The influence of monetary reward on proactive and reactive control in adolescent males
Adolescence is marked by increased reward-seeking, which can alter cognitive control abilities. Previous research found that rewards actually improve cognitive control in children, adolescents, and adults, but these studies only investigated reactive control. The goal of the current study was to elu...
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| author | Maureen E. Bowers Santiago Morales George A. Buzzell Nathan A. Fox |
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| description | Adolescence is marked by increased reward-seeking, which can alter cognitive control abilities. Previous research found that rewards actually improve cognitive control in children, adolescents, and adults, but these studies only investigated reactive control. The goal of the current study was to elucidate reward’s influence on both proactive and reactive control during adolescence. To this end, 68 (Mean age = 13.61, SD = 2.52) male adolescents completed a rewarded cued flanker paradigm while electroencephalogram (EEG) was collected. Theta power and inter-channel phase synchrony, both implicated in cognitive control, were quantified after cues and stimuli to understand their role during reward-cognitive control interactions. The data suggest that reward reduced interference during reactive control; however, reward increased interference during proactive control in this sample of adolescent males. Reward-related increases in cue-locked theta power predicted more reward-related RT interference on proactive trials. In contrast, increases in stimulus-locked theta ICPS were associated with better performance on rewarded proactive trials. The pattern of results show that reward differentially impacted proactive and reactive control in adolescence, which may have implications for the increased risk-taking behaviors observed during adolescence. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e27c965a1d214204a17fc751c1c381772022-12-21T23:45:26ZengElsevierDevelopmental Cognitive Neuroscience1878-92932021-04-0148100934The influence of monetary reward on proactive and reactive control in adolescent malesMaureen E. Bowers0Santiago Morales1George A. Buzzell2Nathan A. Fox3Neuroscience & Cognitive Science Program, University of Maryland, College Park, United States; Department of Human Development & Quantitative Methodology, University of Maryland, College Park, United States; Corresponding author at: 1423 Newton St NW Apt 203, Washington, DC, 20010, United States.Department of Human Development & Quantitative Methodology, University of Maryland, College Park, United StatesDepartment of Psychology and Center for Children and Families, Florida International University, Miami, United StatesNeuroscience & Cognitive Science Program, University of Maryland, College Park, United States; Department of Human Development & Quantitative Methodology, University of Maryland, College Park, United StatesAdolescence is marked by increased reward-seeking, which can alter cognitive control abilities. Previous research found that rewards actually improve cognitive control in children, adolescents, and adults, but these studies only investigated reactive control. The goal of the current study was to elucidate reward’s influence on both proactive and reactive control during adolescence. To this end, 68 (Mean age = 13.61, SD = 2.52) male adolescents completed a rewarded cued flanker paradigm while electroencephalogram (EEG) was collected. Theta power and inter-channel phase synchrony, both implicated in cognitive control, were quantified after cues and stimuli to understand their role during reward-cognitive control interactions. The data suggest that reward reduced interference during reactive control; however, reward increased interference during proactive control in this sample of adolescent males. Reward-related increases in cue-locked theta power predicted more reward-related RT interference on proactive trials. In contrast, increases in stimulus-locked theta ICPS were associated with better performance on rewarded proactive trials. The pattern of results show that reward differentially impacted proactive and reactive control in adolescence, which may have implications for the increased risk-taking behaviors observed during adolescence.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1878929321000256Proactive controlReactive controlThetaAdolescenceCognitive control |
| spellingShingle | Maureen E. Bowers Santiago Morales George A. Buzzell Nathan A. Fox The influence of monetary reward on proactive and reactive control in adolescent males Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Proactive control Reactive control Theta Adolescence Cognitive control |
| title | The influence of monetary reward on proactive and reactive control in adolescent males |
| title_full | The influence of monetary reward on proactive and reactive control in adolescent males |
| title_fullStr | The influence of monetary reward on proactive and reactive control in adolescent males |
| title_full_unstemmed | The influence of monetary reward on proactive and reactive control in adolescent males |
| title_short | The influence of monetary reward on proactive and reactive control in adolescent males |
| title_sort | influence of monetary reward on proactive and reactive control in adolescent males |
| topic | Proactive control Reactive control Theta Adolescence Cognitive control |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1878929321000256 |
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