Understanding Social Anxiety in Adolescents

Johanna Jarcho, an assistant professor at Stony Brook University, discusses her research on how the brain processes social interactions, particularly during adolescence. Adolescence is a critical period for forming complex friendships, but it also coincides with the onset of social anxiety disorder. Jarcho's lab uses virtual school experiments and fMRI to study brain mechanisms associated with social anxiety risk. The research aims to develop interventions to prevent social anxiety symptoms, focusing on brain activity related to threat detection and peer feedback.

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