Negative affectivity and EEG asymmetry interact to predict emotional interference on attention in early school-aged children

Solomon, Beylul; O’Toole, Laura; Hong, Melanie; Dennis, Tracy A.

doi:10.1016/j.bandc.2014.03.014

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“…Further studies should consider the variability between classrooms and take the nested structure of the data into account. In addition, future research might include the assessment of individual (e.g., temperament, anxiety; see Solomon, O'Toole, Hong, & Dennis, ) and environmental variables (e.g., quality of teacher–student interactions, presence of aggressive behaviours within the class; see Cassidy, King, Wang, Lower, & Kintner‐Duffy, ) that may enter the equation. A second limitation is related to the measure of classroom climate used on this study, which not only assesses the emotional component of the environment, but also covers physical and managing aspects of the classroom.…”

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First‐graders’ allocation of attentional resources in an emotional Stroop task: The role of heart period variability and classroom climate

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Moscardino

Masón

2018

Brit J of Edu Psychol

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First‐graders’ allocation of attentional resources in an emotional Stroop task: The role of heart period variability and classroom climate

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Moscardino

Masón

2018

Brit J of Edu Psychol

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“…As previously noted, frontal asymmetry may be a unique trait‐level marker of affective and approach‐withdrawal tendencies in infants (Buss et al, ; Davidson & Fox, ; Hane, Fox, Henderson, & Marshall, ). In contrast, parietal asymmetry may reflect more cognitive processing and general emotional arousal, regardless of valence (Heller, Nitschke, & Miller, ; Solomon, O'Toole, Hong, & Dennis, ). Therefore, to the degree that posterior asymmetry may reflect cognitive or emotional arousal to a task at hand rather than traitlike pattern of individual differences in behavioral propensities, less consistency over time—particularly during baseline tasks—may be expected.…”

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Short‐ and long‐term stability of alpha asymmetry in infants: Baseline and affective measures

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Asymmetry in cortical activation was tested for short- and long-term stability during the first year of life. Infants (N = 129) completed a total of four laboratory visits: 2 visits occurred about 1 week apart when infants were 6 months old and 2 visits occurred about 1 week apart when infants were 12 months of age. At each laboratory visit, electroencephalogram readings were taken during 5 one-minute, neutral baselines as well as during a negative and a positive emotion-eliciting task. The stability of hemispheric asymmetry was assessed at two midfrontal (F3/4, F7/8) and one parietal (set of electrodes P3/4). Asymmetry in baseline and fear-eliciting episodes showed moderate short-term stability. Long-term stability was apparent when assessments were composited at 6 months and 12 month. Frontal asymmetry was greater than parietal asymmetry for baseline recordings. There was minimal evidence for stability in asymmetry during positive emotion tasks. Results are discussed with regard to the collection and interpretation of alpha asymmetry measures during infancy.

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“…Rather, significant levels of coupling were seen across frontal, central, and parietal recording sites. A lack of specialization of neural processes involved in emotion processing and self-regulation to frontal brain regions is frequently observed in neuroscience work with young children (e.g., Brooker and Buss, 2014 , Solomon et al, 2014 ). Such findings are consistent with descriptions of neurodevelopment, which describe early-developing posterior regions involved in cognitive and regulatory processing being progressively overtaken by later-maturing, more anterior structures ( Bachevalier and Mishkin, 1984 , Goldman et al, 1971 ).…”

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Toddlers’ dysregulated fear predicts delta–beta coupling during preschool

Phelps

Brooker

Buss

2016

Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience

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Dysregulated fear, or the persistence of high levels of fear in low-threat contexts, is an early risk factor for the development of anxiety symptoms. Previous work has suggested both propensities for over-control and under-control of fearfulness as risk factors for anxiety problems, each of which may be relevant to observations of dysregulated fear. Given difficulty disentangling over-control and under-control through traditional behavioral measures, we used delta-beta coupling to begin to understand the degree to which dysregulated fear may reflect propensities for over- or under-control. We found that toddlers who showed high levels of dysregulated fear evidenced greater delta-beta coupling at frontal and central electrode sites as preschoolers relative to children who were low in dysregulated fear. Importantly, these differences were not observed when comparisons were made based on fear levels in high threat contexts. Results suggest dysregulated fear may involve tendencies toward over-control at the neural level.

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Negative affectivity and EEG asymmetry interact to predict emotional interference on attention in early school-aged children

Cited by 10 publications

References 79 publications

First‐graders’ allocation of attentional resources in an emotional Stroop task: The role of heart period variability and classroom climate

First‐graders’ allocation of attentional resources in an emotional Stroop task: The role of heart period variability and classroom climate

Short‐ and long‐term stability of alpha asymmetry in infants: Baseline and affective measures

Toddlers’ dysregulated fear predicts delta–beta coupling during preschool

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