Intrinsic Functional and Structural Brain Connectivity in Humans Predicts Individual Social Comparison Orientation.

ABSTRACT: Social comparison orientation (SCO), the tendency to compare oneself with others, is universal, varies widely across individuals, and predicts important life and health outcomes. However, the neural mechanism underlying individual differences in SCO is still not well-understood. In the present study, we identified intrinsic neural markers of SCO in healthy young adults (n = 42) using a multimodal neuroimaging approach that included diffusion tensor imaging and resting-state functional MRI data. We found that higher SCO was associated with weaker structural and functional connectivity (SC, FC) strengths between the ventral striatum and the medial prefrontal cortex, which are core regions of the brain reward network. Additionally, individual SCO was negatively associated with neural fluctuat

SUBMITTER: Jung WH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7438712 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature