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SeminarPast EventNeuroscience

Behavioral and neurobiological mechanisms of social cooperation

Yina Ma

Dr

Beijing Normal University

Schedule
Wednesday, June 30, 2021

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Schedule

Thursday, July 1, 2021

2:40 AM Asia/Tokyo

Host: IBRO-RIKEN CBS Summer Program

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Event Information

Domain

Neuroscience

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Host

IBRO-RIKEN CBS Summer Program

Duration

80 minutes

Abstract

Human society operates on large-scale cooperation and shared norms of fairness. However, individual differences in cooperation and incentives to free-riding on others’ cooperation make large-scale cooperation fragile and can lead to reduced social-welfare. Deciphering the neural codes representing potential rewards/costs for self and others is crucial for understanding social decision-making and cooperation. I will first talk about how we integrate computational modeling with functional magnetic resonance imaging to investigate the neural representation of social value and the modulation by oxytocin, a nine-amino acid neuropeptide, in participants evaluating monetary allocations to self and other (self-other allocations). Then I will introduce our recent studies examining the neurobiological mechanisms underlying intergroup decision-making using hyper-scanning, and share with you how we alter intergroup decisions using psychological manipulations and pharmacological challenge. Finally, I will share with you our on-going project that reveals how individual cooperation spreads through human social networks. Our results help to better understand the neurocomputational mechanism underlying interpersonal and intergroup decision-making.

Topics

computational modelingcooperationdecision-makingfMRIintergroup decision-makingmonetary allocationsneurobiological mechanismsoxytocinreward learningsocial cooperationsocial networksocial value

About the Speaker

Yina Ma

Dr

Beijing Normal University

Contact & Resources

Personal Website

brain.bnu.edu.cn/home/yinama/index.html

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