The Ultimatum Game and the brain: A meta-analysis of neuroimaging studies

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 47, Issue , 2014, Pages 549-558

  Gabay, Anthony S ^a   Radua, Joaquim ^a,b   Kempton, Matthew J ^a   Mehta, Mitul A ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED DE SALUD MENTAL CIBERSAM   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fairness; FMRI; Meta analysis; Social cognition; Social decision making; Ultimatum Game

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ANTERIOR INSULA; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM; DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GAME; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NEUROIMAGING; PUTAMEN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SUPPLEMENTARY MOTOR AREA; TASK PERFORMANCE; ULTIMATUM GAME; BRAIN; EMOTION; META ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROIMAGING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84913589128     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: 18737528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2014.10.014     Document Type: Review

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