Trial reportPloS one2016
Neural Correlates of Prosocial Behavior: Compensating Social Exclusion in a Four-Player Cyberball Game.
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- Resting state brain subnetwork relates to prosociality and compassion in adolescents.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
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- Neural basis of interindividual variability in social perception in typically developing children and adolescents using diffusion tensor imaging.Scientific reports · 2020Article
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- Oxytocin Facilitates Self-Serving Rather Than Altruistic Tendencies in Competitive Social Interactions Via Orbitofrontal Cortex.The international journal of neuropsychopharmacology · 2019Article
- Neural and behavioral signature of human social perception.Scientific reports · 2019Article
- [Neurobiology of opioid dependence].Der Anaesthesist · 2019Article
- The neural development of prosocial behavior from childhood to adolescence.Social cognitive and affective neuroscience · 2019Article
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Abstract
Prior studies demonstrated contributions of the insula and dorsal anterior cingulate cortex (dACC) for both experiencing and observing social exclusion, but it is not yet well understood how the brain processes the compensation of exclusion, as is observed in prosocial helping. Here, we tested if social brain regions, specifically the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) and temporal parietal junction (TPJ) are involved when individuals show prosocial behavior towards excluded others. For this purpose, 23 female participants played a four-player Cyberball Game in which participants could toss balls to each other. During the exclusion game, two players excluded one of the other players. When participants observed exclusion by others, they showed elevated activity in the insula, consistent with prior studies. However, when they tossed the ball to the excluded player, they showed increased activation in the TPJ, consistent with the hypothesis that prosocial behavior is associated with social reasoning. In addition, tossing to the excluded player was associated with increased activity in the nucleus accumbens (NAcc). Given that prior studies reported that the NAcc is involved in experiencing rewards, this may suggest a warm glow for showing prosocial compensation behavior when helping excluded others.
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