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How adolescents’ behaviors and brain shape and are shaped by their peer social networks
Thu, March 23, 10:00 to 11:30am, Salt Palace Convention Center, Floor: 1, Grand Ballroom HSession Type: Paper Symposium
Abstract
Humans are a social species who spontaneously encodes others’ social attributes and construct social networks using this perceived knowledge. Adolescence is marked by a social orientation towards peers, which manifests in the emergence of peer-based social networks. This peer network may have profound effects on adolescent development and psychological functioning. However, it is still unclear how adolescents’ behaviors and brains shape and are shaped by their peer social networks. This symposium will bring together social and developmental neuroscientists with interdisciplinary expertise to present cutting-edge findings on the relationship between social networks, adolescent brain function, and health. Study 1 provides evidence on the neuropsychological mechanisms underpinning youths’ awareness of peer-based social networks, which may subserve teens’ social navigation and peer influence in social contexts. Study 2 explores whether adolescents’ risk-taking behaviors and reward-related neural processes are associated with social networks formation. Study 3 uses representational similarity analysis to test the novel notion that neural homophily exists among friends, such that adolescents are more likely to exhibit similar neural representations of positive emotional experiences when they are closer in social networks. Using a similar method, Study 4 explores the relationship between neural similarity in responses to alcohol cues and dyadic drinking in young college students, underscoring how the effect of social network impacts brain function into emerging adulthood. Together, these studies underscore the importance of social networks in adolescent development, representing a promising opportunity to unpack the complexities of adolescent social behaviors in peer contexts and promote psychological well-being in social contexts.
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Chairs
Junqiang Dai, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Eva H Telzer, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Individual Presentations
Neural tracking of social hierarchies in adolescents’ real-world social networks - Presenting Author: Junqiang Dai, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Nathan Jorgensen, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Natasha Duell, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Jimmy Capella, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Maria Maza, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Seh-Joo Kwon, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Mitchell J Prinstein, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Kristen A Lindquist, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Eva H Telzer, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2. Reward-related neural response during risky decision making reflects adolescents’ social network clustering structure - Presenting Author: Rui Pei, Stanford University; Nina Lauharatanahirun, Penn State University; Emily B. Falk, University of Pennsylvania
Assessing neural similarity for emotion processing in adolescence - Presenting Author: Jimmy Capella, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Mallory J. Feldman, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Adrienne Bonar, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Junqiang Dai, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Elizabeth Nick, Vanderbilt University; Nathan Field, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Kevin Lewis, UC San Diego; Mitchell J Prinstein, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Kristen A Lindquist, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Eva H Telzer, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
4. Neural similarity in responses to alcohol cues and dyadic social drinking in college students - Presenting Author: Ovidia A. Stanoi, Columbia University; Danielle Cosme, University of Pennsylvania; Yoona Kang, University of Pennsylvania; Mia Jovanova, University of Pennsylvania; Xie He, Dartmouth College; Niall Bolger, Columbia University; Danielle S. Bassett, University of Pennslyvania; David M Lydon-Staley, University of Pennsylvania; Peter J. Mucha, Dartmouth College; Emily B. Falk, University of Pennsylvania; Kevin N. Ochsner, Columbia University