Smiling faces, sometimes they don't tell the truth: Facial expression in the ultimatum game impacts decision making and event-related potentials

Psychophysiology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 358-363

  Mussel, Patrick ^a   Hewig, Johannes ^a   Allen, John J B ^b   Coles, Michael G H ^c   Miltner, Wolfgang ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b The University of Arizona   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Decision making; Facial expressions; Feedback related negativity; Neuroeconomics; Social interaction

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DECISION MAKING; EVOKED RESPONSE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; GAME; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DECISION MAKING; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SMILING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897649962     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/psyp.12184     Document Type: Article

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