Adolescent cognitive control and mediofrontal theta oscillations are disrupted by neglect: Associations with transdiagnostic risk for psychopathology in a randomized controlled trial

Buzzell, George A.; Troller‐Renfree, Sonya V.; Wade, Mark; Debnath, Ranjan; Morales, Santiago; Bowers, Maureen E.; Zeanah, Charles H.; Nelson, Charles A.

doi:10.1016/j.dcn.2020.100777

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“…Second, the lack of a control group limits our ability to conclude that the imaging of a past failure elicited a stress response over and above what a control group may have reported over the course of this lab visit, absent of the imagery task. However, the changes in cardiac physiology we have previously reported in this sample are consistent with what is observed in a canonical stress response (Ceccarelli et al, 2019).…”

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“…EEG power spectra in adults are typically examined through canonical frequency bands consisting of delta (0.5-3 Hz), theta (3-7 Hz), alpha (7-12 Hz), high alpha or SMR (12-15 Hz), beta (15-20 Hz), and high beta (20 -40 Hz Hz) (Xiang et al, 2018). Previous work has established general cognitive correlates associated with activity in the separate EEG bandwidths, with delta power associated with general alertness (e.g., Sachdev et al, 2015), theta power related to selective attention and cognitive control (e.g., Buzzell et al, 2020;Orekhova et al, 2006), alpha power related to focused attention (e.g., Aftanas & Golocheikine, 2001) and beta power related to active processing when ontask (e.g., Marek et al, 2018). Thus, changes in power spectra of EEG bandwidths as a function of acute stress might be informative as to the nature of systemic changes in cognition under stress.…”

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Elevations in EEG Power Spectra During the Recall of Sport Failure Amongst University Athletes

Ceccarelli¹,

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2020

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Previously, we showed that university athletes demonstrate cardiac reactivity resembling an acute stress response while recalling a previous sport failure. Athletes who reported higher levels of self- compassion showed greater elevation of parasympathetic nervous system reactivity during recall of failure, and also showed more adaptive behavioural reactions, less maladaptive thoughts, and less negative affect during the task. Here, we analyzed changes in power spectra of the electroencephalogram (EEG) before, during, and after the recall of a previous sports failure, and whether individual differences in self-compassion or related constructs impact EEG changes during recall. Significant reactivity to, and recovery from, the recall task was observed across all EEG bandwidths: delta power decreased, and theta, low alpha, high alpha, low beta, and high beta power all increased from baseline to recall. Analogous EEG power changes were observed during recovery: delta power increased, while theta, low alpha, high alpha, low beta, and high beta power all decreased to baseline levels. Large gender differences were observed, with females generally showing greater EEG power across bandwidths during all phases of the experiment. Higher levels of self-compassion were associated with reduced theta power at baseline and during the recovery phase. Reactivity and recovery scores of EEG power were associated with self-reported self-esteem in the low alpha band: individuals reporting higher self-esteem showed greater increases in low alpha power during the recall task and greater decreases in low alpha power during recovery. These results are amongst the first to examine EEG power changes during experiences of acute stress and may have implications for improving how athletes recover from failures in sporting events.

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Elevations in EEG Power Spectra During the Recall of Sport Failure Amongst University Athletes

Ceccarelli¹,

Rj²

2020

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“…These signals reflect the synchronous activity of cortical (pyramidal) neurons which, in turn, can be decomposed into neural oscillations in different frequency bands that are believed to make distinct and important contributions to cognitive processes ( Bell and Cuevas, 2012 ). For example, the magnitude of spectral power in the theta, alpha, and beta bands in children’s EEG has been associated with sustained attention and error monitoring in children ( Xie et al, 2018 ; Buzzell et al, 2020 ), while the magnitude of gamma power has been found to be consistently associated with language abilities ( Brito et al, 2016 ; Gou, Choudhury, et al, 2011 ; Cantiani et al, 2019 ).…”

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Associations of socioeconomic and other environmental factors with early brain development in Bangladeshi infants and children

Jensen

Xie

Kumar

et al. 2021

Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience

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Highlights Research from high-income countries shows that experiences impact neural development. We examine EEG in relation to wealth and psychosocial factors in 6 and 36-month-olds from Bangladesh. Wealth and maternal stress is associated with EEG oscillations in 36-month-olds. Neither wealth nor maternal stress is associated with EEG oscillations in 6-month-olds. Environmental influences on EEG may emerge between 6 and 36 months of age.

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“…Meyer, Proudfit, et al (2015) demonstrated that harsh parenting shapes children's neural error responding, which later predicted increased ERN among anxious youth. A separate study found that youth who remain in institutional‐rearing environments demonstrated reduced event‐related mediofrontal theta oscillations, a neural mechanism that contributes to ERN and cognitive control, at age 16, which in turn predicted greater transdiagnostic risk for psychopathology (Buzzell et al, 2020). Thus, future studies should consider the potential role of socialization experiences in predicting ERN patterns in commonly occurring anxiety subtypes and psychopathology.…”

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The moderating role of externalizing problems on the association between anxiety and the error‐related negativity in youth

Suor

Granros

Kujawa

et al. 2020

Developmental Psychobiology

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The error‐related negativity (ERN) is an event‐related potential that reflects error monitoring. Enhanced ERN indicates sensitivity to performance errors and is a correlate of anxiety disorders. In contrast, youth with externalizing problems exhibit a reduced ERN, suggesting decreased error monitoring. Anxiety and externalizing problems commonly co‐occur in youth, but no studies have tested how comorbidity might modulate the ERN. In a sample of youth (N = 46, ages 7–19) with and without anxiety disorders, this preliminary study examined the interactive effect of anxiety and externalizing problems on ERN. Results suggest that externalizing problems moderate the relation between anxiety symptoms and ERN in youth. Anxious youth with less externalizing problems exhibited enhanced ERN response to errors. Conversely, anxious youth with greater externalizing problems demonstrated diminished ERN in response to errors. The regions of significance and proportion affected tests indicated that the moderating the effect of externalizing problems was only significant for youth with anxiety disorders. Findings suggest that enhanced neural error sensitivity could be a specific neurophysiological marker for anxiety disorders, whereas anxious individuals with comorbid externalizing problems demonstrate reduced error monitoring, similar to those with primary externalizing pathology. Results underscore the utility of examining neural correlates of pediatric anxiety comorbidity subtypes.

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Adolescent cognitive control and mediofrontal theta oscillations are disrupted by neglect: Associations with transdiagnostic risk for psychopathology in a randomized controlled trial

Cited by 24 publications

References 65 publications

Elevations in EEG Power Spectra During the Recall of Sport Failure Amongst University Athletes

Elevations in EEG Power Spectra During the Recall of Sport Failure Amongst University Athletes

Associations of socioeconomic and other environmental factors with early brain development in Bangladeshi infants and children

The moderating role of externalizing problems on the association between anxiety and the error‐related negativity in youth

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