title: Development of the action observation network during early adolescence: a longitudinal study.
abstract: Adolescence places high demands on inter-personal interactions and, hence, on the extraction and processing of social cues. Here we assess longitudinally the development of brain activity within a network implicated in social cognition--the action observation network. We performed activation likelihood estimation meta-analyses to define regions of interest based upon the mature action observation network of adults. Using functional magnetic resonance imaging, we then examined developmental trajectories of functional brain activity within these brain regions. Using this approach, we reveal quadratic trajectories within a fronto-parietal network previously shown to demonstrate correlated morphological development.
authors.affiliation: School of Psychology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, England, UK.
authors.forename: Daniel J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Shaw
authors.forename: Marie-Helene
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Grosbras
authors.forename: Gabriel
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Leonard
authors.forename: G Bruce
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Pike
authors.forename: Tomás
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Paus
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D041923:Adolescent Development / Q000502:physiology*; D001921:Brain / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology*; D001931:Brain Mapping; D002648:Child; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009415:Nerve Net / Q000502:physiology*; D012919:Social Behavior