Nature Communications (Aug 2018)

Development of MPFC function mediates shifts in self-protective behavior provoked by social feedback

  • Leehyun Yoon,
  • Leah H. Somerville,
  • Hackjin Kim

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05553-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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People insulate themselves against negative social feedback via self-protective behaviors. Here, the authors show that early adolescents react against immediate social feedback, but adults also consider accumulated past negative evaluations, a function mediated by the rostromedial prefrontal cortex (RMPFC).