Guizar Rosales, Emmanuel; Baumgartner, Thomas; Knoch, Daria (29 January 2022). Individual Differences in Intergenerational Sustainability are explained by Cortical Thickness of DMPFC and DLPFC (Unpublished). In: Swiss Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting 2022. Fribourg, Switzerland. 29 Jan 2022.
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There are large individual differences in sustainable behavior, and it is not well understood why some behave sustainably towards future generations while others do not. Moreover, previous research on this topic is rare and has mainly relied on subjective self-report measures. In this study, we measured cortical thickness as a stable and objective anatomical brain characteristic to explain individual differences in intergenerational sustainable behavior. We combined these neural task-independent data with individuals’ behaviors in a behavioral economic paradigm measuring sustainable behavior towards a future generation. We found that cortical thickness in the left dorsomedial prefrontal cortex (DMPFC), which is associated with perspective-taking abilities, and the left DLPFC, which is associated with self-control capacities, explained individual differences in intergenerational sustainable behavior. Individuals behaving intergenerationally sustainably were marked by greater cortical thickness in the DMPFC and DLPFC compared to individuals behaving intergenerationally unsustainably. By using a neural trait approach, we were able to differentiate intergenerational sustainable and unsustainable individuals, which allows us to speculate about the cognitive mechanisms underlying these individual differences.
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Conference or Workshop Item (Poster) |
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Division/Institute: |
07 Faculty of Human Sciences > Institute of Psychology > Social Neuroscience and Social Psychology |
UniBE Contributor: |
Guizar Rosales, Emmanuel Teófilo, Baumgartner, Thomas, Knoch, Daria |
Subjects: |
300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology 100 Philosophy > 150 Psychology |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Emmanuel Teófilo Guizar Rosales |
Date Deposited: |
22 Mar 2023 19:21 |
Last Modified: |
09 May 2023 16:26 |
BORIS DOI: |
10.48350/180522 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/180522 |
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