Boys with conduct problems and callous-unemotional traits: Neural response to reward and punishment and associations with treatment response.

ABSTRACT: Abnormalities in reward and punishment processing are implicated in the development of conduct problems (CP), particularly among youth with callous-unemotional (CU) traits. However, no studies have examined whether CP children with high versus low CU traits exhibit differences in the neural response to reward and punishment. A clinic-referred sample of CP boys with high versus low CU traits (ages 8-11; n = 37) and healthy controls (HC; n = 27) completed a fMRI task assessing reward and punishment processing. CP boys also completed a randomized control trial examining the effectiveness of an empirically-supported intervention (i.e., Stop-Now-And-Plan; SNAP). Primary analyses examined pre-treatment differences in neural activation to reward and punishment, and exploratory analyses assessed w

SUBMITTER: Byrd AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5993203 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature