TY - JOUR PY - 2024// TI - Examining the association between punishment and reward sensitivity and response inhibition to previously-incentivized cues across development JO - Journal of youth and adolescence A1 - Heffer, Taylor A1 - Flournoy, John C. A1 - Baum, Graham L. A1 - Somerville, Leah H. SP - ePub EP - ePub VL - ePub IS - ePub N2 - Processing and learning from affective cues to guide goal-directed behavior may be particularly important during adolescence; yet the factors that promote and/or disrupt the ability to integrate value in order to guide decision making across development remain unclear. The present study (N = 1046) assessed individual difference factors (self-reported punishment and reward sensitivity) related to whether previously-rewarded and previously-punished cues differentially impact goal-directed behavior (response inhibition) in a large developmental sample. Participants were between the ages of 8-21 years (M(age) = 14.29, SD = 3.97, 50.38% female). Previously-rewarded cues improved response inhibition among participants age 14 and older. Further, punishment sensitivity predicted overall improved response inhibition among participants aged 10 to 18. The results highlight two main factors that are associated with improvements in the ability to integrate value to guide goal-directed behaviour - cues in the environment (e.g., reward-laden cues) and individual differences in punishment sensitivity. These findings have implications for both educational and social policies aimed at characterizing the ways in which youth integrate value to guide decision making.
Language: en
LA - en SN - 0047-2891 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10964-024-01966-z ID - ref1 ER -