Neural components of altruistic punishment

Altruistic punishment, which occurs when an individual incurs a cost to punish in response to unfairness or a norm violation, may play a role in perpetuating cooperation. The neural correlates underlying costly punishment have only recently begun to be explored. Here we review the current state of r...

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Main Authors: Emily eDu, Steve W C Chang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnins.2015.00026/full