APS
30th APS Annual Convention · 2018
Acute Stress Decreases Neural Differentiation between Self and Other during Reward Anticipation
- Livia Tomova
Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Rebecca Saxe
Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Claus Lamm
Department of Cognition, Emotion, and Methods in Psychology, University of Vienna
Abstract
Little is known on how stress affects neural mechanisms underlying social interactions. Using fMRI, we found that under acute stress neural patterns underlying reward anticipation showed lower differentiation between self and other. Our findings suggest that under acute stress rewards for others might become more relevant for the self.
Stress
