PSYCH 3AB3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Cyberball, Surgency, Human Genome
27 Mar 2019
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Biological def"n of adolescence: period of physical and sexual maturation. Parts of the brain of interest when studying adolescence: (prefrontal) cortex: focused attention, self control, free will, regulation of behaviour. Discrepancy btwn how fast the limbic regions develop and how the prefrontal cortex dev behaviour. Two empirical studies looking at the implications for understanding peer context, rejection, a. Neurodevelopmental difference to social exclusion: an event-related neural oscillation st. Looking brain activity as it relates to peer-rejection during adolescence. A cross-sectional study with children, teens, and adults. Cyberball task: virtual ball toss task in which people come in and are led to believe with other people on the internet. Unbeknownst to them, the person who had com activity. Interested in examining, behaviourally and physiologically, in how adolescent being excluded from it. Looked at the pattern of brain activity during exclusion and in response of the subje (subjective feelings of distress) Distinct pattern of brain activity reflective of underdevelopment only present.
