Electrophysiological correlates of third-party punishment: ERP study.

Autor: Zinchenko O; Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, Centre for Cognition and Decision Making, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Russia. Electronic address: ozinchenko@hse.ru., Gorin A; Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, Centre for Cognition and Decision Making, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Russia., Revazyan A; Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, Centre for Cognition and Decision Making, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Russia., Klucharev V; Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, Centre for Cognition and Decision Making, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Russia; Amsterdam School of Economics, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Neuroscience letters [Neurosci Lett] 2023 Jun 21; Vol. 808, pp. 137276. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Apr 26.
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2023.137276
Abstrakt: Human societies benefit from social norms that increase cooperation and support social order. Hence, the understanding of effective mechanisms enforcing norms is crucial. One of such mechanisms is "third-party punishment" (TPP) - a form of social punishment that could be delivered by a third-party, not directly affected by the actions of the norm violator. Previous electrophysiological studies (ERP) reported that perceived violations of norms evoked the medial frontal negativity in third-parties. The current study further probed the link between the medial frontal negativity (MFN) and actual TPP of norm violation, as it was not shown directly before. Participants played a dictator game as third-parties, being able to select different levels of punishment of an unfair violator's decisions. We replicated previous findings and showed the amplitude of the MFN correlated with the intensity of TPP (Fz, r = -0.516, p = 0.034, FCz, r = -0.509; p = 0.037). Overall, our findings further support the direct link between the MFN and the intensity of TPP.
Competing Interests: Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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