Modulating the activity of ventromedial prefrontal cortex by anodal tDCS enhances the trustee's repayment through altruism

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 7, Issue SEP, 2016, Pages

  Zheng, Haoli ^a   Huang, Daqiang ^a   Chen, Shu ^a   Wang, Siqi ^a   Guo, Wenmin ^a   Luo, Jun ^b   Ye, Hang ^a,b   Chen, Yefeng ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

Author keywords

Altruism; Dictator game; Transcranial direct current stimulation; Trust game; Trustworthiness; Ventromedial prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992700308     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01437     Document Type: Article

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