The Balance N1 Is Larger in Children With Anxiety and Associated With the Error-Related Negativity.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The error-related negativity (ERN) is a brain response evoked by mistakes in cognitive tasks that is enhanced with anxiety and can predict the subsequent onset or exacerbation of anxiety in children and adolescents. A physical disturbance to standing balance evokes a brain response called the balance N1 that resembles the ERN in scalp topography and in response to a variety of moderating factors. We recently found that the balance N1 and ERN correlate in amplitude across small samples of adults.

Methods

In the current study, we tested the effect of anxiety on the balance N1 in children (ages 9-12 years) with and without diagnosed anxiety disorders (38 children with generalized anxiety, social anxiety, and/or obsessive-compulsive disorder and 50 children without th

SUBMITTER: Payne AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11546193 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature