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ArticleFrontiers in integrative neuroscience2017

Differences in Social Decision-Making between Proposers and Responders during the Ultimatum Game: An EEG Study.

Sibylle K Horat, Anne Prévot, Jonas Richiardi, François R Herrmann, Grégoire Favre, Marco C G Merlo, Pascal Missonnier

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Article in Frontiers in integrative neuroscience, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Sibylle K HoratLaboratory for Psychiatric Neuroscience and Psychotherapy, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Science, University of FribourgFribourg, Switzerland.
Anne PrévotSchool of Health Sciences (HEdS-FR), University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western SwitzerlandFribourg, Switzerland.
Jonas RichiardiLaboratory of Neurology and Imaging of Cognition, Department of Neuroscience, University of GenevaGeneva, Switzerland.
François R HerrmannDepartment of Rehabilitation and Geriatrics, University Hospitals of GenevaChêne-Bourg, Switzerland.
Grégoire FavreSector of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy for Adults, Mental Health Network Fribourg (RFSM)Marsens, Switzerland.
Marco C G MerloLaboratory for Psychiatric Neuroscience and Psychotherapy, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Science, University of FribourgFribourg, Switzerland.
Pascal MissonnierLaboratory for Psychiatric Neuroscience and Psychotherapy, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Science, University of FribourgFribourg, Switzerland.
University of Fribourg · CHHES-SO University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland · CHRéseau Fribourgeois de Santé Mentale · CHUniversity Hospital of Geneva · CHUniversity of Geneva · CH

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Ultimatum Game (UG) is a typical paradigm to investigate social decision-making. Although the behavior of humans in this task is already well established, the underlying brain processes remain poorly understood. Previous investigations using event-related potentials (ERPs) revealed three major components related to cognitive processes in participants engaged in the responder condition, the early ERP component P2, the feedback-related negativity (FRN) and a late positive wave (late positive component, LPC). However, the comparison of the ERP waveforms between the responder and proposer conditions has never been studied. Therefore, to investigate condition-related electrophysiological changes, we applied the UG paradigm and compared parameters of the P2, LPC and FRN components in twenty healthy participants. For the responder condition, we found a significantly decreased amplitude and delayed latency for the P2 component, whereas the mean amplitudes of the LPC and FRN increased compared to the proposer condition. Additionally, the proposer condition elicited an early component consisting of a negative deflection around 190 ms, in the upward slope of the P2, probably as a result of early conflict-related processing. Using independent component analysis (ICA), we extracted one functional component time-locked to this deflection, and with source reconstruction (LAURA) we found the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) as one of the underlying sources. Overall, our findings indicate that intensity and time-course of neuronal systems engaged in the decision-making processes diverge between both UG conditions, suggesting differential cognitive processes. Understanding the electrophysiological bases of decision-making and social interactions in controls could be useful to further detect which steps are impaired in psychiatric patients in their ability to attribute mental states (such as beliefs, intents, or desires) to oneself and others. This ability is called mentalizing (also known as theory of mind).

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brain source reconstructiondecision-makingevent-related potentialsindependent component analysissocial cognitionultimatum game

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