title: Activity in the amygdala elicited by unfair divisions predicts social value orientation.
abstract: 'Social value orientation' characterizes individual differences in anchoring attitudes toward the division of resources. Here, by contrasting people with prosocial and individualistic orientations using functional magnetic resonance imaging, we demonstrate that degree of inequity aversion in prosocials is predictable from amygdala activity and unaffected by cognitive load. This result suggests that automatic emotional processing in the amygdala lies at the core of prosocial value orientation.
authors.affiliation: Advanced Telecommunication Research Institute Computational Neuroscience Laboratories, Kyoto, Japan.
authors.forename: Masahiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Haruno
authors.forename: Christopher D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Frith
mesh_terms: D000679:Amygdala / Q000502:physiology*; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology; D001931:Brain Mapping; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology; D004644:Emotions / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D016014:Linear Models; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D010551:Personality / Q000502:physiology*; D012201:Reward; D012919:Social Behavior; D013997:Time Factors; D055815:Young Adult