Information about others’ choices selectively alters risk tolerance and medial prefrontal cortex activation across adolescence and young adulthood

Adolescence is associated with major changes in the cognitive, emotional and social domains. One domain in which these processes intersect is decision-making. Previous research has shown that individuals’ attitudes towards risk and ambiguity shape their decision-making, and information about others’...

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Autores principales:	Barbara R. Braams, Juliet Y. Davidow, Leah H. Somerville
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Publicado:	Elsevier 2021
Materias:	Risk Ambiguity FMRI Adolescence MPFC Neurophysiology and neuropsychology QP351-495
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:9353005a70fe4104b5a91da38cf050e62021-11-20T04:58:18ZInformation about others’ choices selectively alters risk tolerance and medial prefrontal cortex activation across adolescence and young adulthood1878-929310.1016/j.dcn.2021.101039https://doaj.org/article/9353005a70fe4104b5a91da38cf050e62021-12-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1878929321001286https://doaj.org/toc/1878-9293Adolescence is associated with major changes in the cognitive, emotional and social domains. One domain in which these processes intersect is decision-making. Previous research has shown that individuals’ attitudes towards risk and ambiguity shape their decision-making, and information about others’ choices can influence individuals’ decisions. However, it is currently unknown how information about others’ choices influences risk and ambiguity attitudes separately, and the degree to which others’ choices shape decision-making differentially across development from adolescence to young adulthood. The current study used a computational modeling framework to test how information about others’ choices influences these attitudes. Participants, aged 14–22 years, made a series of risky and ambiguous choices while undergoing fMRI scanning. On some trials, they viewed risky or safe choices of others. Results showed that participants aligned their choices toward the choice preferences of others. Moreover, the tendency to align choices was expressed in changes in risk attitude, but not ambiguity attitude. The change in risk attitude was positively related to neural activation in the medial prefrontal cortex. Results did not show age related differences in behavior and corresponding neural activation, indicating that the manner in which adolescents are influenced by peers is not ubiquitous but rather, is highly context-dependent.Barbara R. BraamsJuliet Y. DavidowLeah H. SomervilleElsevierarticleRiskAmbiguityFMRIAdolescenceMPFCNeurophysiology and neuropsychologyQP351-495ENDevelopmental Cognitive Neuroscience, Vol 52, Iss , Pp 101039- (2021)
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description	Adolescence is associated with major changes in the cognitive, emotional and social domains. One domain in which these processes intersect is decision-making. Previous research has shown that individuals’ attitudes towards risk and ambiguity shape their decision-making, and information about others’ choices can influence individuals’ decisions. However, it is currently unknown how information about others’ choices influences risk and ambiguity attitudes separately, and the degree to which others’ choices shape decision-making differentially across development from adolescence to young adulthood. The current study used a computational modeling framework to test how information about others’ choices influences these attitudes. Participants, aged 14–22 years, made a series of risky and ambiguous choices while undergoing fMRI scanning. On some trials, they viewed risky or safe choices of others. Results showed that participants aligned their choices toward the choice preferences of others. Moreover, the tendency to align choices was expressed in changes in risk attitude, but not ambiguity attitude. The change in risk attitude was positively related to neural activation in the medial prefrontal cortex. Results did not show age related differences in behavior and corresponding neural activation, indicating that the manner in which adolescents are influenced by peers is not ubiquitous but rather, is highly context-dependent.
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title	Information about others’ choices selectively alters risk tolerance and medial prefrontal cortex activation across adolescence and young adulthood
title_short	Information about others’ choices selectively alters risk tolerance and medial prefrontal cortex activation across adolescence and young adulthood
title_full	Information about others’ choices selectively alters risk tolerance and medial prefrontal cortex activation across adolescence and young adulthood
title_fullStr	Information about others’ choices selectively alters risk tolerance and medial prefrontal cortex activation across adolescence and young adulthood
title_full_unstemmed	Information about others’ choices selectively alters risk tolerance and medial prefrontal cortex activation across adolescence and young adulthood
title_sort	information about others’ choices selectively alters risk tolerance and medial prefrontal cortex activation across adolescence and young adulthood
publisher	Elsevier
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/9353005a70fe4104b5a91da38cf050e6
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Information about others’ choices selectively alters risk tolerance and medial prefrontal cortex activation across adolescence and young adulthood

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