Friendship stability in adolescence is associated with ventral striatum responses to vicarious rewards

Elisabeth Schreuders; Barbara R. Braams; Eveline A. Crone; Berna Güroğlu

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-20042-1

Nature Communications (Jan 2021)

Friendship stability in adolescence is associated with ventral striatum responses to vicarious rewards

Elisabeth Schreuders,
Barbara R. Braams,
Eveline A. Crone,
Berna Güroğlu

Affiliations

Elisabeth Schreuders: Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology, Institute of Psychology, Leiden University
Barbara R. Braams: Faculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences, Section Clinical Developmental Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Eveline A. Crone: Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology, Institute of Psychology, Leiden University
Berna Güroğlu: Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology, Institute of Psychology, Leiden University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20042-1
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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A reward-related ventral striatum response is observed when rewards are gained for friends. Here the authors examine how this response changes from childhood to young adulthood, and show that friendship stability in adolescence is associated with ventral striatum responses to vicarious rewards.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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