Spreading inequality: Neural computations underlying paying-it-forward reciprocity
Standard
Spreading inequality: Neural computations underlying paying-it-forward reciprocity. / Hu, Yang; He, Lisheng; Zhang, Lei; Wölk, Thorben; Dreher, Jean-Claude; Weber, Bernd.
in: SOC COGN AFFECT NEUR, Jahrgang 13, Nr. 6, 01.06.2018, S. 578-589.Publikationen: SCORING: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift/Zeitung › SCORING: Zeitschriftenaufsatz › Forschung › Begutachtung
Harvard
APA
Vancouver
Bibtex
}
RIS
TY - JOUR
T1 - Spreading inequality: Neural computations underlying paying-it-forward reciprocity
AU - Hu, Yang
AU - He, Lisheng
AU - Zhang, Lei
AU - Wölk, Thorben
AU - Dreher, Jean-Claude
AU - Weber, Bernd
PY - 2018/6/1
Y1 - 2018/6/1
N2 - People tend to pay the generosity they receive from a person forward to someone else even if they have no chance to reciprocate directly. This phenomenon, known as paying-it-forward (PIF) reciprocity, crucially contributes to the maintenance of a cooperative human society by passing kindness among strangers and has been widely studied in evolutionary biology. To further examine its neural implementation and underlying computations, we used functional magnetic resonance imaging together with computational modeling. In a modified PIF paradigm, participants first received a monetary split (i.e. greedy, equal or generous) from either a human partner or a computer. They then chose between two options involving additional amounts of money to be allocated between themselves and an uninvolved person. Behaviorally, people forward the previously received greed/generosity towards a third person. The social impact of previous treatments is integrated into computational signals in the ventromedial prefrontal cortex and the right temporoparietal junction during subsequent decision making. Our findings provide insights to understand the proximal origin of PIF reciprocity.
AB - People tend to pay the generosity they receive from a person forward to someone else even if they have no chance to reciprocate directly. This phenomenon, known as paying-it-forward (PIF) reciprocity, crucially contributes to the maintenance of a cooperative human society by passing kindness among strangers and has been widely studied in evolutionary biology. To further examine its neural implementation and underlying computations, we used functional magnetic resonance imaging together with computational modeling. In a modified PIF paradigm, participants first received a monetary split (i.e. greedy, equal or generous) from either a human partner or a computer. They then chose between two options involving additional amounts of money to be allocated between themselves and an uninvolved person. Behaviorally, people forward the previously received greed/generosity towards a third person. The social impact of previous treatments is integrated into computational signals in the ventromedial prefrontal cortex and the right temporoparietal junction during subsequent decision making. Our findings provide insights to understand the proximal origin of PIF reciprocity.
U2 - 10.1093/scan/nsy040
DO - 10.1093/scan/nsy040
M3 - SCORING: Journal article
C2 - 29897606
VL - 13
SP - 578
EP - 589
JO - SOC COGN AFFECT NEUR
JF - SOC COGN AFFECT NEUR
SN - 1749-5016
IS - 6
ER -