Specific neural correlates of successful learning and adaptation during social exchanges

Smith-Collins, Adam P. R.; Fiorentini, Chiara; Kessler, Esther; Boyd, Harriet; Roberts, Fiona; Skuse, David H.

doi:10.21256/zhaw-3955

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Publication type:	Article in scientific journal
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Title:	Specific neural correlates of successful learning and adaptation during social exchanges
Authors:	Smith-Collins, Adam P. R. Fiorentini, Chiara Kessler, Esther Boyd, Harriet Roberts, Fiona Skuse, David H.
DOI:	10.21256/zhaw-3955 10.1093/scan/nss079
Published in:	Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience
Volume(Issue):	8
Issue:	8
Page(s):	887
Pages to:	896
Issue Date:	2012
Publisher / Ed. Institution:	Oxford University Press
ISSN:	1749-5024 1749-5016
Language:	English
Subjects:	Cooperation; FMRI; Learning; Neuroeconomics; Trust; Adaptation; Adolescent; Adult; Brain; Brain mapping; Decision making; Female; Human; Magnetic resonance imaging; Trust; Young adult; Interpersonal relation; Social behavior; Psychological; Cognitive; Neuroscience; Exchange; Successfull learning
Subject (DDC):	610: Medicine and health
Abstract:	Cooperation and betrayal are universal features of social interactions, and knowing who to trust is vital in human society. Previous studies have identified brain regions engaged by decision making during social encounters, but the mechanisms supporting modification of future behaviour by utilizing social experience are not well characterized. Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), we show that cooperation and betrayal during social exchanges elicit specific patterns of neural activity associated with future behaviour. Unanticipated cooperation leads to greater behavioural adaptation than unexpected betrayal, and is signalled by specific neural responses in the striatum and midbrain. Neural responses to betrayal and willingness to trust novel partners both decrease as the number of individuals encountered during repeated social encounters increases. We propose that, as social groups increase in size, uncooperative or untrustworthy behaviour becomes progressively less surprising, with cooperation becoming increasingly important as a stimulus for social learning. Effects on reputation of non-trusting decisions may also act to drive pro-social behaviour. Our findings characterize the dynamic neural processes underlying social adaptation, and suggest that the brain is optimized to cooperate with trustworthy partners, rather than avoiding those who might betray us.
URI:	https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/9875
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License (according to publishing contract):	CC BY-NC 3.0: Attribution - Non commercial 3.0 Unported
Departement:	School of Management and Law
Appears in collections:	Publikationen School of Management and Law

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Smith-Collins, A. P. R., Fiorentini, C., Kessler, E., Boyd, H., Roberts, F., & Skuse, D. H. (2012). Specific neural correlates of successful learning and adaptation during social exchanges. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 8(8), 887–896. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3955

Smith-Collins, A.P.R. et al. (2012) ‘Specific neural correlates of successful learning and adaptation during social exchanges’, Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 8(8), pp. 887–896. Available at: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3955.

A. P. R. Smith-Collins, C. Fiorentini, E. Kessler, H. Boyd, F. Roberts, and D. H. Skuse, “Specific neural correlates of successful learning and adaptation during social exchanges,” Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, vol. 8, no. 8, pp. 887–896, 2012, doi: 10.21256/zhaw-3955.

SMITH-COLLINS, Adam P. R., Chiara FIORENTINI, Esther KESSLER, Harriet BOYD, Fiona ROBERTS und David H. SKUSE, 2012. Specific neural correlates of successful learning and adaptation during social exchanges. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. 2012. Bd. 8, Nr. 8, S. 887–896. DOI 10.21256/zhaw-3955

Smith-Collins, Adam P. R., Chiara Fiorentini, Esther Kessler, Harriet Boyd, Fiona Roberts, and David H. Skuse. 2012. “Specific Neural Correlates of Successful Learning and Adaptation during Social Exchanges.” Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience 8 (8): 887–96. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3955.

Smith-Collins, Adam P. R., et al. “Specific Neural Correlates of Successful Learning and Adaptation during Social Exchanges.” Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, vol. 8, no. 8, 2012, pp. 887–96, https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3955.