The sweet side of inequality: How advantageous status modulates empathic response to others' gains and losses

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 256, Issue , 2013, Pages 609-617

  Shen, Qiang ^a,b,c,d   Jin, Jia ^c,d   Ma, Qingguo ^c,d  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anterior cingulated cortex; Event related potential; Feedback related negativity; Inequality aversion; P300; Social preference

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AVERSION; AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EMOTION; EMPATHY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; STUDENT;

ANTERIOR CINGULATED CORTEX; EVENT-RELATED POTENTIAL; FEEDBACK-RELATED NEGATIVITY; INEQUALITY AVERSION; P300; SOCIAL PREFERENCE;

ADULT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMPATHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84884965946     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2013.08.043     Document Type: Article

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