Reduced self-referential neural response during intergroup competition predicts competitor harm

NeuroImage

Volumn 96, Issue , 2014, Pages 36-43

  Cikara, M ^a   Jenkins, A C ^b   Dufour, N ^c   Saxe, R ^c  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

FMRI; Intergroup competition; Medial prefrontal cortex; Self; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOCIAL COGNITION; SOCIAL COMPETENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; HARM REDUCTION; HATE; MORALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CONTROL;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HARM REDUCTION; HATE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; MORALS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899889809     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2014.03.080     Document Type: Article

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