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The Sunny Side of Fairness: Preference for Fairness Activates Reward Circuitry (and Disregarding Unfairness Activates Self-Control Circuitry)

A study was conducted to analyze self-reported happiness and neural responses to fair and unfair offers while controlling for monetary payoff. Data were obtained from two ultimatum game experiments undertaken to examine the emotional response related to fair treatment. Findings revealed that fair...

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Published in:Psychological Science. Vol. 19; no. 4; pp. 339 - 348
Main Authors: Tabibnia, Golnaz, Satpute, Ajay B., Lieberman, Matthew D.
Format: Article
Published: HWW Temp April 2008
Subjects:
Reward (Psychology)
Brain function localization
Fairness
Preferences (Philosophy)
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost