PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Marie-Helène Grosbras
AU  - Marije Jansen
AU  - Gabriel Leonard
AU  - Anthony McIntosh
AU  - Katja Osswald
AU  - Catherine Poulsen
AU  - Laurence Steinberg
AU  - Roberto Toro
AU  - Tomaš Paus
TI  - Neural Mechanisms of Resistance to Peer Influence in Early Adolescence
AID  - 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1360-07.2007
DP  - 2007 Jul 25
TA  - The Journal of Neuroscience
PG  - 8040--8045
VI  - 27
IP  - 30
4099  - http://www.jneurosci.org/content/27/30/8040.short
4100  - http://www.jneurosci.org/content/27/30/8040.full
SO  - J. Neurosci.2007 Jul 25; 27
AB  - During the shift from a parent-dependent child to a fully autonomous adult, peers take on a significant role in shaping the adolescent's behavior. Peer-derived influences are not always positive, however. Here, we explore neural correlates of interindividual differences in the probability of resisting peer influence in early adolescence. Using functional magnetic resonance imaging, we found striking differences between 10-year-old children with high and low resistance to peer influence in their brain activity during observation of angry hand movements and angry facial expressions: compared with subjects with low resistance to peer influence, individuals with high resistance showed a highly coordinated brain activity in neural systems underlying perception of action and decision making. These findings suggest that the probability of resisting peer influence depends on neural interactions during observation of emotion-laden actions.