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Dec 28, 2024;19 (1):

Striatal-hippocampal functional connectivity contributes to real-life positive anticipatory experiences and subjective well-being.

Won-Gyo Shin, Mina Jyung, Jong-An Choi, Incheol Choi, Sunhae Sul
Author Information
  1. Won-Gyo Shin: Department of Psychology, Pusan National University, Geumjeong-gu, Busan 46241, Republic of Korea. ORCID
  2. Mina Jyung: Department of Psychology, Seoul National University, Gwanak-gu, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea.
  3. Jong-An Choi: Department of Psychology, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon-si, Gangwon-do 24341, Republic of Korea.
  4. Incheol Choi: Department of Psychology, Seoul National University, Gwanak-gu, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea.
  5. Sunhae Sul: Department of Psychology, Pusan National University, Geumjeong-gu, Busan 46241, Republic of Korea. ORCID
PMID: 39697134 DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsae096

Abstract

Positive anticipatory experiences are key to daily well-being. However, the brain's functional architecture underlying real-world positive anticipatory experiences and well-being remains unexplored. In the present study, we combined an ecological momentary assessment and resting-state functional neuroimaging to identify the neural predictors of real-world positive anticipatory experiences and explore their relationships with subjective well-being (SWB). With a model-based approach, we quantified participants' accuracy in predicting positive events and the degree to which participants' affective states were influenced by the positive anticipation. We found that individuals with higher accuracy in predicting upcoming positive events showed greater SWB, and this relationship was mediated by greater positive anticipatory feelings. Importantly, functional connectivity of the dorsal and ventral striatal-hippocampal networks significantly predicted the accuracy and positive anticipatory feelings, respectively. These functional networks were further predictive of SWB. Our findings provide novel and ecologically valid evidence that the interaction between neural systems for reward-processing and memory plays an important role in real-life positive anticipatory experiences and everyday SWB.

Keywords

anticipatory feelings hippocampus positive anticipation prediction accuracy striatum subjective well-being

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Grants

  1. /Center for Happiness Studies at Seoul National University
  2. 2018R1C1B6007059 2021R1C1C2008426/National Research Foundation of Korea

MeSH Term

Humans
Female
Male
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Anticipation, Psychological
Hippocampus
Young Adult
Adult
Neural Pathways
Corpus Striatum
Personal Satisfaction
Brain Mapping
Ecological Momentary Assessment
Reward
Journal Article

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