TY - JOUR
T1 - The emergence of the social brain network
T2 - Evidence from typical and atypical development
AU - Johnson, Mark H.
AU - Griffin, Richard
AU - Csibra, Gergely
AU - Halit, Hanife
AU - Farroni, Teresa
AU - De Haan, Michelle
AU - Tucker, Leslie A.
AU - Baron-Cohen, Simon
AU - Richards, John
PY - 2005/7
Y1 - 2005/7
N2 - Several research groups have identified a network of regions of the adult cortex that are activated during social perception and cognition tasks. In this paper we focus on the development of components of this social brain network during early childhood and test aspects of a particular viewpoint on human functional brain development: "interactive specialization." Specifically, we apply new data analysis techniques to a previously published data set of event-related potential (ERP) studies involving 3-, 4-, and 12-month-old infants viewing faces of different orientation and direction of eye gaze. Using source separation and localization methods, several likely generators of scalp recorded ERP are identified, and we describe how they are modulated by stimulus characteristics. We then review the results of a series of experiments concerned with perceiving and acting on eye gaze, before reporting on a new experiment involving young children with autism. Finally, we discuss predictions based on the atypical emergence of the social brain network.
AB - Several research groups have identified a network of regions of the adult cortex that are activated during social perception and cognition tasks. In this paper we focus on the development of components of this social brain network during early childhood and test aspects of a particular viewpoint on human functional brain development: "interactive specialization." Specifically, we apply new data analysis techniques to a previously published data set of event-related potential (ERP) studies involving 3-, 4-, and 12-month-old infants viewing faces of different orientation and direction of eye gaze. Using source separation and localization methods, several likely generators of scalp recorded ERP are identified, and we describe how they are modulated by stimulus characteristics. We then review the results of a series of experiments concerned with perceiving and acting on eye gaze, before reporting on a new experiment involving young children with autism. Finally, we discuss predictions based on the atypical emergence of the social brain network.
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U2 - 10.1136/bmj.38519.678148.8F
DO - 10.1136/bmj.38519.678148.8F
M3 - Review Article
C2 - 16262984
AN - SCOPUS:33645977532
SN - 0954-5794
VL - 17
SP - 599
EP - 619
JO - Development and Psychopathology
JF - Development and Psychopathology
IS - 3
ER -