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Author(s) -
Luo Yi,
Eickhoff Simon B.,
Hétu Sébastien,
Feng Chunliang
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
human brain mapping
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.005
H-Index - 191
eISSN - 1097-0193
pISSN - 1065-9471
DOI - 10.1002/hbm.23775
Subject(s) - insula , ventral striatum , psychology , feeling , cover (algebra) , neuroscience , striatum , cognitive psychology , social psychology , mechanical engineering , dopamine , engineering
COVER ILLUSTRATION: Social comparison is ubiquitous in human life. Downward comparison (better than others) engages consistent involvement of the reward‐related regions such as ventral striatum, while upward comparison (worse than others) engages consistent involvement of regions implicated in aversive feelings such as anterior insula.