Though painful, social rejection can be a powerful learning tool, new USC research suggests. The study, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, uncovers the neurological ...

Adolescents are extremely sensitive to acceptance and rejection on social media because their prefrontal cortex, which helps guide behavior and emotional responses, is still developing.

It's part of what the two have put into their latest book, "Global Perspectives on Parental Acceptance and Rejection: Lessons ...

How the brain responds to social acceptance, rejection Each round gave two types of feedback: whether the participant successfully matched with a Decider (a rewarding outcome) and how highly the ...

By unpacking how people learn from acceptance and rejection, our study offers a foundation to better understand both healthy social behavior and the struggle to connect.

A USC study explores how our brains learn from past experiences with social acceptance and rejection to build future connections.