Neural correlates of fair behavior in interpersonal bargaining

Social Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 537-551

  Weiland, Silvia ^a   Hewig, Johannes ^b   Hecht, Holger ^a   Mussel, Patrick ^b   Miltner, Wolfgang H R ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anterior cingulate cortex; Decision making; Dictator game; Prefrontal cortex; Theory of mind; Ultimatum game

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DECISION MAKING; GAME; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; THEORY OF MIND;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DECISION MAKING; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; THEORY OF MIND;

EID: 84864672730     PISSN: 17470919     EISSN: 17470927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470919.2012.674056     Document Type: Article

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