Adolescent development of the neural circuitry for thinking about intentions
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In this fMRI study, we investigated the development during adolescence of the neural network underlying thinking about intentions. A total of 19 adolescent participants (aged 12.1-18.1 years), and 11 adults (aged 22.4-37.8 years), were scanned using fMRI. A factorial design was employed with between-subjects factor age group and within-subjects factor causality (intentional or physical). In both adults and adolescents, answering questions about intentional causality vs physical causality activated the medial prefrontal cortex (PFC), superior temporal sulcus (STS), temporal poles and precuneus bordering with posterior cingulate cortex. In addition, there was a significant interaction between group and task in the medial PFC. During intentional relative to physical causality, adolescents activated part of the medial PFC more than did adults and adults activated part of the right STS more than did adolescents. These results suggest that the neural strategy for thinking about intentions changes between adolescence and adulthood. Although the same neural network is active, the relative roles of the different areas change, with activity moving from anterior (medial prefrontal) regions to posterior (temporal) regions with age.
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In some studies, higher activity in more posterior regions such as the pSTS/TPJ and in the ATC was observed in adults as compared to adolescents.
“In some studies, higher activity in more posterior regions, such as the pSTS/TPJ (Blakemore et al. 2007), and in the ATC (Burnett et al. 2009), was observed in adults as compared to adolescents.”
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Adolescents exhibit enhanced reactivity in mPFC during mentalizing, relative to adults.
“A relatively consistent pattern in this line of inquiry is that adolescents exhibit enhanced reactivity in mPFC during mentalizing, relative to adults (Blakemore, 2008; Blakemore et al., 2007; Blakemore et al., 2010; Burnett et al., 2008; Gunther Moor et al., 2012; Pfeifer et al., 2009; Pfeifer & Blakemore, 2012; van den Bos et al., 2011; Wang et al., 2006).”
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- Authors
- Blakemore, S.-J., den Ouden, H., Choudhury, S., & Frith, C.
- Affiliations
- University College London (GB)
- Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, 17 Queen Square, London WC1N 3AR, UK, 2Wellcome Centre for Neuroimaging, University College London, 12 Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG, UK, and 3Brain and Behavioural Sciences, Institute of Child Health, University College London, 30 Guilford Street, London WC1N 1EH, UK
- Corresponding author
- Blakemore, Sarah-Jayne
- Venue
- Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 2007-06-01
- Volume
- 2
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 130-139
- ISSN
- 1749-5016 (ISSN-L)
- 1749-5024
- PMC
- PMC1948845
- OpenAlex
- W2169774508
- Cited by
- 250
- References
- 72
- Citations by year
- 2026: 5 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 15 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 11 · 2020: 8 · 2019: 14 · 2018: 9 · 2017: 14 · 2016: 16 · 2015: 15 · 2014: 17 · 2013: 16 · 2012: 23
- FWCI
- 31.17
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Radboud Repository (Radboud University) (submittedVersion)
- UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Wellcome Trust (047963)
- Medical Research Council
- 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 › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Keywords
- adolescent brain development, physical causality, theory of mind, medial prefrontal cortex, superior temporal sulcus, temporal pole, precuneus, posterior cingulate cortex
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Child, Cognition, Female, Gyrus Cinguli, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Nerve Net, Social Perception, Thinking, Prefrontal Cortex, Intention, Young Adult
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