Social-cognitive regions show quadratic activation patterns with age, with adolescents showing lower reactivity-related but higher reappraisal-related activation¶

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q3 i? Medial prefrontal cortex, posterior cingulate cortex, and anterior temporal cortex show quadratic activation patterns with age; adolescents show relatively lower reactivity-related activation but higher reappraisal-related activation in these mental-state-attribution regions. → McRae et al 2012

Evidence¶

McRae et al 2012¶

McRae et al. (2012). The development of emotion regulation: an fMRI study of cognitive reappraisal in children, adolescents and young adults. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience 7(1), 11–22. https://doi.org/10.1093/scan/nsr093

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fMRI findings across age groups in social-cognitive regions. The authors "observed a quadratic pattern of activation with age" in mental-state-attribution regions, with adolescents showing "relatively lower reactivity-related activation... but higher reappraisal-related activation."

"We observed a quadratic pattern of activation with age in regions associated with social cognitive processes like mental state attribution (medial prefrontal cortex, posterior cingulate cortex, anterior temporal cortex). In these regions, we observed relatively lower reactivity-related activation in adolescents, but higher reappraisal-related activation."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Age and Developmental Stage — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes

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