Journal article
Medial prefrontal activity during self-other judgments is modulated by relationship need fulfillment
Social neuroscience, v 17(3), pp 236-245
10 May 2022
PMID: 35504857
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Abstract
The medial prefrontal cortex (MPFC) plays an important role in representing semantic self-knowledge. Studies comparing semantic self-judgments with judgments of close others suggest that interpersonal closeness may influence the degree to which the MPFC differentiates self and other. We used optical neuroimaging to examine if support for competence, relatedness, and autonomy from relationship partners moderates MPFC activity during a personality judgment task. Participants (
= 109) were asked to judge the descriptive accuracy of trait adjectives for both themselves and a friend. Participants who reported lower need fulfillment with their friend showed elevated activity only in the self-judgment condition; in contrast, participants who reported higher need fulfillment with their friend showed similarly high levels of MPFC activity across the conditions. These results are consistent with the idea that the MPFC differentially represents others on the basis of the need fulfillment experienced within the relationship.
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- Title
- Medial prefrontal activity during self-other judgments is modulated by relationship need fulfillment
- Creators
- Stefano I Di Domenico (Corresponding Author) - University of TorontoMarc A Fournier - University of TorontoAchala H Rodrigo - University of TorontoMengxi Dong - University of TorontoHasan Ayaz - Drexel UniversityRichard M Ryan - Australian Catholic UniversityAnthony C Ruocco - University of Toronto
- Publication Details
- Social neuroscience, v 17(3), pp 236-245
- Publisher
- Taylor and Francis
- Number of pages
- 10
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- School of Biomedical Engineering, Science, and Health Systems
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000793101500001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85130106860
- Other Identifier
- 991019168052904721
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- Neurosciences
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