Individual differences in dACC during
the social exclusion task mediated the relation between experienced social support and cortisol reactivity (30)(Fig. 4).
The results of the investigation showed that people who had reported more experiences of social support over the preceding 9 days had lower dorsal anterior cingulate cortex activity in response to the virtual
social exclusion task and also exhibited lower cortisol responses to the TSST, suggesting lower levels of experienced stress.
Using the previously described
social exclusion task in the scanner (Cyberball), our group found that the MAOA - uVNTR was associated with the degree of exclusion - related neural activation, such that the individuals with the low expressing alleles had the greatest response within the portion of the anterior cingulate associated with self - reported distress to exclusion (Eisenberger et al., 2007).
Not exact matches
One study that compared response to
social exclusion on the Cyberball
task among early and middle adolescents and young adults found that activity in the sgACC in response to
exclusion was strongest among early adolescents compared with mid adolescents and adults, possibly suggesting a period of peak sgACC reactivity to
social rejection during early adolescence (Gunther Moor et al., 2012).