Research has demonstrated that adolescence is an important time for self- and other-oriented development that underlies many skills vital for becoming a contributing member of society with healthy intergroup relations. It is often assumed that these two processes, thinking about self and thinking about others, are pitted against each other when adolescents engage in social decision making such as giving or sharing. Recent evidence from social neuroscience, however, does not support this notion of conflicting motives, suggesting instead that thinking about self and others relies on a common network of social-affective brain regions, with the medial prefrontal cortex playing a central role in the integration of perspectives related to self and others. Here, we argue that self- and other-oriented thinking are intertwined processes that rely on an overlapping neural network. Adolescents' motivation to contribute to society can be fostered most when self- and other-oriented motives align.

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自我和青春期他人。

研究表明，青春期是自我发展和其他取向发展的重要时期，它是许多技能的基础，这些技能对于成为健康的群体间关系的社会贡献者至关重要。人们通常认为，在青少年进行社会决策（例如给予或分享）时，思考自我和思考他人的两个过程是相互冲突的。然而，来自社会神经科学的最新证据并不支持这种动机冲突的观点，而是表明，关于自我和他人的思考依赖于社会情感性大脑区域的共同网络，内侧前额叶皮层在整合大脑中起着核心作用。与自我和他人有关的观点。这里，我们认为，自我导向和其他导向的思维是相互依赖的过程，它们依赖于重叠的神经网络。当自我导向和其他导向的动机齐头并进时，可以最大程度地培养青少年为社会做贡献的动力。