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NORMS MAKE PREFERENCES SOCIAL Open
We explore the idea that prosocial behavior in experimental games is driven by social norms imported into the laboratory. Under this view, differences in behavior across subjects is driven by heterogeneity in sensitivity to social norms. W…
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Interpersonal brain synchronization in the right temporo-parietal junction during face-to-face economic exchange Open
In daily life, interpersonal interactions are influenced by uncertainty about other people's intentions. Face-to-face (FF) interaction reduces such uncertainty by providing external visible cues such as facial expression or body gestures a…
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“Who Doesn’t?”—The Impact of Descriptive Norms on Corruption Open
Corruption poses one of the major societal challenges of our time. Considerable advances have been made in understanding corruption on a macro level, yet the psychological antecedents of corrupt behavior remain largely unknown. In order to…
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Do the Right Thing: Experimental evidence that preferences for moral behavior, rather than equity or efficiency per se, drive human prosociality Open
Decades of experimental research show that some people forgo personal gains to benefit others in unilateral anonymous interactions. To explain these results, behavioral economists typically assume that people have social preferences for mi…
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Conveniently Upset: Avoiding Altruism by Distorting Beliefs about Others' Altruism Open
We present results from a “corruption game” (a dictator game modified so that recipients can take a side payment in exchange for accepting a reduction in the overall size of the pie). Dictators (silently) treated to be able to take more of…
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Intuition and Moral Decision-Making – The Effect of Time Pressure and Cognitive Load on Moral Judgment and Altruistic Behavior Open
Do individuals intuitively favor certain moral actions over others? This study explores the role of intuitive thinking-induced by time pressure and cognitive load-in moral judgment and behavior. We conduct experiments in three different co…
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Neural signatures of trust in reciprocity: A coordinate‐based meta‐analysis Open
Trust in reciprocity (TR) is defined as the risky decision to invest valued resources in another party with the hope of mutual benefit. Several fMRI studies have investigated the neural correlates of TR in one‐shot and multiround versions …
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Empathy promotes altruistic behavior in economic interactions Open
What are the determinants of altruism? While economists assume that altruism is mainly driven by fairness norms, social psychologists consider empathy to be a key motivator for altruistic behavior. To unite these two theories, we conducted…
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Self‐other resonance, its control and prosocial inclinations: Brain–behavior relationships Open
Humans seem to place a positive reward value on prosocial behavior. Evidence suggests that this prosocial inclination is driven by our reflexive tendency to share in the observed sensations, emotions and behavior of others, or “self‐other …
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Prosocial Personality Traits Differentially Predict Egalitarianism, Generosity, and Reciprocity in Economic Games Open
Recent research has highlighted the role of prosocial personality traits-agreeableness and honesty-humility-in egalitarian distributions of wealth in the dictator game. Expanding on these findings, we ran two studies to examine individual …
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Individual Differences in Good Manners Rather Than Compassion Predict Fair Allocations of Wealth in the Dictator Game Open
One of the most common tools for studying pro‐sociality is the dictator game, in which allocations to one's partner are often described in terms of altruism. However, the motivations driving these allocations may represent either emotional…
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Cortical thickness of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex predicts strategic choices in economic games Open
Significance Is human prosociality a consequence of cognitive control of selfish impulses? Alternatively, is it a default option that most people use unless they are cognitively persuaded that a given situation does not require them to beh…
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Helping or punishing strangers: neural correlates of altruistic decisions as third-party and of its relation to empathic concern Open
Social norms are a cornerstone of human society. When social norms are violated (e.g., fairness) people can either help the victim or punish the violator in order to restore justice. Recent research has shown that empathic concern influenc…
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Does telling white lies signal pro-social preferences? Open
The opportunity to tell a white lie (i.e., a lie that benefits another person) generates a moral conflict between two opposite moral dictates, one pushing towards telling the truth always and the other pushing towards helping others. Here …
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Trust Games and Beyond Open
Trust is fundamental for the stability of human society. A large part of the experimental literature relies on the Trust Game as the workhorse to measure individual differences in trust and trustworthiness. In this review we highlight the …
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In-group favouritism and out-group discrimination in naturally occurring groups Open
We study in-group favouritism and out-group discrimination in a multiplayer dictator game in a naturally occuring group setting. An allocator divides a large sum of money among three groups of around 20 recipients each and also to themselv…
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Costless and Costly Prosociality: Correspondence Among Personality Traits, Economic Preferences, and Real-World Prosociality Open
Prosociality can either be costly (e.g., donating to charity) or costless (e.g., posthumous organ donation). Whereas links between personality and costly prosociality have been explored, links with costless prosociality and personality are…
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How private is private information? The ability to spot deception in an economic game Open
We provide experimental evidence on the ability to detect deceit in a buyer–seller game with asymmetric information. Sellers have private information about the value of a good and sometimes have incentives to mislead buyers. We examine if …
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Diffusion of responsibility attenuates altruistic punishment: A functional magnetic resonance imaging effective connectivity study Open
Humans altruistically punish violators of social norms to enforce cooperation and pro‐social behaviors. However, such altruistic behaviors diminish when others are present, due to a diffusion of responsibility. We investigated the neural s…
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Politeness and Compassion Differentially Predict Adherence to Fairness Norms and Interventions to Norm Violations in Economic Games Open
Adherence to norms and interventions to norm violations are two important forms of social behaviour modelled in economic games. While both appear to serve a prosocial function, they may represent separate mechanisms corresponding with dist…
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Moral relativism as a disconnect between behavioural and experienced warm glow Open
We examine the robustness of warm glow preferences to changes in the choice set. Behavioural warm glow is measured using the crowded-out charity dictator game of Crumpler and Grossman (2008). In the give treatment, subjects could donate an…
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Brain responses to social norms: Meta‐analyses of f<span>MRI</span> studies Open
Social norms have a critical role in everyday decision‐making, as frequent interaction with others regulates our behavior. Neuroimaging studies show that social‐based and fairness‐related decision‐making activates an inconsistent set of ar…
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Effects of Cognitive Load on Trusting Behavior – An Experiment Using the Trust Game Open
Last decades have witnessed a progressing decline of social trust, which has been predominantly linked to worsening economic conditions and increasing social inequality. In the present research we propose a different type of explanation fo…
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Trust as a decision under ambiguity Open
Decisions to trust in strategic situations involve ambiguity (unknown probabilities). Despite many theoretical studies on ambiguity in game theory, empirical studies have lagged behind due to a lack of measurement methods, where separating…
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Conflict and cooperation in paranoia: a large-scale behavioural experiment Open
Background Paranoia involves thoughts and beliefs about the harmful intent of others but the social consequences have been much less studied. We investigated whether paranoia predicts maladaptive social behaviour in terms of cooperative an…
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People Do Not Feel Guilty About Exploiting Machines Open
Guilt and envy play an important role in social interaction. Guilt occurs when individuals cause harm to others or break social norms. Envy occurs when individuals compare themselves unfavorably to others and desire to benefit from the oth…
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Neighborhood Deprivation Negatively Impacts Children’s Prosocial Behavior Open
Children show stronger cooperative behavior in experimental settings as they get older, but little is known about how the environment of a child shapes this development. In adults, prosocial behavior toward strangers is markedly decreased …
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The Sticky Anchor Hypothesis: Ego Depletion Increases Susceptibility to Situational Cues Open
Self‐control depletion has been linked both to increased selfish behavior and increased susceptibility to situational cues. The present research tested two competing hypotheses about the consequence of depletion by measuring how people all…
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Cross-national in-group favoritism in prosocial behavior: Evidence from Latin and North America Open
As individuals from different nations increasingly interact with each other, research on national in-group favoritism becomes particularly vital. In a cross-national, large-scale study (N = 915) including representative samples from four L…
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Tribalism in America: Behavioral Experiments on Affective Polarization in the Trump Era Open
Our research speaks to the ongoing debate over the extent and severity of partisan political divisions in American society. We employ behavioral experiments to probe for affective polarization using dictator, trust, and public goods games …