The Characteristics and Cognitive Neural Correlates of Risk Decision‐Making in Adolescents With High Reactive Aggression

Key Points

• This research examines how adolescents with high reactive aggression process risks during decision-making.
• Analyzed neural processing patterns during risk decision-making tasks, focusing on attention and cognitive resource allocation.
• Compared adolescents identified with high reactive aggression to control groups in terms of neural responses.
• Adolescents with high reactive aggression exhibited enhanced early attentional allocation during risk assessment.
• There was a marked reduction in cognitive resource allocation during outcome evaluation compared to controls.
• Both groups showed similar behavioral performance despite these neural processing differences.