Neonatal white matter microstructure predicts attention disengagement from fearful faces at 8 months
Hilyatushalihah Audah, Eeva-Leena Kataja, Tuomo Häkiö, Ashmeet Jolly, Aylin Rosberg, Elmo Pulli, Silja Luotonen, Isabella L. C. Mariani Wigley, Niloofar Hashempour, Ru Li, Elena Vartiainen, Wajiha Bano, Ilkka Suuronen, Harri Merisaari, John D. Lewis, Riika Korja, Saara Nolvi, Linnea Karlsson, Hasse Karlsson, Jetro J. Tuulari · FENS Forum 2024
The developmental origins of fear and its variations in individuals are poorly understood. Evidence suggests an attentional bias towards fearful faces emerges around 5-7 months of age. Our prior findings in 8-month-old infants indicate that neonatal left amygdala volumes were positively associated with attention disengagement probability from fearful faces. To our knowledge, this is the first study exploring the underlying white matter tracts. We used neonatal diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) data and eye tracking using an overlap paradigm with faces and non-faces as a behavioural measure collec
ePoster · Neuroscience