A Neurocomputational Model of Altruistic Choice and Its Implications

We propose a neurocomputational model of altruistic choice and test it using behavioral and fMRI data from a task in which subjects make choices between real monetary prizes for themselves and another. We show that a multi-attribute drift-diffusion model, in which choice results from accumulation of...

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Published inNeuron (Cambridge, Mass.) Vol. 87; no. 2; pp. 451 - 462
Main Authors Hutcherson, Cendri A., Bushong, Benjamin, Rangel, Antonio
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Elsevier Inc 15.07.2015
Elsevier Limited
Subjects
Adolescent
Adult
Altruism
Behavior
Brain - blood supply
Brain - physiology
Brain Mapping
Choice Behavior - physiology
Computer Simulation
Decision making
Humans
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Models, Neurological
Oxygen - blood
Photic Stimulation
Reaction Time
Reward
Social Behavior
Young Adult
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ISSN0896-6273
1097-4199
DOI10.1016/j.neuron.2015.06.031

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