Parent's anxiety sensitivity linked to teen's brain patterns during emotional challenges

Parent's anxiety sensitivity linked to teen's brain patterns during emotional challenges

Children of parents who are highly sensitive to anxiety may show distinct patterns of brain activity when processing emotions, according to a new study published in the journal Development and Psychopathology. The researchers found that higher anxiety sensitivity in parents was linked to differences in how early adolescents’ brains respond when they’re asked to either embrace or regulate their emotional reactions to unpleasant or neutral images.…