Within-network brain connectivity during a social optimism task is related to personal optimism and optimism for in-group members.

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serval:BIB_CA83A4D62931
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Title
Within-network brain connectivity during a social optimism task is related to personal optimism and optimism for in-group members.
Journal
Human brain mapping
Author(s)
Moser D.A., Dricu M., Kotikalapudi R., Doucet G.E., Aue T.
ISSN
1097-0193 (Electronic)
ISSN-L
1065-9471
Publication state
Published
Issued date
15/08/2023
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
44
Number
12
Pages
4561-4571
Language
english
Notes
Publication types: Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Publication Status: ppublish
Abstract
Optimism bias is the tendency to believe desirable events are more likely to happen than undesirable ones. People often display optimistic biases for themselves (personal optimism), but also for members of groups they like or identify with (social optimism). However, the neural bases of and connections between these two concepts are poorly understood. The present study hence used both questionnaires and a social optimism task performed during magnetic resonance imaging to investigate how network connectivity associates with personal and social optimism biases. Using sparse canonical correlation analysis, we found that a behavioral dimension that included both in-group optimism bias and personal optimism bias was positively associated with a dimension of network connectivity. This dimension comprised two networks with positive weights (dorsal precuneus-related default mode network and dorsal sensorimotor network), and three with negative weights (including parts of the salience and central executive networks). Our findings indicate that connectivity in networks adjacent to the temporoparietal junction favors propagation of both personal and social optimism biases. Meanwhile, low connectivity in more frontal networks associated with more complex cognition may also further such propagation.
Keywords
Humans, Brain Mapping/methods, Brain/diagnostic imaging, Brain/pathology, Optimism, Cognition, Magnetic Resonance Imaging/methods, functional connectivity, optimism bias, social optimism
Pubmed
Web of science
Open Access
Yes
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