Social exclusion refers to the experience of being disregarded or rejected by others and has
wide-ranging negative consequences for well-being and cognition. Cyberball, a game
where a ball is virtually tossed between players, then leads to the exclusion of the research
participant, is a common method used to examine the experience of social exclusion. The
neural correlates of social exclusion remain a topic of debate, particularly with regards to the
role of the dorsal anterior cingulate cortex (dACC) and the concept of social pain. Here we …