Social Mindfulness Shown by Individuals With Higher Status Is More Pronounced in Our Brain: ERP Evidence
“Social mindfulness” refers to being thoughtful of others and considering their needs before making decisions, and can be characterized by low-cost and subtle gestures. The present study compared the behavioral and neural responses triggered by observing others’ socially mindful/unmindful choices an...
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doaj-95fd0c54378141a199d1fd98e2726d822020-11-25T01:11:22ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Neuroscience1662-453X2020-01-011310.3389/fnins.2019.01432495314Social Mindfulness Shown by Individuals With Higher Status Is More Pronounced in Our Brain: ERP EvidenceJuanzhi Lu0Xiaoxuan Huang1Chong Liao2Qing Guan3Xin-Rui Qi4Fang Cui5Fang Cui6Fang Cui7School of Psychology, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, ChinaSchool of Psychology, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, ChinaSchool of Psychology, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, ChinaSchool of Psychology, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, ChinaCenter for Translational Neurodegeneration and Regenerative Therapy, Shanghai Tenth People’s Hospital Affiliated to Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, ChinaSchool of Psychology, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, ChinaShenzhen Key Laboratory of Affective and Social Cognitive Science, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, ChinaCenter for Brain Disorders and Cognitive Neuroscience, Shenzhen, China“Social mindfulness” refers to being thoughtful of others and considering their needs before making decisions, and can be characterized by low-cost and subtle gestures. The present study compared the behavioral and neural responses triggered by observing others’ socially mindful/unmindful choices and how these responses were modulated by the social status of the agency. At the behavioral level, observing socially mindful choices made observers feel better, rate the actors as more likable, and behave more cooperatively than did observing socially unmindful choices. Analysis of event-related potentials in the brain revealed that compared with socially unmindful choices, mindful choices elicited more negative feedback-related negativity (FRN). Notably, while this effect of social mindfulness was only significant when the actor’s social status was medium and high, it was undetectable when the actor’s social status was low. These results demonstrate that the social mindfulness of others can be rapidly detected and processed, as reflected by FRN, even though it does not seem to receive further, more elaborate evaluation. These findings indicated that low-cost cooperative behaviors such as social mindfulness can also be detected and appreciated by our brain, which may result in better mood and more cooperative behaviors in the perceivers. Besides, the perception of social mindfulness is sensitive to important social information, such as social status.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnins.2019.01432/fullsocial mindfulnesslow-cost cooperationsocial statusERPFRN |
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Juanzhi Lu Xiaoxuan Huang Chong Liao Qing Guan Xin-Rui Qi Fang Cui Fang Cui Fang Cui |
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Social Mindfulness Shown by Individuals With Higher Status Is More Pronounced in Our Brain: ERP Evidence |
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Social Mindfulness Shown by Individuals With Higher Status Is More Pronounced in Our Brain: ERP Evidence |
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social mindfulness shown by individuals with higher status is more pronounced in our brain: erp evidence |
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“Social mindfulness” refers to being thoughtful of others and considering their needs before making decisions, and can be characterized by low-cost and subtle gestures. The present study compared the behavioral and neural responses triggered by observing others’ socially mindful/unmindful choices and how these responses were modulated by the social status of the agency. At the behavioral level, observing socially mindful choices made observers feel better, rate the actors as more likable, and behave more cooperatively than did observing socially unmindful choices. Analysis of event-related potentials in the brain revealed that compared with socially unmindful choices, mindful choices elicited more negative feedback-related negativity (FRN). Notably, while this effect of social mindfulness was only significant when the actor’s social status was medium and high, it was undetectable when the actor’s social status was low. These results demonstrate that the social mindfulness of others can be rapidly detected and processed, as reflected by FRN, even though it does not seem to receive further, more elaborate evaluation. These findings indicated that low-cost cooperative behaviors such as social mindfulness can also be detected and appreciated by our brain, which may result in better mood and more cooperative behaviors in the perceivers. Besides, the perception of social mindfulness is sensitive to important social information, such as social status. |
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social mindfulness low-cost cooperation social status ERP FRN |
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