Topic: parent-child dyads

Intergenerational transfer effects describe the transmission of traits, skills, or biology from parents to their offspring. Through genetic and environmental influences parents, for example, impact their children’s ability for perspective-taking (i.e., mentalizing), which is linked to an individuals’ healthy social functioning. Mentalizing is supported by a network of brain regions, including bilateral temporoparietal junction, precuneus, and prefrontal cortex. The neural correlates reflecting on parent-child similarity have yet to be studied. Here, we describe task-based functional connectivi