PMID- 29110570
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20190610
LR  - 20220129
IS  - 1747-0927 (Electronic)
IS  - 1747-0919 (Linking)
VI  - 14
IP  - 1
DP  - 2019 Feb
TI  - So pretty! The neural correlates of self-other vs familiar-other attractiveness 
      comparisons.
PG  - 41-52
LID - 10.1080/17470919.2017.1397544 [doi]
AB  - Previous research has demonstrated that comparing two persons activates a 
      frontoparietal network associated with numbers and nonsocial magnitudes. However, 
      it is unclear whether this network is also recruited by comparisons involving the 
      self. Self-reflection engages self-serving motivations (e.g., the maintenance of 
      a positive self-image) and is associated with specific brain structures, such as 
      the medial prefrontal cortex (MPFC), the anterior insula (AI) and the anterior 
      cingulate cortex (ACC). Self-other comparisons may thus rely on distinct neural 
      activity. To clarify this question, we used fMRI and asked female participants to 
      compare their own attractiveness (or the attractiveness of a familiar woman) to 
      pictures of unknown women. Participants were slower for comparisons with targets 
      whose attractiveness was similar to their own (or their familiar other). Yet 
      although this behavioral result resembles the distance effect reported for 
      nonsocial magnitudes, at the brain level, it was linked to the activity of the 
      AI, the ACC and the MPFC. The effect of distance in these regions was stronger 
      for self-other than familiar-other comparisons. We interpret these results in 
      relation to previous literature in social psychology and social neuroscience.
FAU - Kedia, Gayannee
AU  - Kedia G
AD  - a Department of Psychology , University of Cologne , Cologne, Germany.
AD  - b Department of Psychology , University of Graz , Graz , Austria.
FAU - Mussweiler, Thomas
AU  - Mussweiler T
AD  - c London Business School , London , UK.
FAU - Adam, Ruth
AU  - Adam R
AD  - d Institute for Stroke and Dementia Research , Ludwig-Maximilian-University of 
      Munich , Munich , Germany.
FAU - Ischebeck, Anja
AU  - Ischebeck A
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-3493-2848
AD  - b Department of Psychology , University of Graz , Graz , Austria.
FAU - Ihssen, Niklas
AU  - Ihssen N
AD  - e Department of Psychology , Durham University , Durham , UK.
FAU - Linden, David E J
AU  - Linden DEJ
AD  - f School of Psychology , Cardiff University , Cardiff , UK.
LA  - eng
GR  - MR/L010305/1/MRC_/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20171110
PL  - England
TA  - Soc Neurosci
JT  - Social neuroscience
JID - 101279009
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Body Image
MH  - Brain/*physiology
MH  - Brain Mapping
MH  - Cerebral Cortex/physiology
MH  - Facial Recognition/physiology
MH  - Female
MH  - Gyrus Cinguli/physiology
MH  - Humans
MH  - Magnetic Resonance Imaging
MH  - Prefrontal Cortex/physiology
MH  - Reaction Time
MH  - *Self Concept
MH  - *Social Perception
MH  - Young Adult
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Social comparison
OT  - anterior cingulate cortex
OT  - attractiveness
OT  - fMRI
OT  - insula
OT  - self
EDAT- 2017/11/08 06:00
MHDA- 2019/06/14 06:00
CRDT- 2017/11/08 06:00
PHST- 2017/11/08 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2019/06/14 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2017/11/08 06:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1080/17470919.2017.1397544 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Soc Neurosci. 2019 Feb;14(1):41-52. doi: 10.1080/17470919.2017.1397544. Epub 2017 
      Nov 10.