Learning whom not to trust across early and middle adolescence: A longitudinal neuroimaging study to trusting behavior involving an uncooperative other

E. Schreuders*, M. van Buuren, R. J. Walsh, H. Sijtsma, M. Hollarek, N. C. Lee, L. Krabbendam

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Abstract

Longitudinal changes in trusting behavior across adolescence and their neural correlates were examined. Neural regions of interest (ROIs) included the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC), dorsal anterior cingulate cortex (dACC), left anterior insula (AI), bilateral ventral striatum (VS), and right dorsal striatum (DS). Participants (wave 1 age: M = 12.90) played the investor in a Trust Game with an uncooperative trustee three times (1-year interval). Analyses included 77 primarily Dutch participants (33 females). Participants decreased their investments with wave. Furthermore, activity was heightened in mPFC, dACC, and DS during investment and repayment, and in right VS (investment) and AI (repayment). Finally, DS activity during repayment increased with wave. These findings highlight early–middle adolescence as an important period for developing sensitivity to uncooperative behavior.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)368-390
Number of pages23
JournalChild Development
Volume95
Issue number2
Early online date15 Aug 2023
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Apr 2024

Bibliographical note

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© 2023 The Authors. Child Development published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of Society for Research in Child Development.

Funding

This work was supported by a European Research Council (ERC) consolidator grant awarded to Lydia Krabbendam (648082, 2014).

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European Research Council648082

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