@article{ref1,
title="Neural mechanisms of social influence in adolescence",
journal="Social cognitive and affective neuroscience",
year="2015",
author="Welborn, B. Locke and Lieberman, Matthew D. and Goldenberg, Diane and Fuligni, Andrew J. and Galvan, Adriana and Telzer, Eva H.",
volume="11",
number="1",
pages="100-109",
abstract="During the transformative period of adolescence, social influence plays a prominent role in shaping young people's emerging social identities, and can impact their propensity to engage in prosocial or risky behaviors. In the present study, we examine the neural correlates of social influence from both parents and peers, two important sources of influence. Nineteen adolescents (age 16-18 years) completed a social influence task during an fMRI scan. Social influence from both sources evoked activity in brain regions implicated in mentalizing (MPFC, RTPJ, LTPJ), reward (VMPFC), and self-control (RVLPFC). These results suggest that mental state reasoning, social reward, and self-control processes may help adolescents to evaluate others' perspectives and overcome the prepotent force of their own antecedent attitudes in order to shift their attitudes towards those of others. <br><br>FINDINGS suggest common neural networks involved in social influence from both parents and peers.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1749-5016",
doi="10.1093/scan/nsv095",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/scan/nsv095"
}