Nonlinear associations between human values and neuroanatomy

Zacharopoulus, G.; Hanel, P.H.P.; Lancaster, T.M.; Ihssen, N.; Drakesmith, M.; Foley, S.; Maio, G.R.; Linden, D.E.J.

doi:10.1080/17470919.2016.1229215

Nonlinear associations between human values and neuroanatomy

Zacharopoulus, G.; Hanel, P.H.P.; Lancaster, T.M.; Ihssen, N.; Drakesmith, M.; Foley, S.; Maio, G.R.; Linden, D.E.J.

Authors

G. Zacharopoulus

P.H.P. Hanel

T.M. Lancaster

Dr Niklas Ihssen niklas.ihssen@durham.ac.uk
Associate Professor

M. Drakesmith

S. Foley

G.R. Maio

D.E.J. Linden

Abstract

Human values guide behavior and the smooth functioning of societies. Schwartz’s circumplex model of values predicts a sinusoidal waveform in relations between ratings of the importance of diverse human value types (e.g., achievement, benevolence) and any variables psychologically relevant to them. In this neuroimaging study, we examined these nonlinear associations between values types and brain structure. In 85 participants, we found the predicted sinusoidal relationship between ratings of values types and two measures of white matter (WM), volume and myelin volume fraction, as well as for grey matter (GM) parameters in several frontal regions. These effects reveal new functional associations for structural brain parameters and provide a novel cross-validation of Schwartz’s model. Moreover, the sinusoidal waveform test can be applied to other circumplex models in social, affective and cognitive neuroscience.

Citation

Zacharopoulus, G., Hanel, P., Lancaster, T., Ihssen, N., Drakesmith, M., Foley, S., …Linden, D. (2017). Nonlinear associations between human values and neuroanatomy. Social Neuroscience, 12(6), 673-684. https://doi.org/10.1080/17470919.2016.1229215

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	Sep 16, 2016
Online Publication Date	Sep 21, 2016
Publication Date	Nov 2, 2017
Deposit Date	Nov 17, 2016
Publicly Available Date	Sep 21, 2017
Journal	Social Neuroscience
Print ISSN	1747-0919
Electronic ISSN	1747-0927
Publisher	Taylor and Francis Group
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	12
Issue	6
Pages	673-684
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1080/17470919.2016.1229215

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This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis Group in Social Neuroscience on 21/09/2016, available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/17470919.2016.1229215.