Emotional picture processing in children: An ERP study

Solomon, Beylul; DeCicco, Jennifer M.; Dennis, Tracy A.

doi:10.1016/j.dcn.2011.04.002

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“…That is, effects at frontal sites may be negative, but it is the positive deflection that is interpreted. This is consistent with the approach taken in Solomon et al (2012).…”

Section: Erp Data Analysissupporting

confidence: 91%

“…Examination of the data was guided by similar investigations (Dawson et al, 2004;Dolcos and Cabeza, 2002;Hajcak and Dennis, 2009;Maratos and Rugg, 2001;Solomon et al, 2012). Based on the previous research and visual inspection of the ERP waveforms, we identified a sustained positive slow-wave consistent with the late positive potential (LPP) over all scalp sites.…”

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Development in the neurophysiology of emotion processing and memory in school-age children

Leventon

Stevens

Bauer

2014

Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience

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In the adult literature, emotional arousal is regarded as a source of the enhancing effect of emotion on subsequent memory. Here, we used behavioral, electrophysiological, and psychophysiological methods to examine the role of emotional arousal on subsequent memory in school-age children. Five- to 8-year-olds, divided into younger and older groups, viewed emotional scenes as EEG, heart rate, and respiration was recorded, and participated in a memory task 24 hours later where EEG and behavioral responses were recorded; participants provided subjective ratings of the scenes after the memory task. All measures indicated emotion responses in both groups, and in ERP measures the effects were stronger for older children. Emotion responses were more consistent across measures for negative than positive stimuli. Behavioral memory performance was strong but did not differ by emotion condition. Emotion influenced the ERP index of recognition memory in the older group only (enhanced recognition of negative scenes). The findings an increasing interaction of emotion and memory during the school years. Further, the findings impress the value of combining multiple methods to assess emotion and memory in development. Development in the neurophysiology of emotion processing and memory in school-age children.

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“…That is, effects at frontal sites may be negative, but it is the positive deflection that is interpreted. This is consistent with the approach taken in Solomon et al (2012).…”

Section: Erp Data Analysissupporting

confidence: 91%

Section: Erp Data Analysismentioning

confidence: 90%

Development in the neurophysiology of emotion processing and memory in school-age children

Leventon

Stevens

Bauer

2014

Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience

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“…That is, there is some evidence that abnormalities in the LPP may be observable among children at high risk for psychopathology prior to the onset of symptoms. For example, young children who exhibit behaviors consistent with fearful temperament styles have been shown to exhibit enhanced LPPs to unpleasant stimuli (Solomon, DeCicco, & Dennis, 2012) and blunted LPPs to emotional faces have been observed in children at high risk for depression (Kujawa, Hajcak et al, 2012). Thus, the LPP may provide a neural measure of patterns of emotional reactivity that contribute to the development of internalizing disorders.…”

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confidence: 99%

Enhanced Neural Reactivity to Threatening Faces in Anxious Youth: Evidence from Event-Related Potentials

Kujawa

MacNamara

Fitzgerald

et al. 2015

J Abnorm Child Psychol

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Anxiety disorders are characterized by enhanced reactivity to threat, and event-related potentials (ERPs) are useful neural measures of the dynamics of threat processing. In particular, the late positive potential (LPP) is an ERP component that reflects sustained attention towards motivationally salient information. Previous studies in adults suggest that the LPP is enhanced to threatening stimuli in anxiety but blunted in depression; however, very little work has evaluated the LPP to threat in anxious youth. We measured the LPP during an emotional face-matching task in youth (age 7–19) with current anxiety disorders (n = 53) and healthy controls with no history of psychopathology (n = 37). We evaluated group differences, as well as the effect of depressive symptoms on the LPP. Youth with anxiety disorders exhibited enhanced LPPs to angry and fearful faces 1000–2000 ms after stimulus onset. Higher depressive symptoms were associated with reduced LPPs to angry faces across both groups. Enhanced LPPs to threatening faces were most apparent for social anxiety disorder, as opposed to generalized anxiety or separation anxiety disorder. Results suggest the LPP may be a useful neural measure of threat reactivity in youth with anxiety disorders and highlight the importance of accounting for symptoms of both depression and anxiety when examining emotional processing.

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“…Cross-sectional research suggests the LPP may measure emotional processing styles that contribute to vulnerability for psychopathology. For example, offspring of parents with fear disorders (i.e., panic disorder, social anxiety disorder, and specific phobia) and children with fearful temperament showed enhanced LPPs to unpleasant stimuli (36; 37). In addition, blunted LPPs to emotional faces have been observed in youth at risk for depression based both on parental history of depression and temperament style (37–39).…”

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Neural Reactivity to Emotional Stimuli Prospectively Predicts the Impact of a Natural Disaster on Psychiatric Symptoms in Children

Kujawa

Hajcak

Danzig

et al. 2016

Biological Psychiatry

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Background Natural disasters expose entire communities to stress and trauma, leading to increased risk for psychiatric symptoms. Yet, the majority of exposed individuals are resilient, highlighting the importance of identifying underlying factors that contribute to outcomes. Methods The current study was part of a larger prospective study of children in Long Island, NY (N = 260). At age 9, children viewed unpleasant and pleasant images while the late positive potential (LPP), an event-related potential (ERP) component that reflects sustained attention towards salient information, was measured. Following the ERP assessment, Hurricane Sandy, the second costliest hurricane in U.S. history, hit the region. Eight weeks after the hurricane, mothers reported on exposure to hurricane-related stress and children’s internalizing and externalizing symptoms. Symptoms were re-assessed 8 months after the hurricane. Results The LPP predicted both internalizing and externalizing symptoms after accounting for pre-hurricane symptomatology, and interacted with stress to predict externalizing symptoms. Among children exposed to higher levels of hurricane-related stress, enhanced neural reactivity to unpleasant images predicted greater externalizing symptoms 8 weeks after the disaster, while greater neural reactivity to pleasant images predicted lower externalizing symptoms. Moreover, interactions between the LPP and stress continued to predict externalizing symptoms 8 months after the hurricane. Conclusions Results indicate that heightened neural reactivity and attention towards unpleasant information, as measured by the LPP, predisposes children to psychiatric symptoms when exposed to higher levels of stress related to natural disasters, while greater reactivity to and processing of pleasant information may be a protective factor.

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Emotional picture processing in children: An ERP study

Cited by 93 publications

References 51 publications

Development in the neurophysiology of emotion processing and memory in school-age children

Development in the neurophysiology of emotion processing and memory in school-age children

Enhanced Neural Reactivity to Threatening Faces in Anxious Youth: Evidence from Event-Related Potentials

Neural Reactivity to Emotional Stimuli Prospectively Predicts the Impact of a Natural Disaster on Psychiatric Symptoms in Children

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