The neural correlates of value hierarchies: a prospective typology based on personal value profiles of emerging adults.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Value hierarchies, as motivational goals anchored in the self-schema, may be correlated with spontaneous activity in the resting brain, especially those involving self-relevance. This study aims to investigate the neural correlates of value hierarchies from the perspective of typology.

Methods

A total of 610 Chinese college students (30.31% women), aged 18 to 23, completed the personal values questionnaire and underwent resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging.

Results

The latent profile analysis revealed three personal value profiles: traditional social orientation, modernized orientation, and undifferentiated orientation. Neuroimaging results revealed that individuals with modernized orientation prioritized openness to change value, and this

SUBMITTER: Xie JQ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10758175 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature