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Neural Correlates of Social Decision Making and Relationships
Author(s) -
Güroğlu Berna,
van den Bos Wouter,
Crone Eveline A.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
annals of the new york academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.712
H-Index - 248
eISSN - 1749-6632
pISSN - 0077-8923
DOI - 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.04502.x
Subject(s) - psychology , social competence , social decision making , perspective (graphical) , intentionality , reciprocity (cultural anthropology) , social skills , social cognition , neuroimaging , cognitive psychology , interpersonal communication , neural correlates of consciousness , developmental psychology , interpersonal relationship , social change , social psychology , cognition , neuroscience , computer science , philosophy , epistemology , artificial intelligence , economics , economic growth
Social competence, e.g., effective functioning in interpersonal relationships, plays an important role in well being during one's lifetime. Social skills, such as perspective taking and understanding intentionality, develop during childhood and adolescence. We hypothesize that these behavioral changes result from protracted development of brain regions involved in social interactions. We give a brief outline of behavioral and neuroimaging studies on fairness, trust, and reciprocity considerations in social decision making and the development of these considerations. We propose that a better understanding of the mechanisms underlying the developing brain and sociocognitive skills is important for understanding the development of social relationships.