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Differential brain responses to social exclusion by one's own versus opposite-gender peers

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Bolling, Danielle Z., Pelphrey, Kevin A., Vander Wyk, Brent C.·2012·Social Neuroscience

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Human peer relations provide tangible benefits, including food and protection, as well as emotional benefits. While social exclusion poses a threat to all of these benefits, the psychological threat is particularly susceptible to modulation by the relation of the excluders to the excluded person. The current study used functional magnetic resonance imaging to explore the effects of manipulating the gender relation of participants to their excluders during an interactive ball-toss game. Ventral anterior cingulate cortex activation was higher during exclusion by same-gender peers, while right ventrolateral prefrontal cortex activation negatively correlated with self-reported distress in other-gender exclusion. Results imply that exclusion by one's own gender is fundamentally different from exclusion by the opposite gender, and suggest a regulatory role for ventrolateral prefrontal cortex in response to out-group exclusion. Individual differences in implicit gender attitudes modulated neural responses to exclusion. The importance of these findings to investigations of social cognition is discussed.

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  • Greater ACC activity is related to greater self-reported distress from exclusion during Cyberball, while greater ventrolateral PFC activation is related to less distress.

    “Masten and colleagues (2009) found that greater ACC activity was related to greater self-reported distress from exclusion during Cyberball, while greater ventrolateral PFC activation was related to less distress; this latter association (but not the former) was also supported by Kawamoto et al. (2012) and Bolling et al. (2012).”

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Authors
Bolling, D. Z., Pelphrey, K. A., & Vander Wyk, B. C.
Affiliations
Yale University (US)
Corresponding author
Bolling, Danielle Z.
Venue
Social Neuroscience
Published
2012-07
Volume
7
Issue
4
Pages
331-346
ISSN
  • 1747-0919 (ISSN-L)
  • 1747-0927
OpenAlex
W2021915079
Cited by
32
References
50
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FWCI
2.18
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Social Neuroscience (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
National Institute of Mental Health (K01MH071284, MH071284)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
Keywords
social exclusion, ventral anterior cingulate cortex, ventrolateral prefrontal cortex, emotional distress, peer relationships, social cognition
MeSH terms
Brain, Brain Mapping, Female, Gender Identity, Humans, Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Peer Group, Rejection, Psychology, Psychological Distance, Young Adult

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