2016
Neural Mechanisms of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Aggression in Children and Adolescents: Design of a Randomized Controlled Trial Within the National Institute for Mental Health Research Domain Criteria Construct of Frustrative Non-Reward
Sukhodolsky DG, Wyk B, Eilbott JA, McCauley SA, Ibrahim K, Crowley MJ, Pelphrey KA. Neural Mechanisms of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Aggression in Children and Adolescents: Design of a Randomized Controlled Trial Within the National Institute for Mental Health Research Domain Criteria Construct of Frustrative Non-Reward. Journal Of Child And Adolescent Psychopharmacology 2016, 26: 38-48. PMID: 26784537, PMCID: PMC4779273, DOI: 10.1089/cap.2015.0164.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCognitive behavioral therapyReactive aggressionResearch Domain Criteria (RDoC) constructsSessions of CBTEmotional face perceptionEmotion regulation circuitryBrain-behavior associationsAggressive behaviorFunctional magnetic resonanceFace perceptionNon-RewardTraditional diagnostic categoriesNoGo taskFMRI scanningRDoC constructsElectrophysiological correlatesNeural mechanismsCriterion constructsFunctional neuroimagingBehavioral levelStrategic research prioritiesAge 8AggressionAdolescentsSupportive psychotherapy
2015
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