Group Membership Modulates the Neural Circuitry Underlying Third Party Punishment

Morese, Rosalba; Rabellino, Daniela; Sambataro, Fabio; Perussia, Felice; Valentini, Maria Consuelo; Bara, Bruno G.; Bosco, Francesca

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0166357

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“…It is the area of the brain that is sensitive to the brain circuit of reward [10,11], also sensitive to risk behaviors such as addiction and gambling. In fact, this brain area is responsible for the cognitive processes.…”

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Vulnerability and Social Exclusion: Risk in Adolescence and Old Age

Morese¹,

Palermo²,

Defedele³

et al. 2019

The New Forms of Social Exclusion

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Vulnerability can be defined as the quality or state of being exposed to the possibility of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally. In this chapter, it is defined as a possible ability of an individual or a group to face, manage, and anticipate a possible problem. This concept of vulnerability is associated with that of risk factor for social isolation, and therefore to situations that can also lead to illness and lack of mental and physical health. It can have its roots in poverty, in social exclusion, in ethnicity, in disability or simply in disease or specific developmental phases in life. All these aspects reflect very important vulnerability factors among biological, psychological, social, and behavioral variables. To date, no one has highlighted together two critical moments in life in which this brain area undergoes important variations: adolescence, in which its development occurs, and old age, in which this area goes into cognitive decline with the relative loss of many higher cognitive functions. This knowledge can help to better understand the forms of exclusion due to vulnerability in order to develop new forms of social inclusion.

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confidence: 99%

Vulnerability and Social Exclusion: Risk in Adolescence and Old Age

Morese¹,

Palermo²,

Defedele³

et al. 2019

The New Forms of Social Exclusion

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“…Significant activations during punishment behavior have been previously found in ventral tegmental area, right and left anterior insula, ACC, and the ventromedial prefrontal cortex [17]. ICD can also be detected by response-inhibition, which neural substrate is linked with ACC.…”

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Impulse control disorder and response-inhibition alterations in Parkinson’s disease. A rare case of totally absent functionality of the medial-prefrontal cortex and review of literature

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et al. 2017

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This report illustrates a Parkinson’s disease (PD) patient with impulse-control disorder (ICD) and selective impairment in response-inhibition abilities as revealed by the performance in a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) anterior cingulate cortex - sensitive go-nogo task. In line with hypothesis on the role of response-inhibition disabilities in the arising of impulsivity in PD, the patient completely failed the go-nogo task. Moreover, fMRI acquisition revealed absent task-sensitive activity in the anterior cingulate cortex, medial prefrontal, and orbitofrontal cortices for the contrast nogo versus go, which signifying that a hypo-function of this network could be associated with ICD. A fronto-striatal and cingulo-frontal dysfunction may reflect impairment in metacognitive-executive abilities (such as response-inhibition, action monitoring, and error awareness) and promote compulsive repetition of behavior. Response-inhibition tasks may be useful in PD post-diagnostic phase, to better identify individuals at risk of developing ICD with dopaminergic medication.

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“…Why does it happen? Group membership for people is a fundamental requirement for safety, reproductive success, mental health, and physical wellbeing [1][2][3][4]. The experience of social exclusion breaks all this.…”

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