit development

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Tottenham, Nim·2015·Social Neuroscience

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Strong evidence indicates that reciprocal connections between the amygdala and the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) support fundamental aspects of emotional behavior in adulthood. However, this circuitry is slow to develop in humans, exhibiting immaturity in childhood. The argument is made that the development of this circuitry in humans is intimately associated with caregiving, such that parental availability during childhood provides important and enduring scaffolding of neuroaffective processes that ultimately form of the nature of the adult phenotype.

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  • Early environmental factors, such as early caregiving or the lack thereof, modulate the timing and course of emotional development.

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Authors
Tottenham, N.
Affiliations
Columbia University (US)
Corresponding author
Tottenham, Nim
Venue
Social Neuroscience
Published
2015-09-03
Volume
10
Issue
5
Pages
489-499
ISSN
  • 1747-0919 (ISSN-L)
  • 1747-0927
OpenAlex
W1892826918
Cited by
112
References
94
Citations by year
2026: 6 · 2025: 12 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 11 · 2022: 11 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 33 · 2019: 10 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 8 · 2016: 3
FWCI
0.72
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Social Neuroscience (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences (BCS-1439258)
  • NIMH (R01MH091864)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
Keywords
amygdala, medial prefrontal cortex, social scaffolding, caregiving, parental availability, emotional development, brain development, childhood, emotional behavior
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Amygdala, Animals, Emotions, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Parents, Social Behavior, Prefrontal Cortex

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