Where You Lead, I Will Follow: Exploring Sibling Similarity in Brain and Behavior During Risky Decision Making

Overview

Journal J Res Adolesc

Specialties Pediatrics
Psychology

Date 2020 Sep 18

PMID 32945074

Citations 4

Authors

Christy R Rogers

Tae-Ho Lee

Cassidy M Fry

Eva H Telzer

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Abstract

This exploratory study examined whether social learning increases similarity in adolescent siblings' behavior and neural patterns during risky decision making. Participants included 86 adolescents (43 sibling dyads; younger siblings: M = 12.2 years; 22 females; older siblings: M = 14.6 years; 20 females) who completed questionnaires, and a decision-making task during an fMRI scan. Younger siblings became more similar to their older siblings' risky decision making after observing their older sibling take risks). Younger siblings who reported greater modeling of their older sibling, and less differentiation from them, showed increased neural similarity to their older siblings in the ventromedial prefrontal cortex, and the right anterior insula and ventral striatum, respectively. These findings highlight siblings as salient social agents in how adolescents process risky decision making.

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