The anterior cingulate cortex is necessary for forming prosocial preferences from vicarious reinforcement in monkeys
Basile BM, Schafroth JL, Karaskiewicz CL, Chang SWC, Murray EA. The anterior cingulate cortex is necessary for forming prosocial preferences from vicarious reinforcement in monkeys. PLOS Biology 2020, 18: e3000677. PMID: 32530910, PMCID: PMC7292358, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3000677.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsChoice BehaviorGyrus CinguliMacaca mulattaMalePupilReinforcement, PsychologySocial BehaviorConceptsAnterior cingulate cortexProsocial preferencesVicarious reinforcementCingulate cortexACC lesionsPrimate anterior cingulate cortexSocial preferencesDifferent visual cuesSocial cognitionReward outcomesReinforcement taskReward deliveryVisual cuesACC contributionSocial outcomesCuesSocial relationshipsExcitotoxic lesionsPeripheral targetsGood thingGreater tendencySelfCortexLesion groupSingle neuronsThe dorsomedial prefrontal cortex computes task-invariant relative subjective value for self and other
Piva M, Velnoskey K, Jia R, Nair A, Levy I, Chang SW. The dorsomedial prefrontal cortex computes task-invariant relative subjective value for self and other. ELife 2019, 8: e44939. PMID: 31192786, PMCID: PMC6565363, DOI: 10.7554/elife.44939.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultChoice BehaviorDecision MakingFemaleHealthy VolunteersHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMalePrefrontal CortexConceptsRelative subjective valueSubjective valuePrefrontal cortexMulti-voxel pattern analysisVentromedial prefrontal cortexDorsomedial prefrontal cortexNeural correlatesPrefrontal nodesFMRI approachRisky choiceSubjective valuationDmPFCNeural computationSocial attitudesUbiquitous behaviorSelfTaskPattern analysisCortexIndependent tasksBehavioral modelingParticipantsCorrelatesAttitudesDissimilar preferences