The influence of contrived motivating operations on social discounting: Relative economic hardship affects choice.
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DOI: 10.1002/jaba.540
Abstract: Thirty-six participants were given three social discounting surveys, and each survey was preceded by one of three contrived hypothetical scenarios. In each scenario, the participant was asked to consider situations in which either the participant… read more here.
Keywords: influence contrived; social discounting; economic hardship; relative economic ... See more keywords
Arbitration between insula and temporoparietal junction subserves framing-induced boosts in generosity during social discounting
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DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.118211
Abstract: Generosity toward others declines across the perceived social distance to them. Here, participants chose between selfish and costly generous options in two conditions: in the gain frame, a generous choice yielded a gain to the… read more here.
Keywords: generosity; frame; temporoparietal junction; social discounting ... See more keywords
Generous to whom? The influence of oxytocin on social discounting
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DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2017.02.016
Abstract: Oxytocin is thought to play an essential role in pro-social behaviors, such as generosity and altruism, in humans. Yet, most research in humans that demonstrated the pro-social effect of oxytocin had participants interact with partners… read more here.
Keywords: social distance; social discounting; effect oxytocin; pro social ... See more keywords
Dissociable roles of glucocorticoid and noradrenergic activation on social discounting
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DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2018.01.015
Abstract: People often exhibit prosocial tendencies towards close kin and friends, but generosity decreases as a function of increasing social distance between donor and recipient, a phenomenon called social discounting. Evidence suggests that acute stress affects… read more here.
Keywords: social discounting; cort; stress; discounting ... See more keywords
Social discounting and distance perceptions in costly altruism
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DOI: 10.1038/s41562-017-0100
Abstract: Extraordinary acts of altruism towards strangers represent puzzling phenomena not easily explained by dominant biological models of altruism, such as kin selection and reciprocity1–3. These theories stipulate that genetically or socially close others should be… read more here.
Keywords: costly altruism; social discounting; discounting; discounting distance ... See more keywords
Quantitative Cross-Cultural Similarities and Differences in Social Discounting for Gains and Losses
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DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2019.00297
Abstract: Social discounting is when resource allocation decreases as social distance increases. Studies fitting different quantitative models to social discounting data have shown that a q-exponential function based on Tsallis' statistics best fits loss data, whereas… read more here.
Keywords: cross cultural; gains losses; social discounting; discounting ... See more keywords