title: Event-related theta oscillatory substrates for facilitation and interference effects of negative emotion on children's cognition.
abstract: We investigated the brain oscillatory contribution to emotion-cognition interaction in young children. Five-year-old participants (n=27) underwent EEG recording while engaged in a color identification task. Each trial began with an emotional prime. Response times indicated whether emotional primes facilitated or interfered with performance. Related effects were detected in theta-band power over parietal-occipital cortex, early in the response epoch (<500ms). Children in the emotion facilitation group showed greater theta synchronization for negative stimuli. The opposite trend was observed in the interference group. Results suggest a role for theta oscillations in children's adaptive response to emotional content in cognitive performance.
authors.affiliation: School of Psychology, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116021, China. Electronic address: jzqcjj@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Zhongqing
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
authors.forename: Allison C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Waters
authors.affiliation: School of Psychology, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116021, China.
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: College of Preschool and Primary Education, Shenyang Normal University, No. 253, Huanghe Beida Street, Shenyang 110034, China.
authors.forename: Wenhui
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: School of Psychology, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116021, China. Electronic address: yanglizhu126@126.com.
authors.forename: Lizhu
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000502:physiology*; D002657:Child Development / Q000502:physiology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003118:Color Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D004644:Emotions / Q000502:physiology*; D005071:Evoked Potentials / Q000502:physiology*; D000066499:Facial Recognition / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013826:Theta Rhythm / Q000502:physiology*
keywords: Children; Emotion; Individual difference; Theta; Wavelet