2024
Risk avoidance and social anxiety in adolescence: Examination of event-related potentials and theta-dynamics on the Balloon Risk Avoidance Task
Edgar E, Waugh A, Wu J, Castagna P, Potenza M, Mayes L, Crowley M. Risk avoidance and social anxiety in adolescence: Examination of event-related potentials and theta-dynamics on the Balloon Risk Avoidance Task. Brain And Cognition 2024, 180: 106209. PMID: 39137602, DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2024.106209.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLevels of social anxietySocially anxious youthSocial anxietyAnxious youthAvoidance taskSocial Phobia and Anxiety InventoryLow levels of social anxietyRisk avoidanceNeural correlatesAvoidance conditioningSuccessful avoidanceTheta dynamicsAnxiety InventoryTheta powerBehavioral correlatesAnxietyTheta responseFRNAdolescentsAvoidanceConcurrent electroencephalographySlow-waveYouthOscillatory dynamicsTaskComputational modeling of social evaluative decision‐making elucidates individual differences in adolescent anxiety
Castagna P, Edgar E, Delpech R, Topel S, Kortink E, van der Molen M, Crowley M. Computational modeling of social evaluative decision‐making elucidates individual differences in adolescent anxiety. Journal Of Research On Adolescence 2024 PMID: 38961725, DOI: 10.1111/jora.12999.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSocial judgment paradigmElevated levels of social anxietySelf-report measures of anxietyLevels of social anxietySocial judgment taskInformation processing biasesMeasures of anxietyParent-report measuresSelf-report measuresSelf-reported anxietyDecision threshold parameterDecision-making taskSignificant developmental changesProcessing biasesSocial anxietyJudgment paradigmAdolescent anxietyAnxiety symptomsEvaluate decision-makingNeural correlatesJudgment taskCognitive processesSocial cuesTask performanceDrift-diffusion model
2022
An intergenerational lifespan perspective on the neuroscience of prenatal substance exposure
Lowell AF, Morie K, Potenza MN, Crowley MJ, Mayes LC. An intergenerational lifespan perspective on the neuroscience of prenatal substance exposure. Pharmacology Biochemistry And Behavior 2022, 219: 173445. PMID: 35970340, DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2022.173445.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrenatal substance exposureSubstance exposureEmotion regulationExecutive functioningPrenatal exposureNeural correlatesVariety of domainsNeuroimaging literatureLongitudinal predictionInfluence infantsDevelopmental psychopathologyLifespan perspectiveChild behaviorExtant findingsNeural outcomesSensorimotor developmentNeurobiological effectsSubstance abuseBehavioral patternsDomain of interestNeuroscienceArousalPsychopathologyAdolescenceFunctioning