Toward a mechanistic understanding of the role of error monitoring and memory in social anxiety.

Autor: Hosseini K; Department of Psychology, Florida International University, 11200 SW 8th St, Miami, FL, USA. khoss005@fiu.edu.; Center for Children and Families, Florida International University, 11200 SW 8th St, Miami, FL, USA. khoss005@fiu.edu., Pettit JW; Department of Psychology, Florida International University, 11200 SW 8th St, Miami, FL, USA.; Center for Children and Families, Florida International University, 11200 SW 8th St, Miami, FL, USA., Soto FA; Department of Psychology, Florida International University, 11200 SW 8th St, Miami, FL, USA.; Center for Children and Families, Florida International University, 11200 SW 8th St, Miami, FL, USA., Mattfeld AT; Department of Psychology, Florida International University, 11200 SW 8th St, Miami, FL, USA.; Center for Children and Families, Florida International University, 11200 SW 8th St, Miami, FL, USA., Buzzell GA; Department of Psychology, Florida International University, 11200 SW 8th St, Miami, FL, USA.; Center for Children and Families, Florida International University, 11200 SW 8th St, Miami, FL, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Cognitive, affective & behavioral neuroscience [Cogn Affect Behav Neurosci] 2024 Oct; Vol. 24 (5), pp. 948-963. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jun 05.
DOI: 10.3758/s13415-024-01198-5
Abstrakt: Cognitive models state that social anxiety (SA) involves biased cognitive processing that impacts what is learned and remembered within social situations, leading to the maintenance of SA. Neuroscience work links SA to enhanced error monitoring, reflected in error-related neural responses arising from mediofrontal cortex (MFC). Yet, the role of error monitoring in SA remains unclear, as it is unknown whether error monitoring can drive changes in memory, biasing what is learned or remembered about social situations. Motivated by the longer-term goal of identifying mechanisms implicated in SA, in the current study we developed and validated a novel paradigm for probing the role of error-related MFC theta oscillations (associated with error monitoring) and incidental memory biases in SA. Electroencephalography (EEG) data were collected while participants completed a novel Face-Flanker task, involving presentation of task-unrelated, trial-unique faces behind target/flanker arrows on each trial. A subsequent incidental memory assessment evaluated memory biases for error events. Severity of SA symptoms were associated with greater error-related theta synchrony over MFC, as well as between MFC and sensory cortex. Social anxiety also was positively associated with incidental memory biases for error events. Moreover, greater error-related MFC-sensory theta synchrony during the Face-Flanker predicted subsequent incidental memory biases for error events. Collectively, the results demonstrate the potential of a novel paradigm to elucidate mechanisms underlying relations between error monitoring and SA.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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