Neural representations of the value of helping the family during adolescence
Jasmine Hernández, Jessica Uy, Naomi I. Eisenberger, Adriana Galván, Eva H. Telzer, Andrew J. Fuligni · 2026
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Jasmine Hernández and co-authors study brain patterns tied to the value of helping family during adolescence in 2026. Supporting family matters deeply to many teens across cultures, and teen years bring growth in value-based choices. A total of 266 adolescents, in groups aged 9 to 15 and 19 to 20 years, did a giving task during brain scanning.
In the task, teens could give money to caregivers, friends, or strangers at a cost to themselves. Stronger family duty values predicted weaker coupling between the ventral striatum and social and control networks in older teens during family giving. Younger teens showed a weaker or reversed pattern. Results suggest social brain areas tune how strongly duty shapes reward signals.
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| CREATOR | Jasmine Hernández, Jessica Uy, Naomi I. Eisenberger, Adriana Galván, Eva H. Telzer, Andrew J. Fuligni |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 54202 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |