Let's chat: developmental neural bases of social motivation during real-time peer interaction.

ABSTRACT: Humans are motivated to interact with each other, but the neural bases of social motivation have been predominantly examined in non-interactive contexts. Understanding real-world social motivation is of special importance during middle childhood (ages 8-12), a period when social skills improve, social networks grow, and social brain networks specialize. To assess interactive social motivation, the current study used a novel fMRI paradigm in which children believed they were chatting with a peer. The design targeted two phases of interaction: (1) Initiation, in which children engaged in a social bid via sharing a like or hobby, and (2) Reply, in which children received either an engaged ("Me too") or non-engaged ("I'm away") reply from the peer. On control trials, children were told that th

SUBMITTER: Warnell KR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7060940 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature