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Type Journal Article
Scope Discipline-based scholarship
Title Studying the neurobiology of social interaction with transcranial direct current stimulation--The example of punishing unfairness
Organization Unit
Authors
  • D Knoch
  • M A Nitsche
  • U Fischbacher
  • C Eisenegger
  • A Pascual-Leone
  • Ernst Fehr
Item Subtype Original Work
Refereed Yes
Status Published in final form
Language
  • English
Journal Title Cerebral Cortex
Publisher Oxford University Press
Geographical Reach international
ISSN 1047-3211
Volume 18
Number 9
Page Range 1987 - 1990
Date 2008
Abstract Text 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.
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Digital Object Identifier 10.1093/cercor/bhm237
PubMed ID 18158325
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