2015)), but here these reflected whether the outcomes for another person based on our actions were better or worse than expected. Intriguingly this second study also found that sgACC signals were modulated by individual differences. In particular, those who reported themselves to be higher in empathy had greater tracking of social relative to self prediction errors in sgACC. Together these three new studies (Diaconescu et al., 2017; Lockwood et al., 2016; Will et al., 2017) suggest an important role for sgACC in social decision-making. Although several studies have linked sgACC function to prosocial and moral behaviours (Moll et al., 2005; Moll and Schulkin, 2009; Wiech et al., 2013; Zahn et al., 2009), only through the integration of computational fMRI have social subgenual signals relevant for decision-making begun to be uncovered.
