Threat-induced anxiety and selfishness in resource sharing: Behavioral and neural evidence.

ABSTRACT: In real life, it is not unusual that we face potential threats (i.e., physical stimuli and environments that may cause harm or danger) with other individuals together, yet it remains largely unknown how threat-induced anxious feelings influence prosocial behaviors such as resource sharing. In this study, we investigated this question by combining functional magnetic resonance imaging and a novel paradigm. Together with an anonymous partner, each participant faced the possibility of receiving a 10-s noise administration, which had a low or high probability to be a threat (i.e., the intensity of noise can induce a high level of unpleasantness). Each participant first reported her/his immediate feeling of anxiety about the current situation (being threatened by the unpleasant noise), then dec

SUBMITTER: Cui F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10203809 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature