Rejection of unfair offers can be driven by negative emotions, evidence from modified ultimatum games with anonymity

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Ma, Ning ^a   Li, Nan ^a   He, Xiao Song ^a   Sun, De Lin ^a   Zhang, Xiaochu ^a   Zhang, Da Ren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COGNITION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GAME THEORY; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MOTIVATION; REJECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84862976259     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039619     Document Type: Article

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