Honesty mediates the relationship between serotonin and reaction to unfairness.

ABSTRACT: How does one deal with unfair behaviors? This subject has long been investigated by various disciplines including philosophy, psychology, economics, and biology. However, our reactions to unfairness differ from one individual to another. Experimental economics studies using the ultimatum game (UG), in which players must decide whether to accept or reject fair or unfair offers, have also shown that there are substantial individual differences in reaction to unfairness. However, little is known about psychological as well as neurobiological mechanisms of this observation. We combined a molecular imaging technique, an economics game, and a personality inventory to elucidate the neurobiological mechanism of heterogeneous reactions to unfairness. Contrary to the common belief that aggressive pe

SUBMITTER: Takahashi H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3306703 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature