Oxytocin salvages context-specific hyperaltruistic preference through moral framing DOI Open Access
Hong Zhang, Yinmei Ni, Jian Li

et al.

Published: Nov. 14, 2024

An intriguing advancement in recent moral decision-making research suggests that people are more willing to sacrifice monetary gains spare others from suffering than themselves, yielding a hyperaltruistic tendency. Other studies, however, indicate an opposite egoistic bias subjects less harm themselves for the benefits of their own benefits. These results highlight delicate inner workings decision and call mechanistic account preference. We investigated boundary conditions hyperaltruism by presenting with trade-off choices combing painful electric shocks, or, losses shocks. first showed study 1 switching context effectively eliminated preference effect was associated altered relationship between subjects’ instrumental (IH) trait attitudes relative pain sensitivities. In pre-registered 2, we tested whether oxytocin, neuropeptide linked parochial altruism, might salvage context-dependent found oxytocin increased reported levels framing task as harming (vs. helping) others, which mediated correlation IH Thus, loss nullified restored mediation subjective framing, respectively. Our help elucidate psychological processes underpinning contextual specificity carry implications promoting prosocial interactions our society.

Language: Английский

How does oxytocin modulate human behavior? DOI
Shuxia Yao, Keith M. Kendrick

Molecular Psychiatry, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Jan. 18, 2025

Language: Английский

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Crime and Nourishment: A Narrative Review Examining Ultra-Processed Foods, Brain, and Behavior DOI Creative Commons
Susan L. Prescott, Alan C. Logan, Erica M. LaFata

et al.

Dietetics, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 3(3), P. 318 - 345

Published: Aug. 28, 2024

Recently, there has been increased scientific and clinical interest in the potential harms associated with ultra-processed foods, including poor mental health, aggression, antisocial behavior. Research spanning epidemiology, mechanistic pre-clinical work, addiction science, microbiome exposome human intervention trials underscored that nutrition is of relevance along criminal justice continuum. As such, emerging dietetics research salient to thousands international psychologists allied health professionals are engaged forensics, prevention, intervention. In addition, relationships between behavior relate “food crime”, an emergent area unifying researchers psychology, public other interdisciplinary sectors. Food crime scrutinizes vast harms, non-communicable diseases adverse behavioral outcomes, as influenced by distribution addictive food products. Here, we examine research, biophysiological mechanisms, evidence indicating dietary patterns/components intersect psychosocial vulnerabilities linked risks involvement. Viewed through a prevention lens, study aggressive should be prioritized, especially if outcomes emerge externalities global consumption food. context behavior, need for forensic examination how industry influence power structures can undermine matters justice.

Language: Английский

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Does Unfairness Evoke Anger or Disgust? A Quantitative Neurofunctional Dissection Based on 25 Years of Neuroimaging DOI Creative Commons

Xianyang Gan,

Ran Zhang,

Zihao Zheng

et al.

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Oct. 21, 2024

Abstract Over the last decades, traditional ‘Homo economicus’ model has been increasingly challenged by convergent evidence underscoring impact of emotions on decision-making. A classic example is perception unfairness operationalized in Ultimatum Game where humans readily sacrifice personal gains to punish those who violate fairness norms. While emotional mechanism underlying costly punishments widely acknowledged, distinct contributions moral (anger or disgust) remain debated, partly due methodological limitations conventional experiments. Here, we capitalize a quantitative neurofunctional dissection approach combining recent developments neuroimaging meta-analyses, behavioral-level, network-level, and neurochemical-level decoding data from 3,266 participants functional studies determine common neural representations between two emotions. Experience engaged widespread bilateral network encompassing insular, cingulate, frontal regions, with dorsal striatal regions mediating decision reject unfair offers. Disgust defensive-avoidance circuit amygdalar, occipital, while anger non-overlapping systems including mid-cingulate, thalamic, regions. Unfairness disgust respectively commonly anterior mid-insula, latter additionally showed recruitment ventrolateral prefrontal orbitofrontal cortices. Multimodal network, behavioral, serotonergic provided more granular convincing these results. Findings indicate shared neuroaffective basis unfairness-induced punishment behavior suggest brain evolutionarily shaped protect individuals harm enforce societal

Language: Английский

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1
Oxytocin salvages context-specific hyperaltruistic preference through moral framing DOI Open Access

Hong Zhang,

Yinmei Ni, Jian Li

et al.

Published: Nov. 14, 2024

An intriguing advancement in recent moral decision-making research suggests that people are more willing to sacrifice monetary gains spare others from suffering than themselves, yielding a hyperaltruistic tendency. Other studies, however, indicate an opposite egoistic bias subjects less harm themselves for the benefits of their own benefits. These results highlight delicate inner workings decision and call mechanistic account preference. We investigated boundary conditions hyperaltruism by presenting with trade-off choices combing painful electric shocks, or, losses shocks. first showed study 1 switching context effectively eliminated preference effect was associated altered relationship between subjects’ instrumental (IH) trait attitudes relative pain sensitivities. In pre-registered 2, we tested whether oxytocin, neuropeptide linked parochial altruism, might salvage context-dependent found oxytocin increased reported levels framing task as harming (vs. helping) others, which mediated correlation IH Thus, loss nullified restored mediation subjective framing, respectively. Our help elucidate psychological processes underpinning contextual specificity carry implications promoting prosocial interactions our society.

Language: Английский

Citations

0
Oxytocin salvages context-specific hyperaltruistic preference through moral framing DOI Open Access
Hong Zhang, Yinmei Ni, Jian Li

et al.

Published: Nov. 14, 2024

An intriguing advancement in recent moral decision-making research suggests that people are more willing to sacrifice monetary gains spare others from suffering than themselves, yielding a hyperaltruistic tendency. Other studies, however, indicate an opposite egoistic bias subjects less harm themselves for the benefits of their own benefits. These results highlight delicate inner workings decision and call mechanistic account preference. We investigated boundary conditions hyperaltruism by presenting with trade-off choices combing painful electric shocks, or, losses shocks. first showed study 1 switching context effectively eliminated preference effect was associated altered relationship between subjects’ instrumental (IH) trait attitudes relative pain sensitivities. In pre-registered 2, we tested whether oxytocin, neuropeptide linked parochial altruism, might salvage context-dependent found oxytocin increased reported levels framing task as harming (vs. helping) others, which mediated correlation IH Thus, loss nullified restored mediation subjective framing, respectively. Our help elucidate psychological processes underpinning contextual specificity carry implications promoting prosocial interactions our society.

Language: Английский

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0