A possible social relative reward effect: Influences of outcome inequity between rats during operant responding

Douglas, Hannah M.; Halverstadt, Brittany Ann; Reinhart-Anez, P.; Webber, E.S.; Cromwell, Howard C.

doi:10.1016/j.beproc.2018.06.016

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“…The apparatus exploited by Douglas et al (2018) was composed of two identical operant boxes, placed side-by-side on a table: they had food cups at the center of the wall and a food-pellet dispenser connected to a lever, which released 45 mg sucrose pellets in the recessed food cup. The sample was composed of adult, male rats and a specific goal of the article was to examine how a downward shift in reward value, with food acquisition occurring in a social context, would impact individual operant responding (inequity aversion).…”

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Intersections and Divergences Between Empathizing and Mentalizing: Development, Recent Advancements by Neuroimaging and the Future of Animal Modeling

Cerniglia

Bartolomeo

Capobianco

et al. 2019

Front. Behav. Neurosci.

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Both mentalization and empathy allow humans to understand others, through the representation of their mental states or their mood, respectively. The present review aims to explain those characteristics which are shared between empathy and the Theory of Mind. Research in neuroscience, based on naturalistic paradigms, has shown that abilities to mentalize and to empathize are associated with the activation of different neuro-cognitive circuits. As far as mirror-neuron processes are concerned, some structures (like Anterior Insula, AI; Anterior Cingulate Cortex, ACC) play a role both in the representation of one’s own affective states and in comprehension of the same affective state when experienced by others. As for mentalization, the temporal parietal junction (TPj) and temporal poles (TP), the upper posterior temporal sulcus (pSTS) and the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) are greatly involved: the latter appears involved in the attribution of one’s own and others’ temperaments. Interestingly, the ventral/orbital portion of the PFC (orbito-frontal cortex, OFC) is involved in subserving shared affective experience during cognitive mentalizing. This brain region represents a point of overlap, from a psycho-biological point of view, where emotional mirroring and affective cognition meet up. As for animal models, laboratory rodents can well be tested for prosocial behavior. Some examples include deliberate actions, allowing another conspecific the possibility to feed (“giving food”): this willingness can vary across donors, depending on how the recipient is perceived. Other examples include the possibility to let a trapped conspecific come out (“giving help”). The state-of-the-art knowledge about this theme can inform the programming of specific clinical interventions, based on the reinforcement of empathic and/or mentalization abilities.

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Intersections and Divergences Between Empathizing and Mentalizing: Development, Recent Advancements by Neuroimaging and the Future of Animal Modeling

Cerniglia

Bartolomeo

Capobianco

et al. 2019

Front. Behav. Neurosci.

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“…Studies in rodents using the conditioning place preference (CPP) test have demonstrated the natural tendency to seek social interactions and their reward properties ( Douglas et al, 2004 ; Thiel et al, 2008 ; Douglas et al, 2018 ), both in adults and juvenile individuals. Several brain areas have been associated with social behaviors such as PFC, infralimbic cortex (IL), NAc, VTA, hippocampus (Hipp), LS and others ( Douglas et al, 2004 ; Solié et al, 2022 ; Yan and Rein, 2022 ).…”

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Psychostimulants and social behaviors

Cid-Jofré,

Bahamondes,

Zúñiga Correa

et al. 2024

Front. Pharmacol.

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Mounting evidence from animal models and human studies indicates that psychostimulants can significantly affect social behaviors. This is not surprising considering that the neural circuits underlying the regulation and expression of social behaviors are highly overlapped with those targeted by psychostimulants, which in most cases have strong rewarding and, consequently, addictive properties. In the present work, we provide an overview regarding the effects of illicit and prescription psychostimulants, such as cocaine, amphetamine-type stimulants, methylphenidate or modafinil, upon social behaviors such as social play, maternal behavior, aggression, pair bonding and social cognition and how psychostimulants in both animals and humans alter them. Finally, we discuss why these effects can vary depending on numerous variables such as the type of drug considered, acute versus long-term use, clinical versus recreational consumption, or the presence or absence of concomitant risk factors.

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Chronic social comparison elicits depression- and anxiety-like behaviors and alterations in brain-derived neurotrophic factor expression in male rats

Xue

Zhu

et al. 2023

Anim Cogn

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A possible social relative reward effect: Influences of outcome inequity between rats during operant responding

Cited by 6 publications

References 78 publications

Intersections and Divergences Between Empathizing and Mentalizing: Development, Recent Advancements by Neuroimaging and the Future of Animal Modeling

Intersections and Divergences Between Empathizing and Mentalizing: Development, Recent Advancements by Neuroimaging and the Future of Animal Modeling

Psychostimulants and social behaviors

Chronic social comparison elicits depression- and anxiety-like behaviors and alterations in brain-derived neurotrophic factor expression in male rats

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