Korean Journal of Biological Psychiatry (생물정신의학)

The Korean Society of Biological Psychiatry (대한생물정신의학회)
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Brain Activation Related to Perspective-Taking in Adolescents : Differences from Adults

관점 획득과 관련된 청소년에서의 뇌 활성화 : 성인과의 차이

  • Park, Seong Kyoung (Onyourhan Psychiatric Clinic) ;
  • Son, Jung-Woo (Department of Neuropsychiatry, College of Medicine, Chungbuk National University) ;
  • Lee, Seungbok (Department of Psychology, Chungbuk National University) ;
  • Ghim, Hei-Rhee (Department of Psychology, Chungbuk National University) ;
  • Lee, Sang-Ick (Department of Neuropsychiatry, College of Medicine, Chungbuk National University) ;
  • Shin, Chul-Jin (Department of Neuropsychiatry, College of Medicine, Chungbuk National University) ;
  • Kim, Siekyeong (Department of Neuropsychiatry, College of Medicine, Chungbuk National University) ;
  • Ju, Gawon (Department of Psychiatry, Chungbuk National University Hospital)
  • 박성경 (온유한정신건강의학과) ;
  • 손정우 (충북대학교 의과대학 정신건강의학교실) ;
  • 이승복 (충북대학교 심리학과) ;
  • 김혜리 (충북대학교 심리학과) ;
  • 이상익 (충북대학교 의과대학 정신건강의학교실) ;
  • 신철진 (충북대학교 의과대학 정신건강의학교실) ;
  • 김시경 (충북대학교 의과대학 정신건강의학교실) ;
  • 주가원 (충북대학교병원 정신건강의학과)
  • Received : 2019.04.29
  • Accepted : 2019.07.12
  • Published : 2019.10.31
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Abstract

Objectives The purpose of this study was to investigate the differences between adolescents and adults, in the perspective-taking ability, as well as the brain activation patterns during the perspective-taking situation. Methods We recruited healthy adolescents aged 13 years to 15 years (n = 20) and adults aged 19 years to 29 years (n = 20). All the subjects were scanned while performing the perspective-taking task, in which an emotional situation was presented in the form of statements comprising first person, as well as third person perspectives. Differences in brain activation between groups were assessed by contrasting neural activity during the tasks. Results In the between-group analysis, while performing the third-person perspective-taking task, the adolescent group showed greater neural activities in the middle frontal gyrus and precentral gyrus as compared to the adult group. Positive correlation was observed between the activity in the frontal areas (Brodmann area 6/9) and the score of scales related to perspective-taking and social cognition in the adolescent group. Conclusions This study suggests that several frontal brain areas of adolescents needs to be overactivated in order to compensate for low perspective-taking ability when they ought to take another person's point of view.

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