Why the study?
The study investigated the development of monetary and social reward processes in adolescents compared to children and adults, and assessed adolescents' sensitivity to different reward types.
Do adolescents have different levels of sensitivity and neural dynamic responses to monetary and social rewards compared to children and adults?
Population
Children, adolescents, and adults
Comparison
Monetary vs social reward conditions across age groups
Design
Event-related potential study using adapted incentive delay tasks
Key result
Children and adolescents demonstrated higher motivation (larger cue-P3 amplitudes) to rewards than adults, while adolescents exhibited larger emotional responses (larger target-P2 amplitudes) to rewards than adults.
Authors
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Suggests age-specific reward interventions; hypothesis-generating and leaves open clinical translation.
Cross-Sectional (n=90)
No
Do adolescents have different levels of sensitivity and neural dynamic responses to monetary and social rewards compared to children and adults?
p-value: p=<0.001
Adolescents exhibit distinct neural dynamic responses to rewards, demonstrating heightened emotional reactivity compared to children and adults.
Wang et al. (2020) conducted a cross-sectional in Healthy individuals (n=90). Monetary and social reward tasks vs. Non-reward condition and cross-age comparisons was evaluated on Neural dynamic responses (cue-P3, target-P2, target-P3, FRN) and behavioral performance (p=<0.001). Children and adolescents demonstrated higher motivation (larger cue-P3 amplitudes) to rewards than adults, while adolescents exhibited larger emotional responses (larger target-P2 amplitudes) to rewards than adults.
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