Friendship stability in adolescence is associated with ventral striatum responses to vicarious rewards
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DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-20042-1
Abstract: An important task for adolescents is to form and maintain friendships. In this three-wave biannual study, we used a longitudinal neuroscience perspective to examine the dynamics of friendship stability. Relative to childhood and adulthood, adolescence… read more here.
Keywords: ventral striatum; friendship stability; adolescence; striatum ... See more keywords
Peers and parents: a comparison between neural activation when winning for friends and mothers in adolescence
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DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsw136
Abstract: Abstract Rewards reliably elicit ventral striatum activity. More recently studies have shown that vicarious rewards elicit similar activation. Ventral striatum responses to rewards for self peak during adolescence. However, it is currently not well understood… read more here.
Keywords: ventral striatum; winning friends; striatum; adolescence ... See more keywords