Neuroanatomical correlates of donating behavior in middle childhood

Andrea Wildeboer; Sandra Thijssen; Ryan L. Muetzel; Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg; Henning Tiemeier; Tonya White; Marinus H. van IJzendoorn

doi:10.1080/17470919.2017.1361864

Neuroanatomical correlates of donating behavior in middle childhood

Andrea Wildeboer, Sandra Thijssen, Ryan L. Muetzel, Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg, Henning Tiemeier, Tonya White, Marinus H. van IJzendoorn^*

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Abstract

The neurobiological correlates of prosocial behavior are largely unknown. We examined brain structure and functional connectivity correlates of donating to a charity, a specific, costly, form of prosocial behavior. In 163 children, donating was measured using a promotional clip for a charity including a call for donations. Children could decide privately whether and how much they wanted to donate from money they had received earlier. Whole brain structural MRI scans were obtained to study associations between cortical thickness and donating behavior. In addition, resting state functional MRI scans were obtained to study whole brain functional connectivity and to examine functional connectivity between regions identified using structural MRI. In the lateral orbitofrontal cortex/pars orbitalis and pre-/postcentral cortex, a thicker cortex was associated with higher donations. Functional connectivity with these regions was not associated with donating behavior. These results suggest that donating behavior is not only situationally driven, but is also related brain morphology. The absence of functional connectivity correlates might imply that the associations with cortical thickness are involved in different underlying mechanisms of donating.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	541-552
Number of pages	12
Journal	Social Neuroscience
Volume	13
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/17470919.2017.1361864
Publication status	Published - 3 Sept 2018

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The Generation R Study is conducted by the Erasmus Medical Center in close collaboration with the Erasmus University Rotterdam, School of Law and Faculty of Social Sciences, the Municipal Health Service Rotterdam area, Rotterdam, the Rotterdam Homecare Foundation, Rotterdam, and the Stichting Trombosedienst & Artsenlaboratorium Rijnmond (STAR), Rotterdam. We gratefully acknowledge the contribution of general practitioners, hospitals, midwives and pharmacies in Rotterdam. The first phase of the Generation R Study is made possible by financial support from: Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, Erasmus University Rotterdam and the Netherlands Organization for Health Research and Development (ZonMw), the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO), the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport and the Ministry of Youth and Families. In addition, this study is financially supported through ZonMw TOP project number 91211021 (TW) and through the NWO Brain & Cognition (Hersenen & Cognitie) project number 433-09-228. MJB-K and MHvIJ were supported by research awards from the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (MHvIJ: SPINOZA prize; MJBK: VICI grant). MJB-K, HT, and MHvIJ are also members of the Consortium on Individual Development which is funded through the Gravitation program of the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture, and Science and the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO grant number 024.001.003).

Funders	Funder number
Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture, and Science	024.001.003
Ministry of Youth and Families
ZonMw TOP	91211021, 433-09-228
ZonMw
Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam
Ministerie van Volksgezondheid, Welzijn en Sport
Erasmus Medisch Centrum
Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

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cortical thickness
Donating behavior
prosocial behavior
resting state functional connectivity

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