Neurobiological mechanisms of responding to injustice
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People are particularly sensitive to injustice. Accordingly, deeper knowledge regarding the processes that underlie the perception of injustice, and the subsequent decisions to either punish transgressors or compensate victims, is of important social value. By combining a novel decision-making paradigm with functional neuroimaging, we identified specific brain networks that are involved with both the perception of, and response to, social injustice, with reward-related regions preferentially involved in punishment compared with compensation. Developing a computational model of punishment allowed for disentangling the neural mechanisms and psychological motives underlying decisions of whether to punish and, subsequently, of how severely to punish. Results show that the neural mechanisms underlying punishment differ depending on whether one is directly affected by the injustice, or whether one is a third-party observer of a violation occurring to another. Specifically, the anterior insula was involved in decisions to punish following harm, whereas, in third-party scenarios, we found amygdala activity associated with punishment severity. Additionally, we used a pharmacological intervention using oxytocin, and found that oxytocin influenced participants' fairness expectations, and in particular enhanced the frequency of low punishments. Together, these results not only provide more insight into the fundamental brain mechanisms underlying punishment and compensation, but also illustrate the importance of taking an explorative, multimethod approach when unraveling the complex components of everyday decision-making. SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT The perception of injustice is a fundamental precursor to many disagreements, from small struggles at the dinner table to wasteful conflict between cultures and countries. Despite its clear importance, relatively little is known about how the brain processes these violations. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, we combine methods from neuroscience, psychology, and economics to explore the neurobiological mechanisms involved in both the perception of injustice as well as the punishment and compensation decisions that follow. Using a novel behavioral paradigm, we identified specific brain networks, developed a computational model of punishment, and found that administrating the neuropeptide oxytocin increases the administration of low punishments of norm violations in particular. Results provide valuable insights into the fundamental neurobiological mechanisms underlying social injustice.
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In a novel Justice Game with fMRI and intranasal oxytocin, participants preferred punishment over compensation, and punishment decisions dissociated into willingness to punish and severity. Anterior insula tracked willingness to punish especially in second-party contexts, amygdala tracked severity in third-party contexts, and oxytocin increased low punishments and fairness expectations.
Key findings
- Participants spent more chips in second-party punishment (M = 38.07, SD = 23.55) than third-party punishment (M = 23.52, SD = 18.47) and compensation (M = 13.93, SD = 11.63); punishment exceeded compensation, t(53) = 6.06, p < 0.001.
- Ventral striatum activity was higher for punishment versus compensation decisions, while temporal parietal junction activity was associated with deciding not to punish.
- The computational model best fit was Model 4 (LL = 162, AIC = 333, R² = 0.68, accuracy = 46%), supporting separable willingness-to-punish and punishment-severity parameters; anterior insula correlated with willingness to punish in second-party games, and amygdala correlated with punishment severity in third-party games.
- Oxytocin did not affect mean punishment or compensation (F(1,52) = 0.12, p = 0.742) but increased low punishments in second-party games (interaction p = 0.050) and, in third-party games, more strongly as the amount taken increased (p = 0.017); oxytocin-group participants more often changed expectations to expect no chips (12/27 vs 3/27, χ²(1) = 7.45, p = 0.006).
Methods
- Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled between-subjects design with 55 males (28 oxytocin); behavioral analyses used 54 participants, and neuroimaging/model analyses used 53 participants.
- The Justice Game comprised 144 trials across second-party punishment, third-party punishment, and third-party compensation conditions, with preprogrammed fair and unfair Taker choices; fMRI data were analyzed with GLMs and ROI analyses in anterior insula, amygdala, and DLPFC.
- A computational utility model with parameters for willingness to punish and punishment severity was fit by minimizing residual sum of squares and compared with Nash equilibrium and inequity aversion models.
Limitations
- Stated: the lack of oxytocin effects on compensation may be due to restriction of range; neural interactions may require larger sample sizes; DLPFC involvement in third-party punishment needs larger-sample follow-up.
- Stated: inferring psychological processes from brain activity requires caution.
- Evident: all participants were male, limiting generalizability; the exploratory correlational ROI analyses cannot establish causal mechanisms.
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The study identified specific brain networks involved with both the perception of, and response to, social injustice.
“By combining a novel decisionmaking paradigm with functional neuroimaging, we identified specific brain networks that are involved with both the perception of, and response to, social injustice, with reward-related regions preferentially involved in punishment compared with compensation.”
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The neural mechanisms underlying punishment differ depending on whether one is directly affected by the injustice, or whether one is a third-party observer of a violation occurring to another.
“Results show that the neural mechanisms underlying punishment differ depending on whether one is directly affected by the injustice, or whether one is a third-party observer of a violation occurring to another.”
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In third-party scenarios, amygdala activity is associated with punishment severity.
“Specifically, the anterior insula was involved in decisions to punish following harm, whereas, in third-party scenarios, we found amygdala activity associated with punishment severity.”
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Reward-related regions are preferentially involved in punishment compared with compensation.
“By combining a novel decisionmaking paradigm with functional neuroimaging, we identified specific brain networks that are involved with both the perception of, and response to, social injustice, with reward-related regions preferentially involved in punishment compared with compensation.”
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The anterior insula is involved in decisions to punish following harm.
“Specifically, the anterior insula was involved in decisions to punish following harm, whereas, in third-party scenarios, we found amygdala activity associated with punishment severity.”
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Behavior differed across game types (second-party punishment, third-party punishment, third-party compensation).
“Repeated-measures multivariate ANOVAs with participants' mean levels of punishment and compensation behavior as dependent variables, confirmed that participants were willing to incur costs to both punish and compensate in response to unfairness, and also that behavior differed across game types (F (2,51) ϭ 24.05, p Ͻ 0.001, partial 2 ϭ 0.49).”
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The computational model (Model 4) was the best performing among the compared models, with LL = 162, AIC = 333, R2 = 0.68, and accuracy = 46%.
“Although there are no dramatic differences in the fit of the three versions of the model, Model 4 is the best performing (LL ϭ 162, AIC ϭ 333, R 2 ϭ 0.68, accuracy ϭ 46%; Table 1).”
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Oxytocin administration did not affect mean levels of punishment or compensation.
“Oxytocin administration did not affect mean levels of punishment or compensation (F (1,52) ϭ 0.12, p ϭ 0.742, partial 2 ϭ 0.002).”
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Oxytocin administration did not significantly increase activity in the bilateral AIns in third-party punishment games.
“Oxytocin administration did not significantly increase activity in the bilateral AIns in third-party punishment games”
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Estimates of α (severity of punishment) for both second- and third-party games were significantly lower for participants in the oxytocin versus placebo group.
“estimates for both second-and third-party games significantly lower for participants in the oxytocin versus placebo group”
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The decision to refrain from punishing in response to unfairness was associated with enhanced activity in the TPJ.
“The decision to refrain from punishing in response to unfairness was associated with enhanced activity in the temporal parietal junction (TPJ”
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In the second-party punishment game, participants in the oxytocin group administered low punishments more often than participants in the placebo group.
“in the second-party punishment game, participants in the oxytocin group administered low punishments more often than participants in the placebo group”
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There was no neural activity correlated with interactions between treatment and estimates of willingness to punish or α in third-party punishment games.
“there no neural activity correlated with interactions between treatment and estimates of or ␣.”
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Correlations between willingness to punish and left DLPFC were not significantly stronger in third-party compared with second-party game types.
“Correlations between estimates of and left DLPFC were not signif-icantly stronger in third-party compared with second-party game types”
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In third-party game types, the correlation between α and willingness to punish was -0.63 (p < 0.001).
“In thirdparty game types the correlation between ␣ and was Ϫ0.63 ( p Ͻ 0.001)”
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Brain regions correlating with the degree of unfairness were the AIns, ACC, DLPFC, precuneus, and VLPFC.
“Brain regions that correlated with the degree of unfairness were the AIns, anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), DLPFC, precuneus and ventrolateral prefrontal cortex (VLPFC”
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Comparing punishment versus compensation showed higher activity in ventral striatum for punishment decisions.
“Comparing brain activity for punishment versus compensation showed higher activity in ventral striatum for punishment decisions”
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“We found that enhanced ventral striatal activity was associated more strongly with deciding to punish a player who behaved unfairly than to compensate a player who had been disadvantaged.”
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The correlation between willingness to punish and right AIns was significantly stronger in second-party than third-party game types.
“the correlation between estimates of (willingness to punish) and right AIns, but not left AIns, was significantly stronger in second-party than third-party game types”
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Participants preferred punishment above compensation.
“the behavioral data showed that participants preferred punishment above compensation”
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An interaction between willingness to punish and game type, as observed at the behavioral level, was not present in the AIns.
“an interaction between and game type, as was observed at the behavioral level, was not present in the AIns”
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Higher activation in the network correlating with unfairness predicted more punishment and compensation subsequently administered.
“the higher the activation in this network, the more punishment and compensation was subsequently administered”
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Brain regions showing greater activity for fairness versus unfairness were the VMPFC, posterior insula, posterior cingulate, and superior temporal sulcus.
“Brain regions that showed greater activity for fairness versus unfairness were the ventral medial prefrontal cortex (VMPFC), posterior insula, posterior cingulate, and superior temporal sulcus”
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Participants who received oxytocin expected fair treatment more often than did participants in the placebo group.
“participants who received oxytocin expected fair treatment more often than did participants in the placebo group”
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The correlation between amygdala and estimates of α (severity of punishment) was significantly greater for third-party compared with second-party punishment games.
“the correlation between the amygdala and estimates of ␣ (severity of punishment) were significantly greater for third-party compared with second-party punishment games”
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In the third-party punishment game, the effect of oxytocin on punishment was stronger as the norm violation increased (when more was taken).
“when participants observed someone else being hurt, the effect of oxytocin on punishment was stronger as the norm violation increased (when more was taken”
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Across game types, the more chips taken from the victim, the more chips were spent to either punish or compensate.
“across game types, the more that was taken from the victim, the more chips were spent to either punish or compensate”
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There was an interaction between game type and treatment, with estimates of willingness to punish significantly higher in second-party games for participants receiving oxytocin compared with placebo.
“there was an interaction between game type and treatment, with estimates of significantly higher in second-party games for participants receiving oxytocin compared with placebo”
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Oxytocin administration increased activity in the right AIns.
“Oxytocin administration increased activity in the right AIns”
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Estimates of willingness to punish did not differ between second- and third-party punishment games.
“estimates of did not differ between secondand third-party punishment games”
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Oxytocin administration did not affect estimates of willingness to punish in third-party games.
“Oxytocin administration did not affect estimates of in third-party games”
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Individual estimates of parameter α correlated with increased activity in the left amygdala for third-party punishment games.
“Individual estimates of parameter ␣ correlated with an increase of activity in the left amygdala”
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For second-party punishment games, individual estimates of willingness to punish correlated with increased activity in bilateral AIns.
“individual estimates of parameter correlated with a significant increase in activity in bilateral AIns”
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In second-party game types, the correlation between α and willingness to punish was -0.27 (p = 0.049).
“In second-party game types the correlation between ␣ and was Ϫ0.27 ( p ϭ 0.049)”
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For third-party punishment games, individual estimates of willingness to punish correlated with increased activity in the right DLPFC and right AIns.
“individual estimates of parameter activity correlated with an increase in activity in the right DLPFC (t ϭ 2.12, p ϭ 0.019, contrast value ϭ 3.61) and right AIns”
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Participants valued harsher punishments more in second-party games than in third-party games.
“participants valued harsher punishments more in second-party games”
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Decisions to compensate victims, along with their neural correlates, were unaffected by oxytocin.
“Decisions to compensate victims, along with their neural correlates, were unaffected by oxytocin.”
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Developing a computational model of punishment allowed for disentangling the neural mechanisms and psychological motives underlying decisions of whether to punish and, subsequently, of how severely to punish.
“Developing a computational model of punishment allowed for disentangling the neural mechanisms and psychological motives underlying decisions of whether to punish and, subsequently, of how severely to punish.”
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The Justice Game allows measuring participants' responses to norm violations concerning distributional fairness in terms of both punishment and compensation.
“The Justice Game allows us to measure participants' responses to norm violations concerning distributional fairness in terms of both punishment and compensation, and was specifically designed for use in an MRI environment (Fig. 1).”
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Research examining second-party punishment, where participants are directly affected, is exceedingly scarce.
“Research examining second-party punishment, where participants are directly affected, is exceedingly scarce (Strobel et al., 2011).”
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The amygdala has been associated with negative arousal.
“Perceived unfairness has been consistently associated with activation of anterior insula (Corradi-Dell'Acqua et al., 2013;Zhong et al., 2016), whereas the amygdala has been associated with negative arousal (Gospic et al., 2011;Treadway et al., 2014).”
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- Study design and conductown data
The study used a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled between-subject experimental design.
“We recruited 55 males (28 oxytocin) for a randomized, doubleblind, placebo-controlled between-subject experimental design.”
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“Our experimental design was a randomized, double-blind, placebocontrolled between-subject design.”
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Perceived unfairness has been consistently associated with activation of anterior insula.
“Perceived unfairness has been consistently associated with activation of anterior insula (Corradi-Dell'Acqua et al., 2013;Zhong et al., 2016), whereas the amygdala has been associated with negative arousal (Gospic et al., 2011;Treadway et al., 2014).”
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- Interpretationown data
Results from the computational model support the notion of dissociable processes involved in punishment: an initial decision to punish, followed by a subsequent choice of how severely to punish.
“results from our computational model support the notion of dissociable processes involved in punishment, comprising an initial decision to punish, followed by a subsequent choice of how severely to punish”
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The Nash equilibrium of both games is to never invest chips.
“First, we assessed the prediction accuracy based on the Nash equilibrium of both games, which is to never invest chips (Nash, 1951) and thereby reflects classical economic theory.”
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- Interpretationown data
Oxytocin might impact the decision to punish only when one is hurt directly.
“suggesting that oxytocin might impact the decision to punish only when one is hurt directly”
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The amygdala encodes affective arousal associated with harm done to someone else.
“supporting the hypothesis that the amygdala encodes affective arousal associated with harm done to someone else”
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The finding that oxytocin impacted punishment in both second- and third-party games is difficult to reconcile with the idea of oxytocin motivating direct retaliation.
“The finding that oxytocin impacted punishment in both second-and third-party games is difficult to reconcile with the idea of oxytocin motivating direct retaliation, defined as preferentially punishing when you yourself are harmed.”
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When people punished frequently they were less likely to punish severely.
“when people punished frequently they were less likely to punish severely”
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The contradictory findings on TPJ involvement in punishment decisions are likely due to differences in experimental design, with earlier work focusing on hypothetical criminal scenarios.
“These contradictory findings are likely due to differences in experimental design, with earlier work focusing on hypothetical criminal scenarios”
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Our results provide evidence for the hypothesis that oxytocin shifts the focus from self-interest to overarching, normative, group interests.
“our results provide evidence for the hypothesis that oxytocin shifts the focus from self-interest to overarching, normative, group interests”
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These results do not support the notion of oxytocin as a general enhancer of empathy and prosocial, altruistic decisions.
“These results therefore do not support the notion of oxytocin as a general enhancer of empathy and prosocial, altruistic, decisions”
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One potential mechanism for oxytocin to impact punishment is via subtly altering fairness preferences.
“these results suggest that one potential mechanism for oxytocin to impact punishment is that via subtly altering fairness preferences”
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The lack of oxytocin effects on compensation may be due to restriction of range because there was relatively little compensation behavior.
“As we had a relatively little amount of compensation behavior, lack of oxytocin effects on compensation may be due to restriction of range.”
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Punishment may have been preferred over compensation because punishment was experienced as more rewarding.
“this finding suggests that, in the present paradigm, punishment may have been preferred over compensation, because punishment was experienced as more rewarding”
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Findingown dataParticipants were willing to incur costs to both punish and compensate in response to unfairness.
“Repeated-measures multivariate ANOVAs with participants' mean levels of punishment and compensation behavior as dependent variables, confirmed that participants were willing to incur costs to both punish and compensate in response to unfairness, and also that behavior differed across game types (F (2,51) ϭ 24.05, p Ͻ 0.001, partial 2 ϭ 0.49).”
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Findingown dataOxytocin influenced participants' fairness expectations, and in particular enhanced the frequency of low punishments.
“Additionally, we used a pharmacological intervention using oxytocin, and found that oxytocin influenced participants' fairness expectations, and in particular enhanced the frequency of low punishments.”
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“Using a novel behavioral paradigm, we identified specific brain networks, developed a computational model of punishment, and found that administrating the neuropeptide oxytocin increases the administration of low punishments of norm violations in particular.”
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Findingown dataIn the oxytocin group, 12 of 27 participants changed their beliefs after treatment to expect other players to take no chips at all, whereas only 3 of 27 in the placebo group changed their expectations.
“12 of 27 participants in the oxytocin group changed their beliefs after treatment, now expecting other players to take no chips at all, whereas only 3 of 27 participants in the placebo group changed their expectations”
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Findingown dataNo neural activity correlated with individual estimates of parameter α, nor with interactions between treatment and estimates of willingness to punish or α.
“No neural activity correlated with individual estimates of parameter ␣, nor with interactions between treatment and estimates of or ␣.”
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PremisecitationPunishment is not a single, unitary process, but comprises distinct subcomponents.
“Recent neuroscientific work suggests that punishment is not a single, unitary, process, but rather comprises distinct subcomponents (Krueger and Hoffman, 2016).”
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PremisecitationEffects of oxytocin are present between 30 and 60 min after intranasal administration.
“This timing conforms to other studies showing that effects of oxytocin are present between 30 and 60 min after intranasal administration (Baumgartner et al., 2008;De Dreu et al., 2010, 2011;Stallen et al., 2012).”
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PremisecitationOne account of punishment in response to unfairness posits that punishment is driven by social preferences for equitable outcomes.
“One account of punishment in response to unfairness posits that punishment is driven by social preferences for equitable outcomes (Fehr and Schmidt, 1999).”
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PremisecitationThe final determination of appropriate punishment actions has been suggested to critically depend on the DLPFC.
“whereas the final determination of appropriate punishment actions has been suggested to critically depend on the DLPFC (Knoch et al., 2006;Buckholtz et al., 2008Buckholtz et al., , 2015;;Treadway et al., 2014;Zhong et al., 2016).”
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PremisecitationMany studies first demonstrated oxytocin as promoting specifically prosocial behavior, but recent work has suggested a more complex role, potentially also relevant to negative, punishment, behavior.
“Many studies first demonstrated oxytocin as promoting specifically prosocial behavior, but recent work has suggested a more complex role (Ma et al., 2016), potentially also relevant to negative, punishment, behavior (Krueger et al., 2013;Daughters et al., 2017).”
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PremisecitationThe deliberate act of taking resources from another elicits very negative emotions in the person from whom the resources are taken, and this is typically experienced as a stronger norm violation than receiving an unfair share of resources.
“Experimental work in economics has shown that this deliberate act elicits very negative emotions in the person from whom the resources are taken, and that this is typically experienced as a stronger norm violation than receiving an unfair share of resources (Bosman and Van Winden, 2002;Ben-Shakhar et al., 2007;Korenok et al., 2014), hence our use of this manipulation.”
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PremisecitationAlternative accounts suggest that affective experiences, such as anger, envy, or retaliation, are key drivers in sanctioning norm violators.
“However, alternative accounts suggest that affective experiences, such as anger, envy, or retaliation, are key drivers in sanctioning norm violators (Rabin, 1993;Dufwenberg and Kirchsteiger, 2004;Pedersen et al., 2013).”
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Study design and conductcitationThe study avoided directly using the terms 'punishment' and 'compensation' to prevent influencing individuals' actual fairness norms.
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Study design and conductown dataThe findings on fairness and unfairness align with previous neuroimaging work, providing support for the validity of the novel task.
“These findings align well with previous neuroimaging work on fairness and unfairness, providing support for the validity of our novel task”
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Interpretationown dataThere may not be a one-to-one mapping between the willingness-to-punish parameter and sensitivity to unfairness; the final decision to punish may also depend on other factors, such as whether one is hurt directly.
“suggesting there may not be a one-to-one mapping between parameter and sensitivity to unfairness, but that the final decision to punish may also depend on other factors, such as whether one is hurt directly”
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Study design and conductnone givenWe developed a novel behavioral task and a new computational model of punishment that allowed us to study both the psychological and neural mechanisms underlying punishment and compensation in response to norm violations.
“we developed a novel behavioral task and a new computational model of punishment that allowed us to study both the psychological and neural mechanisms underlying punishment and compensation in response to norm violations”
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PremisecitationThe Inequity Aversion model argues that people value equality and demonstrate a preference that everyone receives the same amount, even if this is zero.
“Second, we tested performance of Inequity Aversion model (AI), a prominent model of social preferences that argues that people value equality and demonstrate a preference that everyone receives the same amount, even if this is zero (Fehr and Schmidt, 1999).”
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InterpretationreasoningPure fairness considerations (represented by model-derived AIns activation) may play a decisive role in second-party punishment situations, whereas additional contextual information is integrated in punishment decisions in third-party contexts, possibly involving the DLPFC.
“Possibly therefore, pure fairness considerations (as represented here by model-derived AIns activation) play a decisive role in second-party punishment situations, whereas additional contextual information is integrated in punishment decisions in third-party contexts, when others are harmed (possibly involving the DLPFC).”
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PremisecitationThe TPJ is associated with perspective-taking.
“the TPJ, an area associated with perspective-taking”
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InterpretationreasoningLarger sample sizes may be required to find significant interactions between treatment and parameter correlates at the neural level.
“To find significant interactions between treatment and parameter correlates at the neural level larger sample sizes may be required.”
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Study design and conductreasoningThe study prespecified three brain regions of interest: amygdala, anterior insula, and dorsolateral prefrontal cortex.
“These prespecified brain regions included the amygdala, the anterior insula (AIns) and the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC).”
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InterpretationreasoningThe computational model allows testing whether the willingness to punish and the decision of how severely to punish are separable processes.
“Another advantage of the development of the computational model is that this allows us to test whether the willingness to punish and the decision of how severely to punish are separable processes.”
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InterpretationreasoningIndividuals' willingness to punish depends on their fairness considerations, with fairness preferences being stronger when one was directly involved than when another person was the victim.
“a reasonable interpretation is that individuals' willingness to punish depends on their fairness considerations, with individuals' fairness preferences being stronger when one was directly involved than when another person was the victim”
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PremisecitationThe DLPFC is known for its role in integrating information and response selection.
“The DLPFC is known for its role in integrating information and response selection”
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Interpretationown dataThe present findings provide more insight into the fundamental brain mechanisms underlying punishment and compensation and demonstrate how combining a computational approach with neuroimaging methods can help disentangle the psychological motives underlying complex decision-making processes.
“The present findings not only provide more insight into the fundamental brain mechanisms underlying punishment and compensation, but also demonstrate how combining a computational approach with neuroimaging methods can help disentangling the psychological motives underlying complex decision-making processes.”
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Interpretationown dataOxytocin had a systematic effect on punishment decisions at both the behavioral and neural levels.
“with regard to punishment decisions, oxytocin had a systematic effect at both the behavioral and neural levels”
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PremisecitationPrevious work on third-party punishment in hypothetical criminal contexts has found the DLPFC involved in integrating information about the responsibility of the wrongdoer and the amount of harm done.
“previous work on third-party punishment in hypothetical criminal contexts has found this area involved in integrating information about the responsibility of the wrongdoer and the amount of harm done”
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Study design and conductreasoningThe study conducted analyses only on these three brain regions because of strong a priori hypotheses.
“We conducted our analyses only on these three brain regions, as we had strong a priori hypothesis about these areas in particular.”
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People are particularly sensitive to injustice.
“People are particularly sensitive to injustice.”
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Violations of social norms trigger an emotional response in the victims of such violations and can also lead to strong responses from third parties.
“In fact, violations of social norms, standards of behavior that are based on widely shared beliefs about how one should behave, not only trigger an emotional response in the”
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Relatively little is known about how the brain processes violations of social norms.
“Despite its clear importance, relatively little is known about how the brain processes these violations.”
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The amount of chips taken by the Taker indexes the magnitude of the social norm violation.
“the more that was taken from the victim”
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Recent research has shown that willingness to punish severely was associated with increased amygdala activity in third-party punishment.
“recent research has shown that, in a scenario in which an observer punishes transgressors due to social norm violation (i.e., third-party punishment), the willingness to punish severely was associated with increased amygdala activity (Stallen et al., 2018)”
From A neurobiological association of revenge propensity during intergroup conflict (2020) · cites this paper as Stallen et al., 2018
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Two different third-party punishment constraints are stated
MinorThe first third-party constraint depends on the chips taken and subtracts punishment spending twice. Equation 5 instead gives a constraint of less than 200 chips for the same game type; the two define different feasible choices.
“s p,i Ͻ 200 Ϫ s t Ϫ s p,i in third-party games.”
“x Ͻ 200 in third-party games, with x ʦ {10, 20, …}.(5)”
Reported AIC does not follow the stated formula
MinorFor Model 4, the stated formula uses k = 4 and LL = 162. Its 2k − 2LL terms alone equal −316, whereas the table reports an AIC of 333; that value is consistent with treating 162 as a negative log-likelihood instead.
“AIC M ϭ 2k Ϫ 2LL ϩ 2k(k ϩ 1)/(N Ϫ k Ϫ 1), (7”
“Model 4 4 15,687 162 333 0.678”
Response-scale options disagree with the modeled choices
MinorA scale starting at 1 and advancing in steps of 10 would offer 1, 11, and so on, whereas the model specifies choices starting at 10 and advancing in steps of 10.
“a response scale, which consisted of a row of numbers from 1 to 100, in steps of 10”
“x Ͻ 200 in third-party games, with x ʦ {10, 20, …}.(5)”
Oxytocin-group count does not reflect the imaging-data loss
MinorThe behavioral sample contained 27 oxytocin participants. If the one participant whose imaging data was lost was in that group, the 53-person neuroimaging sample would contain 26, not 27, oxytocin participants.
“Neuroimaging data and computational model analyses were conducted with 53 participants (27 oxytocin), as neuroimaging data of one participant in the oxytocin group was lost due to technical problems.”
“behavioral analyses were conducted with 54 participants (mean age ϭ 21.2 years, SD ϭ 2.4 years; 27 oxytocin).”
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- Authors
- Stallen, M., Rossi, F., Heijne, A., Smidts, A., De Dreu, C. K. W., & Sanfey, A. G.
- Affiliations
- Leiden University (NL)
- University of California San Diego (US)
- Radboud University Nijmegen (NL)
- Erasmus University Rotterdam (NL)
- Venue
- The Journal of Neuroscience
- Publisher
- Society for Neuroscience
- Published
- 2018-02-19
- Volume
- 38
- Issue
- 12
- Pages
- 2944-2954
- ISSN
- 0270-6474 (ISSN-L)
- 1529-2401
- PMC
- PMC6596077
- OpenAlex
- W2788810732
- Semantic Scholar
- aea67e7dd595fa5973a5eaac11a11d1ffcb8fca4
- Cited by
- 102
- References
- 47
- Citations by year
- 2026: 6 · 2025: 15 · 2024: 11 · 2023: 18 · 2022: 14 · 2021: 12 · 2020: 15 · 2019: 6 · 2018: 5
- FWCI
- 18.94
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Journal of Neuroscience (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Leiden Repository (Leiden University) (submittedVersion)
- EUR Research Repository (Erasmus University Rotterdam) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- RePub (Erasmus University Rotterdam) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- University of Groningen research database (University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Radboud Repository (Radboud University) (submittedVersion)
- Radboud Repository (Radboud University) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion)
- ERIM Top-Core Articles
- Funders
- Erasmus Research Institute of Management
- FP7 Ideas: European Research Council (313454)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Safety Research › Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
- Keywords
- social injustice, punishment decisions, compensation decisions, fairness, third-party punishment, anterior insula, amygdala, oxytocin, reward processing, norm violation
- MeSH terms
- Brain, Computer Simulation, Decision Making, Double-Blind Method, Humans, Male, Oxytocin, Punishment, Reward, Social Justice, Compensation and Redress, Young Adult
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