Disentangling self- and fairness-related neural mechanisms involved in the ultimatum game: An fMRI study

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 424-431

  Corradi Dell'Acqua, Corrado ^a,b   Civai, Claudia ^a   Rumiati, Raffaella I ^a   Fink, Gereon R ^c,d  

^a SISSA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Economical choice; Emotional arousal; Insula; Medial prefrontal cortex; Punishment; Third party

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; FEMALE; GAME; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876737605     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nss014     Document Type: Article

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