Being right, but losing money: the role of striatum in joint decision making

Abstract Joint decision-making entails that you sometimes have to go along with the other’s choice even though you disagree. In this situation, a resulting negative outcome may, however, elicit a feeling of satisfaction and an impulse to say “I told you so”. Using fMRI, we investigated the neural co...

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Autores principales: M. I. Ruissen, S. Overgaauw, E. R. A. de Bruijn
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:0417eb14ba614636947e52a242b2e0c02021-12-02T16:08:25ZBeing right, but losing money: the role of striatum in joint decision making10.1038/s41598-018-24617-32045-2322https://doaj.org/article/0417eb14ba614636947e52a242b2e0c02018-04-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-24617-3https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract Joint decision-making entails that you sometimes have to go along with the other’s choice even though you disagree. In this situation, a resulting negative outcome may, however, elicit a feeling of satisfaction and an impulse to say “I told you so”. Using fMRI, we investigated the neural correlates of this complex process comprised of both positive and negative outcomes. During a social visual search task, 19 participants gave their advice to a co-actor who then made the decision resulting in a mutual loss or gain. This design allowed direct comparisons of situations that resulted in the same monetary outcome but that differed with respect to the correctness of the initial advice of the participant. Increased striatal activations were found for gains compared to losses and for correct compared to incorrect advice. Importantly, ROI analyses also showed enhanced striatum activation for monetary losses that were preceded by correct compared to incorrect advices. The current study therefore suggests that reward-related neural mechanisms may be involved when being right even in situations that end in monetary losses.M. I. RuissenS. OvergaauwE. R. A. de BruijnNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2018)
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Being right, but losing money: the role of striatum in joint decision making
description Abstract Joint decision-making entails that you sometimes have to go along with the other’s choice even though you disagree. In this situation, a resulting negative outcome may, however, elicit a feeling of satisfaction and an impulse to say “I told you so”. Using fMRI, we investigated the neural correlates of this complex process comprised of both positive and negative outcomes. During a social visual search task, 19 participants gave their advice to a co-actor who then made the decision resulting in a mutual loss or gain. This design allowed direct comparisons of situations that resulted in the same monetary outcome but that differed with respect to the correctness of the initial advice of the participant. Increased striatal activations were found for gains compared to losses and for correct compared to incorrect advice. Importantly, ROI analyses also showed enhanced striatum activation for monetary losses that were preceded by correct compared to incorrect advices. The current study therefore suggests that reward-related neural mechanisms may be involved when being right even in situations that end in monetary losses.
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title Being right, but losing money: the role of striatum in joint decision making
title_short Being right, but losing money: the role of striatum in joint decision making
title_full Being right, but losing money: the role of striatum in joint decision making
title_fullStr Being right, but losing money: the role of striatum in joint decision making
title_full_unstemmed Being right, but losing money: the role of striatum in joint decision making
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