2-013 - Electrophysiological Mechanisms and Individual Differences in Emotion-cognition Interrelations in Children

Session Type: Paper Symposium

Integrative Statement

Given that cognition and emotion are not completely separate processes, but rather, interact dynamically and influence one another (Gray, 2004), knowledge of cognition and emotion is incomplete without consideration of their interrelations. Emotion-cognition interrelations include the influence of emotion on cognition, the influence of cognition on emotion, and the interactions between cognition and emotion on each other, and on behavior (Bell & Diaz, 2012). Individual differences in emotional and cognitive processes can influence these interrelations in important ways, potentially setting in motion patterns that have strong implications for the course of development. The 3 presentations in this symposium utilize neurophysiological data, one of the emphasis areas for this conference, to address emotion-cognition interrelations from unique, but complementary, perspectives. Presentation #1 addresses cognition-emotion integration at 10 months of age in the regulation of negative affect. Presentation #2 addresses cognitive processing during an attention task with emotion faces (neutral and angry) in behaviorally inhibited children; behavioral inhibition is a temperament trait that is associated with elevated risk of social anxiety disorder. Presentation #3 addresses the interrelations between cognition and emotion during children’s processing of interpersonal emotion, as well as examining the influence of fearfulness (a temperament trait similar to behavioral inhibition) on such emotion processing. The Discussant, an expert in the use of neuroscience methods to examine emotional and cognitive processes in children, will synthesize findings from the three presentations to discuss what they, together, reveal about emotion and cognition in children.

Sub Unit

• Biology and Neuroscience

Chair

• Alice Schermerhorn, University of Vermont

Discussant

• Cecile D. Ladouceur, University of Pittsburgh

Individual Presentations

• Cognition-Emotion Interactions during Infancy: Individual Differences in Attention and the Regulation Negative Affect - Presenting Author: Martha Ann Bell, Virginia Tech; Kimberly Cuevas, University of Connecticut; Anjolii Diaz, Ball State University

• Electrophysiological Markers of Behavioral Inhibition, Attention Bias Modification, and Social Anxiety in Children - Presenting Author: Nhi Thai, Penn State University; Bradley Taber-Thomas, Penn State University; Santiago Morales, Pennsylvania State University; Koraly Perez-Edgar, The Pennsylvania State University

• Neurophysiological Correlates of Interpersonal Emotion Processing in Children - Presenting Author: Alice Schermerhorn, University of Vermont; John E. Bates, Indiana University; Aina Puce, Indiana University-Bloomington; Dennis L. Molfese, University of Nebraska-Lincoln