Growing in generosity? The effects of giving magnitude, target, and audience on the neural signature of giving in adolescence.

ABSTRACT: Giving is essential for forming and maintaining social relationships, which is an important developmental task for adolescents. This pre-registered fMRI study investigated behavioral and neural correlates of adolescents' (N = 128, ages 9 - 19 years) small versus large size giving in different social contexts related to target (i.e., giving to a friend or unfamiliar peer) and peer presence (i.e., anonymous versus audience giving). Participants gave more in the small size than large size condition, more to friends than to unfamiliar peers, and more in the audience compared to anonymous condition. Giving very small or large amounts was associated with increased activity in the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) and anterior insula (AI), and older adolescents showed increased lateral and anterior

SUBMITTER: van de Groep S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8857499 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature