Unlike adults, children and adolescents show predominantly increased neural activation to social exclusion by members of the opposite gender
Bolling DZ, Pelphrey KA, Vander Wyk B. Unlike adults, children and adolescents show predominantly increased neural activation to social exclusion by members of the opposite gender. Social Neuroscience 2015, 11: 475-486. PMID: 26592311, PMCID: PMC4976300, DOI: 10.1080/17470919.2015.1117019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFunctional magnetic resonance imagingNeural correlatesGroup membershipOnline ball-tossing gameSocial exclusionAnterior cingulate responsesBall-tossing gameSocial anxiety disorderOpposite genderSocio-emotional developmentDifferential neural correlatesAnterior cingulate cortexPrevious adult studiesPeer rejectionCingulate responseBrain responsesPeer relationsNeural activationAnxiety disordersCingulate cortexMain effectCurrent studyAdolescenceIncreased activationAdolescents