Mindfulness training increases cooperative decision making in economic exchanges: Evidence from fMRI

NeuroImage

Volumn 138, Issue , 2016, Pages 274-283

  Kirk, Ulrich ^a   Gu, Xiaosi ^b   Sharp, Carla ^c   Hula, Andreas ^d   Fonagy, Peter ^d,e   Montague, P Read ^d,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e ANNA FREUD CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^f VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; fMRI; Interoception; Mindfulness; Social cooperation; Ultimatum Game

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR INSULA; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTEROCEPTION; MALE; MINDFULNESS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTERIOR INSULA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTAL AREA; SOCIAL ATTACHMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ALTRUISM; AWARENESS; BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; EMOTION; GAME; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ALTRUISM; AWARENESS; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS, BEHAVIORAL; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MINDFULNESS; NERVE NET; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84975887085     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2016.05.075     Document Type: Article

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