Frontolimbic neural circuitry at 6 months predicts individual differences in joint attention at 9 months

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Publication Type journal article
Creator Gerig, Guido
Other Author Elison, Jed T.; Wolff, Jason J.; Heimer, Debra C.; Paterson, Sarah J.; Gu, Hongbin; Styner, Martin; Piven, Joseph
Title Frontolimbic neural circuitry at 6 months predicts individual differences in joint attention at 9 months
Date 2013-01-01
Description Elucidating the neural basis of joint attention in infancy promises to yield important insights into the development of language and social cognition, and directly informs developmental models of autism. We describe a new method for evaluating responding to joint attention performance in infancy that highlights the 9 to 10 month period as a time interval of maximal individual differences. We then demonstrate that fractional anisotropy in the right uncinate fasciculus, a white matter fiber bundle connecting the amygdala to the ventral-medial prefrontal cortex and anterior temporal pole, measured in 6 month-olds predicts individual differences in responding to joint attention at 9 months of age. The white matter microstructure of the right uncinate was not related to receptive language ability at 9 months. These findings suggest that the development of core nonverbal social communication skills in infancy is largely supported by preceding developments within right lateralized frontotemporal brain systems.
Type InteractiveResource
Publisher Wiley-Blackwell
Journal Title Developmental Science
Volume 16
Issue 2
First Page 186
Last Page 197
DOI 10.1111/desc.12015
Subject Joint attention; DTI; Amygdala; Uncinate fasciculus; Infancy; Development
Language eng
Bibliographic Citation Elison, J. T., Wolff, J. J., Heimer, D. C., Paterson, S. J., Gu, H., Styner, M., Gerig, G., & Piven, J. (2013). Frontolimbic neural circuitry at 6 months predicts individual differences in joint attention at 9 months. Developmental Science, 16(2), 186-97.
Rights Management (c) Wiley-Blackwell The definitive version is available at www3.interscience.wiley.com ; This is the pre-peer reviewed version of the following article: Elison, J. T., Wolff, J. J., Heimer, D. C., Paterson, S. J., Gu, H., Styner, M., Gerig, G., & Piven, J. (2013). Frontolimbic neural circuitry at 6 months predicts individual differences in joint attention at 9 months. Developmental Science, 16(2), 186-97, which has been published in final form at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/desc.12015/abstract ; DOI: 10.1111/desc.12015.
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