
NeuroImage, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 297, P. 120756 - 120756
Published: July 27, 2024
In social interaction, age-related differences in emotional processing may lead to varied decision making between young and older adults. However, previous studies of have paid less attention the interactants' emotions, leaving age underlying neural mechanisms unexplored. To address this gap, present study combined functional structural magnetic resonance imaging, employing a modified dictator game task with recipients displaying either neutral or sad facial expressions. Behavioral results indicated that although adults' overall allocations did not differ significantly from those adults, showing decrease emotion-related generosity compared Using representational similarity analysis, we found adults showed reduced representations recipients' emotions gray matter volume right anterior cingulate gyrus (ACC), insula, left dorsomedial prefrontal cortex (DMPFC) More importantly, mediation analyses influenced only through serial insula DMPFC, but also mean ACC DMPFC. This identifies potential pathways which affects making, advancing our understanding interaction behavior they be generous unless confronted individuals specific emotions.
Language: Английский