Ventral striatum activation to prosocial rewards predicts longitudinal declines in adolescent risk taking
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Adolescence is a period of intensified emotions and an increase in motivated behaviors and passions. Evidence from developmental neuroscience suggests that this heightened emotionality occurs, in part, due to a peak in functional reactivity to rewarding stimuli, which renders adolescents more oriented toward reward-seeking behaviors. Most prior work has focused on how reward sensitivity may create vulnerabilities, leading to increases in risk taking. Here, we test whether heightened reward sensitivity may potentially be an asset for adolescents when engaged in prosocial activities. Thirty-two adolescents were followed over a one-year period to examine whether ventral striatum activation to prosocial rewards predicts decreases in risk taking over a year. Results show that heightened ventral striatum activation to prosocial stimuli relates to longitudinal declines in risk taking. Therefore, the very same neural region that has conferred vulnerability for adolescent risk taking may also be protective against risk taking.
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Adolescents who showed heightened activation in the ventral striatum when making prosocial decisions (i.e., costly donations to their family) showed longitudinal declines in risk taking behaviors (e.g., stealing, drinking alcohol, using drugs, and skipping school) over the course of a year.
“We found that adolescents who showed heightened activation in the ventral striatum when making prosocial decisions (i.e., costly donations to their family) showed longitudinal declines in risk taking behaviors (e.g., stealing, drinking alcohol, using drugs, and skipping school) over the course of a year (Telzer et al., 2013).”
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Adolescents who showed the greatest ventral striatum activation when being prosocial showed the greatest declines in risk taking and depression.
“Adolescents who showed the greatest ventral striatum activation when being prosocial showed the greatest declines in risk taking and depression (Telzer et al., 2013, Telzer et al., 2014);”
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- Authors
- Telzer, E. H., Fuligni, A. J., Lieberman, M. D., & Galván, A.
- Affiliations
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (US)
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- Corresponding author
- Telzer, Eva H.
- Venue
- Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2013-01
- Volume
- 3
- Pages
- 45-52
- ISSN
- 1878-9293 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC4598077
- OpenAlex
- W2095531900
- Cited by
- 112
- References
- 49
- Citations by year
- 2026: 7 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 10 · 2021: 14 · 2020: 12 · 2019: 6 · 2018: 7 · 2017: 9 · 2016: 9 · 2015: 8 · 2014: 9 · 2013: 2
- FWCI
- 3.11
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- NICHD
- Center for Culture, Brain and Development Research Grant
- NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant
- SRCD Dissertation Fund Award
- APF and COGDOP Graduate Research Grant
- University of California Institute for Mexico and the United States Dissertation Research Grant
- National Research Service Award Graduate Fellowship
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Keywords
- ventral striatum, adolescent risk-taking, reward sensitivity, longitudinal change, protective factors, adolescence, neural correlates of behavior
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Basal Ganglia, Brain Mapping, Decision Making, Female, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Motivation, Surveys and Questionnaires, Reward, Risk-Taking
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