"An Eye for an Eye"? Neural Correlates of Retribution and Forgiveness

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Brüne, Martin ^a,b   Juckel, Georg ^a   Enzi, Björn ^a,b  

^a Landschaftsverband Westfalen Lippe   (Germany)

^b ST JOSEF HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; FEMALE; FORGIVENESS; GAME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NORMAL HUMAN; RETRIBUTION; REWARD; TASK PERFORMANCE; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

ADULT; FEMALE; FORGIVENESS; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883227225     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0073519     Document Type: Article

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