Informing others is associated with behavioral and neural signatures of value

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 144, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1114-1123

  Tamir, Diana I ^a   Zaki, Jamil ^b   Mitchell, Jason P ^c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Altruism; Functional MRI; Informing; Reward

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTRUISM; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROCEDURES; REWARD; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTRUISM; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTIVATION; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REWARD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84967214642     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/xge0000122     Document Type: Article

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