Separate Neural Systems Value Prosocial Behaviors and Reward: An ALE Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT: Background: It has been argued that prosocial behaviors and momentary rewards activate similar reward systems. However, a recent theoretical hypothesis encourages a fundamentally different view. Specifically, the social heuristic hypothesis posits that individuals internalize prosocial behaviors that are advantageous in their daily social life. These advantageous behaviors are fundamentally different from tangible and immediate reward. Objectives: Our objectives are to test a hypothesis that these advantageous prosocial behaviors are so critical to survival that it is necessary to have a neural system in the brain that leads people to maintain repeated social interactions. These neural systems are different from the computations of rewards because prosocial behaviors are not

SUBMITTER: Wang H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6707092 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature