title: The development of automatic emotion regulation in an implicit emotional Go/NoGo paradigm and the association with depressive symptoms and anhedonia during adolescence.
abstract: Impaired automatic emotion regulation (AER) is closely related to major depressive disorder. Our research in adults has identified two AER-related components, Go N2 and NoGo P3, in an implicit emotional Go/NoGo paradigm. However, it is unclear whether Go N2 and NoGo P3 reflect the development of AER in adolescents and the relationship of these components with subclinical depressive symptoms and trait anhedonia. We collected EEG data from 55 adolescents while they completed the implicit emotional Go/NoGo task. After the experiment, the subjects completed the Chinese version of the Temporal Experience of Pleasure Scale and the Beck Depression Inventory. Consistent with results in adults, we determined that Go N2 represents automatic top-down attention to emotions in Go trials, whereas NoGo P3 represents automatic response inhibition in NoGo trials. These AER components exhibited age-dependent improvement during adolescence. Additionally, NoGo P3 amplitudes elicited by viewing positive faces were positively correlated with trait anhedonia, whereas NoGo P3 amplitudes elicited by viewing negative faces were negatively correlated with depressive symptoms. Our observations provide further understanding of the neurodevelopmental mechanism of AER and yield new insight into dissociable impairments in AER in adolescents with major depressive disorder during positive and negative implicit processing.
authors.affiliation: Mental Health Center, Yancheng Institute of Technology, Yancheng City 224051, China; Research Center of Brain and Cognitive Neuroscience, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian City 116029, China; College of Education Science, Chengdu University, Chengdu City 610106, China.
authors.forename: Wenhai
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai City 200234, China.
authors.forename: Qiang
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai City 200234, China.
authors.forename: Ning
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: College of Education Science, Chengdu University, Chengdu City 610106, China.
authors.forename: Qing
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.affiliation: Research Center of Brain and Cognitive Neuroscience, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian City 116029, China.
authors.forename: Cancan
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.affiliation: Research Center of Brain and Cognitive Neuroscience, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian City 116029, China.
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: School of Psychology, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an City 710119, China.
authors.forename: Xiying
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Research Center of Brain and Cognitive Neuroscience, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian City 116029, China.
authors.forename: Qiang
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Psychology & Social College, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen City 518060, China. Electronic address: albert2013418@sina.cn.
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D059445:Anhedonia / Q000502:physiology*; D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology; D002648:Child; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004569:Electroencephalography / Q000379:methods; D004644:Emotions / Q000502:physiology*; D005071:Evoked Potentials / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007266:Inhibition, Psychological; D008297:Male; D010775:Photic Stimulation / Q000379:methods; D011930:Reaction Time
keywords: Adolescence; Anhedonia; Automatic emotion regulation; Depression; Go/NoGo