ReviewTrends in neurosciences2022
Neural basis of prosocial behavior.
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59 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
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- Strain-Dependent Network Activity Differences Underlie Social Decision-Making in Male Mice.eNeuro · 2026Article
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- Adolescent Social Isolation Induces Persistent Impairments in Emotional Discrimination and Helping Behavior.eNeuro · 2026Article
- Longitudinal and Daily Links Between Impulsivity and Prosocial Behavior: The Moderating Role of Positive Risk-Taking.Journal of adolescence · 2026Article
- Sustained dorsolateral prefrontal cortex response to prosocial reward predicts lower real-world negative emotional inertia.Cognitive, affective & behavioral neuroscience · 2026Article
- Neural Foundations Supporting Prosocial Behaviors: A Scoping Review of EEG/ERP Evidence During Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood.Psychophysiology · 2026Article
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- Cooperation: Behavioral manifestations and neural mechanisms.Current opinion in neurobiology · 2026Review
- Experience-dependent modulation of prosocial touch in mice.iScience · 2026Article
- Neural correlates of adversity-overcoming pup rescue behavior in female mice.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- The Anterior Cingulate Cortex and Prosocial Behavior toward Others in Negative State.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2026Review
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- Empathy and prosocial behavior powered by orexin-driven theta oscillations.Science (New York, N.Y.) · 2026Article
- Social value orientation modulates fairness decision-making in empathic contexts: evidence from event-related potentials and neural oscillations.Social cognitive and affective neuroscience · 2026Article
- Central neural circuits and their associated mechanisms of inter-organ crosstalk.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2026Review
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Abstract
The ability to behave in ways that benefit other individuals' well-being is among the most celebrated human characteristics crucial for social cohesiveness. Across mammalian species, animals display various forms of prosocial behaviors - comforting, helping, and resource sharing - to support others' emotions, goals, and/or material needs. In this review, we provide a cross-species view of the behavioral manifestations, proximate and ultimate drives, and neural mechanisms of prosocial behaviors. We summarize key findings from recent studies in humans and rodents that have shed light on the neural mechanisms underlying different processes essential for prosocial interactions, from perception and empathic sharing of others' states to prosocial decisions and actions.
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