Determinants and modulators of human social decisions

Terenzi, Damiano; Liu, Lu; Bellucci, Gabriele; Park, Soyoung Q.

doi:10.1016/j.neubiorev.2021.06.041

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“…In addition, people do not only acquire information on their own experiences, but also information directed towards and about others that can also be relevant for themselves. These types of information may separately or (most likely) concomitantly influence individual decisions and behavior 32 .…”

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Curiosity for information predicts wellbeing mediated by loneliness during COVID-19 pandemic

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The COVID-19 pandemic confronted humans with high uncertainty and lockdowns, which severely disrupted people’s daily social and health lifestyles, enhanced loneliness, and reduced well-being. Curiosity and information-seeking are central to behavior, fostering well-being and adaptation in changing environments. They may be particularly important to maintain well-being during the pandemic. Here, we investigated which motives drive information-seeking, and whether and how curiosity and information-seeking related to well-being and mood (excitement, anxiety). Additionally, we tested whether daily diet contributed to this relationship during lockdown. Participants (N = 183) completed questionnaires measuring curiosity, information-seeking, social and mental health. Using a smartphone app, participants submitted their daily food intake and lifestyle ratings for a week. We found participants had highest motivation to seek positive (vs. negative) information, concerning themselves more than others. Both trait curiosity and information-seeking predicted higher well-being, mediated by loneliness. Trait curiosity also predicted well-being and excitement days later. Considering diet, participants with lower trait curiosity ate food containing more tyrosine (i.e., dopamine precursor). Furthermore, participants consuming food high in sugar reported higher anxiety, which was specifically found in participants with relatively low, but not high, trait curiosity. Taken together, curiosity and information-seeking may benefit well-being and mood in high uncertain and challenging times, by interacting with lifestyle measures (loneliness and nutrition).

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Curiosity for information predicts wellbeing mediated by loneliness during COVID-19 pandemic

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“…Macronutrients—carbohydrates, dietary fatty acids, and proteins—impact cognitive functioning [ 110 ] and metabolic health via multiple pathways such as glucose metabolism and ROS levels associated with inflammation [ 47 ]. Such pathways are, in turn, linked with PD pathology [ 111 , 112 , 113 ] (see Figure 1 ).…”

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Nutrition and Gut–Brain Pathways Impacting the Onset of Parkinson’s Disease

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An emerging body of literature suggests that long-term gut inflammation may be a silent driver of Parkinson’s disease (PD) pathogenesis. Importantly, specific nutritive patterns might improve gut health for PD risk reduction. Here, we review the current literature on the nutritive patterns and inflammatory markers as a predictor for early detection of PD. This knowledge might be used to foster the detection of early nutritive patterns and preclinical biomarkers to potentially alter PD development and progression.

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“…When objects are attended by another person they are more liked than ignored objects (Bayliss et al, 2007;Ulloa et al, 2015).This effect seems to be specifically elicited by gaze cues since other cues (e.g., pointing hands or arrows) did not result in a similar increase in liking evaluations (Bayliss et al, 2007). Therefore, gaze cues might act as a social reinforcers by highlighting objects in the environment that are attractive for another person (Bayliss et al, 2007;Shimojo et al, 2003;Terenzi, Liu, et al, 2021).…”

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“…This effect seems to be specifically elicited by gaze cues as other cues (e.g., pointing fingers or arrows) did not result in a similar increase in liking evaluations ( Bayliss et al, 2007 ). Therefore, gaze cues might act as social reinforcers by highlighting objects in the environment that are attractive for another person ( Shimojo et al, 2003 ; Bayliss et al, 2007 ; Terenzi et al, 2021 ).…”

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“…In the present work we used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to examine the neural mechanisms of value changes attributed to social information by applying the gaze-cuing paradigm. First of all, based on studies showing gaze-cuing-induced value changes ( Madipakkam et al, 2019 ; Terenzi et al, 2021 ), we hypothesized that participants' WTP for foods that are attended to by others increases compared with that for foods that are ignored. On a neural level, we hypothesized that this increased WTP is associated with higher brain activity in brain regions encoding the subjective value of rewards such as the OFC and the striatum ( Plassmann et al, 2007 ; Rolls, 2021 ).…”

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Neural Correlates Underlying Social-Cue-Induced Value Change

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As humans are social beings, human behavior and cognition are fundamentally shaped by information provided by peers, making human subjective value for rewards prone to be manipulated by perceived social information. Even subtle nonverbal social information, such as others' eye gazes, can influence value assignment, such as food value. In this study, we investigate the neural underpinnings of how gaze cues modify participants' food value (both genders) by means of functional magnetic resonance imaging. During the gaze-cuing task, food items were repeatedly presented either while others looked at them or while they were ignored by others. We determined participants' food values by assessing their willingness to pay before and after a standard gaze-cuing training. Results revealed that participants were willing to pay significantly more for food items that were attended to by others compared with the unattended to food items. Neural data showed that differences in subjective values between the two conditions were accompanied by enhanced activity in the inferior frontal gyrus, middle temporal gyrus, and caudate after food items were attended to. Furthermore, the functional connectivity between the caudate and the angular gyrus precisely predicted the individual differences in the preference shift. Our results unveil the key neural mechanism underlying the influence of social cues on the subjective value of food and highlight the crucial role of social context in shaping subjective value for food rewards in human. SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT We investigated how social information like others' gaze toward foods affects individuals' food value. We found that individuals more often choose food items that were looked at by another person compared with food items that were ignored. Using neuroimaging, we showed that this increased value for attended to food items was associated with higher brain activity in the inferior frontal gyrus, middle temporal gyrus, and caudate. Furthermore, functional connectivity between the caudate and the angular gyrus was associated with individual differences in values for food items that were attended to by others versus being ignored. These findings provide novel insights into how the brain integrates social information into food value and could suggest possible interventions like using gaze cuing to promote healthier food choices.

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Determinants and modulators of human social decisions

Cited by 20 publications

References 183 publications

Curiosity for information predicts wellbeing mediated by loneliness during COVID-19 pandemic

Curiosity for information predicts wellbeing mediated by loneliness during COVID-19 pandemic

Nutrition and Gut–Brain Pathways Impacting the Onset of Parkinson’s Disease

Neural Correlates Underlying Social-Cue-Induced Value Change

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