Response time in economic games reflects different types of decision conflict for prosocial and proself individuals.

ABSTRACT: Behavioral and neuroscientific studies explore two pathways through which internalized social norms promote prosocial behavior. One pathway involves internal control of impulsive selfishness, and the other involves emotion-based prosocial preferences that are translated into behavior when they evade cognitive control for pursuing self-interest. We measured 443 participants' overall prosocial behavior in four economic games. Participants' predispositions [social value orientation (SVO)] were more strongly reflected in their overall game behavior when they made decisions quickly than when they spent a longer time. Prosocially (or selfishly) predisposed participants behaved less prosocially (or less selfishly) when they spent more time in decision making, such that their SVO prosociality yiel

SUBMITTER: Yamagishi T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5474786 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature