The unfairness of being prosocial

Megan E. Speer and Mauricio R. Delgado ()
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Megan E. Speer: Rutgers University
Mauricio R. Delgado: Rutgers University

Nature Human Behaviour, 2017, vol. 1, issue 10, 711-712

Abstract: A new study shows that brain responses to unfairness during economic decision-making can predict current and future depression indices. Neural response patterns in the amygdala related to inequity tracked indices of depression, particularly for prosocial individuals who tend to be most self-sacrificing.

Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1038/s41562-017-0222-2

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