fMRI - Social Network Aggression Task

The fMRI - Social Network Aggression Task measures brain activity during the Social Network Aggression Task, in which the child can respond aggressively in response to different types of peers.

The SNAT was presented on a screen, viewed through a mirror attached to the head coil. Functional runs of the SNAT were acquired using a T2*-weighted echo-planar imaging (EPI) technique. The first two volumes (dummy volumes) were discarded for T1 saturation equilibration. The imaging parameters used remained constant throughout the waves. During the Early Childhood Cohort wave, the SNAT consisted of 2 runs, with the first run acquiring 148 volumes and the second run acquiring 142 volumes. For the Middle Childhood Cohort waves, the SNAT consisted of 3 runs, with each run acquiring 148 volumes, 142 volumes, and 141 volumes, respectively. The volumes covered the entire brain with a field of view (FOV) of 220 mm in the anterior-posterior (ap) direction, 220 mm in the right-left (rl) direction, and 111.65 mm in the foot-head (fh) direction. The imaging protocol included a repetition time (TR) of 2.2 seconds, an echo time (TE) of 30 ms, a flip angle (FA) of 80°, and a sequential acquisition of 37 slices. The voxel size was 2.75 mm x 2.75 mm x 2.75 mm.

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Keywords
Constructs
Waves
  • Early Childhood Cohort

  • ECC - T5
    •   C
    7.0 - 9.0 years   From 2019-02-06 to 2019-10-19
  • Middle Childhood Cohort

  • MCC - T1
    •   C
    7.0 - 9.0 years   From 2015-06-16 to 2016-08-27
  • MCC - T3
    •   C
    9.0 - 11.0 years   From 2017-08-27 to 2018-09-30
  • MCC - T5
    •   C
    11.0 - 13.0 years   From 2019-11-04 to 2021-04-28
  • MCC - T7
    •   C
    14.0 - 15.0 years   From 2023-04-01 to 2023-10-30
    Mode of collection MeasurementsAndTests    MRI
    Analysis unit Individual
    Instrument name Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging during the Social Network Aggression Task
    Measure name fMRI - Social Network Aggression Task
    References
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    Achterberg, M., van Duijvenvoorde, A. C. K., van der Meulen, M., Euser, S., Bakermans-Kranenburg, M. J., & Crone, E. A. (2017). The neural and behavioral correlates of social evaluation in childhood. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 24, 107–117. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dcn.2017.02.007
    Achterberg, M., van Duijvenvoorde, A. C. K., van der Meulen, M., Bakermans‐Kranenburg, M. J., & Crone, E. A. (2018). Heritability of aggression following social evaluation in middle childhood: An fMRI study. Human Brain Mapping, 39(7), 2828–2841. Portico. https://doi.org/10.1002/hbm.24043
    Achterberg, M., van Duijvenvoorde, A. C. K., van IJzendoorn, M. H., Bakermans-Kranenburg, M. J., & Crone, E. A. (2020). Longitudinal changes in DLPFC activation during childhood are related to decreased aggression following social rejection. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(15), 8602–8610. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1915124117
    Dobbelaar, S., van Duijvenvoorde, A. C. K., Achterberg, M., van der Meulen, M., & Crone, E. A. (2021). A Bi-Dimensional Taxonomy of Social Responsivity in Middle Childhood: Prosociality and Reactive Aggression Predict Externalizing Behavior Over Time. Frontiers in Psychology, 11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.586633
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