Anterior insula signals inequalities in a modified Ultimatum Game. (21st April 2017)
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- Title:
- Anterior insula signals inequalities in a modified Ultimatum Game. (21st April 2017)
- Main Title:
- Anterior insula signals inequalities in a modified Ultimatum Game
- Authors:
- Cheng, Xuemei
Zheng, Li
Li, Lin
Zheng, Yijie
Guo, Xiuyan
Yang, Guang - Abstract:
- Highlights: We explored how AI responded to expectation violations in a modified Ultimatum Game. Participants were informed of both offers they received and offers others received. AI activity increased when participants received unequal offers from proposers. AI activity also increased when participants were offered unequally to others. Abstract: Studies employing the Ultimatum Game (UG) which involves two parties (i.e., proposers and responders) splitting some money have suggested the role that anterior insula (AI) plays in detecting fairness norm violation, i.e., violation of the responder's expectation of receiving equal splits from the proposer. In this study, we explored how AI would respond when there existed simultaneously another expectation of being treated equivalently as others. Participants acted as responders and would be informed about both the offers they received and the average amount of money the same proposer offered to others. Hence we introduced different conditions where participants were treated equivalently or not equivalently as other responders in UG. Participants could decide to accept or reject the offer with acceptance leading to the suggested split and rejection leaving both parties nothing. Behavioral results showed that participants rejected more unfair offers and reacted more slowly during acceptance (vs. rejection) of offers when they were offered less than others. At the neural level, stronger AI activation was observed when participantsHighlights: We explored how AI responded to expectation violations in a modified Ultimatum Game. Participants were informed of both offers they received and offers others received. AI activity increased when participants received unequal offers from proposers. AI activity also increased when participants were offered unequally to others. Abstract: Studies employing the Ultimatum Game (UG) which involves two parties (i.e., proposers and responders) splitting some money have suggested the role that anterior insula (AI) plays in detecting fairness norm violation, i.e., violation of the responder's expectation of receiving equal splits from the proposer. In this study, we explored how AI would respond when there existed simultaneously another expectation of being treated equivalently as others. Participants acted as responders and would be informed about both the offers they received and the average amount of money the same proposer offered to others. Hence we introduced different conditions where participants were treated equivalently or not equivalently as other responders in UG. Participants could decide to accept or reject the offer with acceptance leading to the suggested split and rejection leaving both parties nothing. Behavioral results showed that participants rejected more unfair offers and reacted more slowly during acceptance (vs. rejection) of offers when they were offered less than others. At the neural level, stronger AI activation was observed when participants received unfair relative to fair offers, as well as when they received unequal relative to equal offers. Moreover, dorsomedial prefrontal cortex/dorsal anterior cingulate cortex (dmPFC/dACC) exhibited greater activity during receiving unequal (vs. equal) offers and during acceptance (vs. rejection) of offers which were less than others'. Taken together, the present study demonstrated that the treatment of others modulated both behavioral responses to unfairness and neural correlates of the fairness-related decision-making process, and that AI played a general role in detecting norm violations. … (more)
- Is Part Of:
- Neuroscience. Volume 348(2017)
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- Neuroscience
- Issue:
- Volume 348(2017)
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- Volume 348, Issue 2017 (2017)
- Year:
- 2017
- Volume:
- 348
- Issue:
- 2017
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2017-0348-2017-0000
- Page Start:
- 126
- Page End:
- 134
- Publication Date:
- 2017-04-21
- Subjects:
- AI anterior insula -- dmPFC/dACC dorsomedial prefrontal cortex/dorsal anterior cingulate cortex -- FWE Family-wise error -- GLMs general linear models -- RTs reaction times -- UG Ultimatum Game
anterior insula -- unfairness -- norm violation -- expectation -- fMRI
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http://www.elsevier.com/journals ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2017.02.023 ↗
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