A longitudinal neuroimaging study of adolescent girls' mentalizing and perspective-taking tendencies.

ABSTRACT: Research in developmental psychology suggests that self-concept formation and mentalizing capacities, along with their neural foundations, show significant developmental change during adolescence. Perspective-taking tendencies are also believed to increase in adolescence, supporting the refinement of prosocial behavior and the demands of increasingly complex social relationships. To explore the development of, and relationship between, these processes in adolescence, early adolescent girls (N = 172) completed a measure of perspective-taking tendencies and a self-evaluation fMRI task at two waves, approximately 18 months apart (mean ages = 11.62 and 13.20, respectively). In line with our hypothesis, perspective-taking tendencies were positively associated with age. Greater perspective-takin

SUBMITTER: Guazzelli Williamson V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11891602 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature