Women with early maltreatment experience show increased resting-state functional connectivity in the theory of mind (ToM) network.

ABSTRACT: Background: Experience of childhood maltreatment significantly increases the risk for the development of psychopathology and is associated with impairments in socio-cognitive skills including theory-of-mind (ToM). In turn, neural alterations in ToM processing might then influence future interpersonal interaction and social-emotional understanding. Objective: To assess resting-state activity in the theory-of-mind network in traumatized and non-traumatized persons. Methods: Thirty-five women with a history of childhood maltreatment and 31 unaffected women completed a resting-state scan and a ToM localizer task. The peak coordinates from the localizer were used as the seed regions for the resting-state functional connectivity (RSFC) analyses (temporo-parietal junction, do

SUBMITTER: Boccadoro S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6713145 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature