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ArticleCogent mental health2026

The neural impacts of gun violence exposure on adult attentional mechanisms: an EEG pilot study.

Emma F Ehrenzeller, Paul J Smith, Timothy O Mousseau, Girija Chatufale, Sarah A Bennett, Michela N Thomsen, Kay James

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Article in Cogent mental health, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Emma F EhrenzellerDepartment of Biobehavioral Sciences, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
Paul J SmithDepartment of Biobehavioral Sciences, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5146-7338
Timothy O MousseauDepartment of Biobehavioral Sciences, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
Girija ChatufaleStudents' Educational and Cultural Movement of Ladakh [SECMOL] School, Leh, UT Ladakh, India.
Sarah A BennettDepartment of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
Michela N ThomsenDepartment of Clinical Psychology, William James College, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Kay JamesDepartment of Biobehavioral Sciences, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.

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Abstract

Adolescents and young adults experience a disproportionately high risk of gun violence victimization while also undergoing a sensitive neurodevelopmental period for cognitive processes like attention. Consequently, in this exploratory study, we evaluated the impact of gun violence exposure (GVE) on neural indices of attentional systems in late adolescents and young adults. We hypothesized that GVE decreases efficiency of the primary attentional mechanisms in the brain: alerting, orienting, and executive control. We recorded electroencephalography while participants completed the Attention Network Test (ANT) to elicit N1, N2, and P3 event-related potentials (ERPs), indices of alerting, orienting, and executive control. Participants provided self-reports of mental health and violence exposure. Behavioral and ERP differences between participants with and without GVE were evaluated. Results from 13 participants (ages 18-35;

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attentional allocationevent related potentialsfirearm-related harmsGun violenceneural impacts of gun violence

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PMCPMC12990279

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