Methods and metrics for EEG/ERP assessment of emotion and cognition in young children

Kujawa, Autumn; Brooker, Rebecca J.

doi:10.1002/dev.22284

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“…Geared toward novice and experienced researchers alike, all articles in this issue not only explain the theoretical and conceptual steps involved in each approach, but each article is accompanied by a step-by-step tutorial, publicly available code, and example data. Consistent with similar initiatives by other groups ( Clayson et al, 2022 , Kujawa and Brooker, 2022 , Weisz and Keil, 2022 ) and the broader movement towards open-science ( Foster and Deardorff, 2017 , Markiewicz et al, 2021 , Molloy, 2011 , Munafò et al, 2017 ), it is our hope that improved access to methodological resources will further accelerate the pace of discovery within the field of developmental cognitive neuroscience.…”

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Maximizing the potential of EEG as a developmental neuroscience tool

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Morales

Valadez

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Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience

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Maximizing the potential of EEG as a developmental neuroscience tool

Buzzell

Morales

Valadez

et al. 2023

Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience

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“…EEG/ERP methods, discovered in the early 20th century, are well-established, objective approaches to characterizing emotional and cognitive processes at the neural level and across development (Kujawa & Brooker, 2022). These methods are particularly promising in that they benefit from a long history and large existing literature on the most rigorous methods while also offering flexibility and accessibility for innovative applications and extensions.…”

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Reduced reward responsiveness and depression vulnerability: Consideration of social contexts and implications for intervention

Kujawa

2024

Psychophysiology

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Depression is a prevalent, heterogeneous, and debilitating disorder that often emerges in adolescence, and there is a need to better understand vulnerability processes to inform more targeted intervention efforts. Psychophysiological methods, like event‐related potentials (ERPs), can offer unique insights into the cognitive and emotional processes underlying depression vulnerability. I review my and others' research examining ERP measures of reward responsiveness in youth depression and present a conceptual model of the development of low reward responsiveness, its role in depression vulnerability, and potential windows for targeted intervention. There is evidence that a blunted reward positivity (RewP) is observable in children at risk for depression, appears to be shaped in part by early social experiences, and predicts later depressive symptoms in combination with other risk factors like stress exposure. Further, a component consistent with RewP is reliably elicited in response to social acceptance feedback in computerized peer interaction tasks and demonstrates unique associations with social contextual factors and depressive symptoms, supporting the utility of developing psychophysiological tasks that may better capture youths' real‐world experiences and social risk processes. In addition, I address the translational implications of clinical psychophysiological research and describe a series of studies showing that a reduced RewP predicts greater reductions in depressive symptoms with treatment but is not modifiable by current treatments like cognitive behavioral therapy. Finally, I describe our preliminary efforts to develop a positive emotion‐focused intervention for the offspring of depressed mothers, informed by the RewP literature, and describe future directions for translating psychophysiological research to intervention and prevention.

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