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Poster Session A: Tuesday, August 12, 1:30 – 4:30 pm, de Brug & E‑Hall

Neurocomputational modeling of leadership in delegation decisions

Hun S. Choi¹, Jisu Ro, Jiun Choi¹, Won Mok Shim²; ¹Sung Kyun Kwan University, ²SungKyunKwan University (SKKU)

Presenter: Hun S. Choi

Despite growing interest in understanding human decision-making dynamics in social contexts, its relationship with leadership traits and their underlying neural computations remains poorly characterized. Systematic parameterization of social actions is essential for categorizing leadership styles and explaining individual variability. Here we investigated how individuals respond to decision dilemmas in authoritarian leadership contexts where they could prioritize personal gain (own-reward), team productivity (productivity), or team member wellbeing (welfare). Using a computational model, our results revealed that participants in the productivity group mainly processed each team member’s competence, whereas those in the welfare group concentrated on team members’ unhappiness, with these distinct processes reflected in the frontoparietal value-processing network. These findings demonstrate that individual leadership styles correspond to distinct neurocomputational processes during social decision-making.

Topic Area: Reward, Value & Social Decision Making

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