Gender Differences in Behavioral and Neural Responses to Unfairness Under Social Pressure.

ABSTRACT: Numerous studies have revealed the key role of social pressure on individuals' decision-making processes. However, the impact of social pressure on unfairness-related decision-making processes remains unclear. In the present study, we investigated how social pressure modulated men's and women's responses in an ultimatum game. Twenty women and eighteen men played the ultimatum game as responders in the scanner, where fair and unfair offers were tendered by proposers acting alone (low pressure) or by proposers endorsed by three supporters (high pressure). Results showed that men rejected more, whereas women accepted more unfair offers in the high versus low pressure context. Neurally, pregenual anterior cingulate cortex activation in women positively predicted their acceptance rate differenc

SUBMITTER: Zheng L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5647364 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature