ArticleBJPsych open2022
Neurostructural brain imaging study of trait dissociation in healthy children.
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- The Induction of Dissociative States: A Meta-Analysis.Biological psychiatry global open science · 2025Article
- Proposition of Two Subtypes of Patients at Risk of Suicide: Pain Hypersensitive Vs. Dissociative.Current psychiatry reports · 2025Review
- The Role of Momentary Dissociation in the Sensory Cortex: A Neurophysiological Review and its Implications for Maladaptive Daydreaming.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2024Review
- Biomarkers of dissociation.BJPsych open · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundTrait dissociation has not been examined from a structural human brain mapping perspective in healthy adults or children. Non-pathological dissociation shares some features with daydreaming and mind-wandering, but also involves subtle disruptions in affect and autobiographical memory.
aimsTo identify neurostructural biomarkers of trait dissociation in healthy children.
methodTypically developing 9- to 15-year-olds (
resultsWe found that the precuneus was significantly larger in children with higher levels of trait dissociation but this was not related to trauma exposure. The inferior parietal volume was smaller in children with higher levels of trauma but was not related to dissociation. No other regions of interest, including frontal and limbic structures, were significantly related to trait dissociation even before multiple comparison correction.
conclusionsTrait dissociation reflects subtle cognitive disruptions worthy of study in healthy people and warrants study as a potential risk factor for psychopathology. This neurostructural study of trait dissociation in healthy children identified the precuneus as an essential brain region to consider in future dissociation research.
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