Citation

Rodrigo MJ, Padrón I, de Vega M, Ferstl E. J. Res. Adolesc. 2018; 28(1): 70-86.

Affiliation

University of Freiburg.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/jora.12342

PMID

29460363

Abstract

Adolescents' neural substrates of emotional reactions to the consequences of risky decisions are poorly understood. In this functional magnetic resonance imaging study, 30 late adolescents and 30 young adults made risky and neutral decisions in social scenarios and received valenced outcomes. Negative outcomes in risky decisions eliciting regret, as compared with negative outcomes in neutral decisions eliciting disappointment, activated executive control (orbitofrontal cortex) and self-relevance regions (middle temporal gyrus [MTG], posterior cingulate cortex, and precuneus) for both age groups. Young adults showed more activation than adolescents in regret and disappointment as compared with relief and elation conditions in the avoidance (insula), action monitoring (inferior frontal gyrus, pre-SMA, and caudate), and social-cognition regions (superior temporal sulcus and MTG). These late socio-emotional developments may pave the way for more adaptive decision-making behavior in social contexts.

© 2018 Society for Research on Adolescence.

Language: en