Social information and economic decision-making in the ultimatum game

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue JULY, 2012, Pages 1-8

  Gaertig, Celia ^a,b   Moser, Anna ^a,c   Alguacil, Sonia ^a   Ruz, María ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision making; Social information; Ultimatum game; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GAME; HUMAN; INFORMATION; MALE; MONEY; SOCIAL INFORMATION; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84865239378     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2012.00103     Document Type: Article

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