Neural mechanisms underlying social conformity in an ultimatum game

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue DEC, 2013, Pages

  Wei, Zhenyu ^a   Zhao, Zhiying ^a   Zheng, Yong ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Behavioral change; fMRI; Social conformity; Ultimatum game; Unfair treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN REGION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GAME; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 84891640888     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00896     Document Type: Article

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