A functional MRI study on how oxytocin affects decision making in social dilemmas: Cooperate as long as it pays off, aggress only when you think you can win
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We investigate if the neuropeptide oxytocin (OT), known to moderate social behaviour, influences strategic decision making in social dilemmas by facilitating the integration of incentives and social cues. Participants (N=29) played two economic games with different incentive structures in the fMRI scanner after receiving OT or placebo (following a double blind, within-subject design). Pictures of angry or neutral faces (the social cues) were displayed alongside the game matrices. Consistent with a priori hypotheses based on the modulatory role of OT in mesolimbic dopaminergic brain regions, the results indicate that, compared to placebo, OT significantly increases the activation of the nucleus accumbens during an assurance (coordination) game that rewards mutual cooperation. This increases appetitive motivation so that cooperative behaviour is facilitated for risk averse individuals. OT also significantly attenuates the amygdala, thereby reducing the orienting response to social cues. The corresponding change in behaviour is only apparent in the chicken (or anti-coordination) game, where aggression is incentivized but fatal if the partner also aggresses. Because of this ambiguity, decision making can be improved by additional information, and OT steers decisions in the chicken game in accordance with the valence of the facial cue: aggress when face is neutral; retreat when it is angry. Through its combined influence on amygdala and nucleus accumbens, OT improves the selection of a cooperative or aggressive strategy in function of the best match between the incentives of the game and the social cues present in the decision environment.
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Oxytocin differentially impacts cooperative and aggressive choices in individuals with different pre-existing beliefs in prosociality.
“Oxytocin differentially impacts cooperative and aggressive choices in individuals with different pre-existing beliefs in prosociality 27 .”
From Oxytocin modulates social value representations in the amygdala (2019) · cites this paper as [27]
In humans, oxytocin can alleviate social stress by lowering salivary cortisol levels, increasing parasympathetic control of the heart, and attenuating amygdala activation in response to seeing faces.
“In humans, OT is mostly known for its functions in childbirth and breastfeeding, but it can also alleviate social stress, for example, by lowering salivary cortisol levels 4 , increasing parasympathetic control of the heart 5 , and attenuating amygdala activation in response to seeing faces 6,7 .”
From A registered replication study on oxytocin and trust (2020) · cites this paper as [7]
By boosting the dopaminergic signal in the mesolimbic network, oxytocin is thought to enhance the salience of social cues that emphasize the value of approach behavior.
“By boosting the dopaminergic signal in the mesolimbic network, OT is thought to enhance the salience of social cues that emphasize the value of approach behavior 7,35,36 .”
From A registered replication study on oxytocin and trust (2020) · cites this paper as [7]
A current leading theory rests on neurological evidence that oxytocin modulates mesolimbic dopaminergic neurons, thereby affecting both incentive motivation and attention re-orienting.
“A current leading theory to account for why OT can stimulate both prosocial and anti-social behaviors rests on neurological evidence that OT modulates mesolimbic dopaminergic neurons, thereby affecting both incentive motivation as well as attention re-orienting.”
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Measuring trust with a single decision rather than averaging several consecutive decisions prevents hedge betting and may encourage intuitive thinking, which is the decision-making type oxytocin is most likely to influence.
“Measuring trust with a single decision (rather than averaging several consecutive decisions) has the advantage that it prevents hedge betting and may thus encourage intuitive thinking, which is the decision making type OT is most likely to influence, 7,47 rather than complicated deliberation.”
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- Authors
- Lambert, B., Declerck, C. H., Boone, C., & Parizel, P. M.
- Affiliations
- University of Antwerp (BE)
- Corresponding author
- Lambert, Bruno
- Venue
- Hormones and Behavior
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2017-08
- Volume
- 94
- Pages
- 145-152
- ISSN
- 0018-506X (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2741228995
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- 30
- References
- 60
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- journal article
- Language
- en
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- Funders
- University of Antwerp (5340)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
- Social Sciences › Safety Research › Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Keywords
- oxytocin, social dilemmas, strategic decision-making, cooperation, aggression, chicken game, coordination games, nucleus accumbens, amygdala, social cues, facial expressions, incentive compatibility, risk aversion, mesolimbic dopamine system, appetitive motivation
- MeSH terms
- Administration, Intranasal, Adult, Aggression, Cooperative Behavior, Decision Making, Double-Blind Method, Female, Games, Experimental, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Motivation, Oxytocin, Reward, Social Behavior, Young Adult
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