The neurobiology of collective action

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue 7 NOV, 2013, Pages

  Zak, Paul J ^a,b   Barraza, Jorge A ^a  

^a CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Economics; Empathy; Neuroscience; Oxytocin; Prosocial behavior

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ANTERIOR INSULA; AROUSAL; BRAIN FUNCTION; COLLECTIVE ACTION; COOPERATION; COORDINATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTION; EMPATHY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOTIVATION; NEUROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; REVIEW; REWARD; SHAME; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SOCIAL PROBLEM; THEORY OF MIND; TRUST;

EID: 84888817082     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2013.00211     Document Type: Review

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