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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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Autores principales: Yin, Meiling, Lee, Eun-Ju
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023
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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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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.
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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
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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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