Publications by authors named "Cooper J Sharp"
Article Synopsis
- Social relationships evolve throughout life, impacting how older adults perceive and respond to social and non-social rewards, which may influence their decision-making processes, including vulnerability to financial exploitation.
- A 5-year study funded by the National Institute on Aging aims to explore neural responses to social rewards in adults aged 21-80 and examine the relationship between these responses and financial exploitation risks.
- The preliminary data from 114 participants will be analyzed through multi-echo fMRI and various tasks to assess brain function related to social rewards and decision-making, with an emphasis on potential long-term impacts on the health and well-being of older adults.
Trait reward sensitivity, risk for developing substance use, and mood disorders have each been linked with altered striatal responses to reward. Moreover, striatal response to reward is sensitive to social context, such as the presence of a peer, and drugs are often sought out and consumed in social contexts or as a result of social experiences. Thus, mood disorder symptoms, striatal responses to social context and social reward may play a role in substance use.
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