Neural response to prosocial scenes relates to subsequent giving behavior in adolescents: A pilot study.

ABSTRACT: Adolescence is characterized by extensive neural development and sensitivity to social context, both of which contribute to engaging in prosocial behaviors. Although it is established that prosocial behaviors are linked to positive outcomes in adulthood, little is known about the neural correlates of adolescents' prosociality. Identifying whether the brain is differentially responsive to varying types of social input may be important for fostering prosocial behavior. We report pilot results using new stimuli and an ecologically valid donation paradigm indicating (1) brain regions typically recruited during socioemotional processing evinced differential activation when adolescents evaluated prosocial compared with social or noninteractive scenes (N = 20, ages 13-17 years, M_Age =

SUBMITTER: Tashjian SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8320692 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature