With you or against you: social orientation dependent learning signals guide actions made for others.

ABSTRACT: In social environments, it is crucial that decision-makers take account of the impact of their actions not only for oneself, but also on other social agents. Previous work has identified neural signals in the striatum encoding value-based prediction errors for outcomes to oneself; also, recent work suggests that neural activity in prefrontal cortex may similarly encode value-based prediction errors related to outcomes to others. However, prior work also indicates that social valuations are not isomorphic, with social value orientations of decision-makers ranging on a cooperative to competitive continuum; this variation has not been examined within social learning environments. Here, we combine a computational model of learning with functional neuroimaging to examine how individual differen

SUBMITTER: Christopoulos GI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4751040 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature