Fairness and cooperation are rewarding: Evidence from social cognitive neuroscience

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1118, Issue , 2007, Pages 90-101

  Tabibnia, Golnaz ^a   Lieberman, Matthew D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Equity; Fairness; Monetary incentives; Neuroeconomics; Reward; Social factors

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; BRAIN REGION; CONSUMER; COOPERATION; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYEE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSCIENCE; ORGANIZATION; REVIEW; REWARD; SALARY; SOCIAL COGNITIVE THEORY;

EID: 36549016630     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1412.001     Document Type: Review

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