biostudies-literatureUnknown37Richardson HHuman observers show robust activity in distinct brain networks during movie-viewing. For example, scenes that emphasize characters' thoughts evoke activity in the "Theory of Mind" (ToM) network, whereas scenes that emphasize characters' bodily sensations evoke activity in the "Pain Matrix." A prior exploratory fMRI study used a naturalistic movie-viewing stimulus to study the developmental origins of this functional dissociation, and the links between cortical and cognitive changes in children's social development (Richardson et al., 2018). To replicate and extend this work, the current study utilized a large publicly available dataset (n = 241, ages 5-20 years) (Alexander et al., 2017) who viewed "The Present" (Frey, 2014) and completed a resting state scan (n = 200) while undergoing fMRDevelopmental cognitive neuroscience100598https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC6969289biostudies-literatureDevelopment of brain networks for social functions: Confirmatory analyses in a large open source dataset.PMC6969289Richardson HfalseDevelopment of brain networks for social functions: Confirmatory analyses in a large open source dataset.Human observers show robust activity in distinct brain networks during movie-viewing. For example, scenes that emphasize characters' thoughts evoke activity in the "Theory of Mind" (ToM) network, whereas scenes that emphasize characters' bodily sensations evoke activity in the "Pain Matrix." A prior exploratory fMRI study used a naturalistic movie-viewing stimulus to study the developmental origins of this functional dissociation, and the links between cortical and cognitive changes in children's social development (Richardson et al., 2018). To replicate and extend this work, the current study utilized a large publicly available dataset (n = 241, ages 5-20 years) (Alexander et al., 2017) who viewed "The Present" (Frey, 2014) and completed a resting state scan (n = 200) while undergoing fMR2019-01-01T00:00:00Z2019 Jun2026-07-15T18:58:46.381Z2026-07-09T03:09:05.102ZS-EPMC69692893052285410.1016/j.dcn.2018.11.002