The neuroscience of social comparison and competition.
Competition
Downward comparison
Neuroscience
Self-evaluation
Social comparison
Uncertainty
Upward comparison
Journal
Cognitive, affective & behavioral neuroscience
ISSN: 1531-135X
Titre abrégé: Cogn Affect Behav Neurosci
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101083946
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
06 2023
06 2023
Historique:
accepted:
20
04
2023
medline:
1
8
2023
pubmed:
8
6
2023
entrez:
7
6
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The study of competition from a social comparison perspective offers valuable insights into the neuroscience of social judgment and decision making under uncertainty. When engaging in social comparison, individuals seek and assess information about similarities or differences between others and themselves, in large part to improve their self-evaluation. By providing information about one's relative position, abilities, outcomes, and more, social comparisons can inform competitive judgments and decisions. People reasonably turn to social comparisons to reduce uncertainty before, during, and after competition. However, the extent to which they do so and the behavioral consequences of social comparisons often fail to match the potential benefits of improved self-evaluation. An examination of the developing neuroscience of social comparison and competition in light of the behavioral evidence reveals numerous questions that merit further investigation.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37286762
doi: 10.3758/s13415-023-01107-2
pii: 10.3758/s13415-023-01107-2
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
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920-943Informations de copyright
© 2023. The Psychonomic Society, Inc.
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