2018

The neural substrate of reward anticipation in health: A meta-analysis of fMRI findings in the monetary incentive delay task

2018, Social Reward /

Abstract The monetary incentive delay task breaks down reward processing into discrete stages for fMRI analysis. Here we look at anticipation of monetary gain and loss contrasted with neutral anticipation. We meta-analysed data from 15 original whole-brain group maps (n = 346) and report extensive areas of relative activation and deactivation throughout the whole brain. […]

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The causal role of the somatosensory cortex in prosocial behaviour

2018, Social Cognition, Social Reward /

Abstract Witnessing another person’s suffering elicits vicarious brain activity in areas that are active when we ourselves are in pain. Whether this activity influences prosocial behavior remains the subject of debate. Here participants witnessed a confederate express pain through a reaction of the swatted hand or through a facial expression, and could decide to reduce

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Peripheral oxytocin predicts higher-level social cognition in men regardless of empathy quotient

2018, Hormones/Neuromodulators, Social Cognition /

Abstract Introduction: Pharmaceutical oxytocin (OT) administration is being tested as a novel treatment for social deficits in various psychiatric populations. However, little is known about how naturally occurring variation in peripheral OT relates to differences in social cognition. This study investigates whether healthy individuals with very high or very low levels of empathy differ in endogenous

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