Differences in Reward Sensitivity between High and Low Problematic Smartphone Use Adolescents: An ERP Study.

ABSTRACT: Problematic smartphone use is highly prevalent in adolescent populations compared to other age groups (e.g., adults and young children). Previous studies suggested that higher levels of reward sensitivity were associated with problematic smartphone use. Therefore, the current study investigated the neural processing of monetary and social reward and punishment feedbacks between high and low problematic smartphone use adolescents. 46 adolescents participated in the current study and they were categorized into two groups based on their level of problematic smartphone use: those who obtained low scores on the measure of problematic smartphone use were categorized as Low Problematic Smartphone Use (LPSU), and those who obtained high scores on the measure of problematic smartphone use were cate

SUBMITTER: Deng X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8470587 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature