13.2 Social Interactions and Development Flashcards
Development PFC
The PFC, necessary for cognitive control, impulse control, and decision making continues to develop throughout childhood and adolescence. This period of maturation is accompanies by parallel developmental changes in social behavior, such as an increase in peer-peer interactions that are characterized by an abundance of social play behavior. The PFC also continues to develop during adolescence.
Social isolation and PFC
Social isolation and a lack of social play, for instance during your childhood and adolescence, can have a negative impact on the neuronal development of areas that support social behavior, resulting in social behavioral deficits that last into adulthood. Also, having a lot of social stress during your childhood affects the neuronal development of the brain, and social stress in adults has a great impact on the neural degeneration.
