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Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Psychology
  • Social Neuroscience

Background:

  • Human values shape behavior and societal function.
  • Schwartz's circumplex model predicts sinusoidal relationships between value types and relevant psychological variables.
  • Understanding the neural basis of human values is crucial.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the nonlinear associations between human value types and brain structure using neuroimaging.
  • To test the prediction of sinusoidal relationships between values and brain structural parameters.
  • To provide cross-validation for Schwartz's circumplex model of values.

Main Methods:

  • Neuroimaging study with 85 participants.
  • Assessed ratings of importance for diverse human value types.
  • Measured white matter (WM) volume, myelin volume fraction, and grey matter (GM) parameters in frontal regions.

Main Results:

  • Confirmed the predicted sinusoidal relationship between value importance ratings and WM volume and myelin volume fraction.
  • Observed similar sinusoidal patterns for GM parameters in several frontal regions.
  • Demonstrated novel functional associations between structural brain parameters and human values.

Conclusions:

  • The findings provide cross-validation for Schwartz's circumplex model of values.
  • Revealed nonlinear associations between human values and brain structure.
  • Suggests the sinusoidal waveform test is applicable to other circumplex models in neuroscience.