Effects of Peer Pressure on Temporally Uncoupled Decision-Making and Reward Outcome

Research Project

Project/Area Number	25K10619
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Section	一般
Review Section	Basic Section 51020:Cognitive and brain science-related
Research Institution	National Institute of Information and Communications Technology
Principal Investigator	BretasVieira Rafael 国立研究開発法人情報通信研究機構, 未来ICT研究所脳情報通信融合研究センター, 研究員 (70831907)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	渡邉慶大阪大学, 大学院生命機能研究科, 准教授 (00772740)
Project Period (FY)	2025-04-01 – 2028-03-31
Project Status	Granted (Fiscal Year 2025)
Budget Amount *help	¥4,550,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,050,000) Fiscal Year 2027: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000) Fiscal Year 2026: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000) Fiscal Year 2025: ¥2,730,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥630,000)
Keywords	decision making / peer pressure / amygdala / social behavior / stress
Outline of Research at the Start	This study investigates how peer pressure affects decisions and behavioral and neuronal indicators of undue influence. We will tests if a dominant individual's presence influences choices when the decision outcome is delayed from the decision itself.