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Social Rewards and Social Networks in the Human Brain
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The rapid development of social media and social networking sites in human society within the past decade has brought about an increased focus on the value of social relationships and being connected with others. Research suggests that we pursue socially valued or rewarding outcomes-approval, acceptance, reciprocity-as a means toward learning about others and fulfilling social needs of forming meaningful relationships. Focusing largely on recent advances in the human neuroimaging literature, we review findings highlighting the neural circuitry and processes that underlie pursuit of valued rewarding outcomes across non-social and social domains. We additionally discuss emerging human neuroimaging evidence supporting the idea that social rewards provide a gateway to establishing relationships and forming social networks. Characterizing the link between social network, brain, and behavior can potentially identify contributing factors to maladaptive influences on decision making within social situations.
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“These positive valence processes create a cycle supporting the initiation and strengthening of social bonds regulated by the mesolimbic reward circuit that activates in response to cues signaling potential social reward(16–18) (i.e., incentive salience or ‘wanting’).(19)”
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“These positive valence processes create a cycle supporting the initiation and strengthening of social bonds regulated by the mesolimbic reward circuit that activates in response to cues signaling potential social reward(16–18) (i.e., incentive salience or ‘wanting’).(19)”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Fareri, D. S., & Delgado, M. R.
- Affiliations
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (US)
- Venue
- The Neuroscientist
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2014-02-21
- Volume
- 20
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 387-402
- ISSN
- 1073-8584 (ISSN-L)
- 1089-4098
- OpenAlex
- W2142816615
- Cited by
- 124
- References
- 123
- Citations by year
- 2026: 17 · 2025: 10 · 2024: 14 · 2023: 14 · 2022: 8 · 2021: 18 · 2020: 10 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 7 · 2017: 9 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 7 · 2014: 2
- FWCI
- 3.53
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- The Neuroscientist (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute of Mental Health (R01MH084081)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Endocrine and Autonomic Systems › Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
- Keywords
- social reward, social networks, social media, neural circuits, reward processing, interpersonal relationships, reciprocity, social decision-making
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