Award
National Institute of Mental Health 1R21MH131928-01A1
Ecological Assessment of Cognitive Control in Individuals with Social Anxiety
Recipient
Florida International University
Award Amount
$405,625.00
Ceiling
$405,625.00
Awarded
July 12, 2023
Identifier
1R21MH131928-01A1
This award funds research to develop and validate a novel task to assess cognitive control related to social anxiety in real-world settings, aiming to improve brain-based interventions for adolescent social anxiety.
Description
The project aims to optimize and validate a novel, ecologically-valid task (Natural Reading) that will reliably assess neural and behavioral measures associated with social anxiety in the presence/absence of peers. The project involves two studies: a pilot to optimize the task design and a second to establish reliability and predictive power. Neural measures of Error Monitoring, along with behavioral measures, will be analyzed to predict social anxiety and anxiety levels.