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Medial prefrontal cortex activity when thinking about others depends on their age

Ebner, Natalie C. and Gluth, Sebastian and Johnson, Matthew R. and Raye, Carol L. and Mitchell, Karen J. and Johnson, Marcia K.. (2011) Medial prefrontal cortex activity when thinking about others depends on their age. Neurocase, 17 (3). pp. 260-269.

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Abstract

This functional magnetic resonance imaging study examined medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) activity as young and older participants rated an unknown young and older person, and themselves, on personality characteristics. For both young and older participants, there was greater activation in ventral mPFC (anterior cingulate) when they made judgments about own-age than other-age individuals. Additionally, across target age and participant age, there was greater activity in a more anterior region of ventral mPFC (largely medial frontal gyrus, anterior cingulate) when participants rated others than when they rated themselves. We discuss potential interpretations of these findings in the context of previous results suggesting functional specificity of subregions of ventral mPFC.
Faculties and Departments:07 Faculty of Psychology > Departement Psychologie > Society & Choice > Economic Psychology (Rieskamp)
UniBasel Contributors:Gluth, Sebastian
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:Taylor & Francis
ISSN:1355-4794
e-ISSN:1465-3656
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
Language:English
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Deposited On:15 Jun 2017 10:16

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