Cargando…
Response inhibition in problematic social network sites use: an ERP study
Given the current literature debate on whether or not Problematic Social Network Sites Use (PSNSU) can be considered a behavioral addiction, the present study was designed to test whether, similarly to addictive behaviors, PSNSU is characterized by a deficit in inhibitory control in emotional and ad...
Autores principales: | , |
---|---|
Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
Publicado: |
Springer US
2021
|
Materias: | |
Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8354934/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33674995 http://dx.doi.org/10.3758/s13415-021-00879-9 |
_version_ | 1783736682685661184 |
---|---|
author | Moretta, Tania Buodo, Giulia |
author_facet | Moretta, Tania Buodo, Giulia |
author_sort | Moretta, Tania |
collection | PubMed |
description | Given the current literature debate on whether or not Problematic Social Network Sites Use (PSNSU) can be considered a behavioral addiction, the present study was designed to test whether, similarly to addictive behaviors, PSNSU is characterized by a deficit in inhibitory control in emotional and addiction-related contexts. Twenty-two problematic Facebook users and 23 nonproblematic users were recruited based on their score on the Problematic Facebook Use Scale. The event-related potentials were recorded during an emotional Go/Nogo Task, including Facebook-related, unpleasant, pleasant, and neutral pictures. The amplitudes of the Nogo-N2 and the Nogo-P3 were computed as measures of the detection of response conflict and response inhibition, respectively. Reaction times and accuracy also were measured. The results showed that problematic users were less accurate on both Go and Nogo trials than nonproblematic users, irrespective of picture content. For problematic users only, the Nogo-P3 amplitude was lower to Facebook-related, pleasant, and neutral than to unpleasant stimuli, suggesting less efficient inhibition with natural and Facebook-related rewards. Of note, all participants were slower to respond to Facebook-related and pleasant Go trials compared with unpleasant and neutral pictures. Consistently, the Nogo-N2 amplitude was larger to Facebook-related than all other picture contents in both groups. Overall, the findings suggest that PSNSU is associated with reduced inhibitory control. These results should be considered in the debate about the neural correlates of PSNSU, suggesting more similarities than differences between PSNSU and addictive behaviors. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.3758/s13415-021-00879-9. |
format | Online Article Text |
id | pubmed-8354934 |
institution | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
language | English |
publishDate | 2021 |
publisher | Springer US |
record_format | MEDLINE/PubMed |
spelling | pubmed-83549342021-08-25 Response inhibition in problematic social network sites use: an ERP study Moretta, Tania Buodo, Giulia Cogn Affect Behav Neurosci Research Article Given the current literature debate on whether or not Problematic Social Network Sites Use (PSNSU) can be considered a behavioral addiction, the present study was designed to test whether, similarly to addictive behaviors, PSNSU is characterized by a deficit in inhibitory control in emotional and addiction-related contexts. Twenty-two problematic Facebook users and 23 nonproblematic users were recruited based on their score on the Problematic Facebook Use Scale. The event-related potentials were recorded during an emotional Go/Nogo Task, including Facebook-related, unpleasant, pleasant, and neutral pictures. The amplitudes of the Nogo-N2 and the Nogo-P3 were computed as measures of the detection of response conflict and response inhibition, respectively. Reaction times and accuracy also were measured. The results showed that problematic users were less accurate on both Go and Nogo trials than nonproblematic users, irrespective of picture content. For problematic users only, the Nogo-P3 amplitude was lower to Facebook-related, pleasant, and neutral than to unpleasant stimuli, suggesting less efficient inhibition with natural and Facebook-related rewards. Of note, all participants were slower to respond to Facebook-related and pleasant Go trials compared with unpleasant and neutral pictures. Consistently, the Nogo-N2 amplitude was larger to Facebook-related than all other picture contents in both groups. Overall, the findings suggest that PSNSU is associated with reduced inhibitory control. These results should be considered in the debate about the neural correlates of PSNSU, suggesting more similarities than differences between PSNSU and addictive behaviors. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.3758/s13415-021-00879-9. Springer US 2021-03-05 2021 /pmc/articles/PMC8354934/ /pubmed/33674995 http://dx.doi.org/10.3758/s13415-021-00879-9 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . |
spellingShingle | Research Article Moretta, Tania Buodo, Giulia Response inhibition in problematic social network sites use: an ERP study |
title | Response inhibition in problematic social network sites use: an ERP study |
title_full | Response inhibition in problematic social network sites use: an ERP study |
title_fullStr | Response inhibition in problematic social network sites use: an ERP study |
title_full_unstemmed | Response inhibition in problematic social network sites use: an ERP study |
title_short | Response inhibition in problematic social network sites use: an ERP study |
title_sort | response inhibition in problematic social network sites use: an erp study |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8354934/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33674995 http://dx.doi.org/10.3758/s13415-021-00879-9 |
work_keys_str_mv | AT morettatania responseinhibitioninproblematicsocialnetworksitesuseanerpstudy AT buodogiulia responseinhibitioninproblematicsocialnetworksitesuseanerpstudy |