积极的社会大脑:一种神经发育和进化框架,用于社会好奇心
1Department of Psychology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA.
Proceedings. Biological sciences
|September 23, 2025
概括
黑猩猩和儿童表现出社会好奇心,寻求有关他人的信息,即使付出代价. 这种驱动与中部前额叶皮质 (mPFC) 联系在一起,这是一个从婴儿期开始评估社会信息的大脑区域.
科学领域:
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
- 进化生物学 进化生物学
- 比较认知能力的比较
背景情况:
- 最近的研究强调了黑猩猩和儿童对第三方社交互动的共同好奇心.
- 尽管存在潜在的物质成本,但这种驱动力仍然存在,这表明有基本的生物基础.
- 了解社会好奇心的起源对于理解社会认知的演变至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 在神经发育和进化框架内定位关于社会好奇心的发现.
- 提出社会好奇心源于一个以中间前额叶皮质 (mPFC) 为中心的保守的社会评价系统.
- 探索mPFC在指导社会感知发展和赋值社会信息方面的作用.
主要方法:
- 神经成像证据的综合表明,在婴儿注意社交互动时,中部前额叶皮层 (mPFC) 的参与.
- 来自黑猩猩和儿童表现出社会好奇心的行为数据的比较分析.
- 进化,神经发育和认知框架的理论整合.
主要成果:
- 有证据表明,在观察第三方社交互动时,婴儿表现出选择性中间前额叶皮层 (mPFC) 激活.
- 中间前额叶皮层 (mPFC) 被提出为一个关键的评估中心,影响社会感知专业化.
- 行为数据表明,年长的孩子愿意优先考虑社交信息,甚至放弃物质奖励.
结论:
- 社会好奇心被解释为由中间前额叶皮质 (mPFC) 驱动的高级认知功能.
- 该mPFC赋予社会信息的内在奖励价值,与社会信息假设保持一致.
- 这种神经发育框架解释了社会好奇心作为一种进化保守的,以动机驱动的社会评价系统.
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