Empathic neural responses are modulated by the perceived fairness of others

Nature

Volumn 439, Issue 7075, 2006, Pages 466-469

  Singer, Tania ^a,b   Seymour, Ben ^a   O'Doherty, John P ^c   Stephan, Klaas E ^a   Dolan, Raymond J ^a   Frith, Chris D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; ECONOMICS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

ALTRUISTIC PUNISHMENT; BRAIN ACTIVITIES; ECONOMIC MODELS; NEURAL PROCESSES;

SOCIAL SCIENCES;

BEHAVIOR;

ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMPATHY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INSULA; MALE; NEUROSCIENCE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 31444439294     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04271     Document Type: Article

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