Although a large proportion of our lives are spent participating in social interactions, the
investigation of the neural mechanisms supporting these interactions has largely been …

The current generation of adolescents grows up in a media-saturated world. However, it is
unclear how media influences the maturational trajectories of brain regions involved in …

Let's explore the types of games that can be applied for gamification. Let's understand the
definition of gamification. Let's find out the historical background of gamification. Let's figure …

We investigated a unique way in which adolescent peer influence occurs on social media.
We developed a novel functional MRI (fMRI) paradigm to simulate Instagram, a popular …

Social norms are implicit codes of conduct that provide a guide to appropriate action. There
is ample evidence that social norms about eating have a powerful effect on both food choice …

How does our brain choose the best course of action? Choices between material goods are
thought to be steered by neural value signals that encode the rewarding properties of the …

When we clap our hands in synchrony, feel the sadness of a friend, or match our attitudes to
peer norms, we align our behavior with others. We propose here a model that views …

Abstract The Gateway Belief Model describes a process of attitudinal change where a shift in
people's perception of the scientific consensus on an issue leads to subsequent changes in …

To what extent do we know our own minds when making decisions? Variants of this
question have preoccupied researchers in a wide range of domains, from mainstream …

Social media use is a global phenomenon, with almost two billion people worldwide
regularly using these websites. As Internet access around the world increases, so will the …