The sunny side of fairness: Preference for fairness activates reward circuitry (and disregarding unfairness activates self-control circuitry): Research article

Psychological Science

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 339-347

  Tabibnia, Golnaz ^a,b   Satpute, Ajay B ^a   Lieberman, Matthew D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONFLICT; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REWARD; SOCIAL CONTROL; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REWARD; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

EID: 41849087006     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2008.02091.x     Document Type: Article

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