Humans use forward thinking to exploit social controllability

The controllability of our social environment has a profound impact on our behavior and mental health. Nevertheless, neurocomputational mechanisms underlying social controllability remain elusive. Here, 48 participants performed a task where their current choices either did (Controllable), or did no...

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Autores principales:	Soojung Na, Dongil Chung, Andreas Hula, Ofer Perl, Jennifer Jung, Matthew Heflin, Sylvia Blackmore, Vincenzo G Fiore, Peter Dayan, Xiaosi Gu
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Publicado:	eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2021
Materias:	social decision-making controllability forward thinking model-based planning vmPFC computational modeling Medicine R Science Q Biology (General) QH301-705.5
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/2c8f3595f4b644cba884b35be2e1f69c
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:2c8f3595f4b644cba884b35be2e1f69c2021-11-14T15:32:11ZHumans use forward thinking to exploit social controllability10.7554/eLife.649832050-084Xe64983https://doaj.org/article/2c8f3595f4b644cba884b35be2e1f69c2021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://elifesciences.org/articles/64983https://doaj.org/toc/2050-084XThe controllability of our social environment has a profound impact on our behavior and mental health. Nevertheless, neurocomputational mechanisms underlying social controllability remain elusive. Here, 48 participants performed a task where their current choices either did (Controllable), or did not (Uncontrollable), influence partners’ future proposals. Computational modeling revealed that people engaged a mental model of forward thinking (FT; i.e., calculating the downstream effects of current actions) to estimate social controllability in both Controllable and Uncontrollable conditions. A large-scale online replication study (n=1342) supported this finding. Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (n=48), we further demonstrated that the ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC) computed the projected total values of current actions during forward planning, supporting the neural realization of the forward-thinking model. These findings demonstrate that humans use vmPFC-dependent FT to estimate and exploit social controllability, expanding the role of this neurocomputational mechanism beyond spatial and cognitive contexts.Soojung NaDongil ChungAndreas HulaOfer PerlJennifer JungMatthew HeflinSylvia BlackmoreVincenzo G FiorePeter DayanXiaosi GueLife Sciences Publications Ltdarticlesocial decision-makingcontrollabilityforward thinkingmodel-based planningvmPFCcomputational modelingMedicineRScienceQBiology (General)QH301-705.5ENeLife, Vol 10 (2021)
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topic	social decision-making controllability forward thinking model-based planning vmPFC computational modeling Medicine R Science Q Biology (General) QH301-705.5
spellingShingle	social decision-making controllability forward thinking model-based planning vmPFC computational modeling Medicine R Science Q Biology (General) QH301-705.5 Soojung Na Dongil Chung Andreas Hula Ofer Perl Jennifer Jung Matthew Heflin Sylvia Blackmore Vincenzo G Fiore Peter Dayan Xiaosi Gu Humans use forward thinking to exploit social controllability
description	The controllability of our social environment has a profound impact on our behavior and mental health. Nevertheless, neurocomputational mechanisms underlying social controllability remain elusive. Here, 48 participants performed a task where their current choices either did (Controllable), or did not (Uncontrollable), influence partners’ future proposals. Computational modeling revealed that people engaged a mental model of forward thinking (FT; i.e., calculating the downstream effects of current actions) to estimate social controllability in both Controllable and Uncontrollable conditions. A large-scale online replication study (n=1342) supported this finding. Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (n=48), we further demonstrated that the ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC) computed the projected total values of current actions during forward planning, supporting the neural realization of the forward-thinking model. These findings demonstrate that humans use vmPFC-dependent FT to estimate and exploit social controllability, expanding the role of this neurocomputational mechanism beyond spatial and cognitive contexts.
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author	Soojung Na Dongil Chung Andreas Hula Ofer Perl Jennifer Jung Matthew Heflin Sylvia Blackmore Vincenzo G Fiore Peter Dayan Xiaosi Gu
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title	Humans use forward thinking to exploit social controllability
title_short	Humans use forward thinking to exploit social controllability
title_full	Humans use forward thinking to exploit social controllability
title_fullStr	Humans use forward thinking to exploit social controllability
title_full_unstemmed	Humans use forward thinking to exploit social controllability
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publisher	eLife Sciences Publications Ltd
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/2c8f3595f4b644cba884b35be2e1f69c
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Humans use forward thinking to exploit social controllability

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