The dorsomedial prefrontal cortex computes task-invariant relative subjective value for self and other.

ABSTRACT: Few studies have addressed the neural computations underlying decisions made for others despite the importance of this ubiquitous behavior. Using participant-specific behavioral modeling with univariate and multivariate fMRI approaches, we investigated the neural correlates of decision-making for self and other in two independent tasks, including intertemporal and risky choice. Modeling subjective valuation indicated that participants distinguished between themselves and others with dissimilar preferences. Activity in the dorsomedial prefrontal cortex (dmPFC) and ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC) was consistently modulated by relative subjective value. Multi-voxel pattern analysis indicated that activity in the dmPFC uniquely encoded relative subjective value and generalized across se

SUBMITTER: Piva M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6565363 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature