The role of frontal lobe functioning in the development of infant self-regulatory behavior.
In the last two decades, there has been tremendous growth in two fields of study related to human infant development: (1) the development of neural processes during the early postnatal years and (2) the development of self-regulatory behavior. In an attempt to stimulate research on the relation between early brain development and self-regulatory processes, several hypotheses pertaining to the role of frontal lobe functioning in the development of emotion regulation during infancy are proposed. The results of a study of the relation between frontal electroencephalographic (EEG) activity and emotional behavior of 21-month-old infants are reported. It was found that increases in frontal lobe activation were associated with increases in emotional arousal, while EEG activity recorded from the parietal region showed either a reciprocal pattern of activation or did not change as a function of level of emotional arousal. These results provide evidence for the specialized role of the frontal lobe in mediating emotional behavior during infancy.
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- Psychology, Child
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- Infant, Newborn
- Infant
- Humans
- Frontal Lobe
- Female
- Facial Expression
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Published In
DOI
ISSN
Publication Date
Volume
Issue
Start / End Page
Location
Related Subject Headings
- Research Design
- Psychology, Child
- Models, Neurological
- Male
- Infant, Newborn
- Infant
- Humans
- Frontal Lobe
- Female
- Facial Expression