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Conclusion
Taken together, our results suggest that the processing of social feedback is partly explained by genetic factors, and the level of behavioral aggression following these evaluations are related to genetics and shared environmental influences. The regulatory role of DLPFC in aggression regulation fits with prior research in adults (Riva et al., 2015; Chester and DeWall, 2016) and may be sensitive to developmental changes (Somerville et al., 2010; Casey, 2015). Our findings underscore that the way children react to positive and negative social feedback is influenced by environmental factors. This stresses the important role of environmental inputs on observed behavior, such as parents and teachers, and point to an important role for parenting programs and interventions.
Acknowledgments
The Leiden Consortium on Individual Development is funded through the Gravitation program of the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture, and Science and the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO grant number 024.001.003). The authors declare no conflict of interests.
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