2025
Neural Sensitivity to Ambiguous Social Exclusion Reflects Information Processing Bias in Midadolescents With Higher Levels of Aggression
Riggle E, Schmidt L, Lahat A, Crowley M, Tang A. Neural Sensitivity to Ambiguous Social Exclusion Reflects Information Processing Bias in Midadolescents With Higher Levels of Aggression. Developmental Psychobiology 2025, 67: e70019. PMID: 39878477, DOI: 10.1002/dev.70019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInformation processing biasesSocial information processing biasesLevels of aggressionProcessing biasesNeural correlatesMid-adolescencePeer rejectionTheta powerExclusion eventsExperiences of peer rejectionArtifact-free trialsSpectral theta powerCyberball taskNeural sensitivityEEG spectral powerAggression levelsAggressionEarly processModerating effectParticipantsEEG analysisSocial exclusionThetaCyberballSpectral power
2021
Children’s shyness and neural responses to social exclusion: Patterns of midfrontal theta power usually not observed until adolescence
Tang A, Lahat A, Crowley M, Wu J, Schmidt L. Children’s shyness and neural responses to social exclusion: Patterns of midfrontal theta power usually not observed until adolescence. Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience 2021, 21: 1262-1275. PMID: 34089488, DOI: 10.3758/s13415-021-00916-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLevels of shynessTheta powerNeural antecedentsNeural responses to social exclusionResponses to social exclusionAdverse peer experiencesMidfrontal theta powerNeural response patternsSocial exclusionRejection sensitivityCyberball taskSocial cognitionSocioemotional problemsNeural sensitivitySocial motivationEEG spectral powerPeer experiencesShynessEvents—asAdolescentsResponse patternsAge effectsThetaChildrenThreat of exclusion
2020
Perceived burdensomeness and neural responses to ostracism in the Cyberball task
Le TM, Zhornitsky S, Wang W, Li CR. Perceived burdensomeness and neural responses to ostracism in the Cyberball task. Journal Of Psychiatric Research 2020, 130: 1-8. PMID: 32763557, PMCID: PMC7554229, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2020.06.015.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCyberball taskInterpersonal needsIndividual differencesProsocial behaviorNeural responsesSocial interactionStronger neural responsesGreater brain activationDorsomedial prefrontal cortexMiddle frontal gyrusSocial exclusionResponse timeBrain activationBrain correlatesBehavioral performanceFMRI studyAnterior insulaFrontal gyrusSocial painBehavioral avoidanceAffective responsesBehavioral measuresNeural activationPrefrontal cortexEmotional distress
2019
The effects of age on cerebral responses to self-initiated actions during social interactions: An exploratory study
Wang W, Zhornitsky S, Chao HH, Levy I, Joormann J, Li CR. The effects of age on cerebral responses to self-initiated actions during social interactions: An exploratory study. Behavioural Brain Research 2019, 378: 112301. PMID: 31644928, PMCID: PMC6893150, DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2019.112301.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSelf-initiated actionsSocial interactionSocial anxietyCyberball taskNeural processesOccipital cortexBall tossPregenual anterior cingulate cortexAnterior cingulate cortexSex differencesSocial exclusionAnxiety Scale scoresBehavioral performanceOrbitofrontal cortexCingulate cortexSubjective reportsBehavioral burdenEffect of ageObserved sex differencesYoung adultsCerebral responsesAge-related diminutionGame sessionsAnxietyCortexNeurodevelopmental Differences to Social Exclusion: An Event-Related Neural Oscillation Study of Children, Adolescents, and Adults
Tang A, Lahat A, Crowley M, Wu J, Schmidt L. Neurodevelopmental Differences to Social Exclusion: An Event-Related Neural Oscillation Study of Children, Adolescents, and Adults. Emotion 2019, 19: 520-532. PMID: 29781644, DOI: 10.1037/emo0000456.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeural correlatesNeural correlates of social exclusionNeural responses to social exclusionResponses to social exclusionSocial exclusion conditionSelf-reported distressStudy of childrenAge-related differencesSocial exclusionCyberball taskTheta EEG powerEvent-relatedTheta powerNeurodevelopmental differencesExclusion conditionSubjective responsesOscillatory electroencephalogramEEG powerAdolescentsAdultsThetaChildrenCyberballNo studyFunctional link
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