As they wait: Anticipatory neural response to evaluative peer feedback varies by pubertal status and social anxiety.

ABSTRACT: Adolescence is a developmental period characterized by substantial biological, neural, behavioral, and social changes. Learning to navigate the complex social world requires adaptive skills. Although anticipation of social situations can serve an adaptive function, providing opportunity to adjust behavior, socially anxious individuals may engage in maladaptive anticipatory processing. Importantly, elevated social anxiety often coincides with adolescence. This study investigated cortical electroencephalogram (EEG) responses during anticipation of evaluative feedback in 106 healthy adolescents aged 12-17 years. We examined differences in anticipatory event-related potentials (i.e., stimulus preceding negativity [SPN]) in relation to social anxiety levels and pubertal maturation. As expected,

SUBMITTER: Topel S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8377527 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature