Perceived social value is more strongly linked to gossip decisions with age in adolescence
- 1KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)
Abstract
Gossip is central to social exchange, yet how adolescents select what to share and with whom remains unclear. Across two independent samples aged 10-18 years (behavioural, n = 98; fMRI, n = 101 scanned), adolescents read information about absent third parties, chose whether and with whom to share it, and reported their appraisals. Sharing frequency showed no detectable age association. Valuation-to-decision coupling strengthened with age for interest in both samples, with a smaller age interaction for usefulness. Adolescents selected close friends more often with age when sharing. During scenario reading, before participants reported their choices, BOLD responses in a left inferior frontal cluster tracked subsequent interest ratings more strongly with age (n = 92), also within regions engaged by a separate mental-state judgment task. Together, these findings link age in adolescence to stronger valuation-to-decision coupling for interest and a greater proportion of sharing directed to close friends.
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BibTeX
@misc{oh2026perceived,
title = {{Perceived social value is more strongly linked to gossip decisions with age in adolescence}},
author = {S. J. Oh and Y. Song and J. Lee and Y. Jung and J. Jeong},
howpublished = {bioRxiv},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.64898/2026.10.10.757213},
url = {https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.10.10.757213v1},
note = {CC BY-NC-ND},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Perceived social value is more strongly linked to gossip decisions with age in adolescence
AU - S. J. Oh
AU - Y. Song
AU - J. Lee
AU - Y. Jung
AU - J. Jeong
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/10
PB - bioRxiv
DO - 10.64898/2026.10.10.757213
UR - https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.10.10.757213v1
AB - Gossip is central to social exchange, yet how adolescents select what to share and with whom remains unclear. Across two independent samples aged 10-18 years (behavioural, n = 98; fMRI, n = 101 scanned), adolescents read information about absent third parties, chose whether and with whom to share it, and reported their appraisals. Sharing frequency showed no detectable age association. Valuation-to-decision coupling strengthened with age for interest in both samples, with a smaller age interaction for usefulness. Adolescents selected close friends more often with age when sharing. During scenario reading, before participants reported their choices, BOLD responses in a left inferior frontal cluster tracked subsequent interest ratings more strongly with age (n = 92), also within regions engaged by a separate mental-state judgment task. Together, these findings link age in adolescence to stronger valuation-to-decision coupling for interest and a greater proportion of sharing directed to close friends.
ER -