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Exposure to loneliness cues reduces prosocial behavior: Evidence from N400 and P300
Loneliness is a major risk factor for morbidity and mortality. However, the effect of loneliness on subsequent prosocial behavior is not well known. Understanding the neurobiological mechanisms underlying loneliness is necessary to address this research gap. We investigate the mechanism using a modi...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10150042/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37138978 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1094652 |
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author | Yin, Meiling Lee, Eun-Ju |
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description | Loneliness is a major risk factor for morbidity and mortality. However, the effect of loneliness on subsequent prosocial behavior is not well known. Understanding the neurobiological mechanisms underlying loneliness is necessary to address this research gap. We investigate the mechanism using a modified public goods game (PGG) wherein participants can choose to act for a collective or selfish interest after being exposed to loneliness cues. Both behavioral (Study 1) and event-related potential (ERP) (Study 2) measures were used to explore this relationship. In Study 1 (N = 131), we found that participants exhibited decreased prosocial actions under the loneliness priming condition as opposed to the control condition. In Study 2 (N = 17), frontal N400 and posterior P300 components were identified under the loneliness priming condition as opposed to the control condition. Increased (decreased) frontal N400 and posterior P300 lead to selfish (prosocial) choices. These results indicate that humans instinctively perceive loneliness as inconsistency with their desired social-relational life, which in turn stimulates coping strategies for self-preservation. This study contributes to our understanding of the neurobiological basis of loneliness associated with prosocial behavior. |
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spelling | pubmed-101500422023-05-02 Exposure to loneliness cues reduces prosocial behavior: Evidence from N400 and P300 Yin, Meiling Lee, Eun-Ju Front Psychol Psychology Loneliness is a major risk factor for morbidity and mortality. However, the effect of loneliness on subsequent prosocial behavior is not well known. Understanding the neurobiological mechanisms underlying loneliness is necessary to address this research gap. We investigate the mechanism using a modified public goods game (PGG) wherein participants can choose to act for a collective or selfish interest after being exposed to loneliness cues. Both behavioral (Study 1) and event-related potential (ERP) (Study 2) measures were used to explore this relationship. In Study 1 (N = 131), we found that participants exhibited decreased prosocial actions under the loneliness priming condition as opposed to the control condition. In Study 2 (N = 17), frontal N400 and posterior P300 components were identified under the loneliness priming condition as opposed to the control condition. Increased (decreased) frontal N400 and posterior P300 lead to selfish (prosocial) choices. These results indicate that humans instinctively perceive loneliness as inconsistency with their desired social-relational life, which in turn stimulates coping strategies for self-preservation. This study contributes to our understanding of the neurobiological basis of loneliness associated with prosocial behavior. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-04-17 /pmc/articles/PMC10150042/ /pubmed/37138978 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1094652 Text en Copyright © 2023 Yin and Lee. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychology Yin, Meiling Lee, Eun-Ju Exposure to loneliness cues reduces prosocial behavior: Evidence from N400 and P300 |
title | Exposure to loneliness cues reduces prosocial behavior: Evidence from N400 and P300 |
title_full | Exposure to loneliness cues reduces prosocial behavior: Evidence from N400 and P300 |
title_fullStr | Exposure to loneliness cues reduces prosocial behavior: Evidence from N400 and P300 |
title_full_unstemmed | Exposure to loneliness cues reduces prosocial behavior: Evidence from N400 and P300 |
title_short | Exposure to loneliness cues reduces prosocial behavior: Evidence from N400 and P300 |
title_sort | exposure to loneliness cues reduces prosocial behavior: evidence from n400 and p300 |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10150042/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37138978 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1094652 |
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