What Determines Social Behavior? Investigating the Role of Emotions, Self-Centered Motives, and Social Norms

• Main Author: Susanne Leiberg (auth)
• Other Authors: Patrik Vuilleumier (auth), Leonie Koban (auth), Corrado Corradi-Dell'Acqua (auth), Ernst Fehr (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2016
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Neurosciences; Decision Making; Medial prefrontal cortex; autism spectrum disorders(ASD); Social Behavior; Contextual appraisal; oxytocin receptor gene; ultimatum game; Emotions
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Human behavior and decision making is subject to social and motivational influences such as emotions, norms and self/other regarding preferences. The identification of the neural and psychological mechanisms underlying these factors is a central issue in psychology, behavioral economics and social n...