Kids, candy, brain and behavior: age differences in responses to candy gains and losses.

ABSTRACT: The development of reward-related neural systems, from adolescence through adulthood, has received much recent attention in the developmental neuroimaging literature. However, few studies have investigated behavioral and neural responses to both gains and losses in pre-pubertal child populations. To address this gap in the literature, in the present study healthy children aged 7-11 years and young-adults completed an fMRI card-guessing game using candy pieces delivered post-scan as an incentive. Age differences in behavioral and neural responses to candy gains/losses were investigated. Adults and children displayed similar responses to gains, but robust age differences were observed following candy losses within the caudate, thalamus, insula, and hippocampus. Interestingly, when task behav

SUBMITTER: Luking KR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4061265 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature