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An fMRI Dataset on Social Reward Processing and Decision Making in Younger and Older Adults.

ABSTRACT: Behavioural and neuroimaging research has shown that older adults are less sensitive to financial losses compared to younger adults. Yet relatively less is known about age-related differences in social decisions and social reward processing. As part of a pilot study, we collected behavioural and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data from 50 participants (Younger: N = 26, ages 18-34 years; Older: N = 24, ages 63-80 years) who completed three tasks in the scanner: an economic trust game as the investor with three partners (computer, stranger, friend) as the investee; a card-guessing task with monetary gains and losses shared with three partners (computer, stranger, friend); and an ultimatum game as responder to three anonymous proposers (computer, age-similar adults, age-dissimilar adults). We also collected B₀ field maps and high-resolution structural images (T₁-weighted and T₂-weighted images). These data could be reused to answer questions about moment-to-moment variability in fMRI signal, representational similarity between tasks, and brain structure.

SUBMITTER: Smith DV

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10834522 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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An fMRI Dataset on Social Reward Processing and Decision Making in Younger and Older Adults.

Smith David V DV Ludwig Rita M RM Dennison Jeffrey B JB Reeck Crystal C Fareri Dominic S DS

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Behavioural and neuroimaging research has shown that older adults are less sensitive to financial losses compared to younger adults. Yet relatively less is known about age-related differences in social decisions and social reward processing. As part of a pilot study, we collected behavioural and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data from 50 participants (Younger: N = 26, ages 18-34 years; Older: N = 24, ages 63-80 years) who completed three tasks in the scanner: an economic trust gam ...[more]

PMID: 38302470

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An fMRI Dataset on Social Reward Processing and Decision Making in Younger and Older Adults.

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An fMRI Dataset on Social Reward Processing and Decision Making in Younger and Older Adults.

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