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DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
Volume 44, Issue 5, Pages 1329-1334Publisher
AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC
DOI: 10.1037/a0012681
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magnetic resonance imaging; self-representation; myelination
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This study examined the relation between self-representation and brain development in infants and young children. Self-representation was assessed by mirror recognition, personal pronoun use, and pretend play. Structural brain images were obtained from magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Brain development was assessed by a quantitative measure of maturation of the temporo-parietal junction, temporal pole, medial frontal cortex, and occipital cortex. Fifteen children (15 to 30 months of age; 3 girls) without MRI abnormalities were assessed. Only maturation of the left temporo-parietal junction was related to self-representation after controlling for age. These findings provide some evidence that brain maturation is related to the emergence of a representation of self in the human child.
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