A Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Investigation of Hot and Cool Executive Functions in Reward and Competition.

ABSTRACT: Social and environmental influences are important for learning. However, the influence of reward and competition during social learning is less understood. The literature suggests that the ventromedial prefrontal cortex is implicated in hot executive functioning (EF), while the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex is related to cool EF. In addition, reward processing deficits are associated with atypical connectivity between the nucleus accumbens and the dorsofrontal regions. Here, we used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to determine the role of hot and cool EF in reward processing and their relationship to performance under social competition. We adapted a reward-based n-back task to examine the neural correlates of hot and cool EF and the reward influence on performance during com

SUBMITTER: Lin HY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11820429 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature