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  • Neuroscience
  • Developmental Psychology
  • Social Cognitive Neuroscience

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  • Adolescence is a critical period for social development, marked by significant physical and environmental changes.
  • Peer relationships offer crucial emotional and social support during these transitional years.
  • Understanding neural processing during peer interaction is key to comprehending adolescent social behavior and "social brain" development.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate age-related differences in cognitive neural processing between adolescents and adults during peer interaction.
  • To examine behavioral performance and interbrain synchronization in adolescent and adult pairs during a cooperative task.

Main Methods:

  • Recruited 32 pairs of adolescents and 31 pairs of adults for a cooperative computer game task.
  • Measured participants' reaction times and interbrain synchronization.
  • Analyzed neural activity in low-frequency bands (delta and theta) and specific brain regions (frontal, frontal-central, parietal, occipital).

Main Results:

  • Interbrain synchronization, particularly in delta and theta frequency bands, was observed following a "ready signal".
  • Adolescent pairs exhibited significantly higher interbrain synchronization in anterior and central brain regions compared to adult pairs.
  • A positive correlation was found between interbrain synchronization in the occipital region and behavioral performance.

Conclusions:

  • The study provides behavioral and neurophysiological evidence for distinct interpersonal cognitive processing characteristics in adolescents.
  • Findings underscore the importance of low-frequency interbrain synchronization in facilitating interpersonal coordination during adolescence.
  • Results contribute to understanding the developmental trajectory of the adolescent "social brain" and peer interaction.