TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2017//
TI  - Brain response patterns to economic inequity predict present and future depression indices
JO  - Nature human behaviour
A1  - Tanaka, Toshiko
A1  - Yamamoto, Takao
A1  - Haruno, Masahiko
SP  - 748
EP  - 756
VL  - 1
IS  - 10
N2  - Widening economic inequity has been suggested to associate with depression. However, little is known about the underlying neural mechanisms of this link. Here, we demonstrate that functional magnetic resonance imaging activity patterns in the amygdala and hippocampus induced by the inequity between the self and other rewards during an economic game can predict participants' present and future (measured one year later) depression indices. Such predictions were not possible using participant's behavioural and socio-economic status measures. These findings suggest that sensitivity to economic inequity has a critical effect on human mood states, and the amygdala and hippocampus play a key role in individual differences in the effect.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2397-3374
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41562-017-0207-1
ID  - ref1
ER  -