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Kedia, Gayannee ORCID: 0000-0003-0163-0867, Mussweiler, Thomas, Adam, Ruth, Ischebeck, Anja ORCID: 0000-0002-3493-2848, Ihssen, Niklas and Linden, David E. J. (2019). So pretty! The neural correlates of self-other vs familiar-other attractiveness comparisons. Soc. Neurosci., 14 (1). S. 41 - 53. ABINGDON: ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD. ISSN 1747-0927

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Abstract

Previous research has demonstrated that comparing two persons activates a frontoparietal network associated with numbers and nonsocial magnitudes. However, it is unclear whether this network is also recruited by comparisons involving the self. Self-reflection engages self-serving motivations (e.g., the maintenance of a positive self-image) and is associated with specific brain structures, such as the medial prefrontal cortex (MPFC), the anterior insula (AI) and the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC). Self-other comparisons may thus rely on distinct neural activity. To clarify this question, we used fMRI and asked female participants to compare their own attractiveness (or the attractiveness of a familiar woman) to pictures of unknown women. Participants were slower for comparisons with targets whose attractiveness was similar to their own (or their familiar other). Yet although this behavioral result resembles the distance effect reported for nonsocial magnitudes, at the brain level, it was linked to the activity of the AI, the ACC and the MPFC. The effect of distance in these regions was stronger for self-other than familiar-other comparisons. We interpret these results in relation to previous literature in social psychology and social neuroscience.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Kedia, Gayannee UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0003-0163-0867 UNSPECIFIED Mussweiler, Thomas UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Adam, Ruth UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Ischebeck, Anja UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-3493-2848 UNSPECIFIED Ihssen, Niklas UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Linden, David E. J. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-159674
DOI:	10.1080/17470919.2017.1397544
Journal or Publication Title:	Soc. Neurosci.
Volume:	14
Number:	1
Page Range:	S. 41 - 53
Date:	2019
Publisher:	ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Place of Publication:	ABINGDON
ISSN:	1747-0927
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language INSULAR CORTEX; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; BRAIN; JUDGMENTS; REPRESENTATION; METAANALYSIS; MECHANISMS; HIERARCHY; RESPONSES; COGNITION Multiple languages Neurosciences; Psychology Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/15967