Emotional Contexts Exert a Distracting Effect on Attention and Inhibitory Control in Female and Male Adolescents

Abstract Adolescents exhibit difficulties in behavioral regulation that become more evident when emotional contexts are involved, since these may hinder the development of socially-adaptive behaviors. The objectives of the present study were: to examine the influence of emotional contexts on adolesc...

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Autores principales:	Julieta Ramos-Loyo, Luis A. Llamas-Alonso, Andrés A. González-Garrido, Juan Hernández-Villalobos
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2017
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:1e4c93bfa5c04c0d89cb7aa02cb521432021-12-02T16:06:37ZEmotional Contexts Exert a Distracting Effect on Attention and Inhibitory Control in Female and Male Adolescents10.1038/s41598-017-02020-82045-2322https://doaj.org/article/1e4c93bfa5c04c0d89cb7aa02cb521432017-05-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-02020-8https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract Adolescents exhibit difficulties in behavioral regulation that become more evident when emotional contexts are involved, since these may hinder the development of socially-adaptive behaviors. The objectives of the present study were: to examine the influence of emotional contexts on adolescents’ ability to inhibit a prepotent response, evaluated by ERPs, and to determine whether sex differences in response inhibition are observed in adolescents in those contexts. Participants performed a prepotent response inhibition task (Go-NoGo) under 3 background context conditions: neutral, pleasant, and unpleasant. While no differences in accuracy were observed, the presence of emotional contexts did prolong reaction times compared to the neutral context. Also, the unpleasant context caused an enhancement of N2 amplitudes compared to the neutral and pleasant contexts. Also, N2 and P3 latencies were longer in emotional contexts than in the neutral condition during both correct responses and correct inhibitions. No sex differences were found in amplitude, but females showed longer N2 and P3 latencies than males. These results confirm the idea that, in adolescents, unpleasant pictures receive preferential attention over neutral images and so generate greater difficulty in response inhibition. Finally, results demonstrate that sex differences in inhibition control in adolescence were observed only in relation to time-processing.Julieta Ramos-LoyoLuis A. Llamas-AlonsoAndrés A. González-GarridoJuan Hernández-VillalobosNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2017)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Julieta Ramos-Loyo Luis A. Llamas-Alonso Andrés A. González-Garrido Juan Hernández-Villalobos Emotional Contexts Exert a Distracting Effect on Attention and Inhibitory Control in Female and Male Adolescents
description	Abstract Adolescents exhibit difficulties in behavioral regulation that become more evident when emotional contexts are involved, since these may hinder the development of socially-adaptive behaviors. The objectives of the present study were: to examine the influence of emotional contexts on adolescents’ ability to inhibit a prepotent response, evaluated by ERPs, and to determine whether sex differences in response inhibition are observed in adolescents in those contexts. Participants performed a prepotent response inhibition task (Go-NoGo) under 3 background context conditions: neutral, pleasant, and unpleasant. While no differences in accuracy were observed, the presence of emotional contexts did prolong reaction times compared to the neutral context. Also, the unpleasant context caused an enhancement of N2 amplitudes compared to the neutral and pleasant contexts. Also, N2 and P3 latencies were longer in emotional contexts than in the neutral condition during both correct responses and correct inhibitions. No sex differences were found in amplitude, but females showed longer N2 and P3 latencies than males. These results confirm the idea that, in adolescents, unpleasant pictures receive preferential attention over neutral images and so generate greater difficulty in response inhibition. Finally, results demonstrate that sex differences in inhibition control in adolescence were observed only in relation to time-processing.
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author	Julieta Ramos-Loyo Luis A. Llamas-Alonso Andrés A. González-Garrido Juan Hernández-Villalobos
author_facet	Julieta Ramos-Loyo Luis A. Llamas-Alonso Andrés A. González-Garrido Juan Hernández-Villalobos
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title	Emotional Contexts Exert a Distracting Effect on Attention and Inhibitory Control in Female and Male Adolescents
title_short	Emotional Contexts Exert a Distracting Effect on Attention and Inhibitory Control in Female and Male Adolescents
title_full	Emotional Contexts Exert a Distracting Effect on Attention and Inhibitory Control in Female and Male Adolescents
title_fullStr	Emotional Contexts Exert a Distracting Effect on Attention and Inhibitory Control in Female and Male Adolescents
title_full_unstemmed	Emotional Contexts Exert a Distracting Effect on Attention and Inhibitory Control in Female and Male Adolescents
title_sort	emotional contexts exert a distracting effect on attention and inhibitory control in female and male adolescents
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url	https://doaj.org/article/1e4c93bfa5c04c0d89cb7aa02cb52143
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Emotional Contexts Exert a Distracting Effect on Attention and Inhibitory Control in Female and Male Adolescents

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