Department of Psychology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, USA
Department of Psychology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, USA.
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2018 Apr 19;373(1744). doi: 10.1098/rstb.2017.0254.
The attention networks of the human brain are important control systems that develop from infancy into adulthood. While they are common to everyone, they differ in efficiency, forming the basis of individual differences in attention. We have developed methods for measuring the efficiency of these networks in older children and adults and have also examined their development from infancy. During infancy the alerting and orienting networks are dominant in control of the infant's actions, but later an executive network dominates. Each network has been associated with its main neuromodulator and these have led to associations with genes related to that network neuromodulator. The links between parent reports of their child's effortful control and the executive attention network allow us to associate molecular mechanisms to fundamental behavioural outcomes.This article is part of the theme issue 'Diverse perspectives on diversity: multi-disciplinary approaches to taxonomies of individual differences'.
人类大脑的注意网络是从婴儿期发展到成年期的重要控制系统。虽然它们对每个人都是共同的，但它们在效率上有所不同，形成了注意力个体差异的基础。我们已经开发出了测量这些网络在较大儿童和成年人中的效率的方法，并研究了它们从婴儿期开始的发展情况。在婴儿期，警觉和定向网络在控制婴儿的行为中占主导地位，但后来执行网络占主导地位。每个网络都与它的主要神经调质有关，这些神经调质与与该网络神经调质有关的基因有关。父母对孩子努力控制的报告与执行注意网络之间的联系使我们能够将分子机制与基本行为结果联系起来。本文是主题为“多样性的不同视角：个体差异分类的多学科方法”的一部分。
