Unfair? It depends: Neural correlates of fairness in social context

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 414-423

  Güroǧlu, Berna ^a,b   van den Bos, Wouter ^a,b   Rombouts, Serge A R B ^a,b   Crone, Eveline A ^a,b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Decision making; Fairness; Insula; Intentionality; Social

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL JUSTICE; TEMPORAL LOBE; THEORY OF MIND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; TEMPORAL LOBE; THEORY OF MIND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650589629     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsq013     Document Type: Article

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