Money for me and money for friend: An ERP study of social reward processing in adolescents and adults
| Autor: | Youngbin Kwak, Xing-jie Chen, Kelsey McDonald, Brynn Boutin |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Male Adolescent Social Psychology Friends Development Peer relationships Choice Behavior 050105 experimental psychology Developmental psychology Reward processing Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences Behavioral Neuroscience 0302 clinical medicine Reward Humans Interpersonal Relations 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Child Social Behavior Evoked Potentials 05 social sciences Brain Electroencephalography Games Experimental Female Psychology 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | Social Neuroscience. 15:83-97 |
| ISSN: | 1747-0927 1747-0919 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/17470919.2019.1653963 |
| Popis: | Peer relations during adolescence contribute significantly to the development of socio-cognitive skills and pro-sociality. The current study probed the characteristics of adolescent socio-cognitive processing through a card game where they earn money for self and friend. We investigated the choice preference and temporal dynamics of information processing by measuring ERP responses to wins or losses (valence) directed toward self and friend (recipient). Choice data showed that despite adults and adolescents earning equivalent amounts across recipients combined, adults won significantly more for self than a friend; no such difference was found in adolescents. The ERPs in response to choice outcomes showed that the valence information was processed earlier (at P2) in adults, while it was processed later (at P3) in adolescents. Furthermore, a strong effect of recipient was present in adults later in the time course (at P3), while such an effect was weak in adolescents; if any, adolescents showed sensitivity to recipient information earlier at P2. These ERP data suggest a relatively equal allocation of the P3-mediated attentional process to both self and friend's outcomes in adolescents, which parallels the choice behavior. Collectively our results characterize adolescent pro-sociality toward friends, reflecting the importance of peer relationship during this unique developmental period. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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