共感神经反应是由他人对待的公平感所调节的
Tania Singer1, Ben Seymour, John P O'Doherty
1Wellcome Department of Imaging Neuroscience, University College of London, London WC1N 3AR, UK. t.singer@fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk
Nature
|January 20, 2006
概括
学习的偏好塑造了大脑的同理心. 男性对不公平玩家的同情心减少,奖励激活和复仇欲望增加,与对公平玩家的反应不同.
科学领域:
- 社会神经科学 社会神经科学
- 神经经济学 神经经济学
背景情况:
- 同理心的神经支具有显著的兴趣.
- 人际情感联系对同情大脑反应的影响在很大程度上仍未被探索.
研究的目的:
- 研究学习偏好如何调节神经同情反应.
- 检查社会行为评价在同情心中的作用.
主要方法:
- 功能磁共振成像 (fMRI) 用于测量大脑活动.
- 参与者 (男性和女性) 玩了一场经济游戏,联盟成员采取公平或不公平的行动.
- 记录了大脑的反应,而参与者观察到受到疼痛的盟友.
主要成果:
- 两种性别都显示了与疼痛相关的大脑区域 (前岛和前带皮层) 对公平玩家的同情相关激活.
- 男性在观察不公平的球员受到痛苦时,表现出明显减少的同情相关反应.
- 这种男性的减少与奖励相关区域的激活增加以及复仇的欲望有关.
结论:
- 共感反应是由学习的偏好和社会行为的估值调节的.
- 男性的同情心是由被感知到的公平感所塑造的,这导致对公平的对手的同情心,并倾向于惩罚不公平的对手.
- 这些发现与社会偏好和利他主义惩罚的经济模型一致.
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