Characterization of the temporal stability of ToM and pain functional brain networks carry distinct developmental signatures during naturalistic viewing.

ABSTRACT: A temporally stable functional brain network pattern among coordinated brain regions is fundamental to stimulus selectivity and functional specificity during the critical period of brain development. Brain networks that are recruited in time to process internal states of others' bodies (like hunger and pain) versus internal mental states (like beliefs, desires, and emotions) of others' minds allow us to ask whether a quantitative characterization of the stability of these networks carries meaning during early development and constrain cognition in a specific way. Previous research provides critical insight into the early development of the theory-of-mind (ToM) network and its segregation from the Pain network throughout normal development using functional connectivity. However, a quantitat

SUBMITTER: Bhavna K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11438989 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature