The anterior cingulate cortex is necessary for forming prosocial preferences from vicarious reinforcement in monkeys.

A key feature of most social relationships is that we like seeing good things happen to others. Research has implicated the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) in attaching value to social outcomes. For example, single neurons in macaque ACC selectively code reward delivery to the self, a partner, both...

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Main Authors: Benjamin M Basile, Jamie L Schafroth, Chloe L Karaskiewicz, Steve W C Chang, Elisabeth A Murray
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-06-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3000677&type=printable
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