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  • Neuroscience
  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Developmental Psychology

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  • Social attention is crucial for social cognition and processing social cues.
  • Both endogenous and exogenous attention are vital for social feature processing.
  • Limited research systematically examines how experimental manipulations affect social attention.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate how endogenous and exogenous manipulations of a face inversion task impact ERP activity in adults and adolescents.
  • To explore developmental differences in neural responses to faces during specific tasks.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized a classic face inversion task with both endogenous and exogenous manipulations.
  • Recorded electroencephalography (EEG) to measure event-related potential (ERP) activity.
  • Compared neural responses between adult (n=71) and adolescent (n=65) groups.

Main Results:

  • Study 1: A social perceptual decision increased the P3 inversion effect without altering P1 or N170.
  • Study 2: Adolescents and adults showed opposing N170 inversion effects.
  • Adolescents exhibited no P3 effect, unlike adults.

Conclusions:

  • Face perception neural markers are sensitive to task-based decisions, particularly exogenous ones.
  • Neural responses to faces show significant developmental changes during adolescence.
  • Task design and age are critical factors influencing neural responses to faces, necessitating careful consideration in research.