Spatial migration of human reward processing with functional development: Evidence from quantitative meta-analyses

Zachary A. Yaple, Rongjun Yu*, Marie Arsalidou

*Corresponding author for this work

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

    8 Citations (Scopus)

    Abstract

    Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies have shown notable age-dependent differences in reward processing. We analyzed data from a total of 554 children, 1,059 adolescents, and 1,831 adults from 70 articles. Quantitative meta-analyses results show that adults engage an extended set of regions that include anterior and posterior cingulate gyri, insula, basal ganglia, and thalamus. Adolescents engage the posterior cingulate and middle frontal gyri as well as the insula and amygdala, whereas children show concordance in right insula and striatal regions almost exclusively. Our data support the notion of reorganization of function over childhood and adolescence and may inform current hypotheses relating to decision-making across age.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)3993-4009
    Number of pages17
    JournalHuman Brain Mapping
    Volume41
    Issue number14
    Early online date7 Jul 2020
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1 Oct 2020

    Scopus Subject Areas

    • Anatomy
    • Radiological and Ultrasound Technology
    • Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
    • Neurology
    • Clinical Neurology

    User-Defined Keywords

    • adolescents
    • children
    • developmental neuroscience
    • fMRI meta-analysis
    • reward processing

    Fingerprint

    Dive into the research topics of 'Spatial migration of human reward processing with functional development: Evidence from quantitative meta-analyses'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

    Cite this