I won't have what he's having: The brain and socially motivated behavior

(National Institutes of Natural Sciences) Monkeys devalue rewards when they anticipate that another monkey will get them instead. Researchers from the National Institutes of Natural Sciences in Okazaki, Japan showed that cells in the lateral hypothalamus mirror these changes in subjective value based on social observations. Further, temporary inactivation of this region prevented the behavior from occurring. The lateral hypothalamus might thus be involved in modulating socially motivated behavio...