Figure 2.

Striatum response to monetary rewards is modulated by the social context. A) In a card guessing task¹⁴, participants are more excited to receive monetary rewards when they are shared with a friend compared to a stranger or computer. B) Striatum activity increases for monetary gains compared to losses. C) Striatum activity (from region circled in part B) to monetary gains is greater when sharing the rewards with a friend. Figure adapted from Fareri and colleagues⁵⁴.