2023
The free-viewing matrix task: A reliable measure of attention allocation in psychopathology
Shamai-Leshem D, Abend R, Arad G, Azriel O, Chong L, de Jong P, Dykan C, Hajcak G, Klawohn J, Meyer A, Neophytou K, Neria Y, Panayiotou G, Schneier F, Soleymani A, Yair N, Pine D, Bar-Haim Y, Lazarov A. The free-viewing matrix task: A reliable measure of attention allocation in psychopathology. Journal Of Anxiety Disorders 2023, 100: 102789. PMID: 37949029, DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2023.102789.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAn Experimental Therapeutics Approach to the Development of a Novel Computerized Treatment Targeting Error-Related Brain Activity in Young Children
Meyer A, Chong L, Wissemann K, Mehra L, Mirzadegan I. An Experimental Therapeutics Approach to the Development of a Novel Computerized Treatment Targeting Error-Related Brain Activity in Young Children. Behavior Therapy 2023, 54: 652-665. PMID: 37330255, DOI: 10.1016/j.beth.2023.01.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExperimental medicine approachComputerized interventionError-related brain activityLab-based tasksChild anxiety symptomsEvent-related potentialsObsessive-compulsive disorderCurrent studyError sensitivityAnxiety symptomsBrain activityNeural markersAnxiety disordersComputerized treatmentMultiple measuresERNYoung childrenNegative reactionsTreatment conditionsDisordersDepressive disorderChildrenInterventionMeasuresMistakes
2020
Psychometric properties of threat‐related attentional bias in young children using eye‐tracking
Chong L, Meyer A. Psychometric properties of threat‐related attentional bias in young children using eye‐tracking. Developmental Psychobiology 2020, 63: 1120-1131. PMID: 33146915, DOI: 10.1002/dev.22053.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAttentional biasAttentional biasesClinical anxietyPsychometric propertiesThreat-related attentional biasYoung childrenMeasures of attentionEye-tracking measuresEye-tracking studyOnset of anxietyDevelopment of anxietyGood psychometric propertiesSelective attentionDevelopmental theoryLongitudinal designChild psychopathologyIntervention effortsNull findingsAnxietyOlder childrenPersistent impairmentReaction timeBiasesEarly childhoodChildrenThe association between parenting and the error-related negativity across childhood and adolescence
Chong L, Mirzadegan I, Meyer A. The association between parenting and the error-related negativity across childhood and adolescence. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience 2020, 45: 100852. PMID: 32890958, PMCID: PMC7479325, DOI: 10.1016/j.dcn.2020.100852.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsError-related negativityAnxious individualsAnxious outcomesNeural markersAnxiety disordersDiagnostic statusFemale adolescentsYoung childrenParentingPrevious findingsLarge sampleCurrent studyNegativityChronic impairmentAdolescentsChildhoodPsychopathologyAdolescenceAnxietyRelationshipStyleImpairmentChildrenIndividualsCommon formParental Presence Impacts a Neural Correlate of Anxiety (the Late Positive Potential) in 5–7 Year Old Children: Interactions with Parental Sensitivity to Child Anxiety
Day T, Chong L, Meyer A. Parental Presence Impacts a Neural Correlate of Anxiety (the Late Positive Potential) in 5–7 Year Old Children: Interactions with Parental Sensitivity to Child Anxiety. Research On Child And Adolescent Psychopathology 2020, 48: 951-963. PMID: 32323110, DOI: 10.1007/s10802-020-00648-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChild anxiety symptomsAnxiety symptomsChild anxietyParental sensitivityGreater LPP responsesNegative imageParental presenceEarly neural markersLPP responsesLarger LPPNeural correlatesRelevant stimuliSubclinical anxietyNeural markersAnxiety disordersYear old childrenChildren's engagementParental responsesAnxietyParents' presenceLPP activityOlder childrenStimuliLPPCurrent study
2019
The Presence of a Controlling Parent Is Related to an Increase in the Error-Related Negativity in 5–7 Year-Old Children
Meyer A, Carlton C, Chong L, Wissemann K. The Presence of a Controlling Parent Is Related to an Increase in the Error-Related Negativity in 5–7 Year-Old Children. Research On Child And Adolescent Psychopathology 2019, 47: 935-945. PMID: 30610550, DOI: 10.1007/s10802-018-0503-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsError-related negativityNeural markersReaction time taskAnxiety disorder statusOnset of anxietyAnxious childrenDevelopmental trajectoriesAnxiety disordersParents' reactionsYear old childrenPresence of parentsDisorder statusAnxietyNegativityParentsChildrenStyleTaskNovel hypothesisExperimenterSpecific mechanismsEnvironmental factorsDisordersPeopleMistakes
2018
Understanding the Link between Anxiety and a Neural Marker of Anxiety (The Error-Related Negativity) in 5 to 7 Year-Old Children
Chong L, Meyer A. Understanding the Link between Anxiety and a Neural Marker of Anxiety (The Error-Related Negativity) in 5 to 7 Year-Old Children. Developmental Neuropsychology 2018, 44: 71-87. PMID: 30407088, DOI: 10.1080/87565641.2018.1528264.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChild anxiety symptomsError-related negativitySelf-report scalesGood internal reliabilityChildren ages 5Psychological constructsAnxiety symptomsNeural markersYear old childrenConvergent validityInternal reliabilityAge 5AnxietySensitivity indexError sensitivityChildrenNegativityConstructsValidityScoresRelationshipSymptomsRisk markers