Dorsomedial Prefrontal Cortex Mediates Rapid Evaluations Predicting the Outcome of Romantic Interactions
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Humans frequently make real-world decisions based on rapid evaluations of minimal information; for example, should we talk to an attractive stranger at a party? Little is known, however, about how the brain makes rapid evaluations with real and immediate social consequences. To address this question, we scanned participants with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) while they viewed photos of individuals that they subsequently met at real-life “speed-dating” events. Neural activity in two areas of dorsomedial prefrontal cortex (DMPFC), paracingulate cortex, and rostromedial prefrontal cortex (RMPFC) was predictive of whether each individual would be ultimately pursued for a romantic relationship or rejected. Activity in these areas was attributable to two distinct components of romantic evaluation: either consensus judgments about physical beauty (paracingulate cortex) or individualized preferences based on a partner's perceived personality (RMPFC). These data identify novel computational roles for these regions of the DMPFC in even very rapid social evaluations. Even a first glance, then, can accurately predict romantic desire, but that glance involves a mix of physical and psychological judgments that depend on specific regions of DMPFC.
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Most human relationships undergo similar progressions: attraction, decision to pursue a relationship, bond formation, and maintenance.
“Although no two relationships are alike, most undergo similar progressions. When people are still strangers, a relationship begins with attraction followed, in time, by a decision to pursue a relationship with an individual [72,73].”
From The Neurobiology of Love and Pair Bonding from Human and Animal Perspectives (2023) · cites this paper as [73]
The Introduction and Behavioral Results describe a sequence in this speed-dating study: participants rated potential partners’ attractiveness before meeting them, and those ratings predicted later decisions to pursue them. The paper does not establish that most human relationships follow this progression, nor does it examine bond formation or maintenance. Page numbers are unavailable in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.85)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredIn an fMRI task where participants were shown photos of opposite-sex individuals, activity in the dorsomedial prefrontal cortex predicted whether the participant was romantically interested in the person from the photo upon meeting them at a later real-life speed dating event.
“In an fMRI task where participants were shown photos of opposite-sex individuals, activity in the dorsomedial PFC (dmPFC) predicted whether the participant was romantically interested in the person from the photo upon meeting them at a later real-life “speed dating” event [73].”
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- Authors
- Cooper, J. C., Dunne, S., Furey, T., & O'Doherty, J. P.
- Affiliations
- California Institute of Technology (US)
- Corresponding author
- Cooper, Jeffrey C.
- ORCID
- Dunne, Simon
- Venue
- The Journal of Neuroscience
- Publisher
- Society for Neuroscience
- Published
- 2012-11-07
- Volume
- 32
- Issue
- 45
- Pages
- 15647-15656
- ISSN
- 0270-6474 (ISSN-L)
- 1529-2401
- PMC
- PMC3513285
- OpenAlex
- W1988106779
- Cited by
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- References
- 51
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- FWCI
- 1.64
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Journal of Neuroscience (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
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- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
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- Funders
- Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
- Wellcome Trust (087388)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
- Keywords
- dorsomedial prefrontal cortex, paracingulate cortex, romantic attraction, social evaluation, speed dating, physical attractiveness, perceived personality, romantic pursuit, first impressions
- MeSH terms
- Brain Mapping, Courtship, Female, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Judgment, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Personality, Social Perception, Prefrontal Cortex
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