Bulgarelli, Chiara and Blasi Ribera, Anna and de Klerk, Carina C.J.M. and Richards, J.E. and Hamilton, A. and Southgate, Victoria (2019) Fronto-temporoparietal connectivity and self-awareness in 18-month-olds: a resting state fNIRS study. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience 38 , p. 100676. ISSN 1878-9293.
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Abstract
How and when a concept of the 'self' emerges has been the topic of much interest in developmental psychology. Self-awareness has been proposed to emerge at around 18 months, when toddlers start to show evidence of physical self-recognition. However, to what extent physical self-recognition is a valid indicator of being able to think about oneself, is debated. Research in adult cognitive neuroscience has suggested that a common network of brain regions called Default Mode Network (DMN), including the temporo-parietal junction (TPJ) and the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC), is recruited when we are reflecting on the self. We hypothesized that if mirror self-recognition involves self-awareness, toddlers who exhibit mirror self-recognition might show increased functional connectivity between frontal and temporoparietal regions of the brain, relative to those toddlers who do not yet show mirror self-recognition. Using fNIRS, we collected resting-state data from 18 Recognizers and 22 Non-Recognizers at 18 months of age. We found significantly stronger fronto-temporoparietal connectivity in Recognizers compared to Non-Recognizers, a finding which might support the hypothesized relationship between mirror-self recognition and self-awareness in infancy. [Abstract copyright: Copyright © 2019. Published by Elsevier Ltd.]
Metadata
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Keyword(s) / Subject(s): | Default mode network, Functional connectivity, Resting-state, Self-awareness, Toddler development, fNIRS |
| School: | Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Science > School of Psychological Sciences |
| SWORD Depositor: | Mr Joe Tenant |
| Depositing User: | Mr Joe Tenant |
| Date Deposited: | 16 Sep 2019 07:45 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Aug 2025 07:51 |
| URI: | https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/28268 |
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