Activity of striatal neurons reflects social action and own reward.

ABSTRACT: Social interactions provide agents with the opportunity to earn higher benefits than when acting alone and contribute to evolutionary stable strategies. A basic requirement for engaging in beneficial social interactions is to recognize the actor whose movement results in reward. Despite the recent interest in the neural basis of social interactions, the neurophysiological mechanisms identifying the actor in social reward situations are unknown. A brain structure well suited for exploring this issue is the striatum, which plays a role in movement, reward, and goal-directed behavior. In humans, the striatum is involved in social processes related to reward inequity, donations to charity, and observational learning. We studied the neurophysiology of social action for reward in rhesus monkeys

SUBMITTER: Baez-Mendoza R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3799314 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature