An fMRI study on the neural correlates of social conformity to a sexual minority.

M T Liuzza, E Macaluso, P A Chiesa, V Lingiardi, S M Aglioti

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Article in Scientific reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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M T LiuzzaDepartment of Psychology, Sapienza, University of Rome, Via dei Marsi, 78, 00185, Rome, Italy. liuzza@unicz.it.ORCID 0000-0001-6708-1253

E MacalusoIRCCS, Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome, Italy.

P A ChiesaDepartment of Psychology, Sapienza, University of Rome, Via dei Marsi, 78, 00185, Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1606-9008

V LingiardiDepartment of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology, Sapienza, University of Rome, Via dei Marsi, 78, 00185, Rome, Italy.

S M AgliotiDepartment of Psychology, Sapienza, University of Rome, Via dei Marsi, 78, 00185, Rome, Italy. salvatoremaria.aglioti@uniroma1.it.

Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique · FRFondazione Santa Lucia · ITMagna Graecia University · ITSapienza University of Rome · ITUniversité Claude Bernard Lyon 1 · FR

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Abstract

Social conformity refers to the tendency to align one's own behaviors, beliefs and values to those of others. Little is known about social influence coming from a minority group. To test whether social pressure from sexual minorities triggers avoidance-motivated behaviors, we explored how being influenced by the preferences of gay peers modifies the behavioral and neural reactivity of individuals defined as in- vs. out- groups on the basis of sexual orientation. To this aim, we combined fMRI with a social conformity paradigm in which heterosexual and gay/bisexual (hereafter non-exclusively heterosexual, NEH) individuals provided with male body attractiveness ratings by a fictitious group of gay students may or may not alter their previous rating and may or may not conform to the mean. Behaviorally, conformity to the minority preference was found in in-group NEH more than in out-group heterosexuals. Analysis of BOLD signal showed that social pressure brought about increased brain activity in frontal and parietal regions associated with the detection of social conflict. These results show that members of a sexual majority group display a smaller level of conformity when a sexual minority group exerts social influence. However, the neural correlates of this modulation are yet to be clarified.

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Minority GroupsSocial ConformityAdultAvoidance LearningBisexualityFemaleHeterosexualityHomosexuality, FemaleHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleNeural ConductionPeer GroupSexual and Gender MinoritiesSexual BehaviorSocial Control, Informal

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DOI10.1038/s41598-019-40447-3

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