Electromyographic activity of hand muscles in a motor coordination game: effect of incentive scheme and its relation with social capital.

BACKGROUND: A vast body of social and cognitive psychology studies in humans reports evidence that external rewards, typically monetary ones, undermine intrinsic motivation. These findings challenge the standard selfish-rationality assumption at the core of economic reasoning. In the present work we...

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Main Authors: Roberto Censolo, Laila Craighero, Giovanni Ponti, Leonzio Rizzo, Rosario Canto, Luciano Fadiga
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3064577?pdf=render