The Neural Basis of Social Influence in a Dictator Decision.

ABSTRACT: Humans tend to reduce inequitable distributions. Previous neuroimaging studies have shown that inequitable decisions are related to brain regions that associated with negative emotion and signaling conflict. In the highly complex human social environment, our opinions and behaviors can be affected by social information. In current study, we used a modified dictator game to investigate the effect of social influence on making an equitable decision. We found that the choices of participants in present task was influenced by the choices of peers. However, participants' decisions were influenced by equitable rather than inequitable group choices. fMRI results showed that brain regions that related to norm violation and social conflict were related to the inequitable social influence. The neura

SUBMITTER: Wei Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5770631 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature