Implicit neural sensitivity for negatively valued social and non-social visual scenes in young adults exposed to childhood adversity.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Based on facial expression experiments, childhood adversity may be associated with threat-related information processing bias. Yet, it is unclear whether this generalizes to other threat-related stimuli, such as social and non-social visual scenes.

Methods

We combined fast periodic visual stimulation with frequency-tagging electroencephalography (EEG) and eye-tracking to assess automatic and implicit neural discrimination, neural salience and preferential looking towards negative versus neutral social and non-social visual scenes in young adults aged 16-24 years (51 with childhood adversity and psychiatric symptoms and 43 controls).

Results

Controls showed enhanced negative-neutral neural discrimination within a social versus non-social context. However, th

SUBMITTER: Qiao Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12017353 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature