Distinguishing neural correlates of context-dependent advantageous- and disadvantageous-inequity aversion.

ABSTRACT: Humans can integrate social contextual information into decision-making processes to adjust their responses toward inequity. This context dependency emerges when individuals receive more (i.e., advantageous inequity) or less (i.e., disadvantageous inequity) than others. However, it is not clear whether context-dependent processing of advantageous and disadvantageous inequity involves differential neurocognitive mechanisms. Here, we used fMRI to address this question by combining an interactive game that modulates social contexts (e.g., interpersonal guilt) with computational models that enable us to characterize individual weights on inequity aversion. In each round, the participant played a dot estimation task with an anonymous coplayer. The coplayer would receive pain stimulation with 50

SUBMITTER: Gao X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6099874 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature