The neural correlates of academic self-concept in adolescence and the relation to making future-oriented academic choices
| Autor: | L.P.E. van der Aar, Susan Peters, R. van der Cruijsen, Eveline A. Crone |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Adolescent Relation (database) Cognitive Neuroscience media_common.quotation_subject Decision Making Neuroscience (miscellaneous) Self-concept Precuneus 050105 experimental psychology Education Developmental psychology Diagnostic Self Evaluation Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences Behavioral Neuroscience 0302 clinical medicine Orientation (mental) Reading (process) medicine Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Effects of sleep deprivation on cognitive performance media_common Neural correlates of consciousness Academic Success Intelligence quotient 05 social sciences Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging medicine.anatomical_structure Female Psychology 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | Trends in Neuroscience and Education Trends in Neuroscience and Education, 15, 10-17. Elsevier: 12 months |
| Popis: | This study examined the role of brain regions involved in academic self-evaluation in relation to problems with study orientation. For this purpose, 48 participants between ages 14–20 years evaluated themselves on academic traits sentences in an fMRI session. In addition, participants completed an orientation to study choice questionnaire, evaluated the importance of academic traits, and completed a reading and shortened IQ test as an index of cognitive performance. Behavioral results showed that academic self-evaluations were a more important predictor for problems with study orientation compared to subjective academic importance or academic performance. On a neural level, we found that individual differences in the positivity of academic self-evaluations were reflected in increased precuneus activity. Moreover, precuneus activity mediated the relation between academic self positivity and problems with study orientation. Together, these findings support the importance of studying academic self-concept and its neural correlates in the educational decision-making process. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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