Pathways for engaging in prosocial behavior in adolescence

EA Crone, SW Sweijen, LW Te Brinke… - Advances in child …, 2022 - Elsevier
Adolescent development is often regarded as a period of social sensitivities, given that brain
development continues into the early 20s in interplay with social experiences. In this review …

Giving to others and neural processing during adolescence

M Karan, L Lazar, CJ Leschak, A Galván… - Developmental cognitive …, 2022 - Elsevier
Adolescence is marked by an increased sensitivity to the social environment as youth
navigate evolving relationships with family, friends, and communities. Prosocial behavior …

[HTML][HTML] Age-related changes in ventrolateral prefrontal cortex activation are associated with daily prosocial behaviors two years later

SJ Kwon, J van Hoorn, KA Lindquist… - Developmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
As adolescents acquire agency and become contributing members of society, it is necessary
to understand how they help their community. Yet, it is unknown how prosocial behavior …

Behavioral and neural trajectories of risk taking for peer and parent in adolescence

SJ Kwon, JE Flannery, CC Turpyn… - Journal of cognitive …, 2023 - direct.mit.edu
One feature of adolescence is a rise in risk-taking behaviors, whereby the consequences of
adolescents' risky action often impact their immediate surrounding such as their peers and …

Brain Stimulation of Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortices Influences Impulsivity in Delay Discounting Choices

C Fan, J Sun, X Chen, W Luo - Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 2024 - direct.mit.edu
Intertemporal decision-making is pivotal for human interests and health. Recently, studies
instructed participants to make intertemporal choices for both themselves and others, but the …

Neural mechanisms underlying trust to friends, community members, and unknown peers in adolescence

SW Sweijen, S van de Groep, LW Te Brinke… - Journal of Cognitive …, 2023 - direct.mit.edu
Trust plays an important role during adolescence for develo** social relations. Although
prior developmental studies give us insight into adolescents' development of differentiation …

Measuring adolescents' prosocial behaviors: Associations between self-report questionnaires and economic games

Studies have used two common methodologies to measure prosocial behaviors: self-report
questionnaires and economic games. However, their interrelations and respective age …

Learning whom not to trust across early and middle adolescence: A longitudinal neuroimaging study to trusting behavior involving an uncooperative other

E Schreuders, M van Buuren, RJ Walsh… - Child …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Longitudinal changes in trusting behavior across adolescence and their neural correlates
were examined. Neural regions of interest (ROIs) included the medial prefrontal cortex …

Corticostriatal connectivity during prosocial decision-making relates to giving behavior during adolescence

JP Uy, AJ Fuligni, NI Eisenberger, EA Crone… - Journal of Cognitive …, 2023 - direct.mit.edu
Prosocial behavior during adolescence becomes more differentiated based on the recipient
of the action as well as the perceived value or benefit, relative to the cost to self, for the …

Longitudinal neural and behavioral trajectories of charity contributions across adolescence

J Spaans, S Peters, A Becht… - Journal of Research …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
This study examined the development of prosocial charity donations and neural activity in
the ventral striatum when gaining rewards for self and for charity. Participants 10–22 years …