Social provocation modulates decision making and feedback processing: Examining the trajectory of development in adolescent participants
Increasingly, research is turning to the ways in which social context impacts decision making and feedback processing in adolescents. The current study recorded electroencephalography to examine the trajectory of development across adolescence, with a focus on how social context impacts cognition an...
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| author | Hannah L. Pincham Claire Wu Clare Killikelly Laura Vuillier R.M. Pasco Fearon |
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| description | Increasingly, research is turning to the ways in which social context impacts decision making and feedback processing in adolescents. The current study recorded electroencephalography to examine the trajectory of development across adolescence, with a focus on how social context impacts cognition and behaviour. To that end, younger (10–12 years) and older (14–16 years) adolescents played a modified Taylor Aggression Paradigm against two virtual opponents: a low-provoker and a high-provoker. During the task's decision phase (where participants select punishment for their opponent), we examined two event-related potentials: the N2 and the late positive potential (LPP). During the outcome phase (where participants experience win or loss feedback), we measured the feedback related negativity (FRN). Although N2 amplitudes did not vary with provocation, LPP amplitudes were enhanced under high provocation for the younger group, suggesting that emotional reactivity during the decision phase was heightened for early adolescents. During the outcome phase, the FRN was reduced following win outcomes under high provocation for both groups, suggesting that a highly provocative social opponent may influence the reward response. Collectively, the data argue that social context is an important factor modulating neural responses in adolescent behavioural and brain development. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-76a39a428d074bbea797d470259d83252022-12-22T00:25:48ZengElsevierDevelopmental Cognitive Neuroscience1878-92931878-93072015-10-0115C586610.1016/j.dcn.2015.10.003Social provocation modulates decision making and feedback processing: Examining the trajectory of development in adolescent participantsHannah L. Pincham0Claire Wu1Clare Killikelly2Laura Vuillier3R.M. Pasco Fearon4Developmental Neuroscience Unit, Anna Freud Centre, UKInstitute of Neurology, University College London, UKInstitute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, UKDepartment of Psychology, University of Cambridge, UKDevelopmental Neuroscience Unit, Anna Freud Centre, UKIncreasingly, research is turning to the ways in which social context impacts decision making and feedback processing in adolescents. The current study recorded electroencephalography to examine the trajectory of development across adolescence, with a focus on how social context impacts cognition and behaviour. To that end, younger (10–12 years) and older (14–16 years) adolescents played a modified Taylor Aggression Paradigm against two virtual opponents: a low-provoker and a high-provoker. During the task's decision phase (where participants select punishment for their opponent), we examined two event-related potentials: the N2 and the late positive potential (LPP). During the outcome phase (where participants experience win or loss feedback), we measured the feedback related negativity (FRN). Although N2 amplitudes did not vary with provocation, LPP amplitudes were enhanced under high provocation for the younger group, suggesting that emotional reactivity during the decision phase was heightened for early adolescents. During the outcome phase, the FRN was reduced following win outcomes under high provocation for both groups, suggesting that a highly provocative social opponent may influence the reward response. Collectively, the data argue that social context is an important factor modulating neural responses in adolescent behavioural and brain development.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1878929315000936AdolescenceElectroencephalographySocial provocationFeedbackDecision making |
| spellingShingle | Hannah L. Pincham Claire Wu Clare Killikelly Laura Vuillier R.M. Pasco Fearon Social provocation modulates decision making and feedback processing: Examining the trajectory of development in adolescent participants Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Adolescence Electroencephalography Social provocation Feedback Decision making |
| title | Social provocation modulates decision making and feedback processing: Examining the trajectory of development in adolescent participants |
| title_full | Social provocation modulates decision making and feedback processing: Examining the trajectory of development in adolescent participants |
| title_fullStr | Social provocation modulates decision making and feedback processing: Examining the trajectory of development in adolescent participants |
| title_full_unstemmed | Social provocation modulates decision making and feedback processing: Examining the trajectory of development in adolescent participants |
| title_short | Social provocation modulates decision making and feedback processing: Examining the trajectory of development in adolescent participants |
| title_sort | social provocation modulates decision making and feedback processing examining the trajectory of development in adolescent participants |
| topic | Adolescence Electroencephalography Social provocation Feedback Decision making |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1878929315000936 |
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