Lateral Orbitofrontal Cortex Links Social Impressions to Political Choices

被引:24
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作者
Xia, Chenjie [1 ,3 ,4 ,5 ]
Stolle, Dietlind [2 ]
Gidengil, Elisabeth [2 ]
Fellows, Lesley K. [1 ]
机构
[1] Montreal Neurol Inst, Dept Neurol & Neurosurg, Montreal, PQ H3A 2B4, Canada
[2] McGill Univ, Dept Polit Sci, Ctr Study Democrat Citizenship, Montreal, PQ H3A 2T7, Canada
[3] Massachusetts Gen Hosp, Gerontol Res Unit, Charlestown, MA 02129 USA
[4] Massachusetts Gen Hosp, Dept Neurol, Charlestown, MA 02129 USA
[5] Harvard Univ, Sch Med, Charlestown, MA 02129 USA
来源
JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE | 2015年 / 35卷 / 22期
基金
加拿大健康研究院;
关键词
decision-making; frontal lobes; human; neuropolitics; neuropsychology; social neuroscience; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; 1ST IMPRESSIONS; DECISION-MAKING; MECHANISMS; NEUROBIOLOGY; APPEARANCE; INFERENCES; ELECTIONS; SYSTEMS; IMAGES;
D O I
10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0526-15.2015
中图分类号
Q189 [神经科学];
学科分类号
071006 ;
摘要
Recent studies of political behavior suggest that voting decisions can be influenced substantially by "first-impression" social attributions based on physical appearance. Separate lines of research have implicated the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) in the judgment of social traits on the one hand and economic decision-making on the other, making this region a plausible candidate for linking social attributions to voting decisions. Here, we asked whether OFC lesions in humans disrupted the ability to judge traits of political candidates or affected how these judgments influenced voting decisions. Seven patients with lateral OFC damage, 18 patients with frontal damage sparing the lateral OFC, and 53 matched healthy participants took part in a simulated election paradigm, in which they voted for real-life (but unknown) candidates based only on photographs of their faces. Consistent with previous work, attributions of "competence" and "attractiveness" based on candidate appearance predicted voting behavior in the healthy control group. Frontal damage did not affect substantially the ability to make competence or attractiveness judgments, but patients with damage to the lateral OFC differed from other groups in how they applied this information when voting. Only attractiveness ratings had any predictive power for voting choices after lateral OFC damage, whereas other frontal patients and healthy controls relied on information about both competence and attractiveness in making their choice. An intact lateral OFC may not be necessary for judgment of social traits based on physical appearance, but it seems to be crucial in applying this information in political decision-making.
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页码:8507 / 8514
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