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Reputation for reciprocity engages the brain reward center
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Brain reward circuitry, including ventral striatum and orbitofrontal cortex, has been independently implicated in preferences for fair and cooperative outcomes as well as learning of reputations. Using functional MRI (fMRI) and a “trust game” task involving iterative exchanges with fictive partners who acquire different reputations for reciprocity, we measured brain responses in 36 healthy adults when positive actions (entrust investment to partners) yield positive returns (reciprocity) and how these brain responses are modulated by partner reputation for repayment. Here we show that positive reciprocity robustly engages the ventral striatum and orbitofrontal cortex. Moreover, this signal of reciprocity in the ventral striatum appears selectively in response to partners who have consistently returned the investment (e.g., a reputation for reciprocity) and is absent for partners who lack a reputation for reciprocity. These findings elucidate a fundamental brain mechanism, via reward-related neural substrates, by which human cooperative relationships are initiated and sustained.
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“Further research utilizing cooperative economic games has shown that the prior reputation of a partner alters striatum responses to reciprocated or non-reciprocated cooperation and influences decisions to cooperate or not 75–79.”
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“Further research utilizing cooperative economic games has shown that the prior reputation of a partner alters striatum responses to reciprocated or non-reciprocated cooperation and influences decisions to cooperate or not 75–79.”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Phan, K. L., Sripada, C. S., Angstadt, M., & McCabe, K.
- Affiliations
- University of Michigan (US)
- Department of Psychiatry and
- George Mason University (US)
- Venue
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Publisher
- National Academy of Sciences
- Published
- 2010-07-06
- Volume
- 107
- Issue
- 29
- Pages
- 13099-13104
- ISSN
- 0027-8424 (ISSN-L)
- 1091-6490
- PMC
- PMC2919895
- OpenAlex
- W2063075465
- Cited by
- 152
- References
- 34
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- FWCI
- 6.58
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Foundation for the National Institutes of Health
- Brain Research Foundation
- National Institute of Mental Health (MH076198, K23MH076198)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Endocrine and Autonomic Systems › Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
- Keywords
- positive reciprocity, reputation, trust game, ventral striatum, orbitofrontal cortex, brain reward system, cooperation, social learning, trust investment
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Basal Ganglia, Brain, Brain Mapping, Choice Behavior, Cooperative Behavior, Decision Trees, Female, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Male, Reward, Feedback, Psychological, Trust
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