Fairness concerns predict medial frontal negativity amplitude in ultimatum bargaining

Social Neuroscience

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 118-128

  Boksem, Maarten A S ^a   de Cremer, David ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ACC; ERP; Fairness; FRN; MFN; Ultimatum game

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GAME; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MORALE; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950498314     PISSN: 17470919     EISSN: 17470927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470910903202666     Document Type: Article

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