Studying the neurobiology of social interaction with transcranial direct current stimulation - The example of punishing unfairness
2008 | journal article. A publication with affiliation to the University of Göttingen.
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Studying the neurobiology of social interaction with transcranial direct current stimulation - The example of punishing unfairness
Knoch, D.; Nitsche, M. A.; Fischbacher, U.; Eisenegger, C.; Pascual-Leone, A. & Fehr, E. (2008)
Cerebral Cortex, 18(9) pp. 1987-1990. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhm237
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- Authors
- Knoch, Daria; Nitsche, Michael A.; Fischbacher, Urs; Eisenegger, Christoph; Pascual-Leone, Alvaro; Fehr, Ernst
- Abstract
- Studying social behavior often requires the simultaneous interaction of many subjects. As yet, however, no painless, noninvasive brain stimulation tool existed that allowed the simultaneous affection of brain processes in many interacting subjects. Here we show that transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) can overcome these limits. We apply right prefrontal cathodal tDCS and show that subjects' propensity to punish unfair behavior is reduced significantly.
- Issue Date
- 2008
- Status
- published
- Publisher
- Oxford Univ Press Inc
- Journal
- Cerebral Cortex
- ISSN
- 1047-3211
