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Like or Dislike? Affective Preference Modulates Neural Response to Others' Gains and Losses

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  • Yang Wang
  • Chen Qu
  • Qiuling Luo
  • Lulu Qu
  • Xuebing Li

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Previous studies have demonstrated that the brain responds differentially to others' gains and losses relative to one's own, moderated by social context factors such as competition and interpersonal relationships. In the current study, we tested the hypothesis that the neural response to others' outcomes could be modulated by a short-term induced affective preference. We engaged 17 men and 18 women in a social-exchange game, in which two confederates played fairly or unfairly. Both men and women rated the fair player as likable and the unfair players as unlikable. Afterwards, ERPs were recorded while participants observed each confederates playing a gambling game individually. This study examines feedback related negativity (FRN), an ERP component sensitive to negative feedback. ANOVA showed a significant interaction in which females but not males displayed stronger FRNs when observing likable players' outcomes compared to unlikable ones'. However, males did not respond differently under either circumstance. These findings suggest that, at least in females, the neural response is influenced by a short-term induced affective preference.

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  • Yang Wang & Chen Qu & Qiuling Luo & Lulu Qu & Xuebing Li, 2014. "Like or Dislike? Affective Preference Modulates Neural Response to Others' Gains and Losses," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 9(8), pages 1-6, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0105694
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0105694
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