ArticleCognitive, affective & behavioral neuroscience2023
The neuroscience of social comparison and competition.
Article in Cognitive, affective & behavioral neuroscience, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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- Social comparison contributes to work exhaustion in the context of workplace AI use: A three-wave follow-up study of Finnish workers.SSM - population health · 2026Article
- The neurocomputational mechanisms underlying the impact of social comparison on effort investment.Communications biology · 2026Article
- Academic jealousy, attitudes, and motivation in relation to foreign language learning effort: a structural equation modeling approach.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Social comparison and mental health among academics in Qatar: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- The influence of social network structures on leisure-time physical activity in hypertensive patients: a mixed-methods study in China.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2025Article
- Competition modulates the effects of social comparison on ERP responses during face processing.Social cognitive and affective neuroscience · 2025Article
- A comparative study of state self-esteem responses to social media feedback loops in adolescents and adults.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
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- The link between social comparison orientation and domain-specific risk-taking: exploring the mediating role of two dimensions of trait competitiveness.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
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Abstract
The study of competition from a social comparison perspective offers valuable insights into the neuroscience of social judgment and decision making under uncertainty. When engaging in social comparison, individuals seek and assess information about similarities or differences between others and themselves, in large part to improve their self-evaluation. By providing information about one's relative position, abilities, outcomes, and more, social comparisons can inform competitive judgments and decisions. People reasonably turn to social comparisons to reduce uncertainty before, during, and after competition. However, the extent to which they do so and the behavioral consequences of social comparisons often fail to match the potential benefits of improved self-evaluation. An examination of the developing neuroscience of social comparison and competition in light of the behavioral evidence reveals numerous questions that merit further investigation.
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