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Studying the neurobiology of social interaction with transcranial direct current stimulation–The example of punishing unfairness
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Studying social behavior often requires the simultaneous interaction of many subjects. As yet, however, no painless, noninvasive brain stimulation tool existed that allowed the simultaneous affection of brain processes in many interacting subjects. Here we show that transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) can overcome these limits. We apply right prefrontal cathodal tDCS and show that subjects' propensity to punish unfair behavior is reduced significantly.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Knoch, D., Nitsche, M. A., Fischbacher, U., Eisenegger, C., Pascual-Leone, A., & Fehr, E.
- Affiliations
- University of Zurich (CH)
- University of Göttingen (DE)
- Venue
- Cerebral Cortex
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 2007-12-24
- Volume
- 18
- Issue
- 9
- Pages
- 1987-1990
- ISSN
- 1047-3211 (ISSN-L)
- 1460-2199
- OpenAlex
- W2022160277
- Cited by
- 229
- References
- 29
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 10 · 2023: 8 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 9 · 2019: 9 · 2018: 15 · 2017: 22 · 2016: 20 · 2015: 13 · 2014: 26 · 2013: 15 · 2012: 13
- FWCI
- 5.71
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Cerebral Cortex (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- BORIS (University Library Bern) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- GRO (submittedVersion)
- Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Neurology › Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies
- Keywords
- transcranial direct current stimulation, social interaction, prefrontal cortex, cathodal stimulation, fairness, neuroeconomics, non-invasive brain stimulation, social behavior
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Games, Experimental, Group Processes, Humans, Neurobiology, Punishment, Social Behavior, Sociology, Prefrontal Cortex, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
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