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Neural Substrates of Counterfactual Emotions After Risky Decisions in Late Adolescents and Young Adults
Author(s) -
Rodrigo María José,
Padrón Iván,
Vega Manuel,
Ferstl Evelyn
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of research on adolescence
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.342
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1532-7795
pISSN - 1050-8392
DOI - 10.1111/jora.12342
Subject(s) - psychology , orbitofrontal cortex , precuneus , middle temporal gyrus , disappointment , functional magnetic resonance imaging , posterior cingulate , inferior frontal gyrus , insula , superior temporal sulcus , regret , neural correlates of consciousness , middle frontal gyrus , cognitive psychology , developmental psychology , cognition , prefrontal cortex , neuroscience , social psychology , machine learning , computer science
Adolescents’ neural substrates of emotional reactions to the consequences of risky decisions are poorly understood. In this functional magnetic resonance imaging study, 30 late adolescents and 30 young adults made risky and neutral decisions in social scenarios and received valenced outcomes. Negative outcomes in risky decisions eliciting regret, as compared with negative outcomes in neutral decisions eliciting disappointment, activated executive control (orbitofrontal cortex) and self‐relevance regions (middle temporal gyrus [ MTG ], posterior cingulate cortex, and precuneus) for both age groups. Young adults showed more activation than adolescents in regret and disappointment as compared with relief and elation conditions in the avoidance (insula), action monitoring (inferior frontal gyrus, pre‐SMA, and caudate), and social‐cognition regions (superior temporal sulcus and MTG ). These late socio‐emotional developments may pave the way for more adaptive decision‐making behavior in social contexts.