Gut feelings and the reaction to perceived inequity: The interplay between bodily responses, regulation, and perception shapes the rejection of unfair offers on the ultimatum game

Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 419-429

  Dunn, Barnaby D ^a   Evans, Davy ^b   Makarova, Dasha ^c   White, Josh ^b   Clark, Luke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision making; Embodied cognition; Emotion

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; GAME; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; REJECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 84865551013     PISSN: 15307026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13415-012-0092-z     Document Type: Article

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