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Neural circuitry underlying affective response to peer feedback in adolescence

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Guyer, Amanda E., Choate, Victoria R., Pine, Daniel S., Nelson, Eric E.·2012·Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

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Peer feedback affects adolescents' behaviors, cognitions and emotions. We examined neural circuitry underlying adolescents' emotional response to peer feedback using a functional neuroimaging paradigm whereby, 36 adolescents (aged 9-17 years) believed they would interact with unknown peers postscan. Neural activity was expected to vary based on adolescents' perceptions of peers and feedback type. Ventrolateral prefrontal cortex (vlPFC) activity was found when adolescents indicated how they felt following feedback (acceptance or rejection) from peers of low vs high interest. Greater activation in both cortical (e.g. superior temporal gyrus, insula, anterior cingulate) and subcortical (e.g. striatum, thalamus) regions emerged in response to acceptance vs rejection feedback. Response to acceptance also varied by age and gender in similar regions (e.g. superior temporal gyrus, fusiform, insula), with greater age-related increases in activation to acceptance vs rejection for females than males. Affective response to rejection vs acceptance did not yield significantly greater neural activity in any region. vlPFC response suggests cognitive flexibility in reappraising initial perceptions of peers following feedback. Striatal response suggests that acceptance is a potent social reward for adolescents, an interpretation supported by more positive self-reported affective response to acceptance than rejection from high- but not low-interest peers.

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Authors
Guyer, A. E., Choate, V. R., Pine, D. S., & Nelson, E. E.
Affiliations
National Institutes of Health (US)
Venue
Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience
Published
2011-08-09
Volume
7
Issue
1
Pages
81-92
ISSN
  • 1749-5016 (ISSN-L)
  • 1749-5024
OpenAlex
W2129494300
Cited by
236
References
63
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FWCI
4.71
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
public-domain
Locations
  • Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience (publishedVersion, public-domain)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health (K99-R00)
  • National Institute of Mental Health (R00MH080076, K99/R00MH-080076, K99/R00)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
Keywords
peer feedback, social rejection, social acceptance, ventrolateral prefrontal cortex, striatum, social reward, cognitive reappraisal, gender differences, age differences, neural circuits, social cognition
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adolescent Behavior, Age Factors, Brain, Brain Mapping, Child, Emotions, Female, Humans, Male, Nerve Net, Peer Group, Prejudice, Rejection, Psychology, Prefrontal Cortex, Feedback, Psychological, Functional Neuroimaging

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