Computerized Training Program Developed To Ease Anxiety in Children by Anjanee Sharma on March 10, 2021 at 6:36 PM
Researchers have found a way to alleviate negative emotions in preadolescent children using a computerized and completely remote training program.
The research team analyzed the relationship between anxiety, inhibitory control, and resting-state electroencephalography (EEG) in a critical age-range for social and emotional development (ages 8 to 12 years old).
Inhibitory control refers to the ability to willfully withhold or suppress a thought, action, or feeling, without which people would purely act on impulses.
Both cognitive and emotional factors strongly influence anxiety. Explicit influences are obsessive thought processes and ruminations, while implicit influences include negative processing bias and reduced cognitive control.