Brain Mechanisms of Attention Orienting Following Frustration: Associations With Irritability and Age in Youths.

CONCLUSIONS:: Following frustration, levels of irritability correlated with activity in neural systems mediating attention orienting, top-down regulation of emotions, and motor execution. Although most associations were independent of age, dysfunction in the anterior cingulate cortex and posterior regions was more pronounced in young children with irritability. PMID: 30336704 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: The American Journal of Psychiatry - October 19, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Tseng WL, Deveney CM, Stoddard J, Kircanski K, Frackman AE, Yi JY, Hsu D, Moroney E, Machlin L, Donahue L, Roule A, Perhamus G, Reynolds RC, Roberson-Nay R, Hettema JM, Towbin KE, Stringaris A, Pine DS, Brotman MA, Leibenluft E Tags: Am J Psychiatry Source Type: research