Associations between error-related negativity and childhood anxiety risk differ based on socioeconomic status.

Mistry-Patel, Sejal; Brooker, Rebecca J.

doi:10.1037/dev0001461

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“…Our findings on the presence of neural dynamics of error processing and associated behavioral adjustments were consistent with past studies based on preschool children during a go/no-go [ 38 , 39 , 41 , 46 , 49 , 50 , 51 , 52 , 53 ] and other cognitive control tasks [ 35 , 36 , 62 , 64 , 65 ]. In addition, our results were consistent with previous work that showed neural responses to error and post-error behavior in preschool children from low-SES homes [ 40 , 46 , 47 ]. To our knowledge, this study is one of the first to investigate the relationship between the neural activity of error processing and subsequent behavioral compensation in children from UBN homes.…”

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confidence: 92%

“…The sample involved in our study came from homes with low socioeconomic status (SES). Studies that investigated error processing in preschool showed that children from low-SES homes manifested neural dynamics of error processing and associated behavioral adjustments during go/no-go and conflict-related tasks [ 40 , 46 , 47 , 48 ].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…However, there is a lack of evidence on how neural activity is linked to behavioral adjustments after errors in children from lower socioeconomic backgrounds, just as there is no such evidence for childhood in general. It is particularly important to address this gap in research because studies have indicated that the neural activity associated with error processing in children from lower socioeconomic environments may show distinct activation patterns [ 40 ] and developmental trajectories [ 46 , 47 ] compared with children from higher socioeconomic backgrounds. In our study, we did not compare children from different socioeconomic backgrounds.…”

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confidence: 99%

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EEG Dynamics of Error Processing and Associated Behavioral Adjustments in Preschool Children

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Preschool children show neural responses and make behavioral adjustments immediately following an error. However, there is a lack of evidence regarding how neural responses to error predict subsequent behavioral adjustments during childhood. The aim of our study was to explore the neural dynamics of error processing and associated behavioral adjustments in preschool children from unsatisfied basic needs (UBN) homes. Using EEG recordings during a go/no-go task, we examined within-subject associations between the error-related negativity (ERN), frontal theta power, post-error slowing, and post-error accuracy. Post-error accuracy increased linearly with post-error slowing, and there was no association between the neural activity of error processing and post-error accuracy. However, during successful error recovery, the frontal theta power, but not the ERN amplitude, was associated positively with post-error slowing. These findings indicated that preschool children from UBN homes adjusted their behavior following an error in an adaptive form and that the error-related theta activity may be associated with the adaptive forms of post-error behavior. Furthermore, our data support the adaptive theory of post-error slowing and point to some degree of separation between the neural mechanisms represented by the ERN and theta.

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