Cultural context moderates neural pathways to social influence.

ABSTRACT: People from different cultural backgrounds respond differently to social cues, and may use their brains differently in social situations. Socioeconomic status (SES) is one key cultural variable that influences susceptibility to social cues, with those from lower SES backgrounds tending toward greater interdependence, and those from higher SES backgrounds tending toward greater independence. Building on past research linking brain sensitivity during social exclusion with tendency to take risks in the presence of peers, we examined whether SES moderated the relationship between neural measures of sensitivity during social exclusion and later conformity to peer pressure in a driving simulator. Our data show that SES does moderate the relationship between brain responses during social exclusio

SUBMITTER: Cascio CN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12360194 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature