Behavioral and psychiatric correlates of brain responses to social feedback.

ABSTRACT: Maladaptive responses to peer acceptance and rejection arise in numerous psychiatric disorders in adolescence; yet, homogeneity and heterogeneity across disorders suggest common and unique mechanisms of impaired social function. We tested the hypothesis that social feedback is processed similarly to other forms of feedback (e.g., monetary) by examining the correspondence between the brain's response to social acceptance and rejection and behavioral performance on a separate reward and loss task. We also examined the relationship between these brain responses and depression and social anxiety severity. The sample consisted of one hundred and thirteen 16-21-year olds who received virtual peer acceptance/rejection feedback in an event-related potential (ERP) task. We used temporospatial princ

SUBMITTER: Rappaport BI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10841166 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature