Social rewards are strong drivers of behavior and fundamental to well-being, yet there is a
lack of consensus regarding what actually defines a reward as “social.” Because a …

Background Social rewards (eg, social feedback, praise, and social interactions) are
fundamental to social learning and relationships across the life span. Exposure to social …

Background Mental health among university students is a public health problem in Chile,
understanding that this population is susceptible to mental disorders. Objective The present …

The motivation to socially connect with peers increases during adolescence in parallel with
changes in neurodevelopment. These changes in social motivation create opportunities for …

Social anxiety is associated with an intense fear of social evaluation and rejection, often
leading to avoidance behaviors and distress. In this review, we summarize the current …

The ventral tegmental area (VTA) is one of the major sources of dopamine in the brain and
has been associated with reward prediction, error-based reward learning, volitional drive …

Background Social motivation is crucial for healthy interpersonal connections and is
impaired in a subset of the general population and across many psychiatric disorders …

Peer relationships and social belonging are particularly important during adolescence.
Using a willingness-to-work paradigm to quantify incentive motivation, we examined …

The rise of social media has made it become a key player in how policies, opinions, and
influence are shaped on the internet. Through these, people hold different reasons for using …

Social relationships during adolescence have outsized effects on long-term physical and
mental health. The theory that adolescence is a sensitive period suggests that adolescent …