Effect of cooperation level of group on punishment for non-cooperators: a functional magnetic resonance imaging study.

Sometimes we punish non-cooperators in our society. Such behavior could be derived from aversive emotion for inequity (inequity aversion) to make non-cooperators cooperative. Thus, punishing behavior derived from inequity is believed to be important for maintaining our society. Meanwhile, our daily...

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Main Authors: Fumitoshi Kodaka, Hidehiko Takahashi, Makiko Yamada, Harumasa Takano, Kazuhiko Nakayama, Hiroshi Ito, Tetsuya Suhara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3402516?pdf=render