The role of right supra-marginal gyrus and secondary somatosensory cortex in age-related differences in human emotional egocentricity
- Autor(en)
- Federica Riva, Melanie Lenger, Martin Kronbichler, Claus Lamm, Giorgia Silani
- Abstrakt
Emotional egocentric bias (EEB) occurs when, due to a partial failure in self-other distinction, empathy for another's emotion is influenced by our own emotional state. Recent studies have revealed a higher EEB in children, adolescents and older adults compared to young adults, but the neural correlates of this finding are largely unknown. We asked female participants (N = 95) from three different age groups (adolescents, young and older adults) to perform a well-validated EEB task in an MRI scanner. We assessed task-based changes in activity and effective connectivity as well as morphometric changes in regions of interest to pinpoint functional and structural age-related differences. Results revealed higher EEB in older compared to young adults and adolescents. Connectivity between right supramarginal gyrus (rSMG) and somatosensory cortices acted as a partial mediator between age and EEB. The findings suggest that an intact connectivity of rSMG, rather than its regional activity, with sensory-perceptual brain areas is crucial for overcoming egocentric biases of empathic judgments.
- Organisation(en)
- Institut für Psychologie der Kognition, Emotion und Methoden, Institut für Klinische und Gesundheitspsychologie
- Externe Organisation(en)
- Paris-Lodron Universität Salzburg, Medizinische Universität Graz, Paracelsus Medizinische Privatuniversität (PMU)
- Journal
- Neurobiology of Aging
- Band
- 112
- Seiten
- 102-110
- Anzahl der Seiten
- 9
- ISSN
- 0197-4580
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2022.01.002
- Publikationsdatum
- 04-2022
- Peer-reviewed
- Ja
- ÖFOS 2012
- 501014 Neuropsychologie
- Schlagwörter
- ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
- Clinical Neurology, Geriatrics and Gerontology, Ageing, Neuroscience(all), Developmental Biology
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