Observational studyScientific reports2020
Focal stimulation of the temporoparietal junction improves rationality in prosocial decision-making.
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- Augmentation of frontoparietal gamma-band phase coupling enhances human altruistic behavior.PLoS biology · 2026Article
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- Human Prosocial Preferences Are Related to Slow-Wave Activity in Sleep.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2024Article
- The Impact of the Macroeconomic Environment on Social Preferences: Evidence from the Global Preference Survey.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Enhancing Activity in the Right Temporoparietal Junction Modifies the Effect of a High CEO-to-Employee Pay Ratio on the Perceived Investment Potential in the Construction Industry.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2022Article
- The 2020 Yearbook of Neurorestoratology.Journal of neurorestoratology · 2021Review
- Are People Altruistic When Making Socially Responsible Investments? Evidence From a tDCS Study.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2021Article
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Abstract
We tested the hypothesis that modulation of neurocomputational inputs to value-based decision-making affects the rationality of economic choices. The brain's right temporoparietal junction (rTPJ) has been functionally associated with both social behavior and with domain-general information processing and attention. To identify the causal function of rTPJ in prosocial decisions, we administered focal high definition transcranial direct current stimulation (HD-tDCS) while participants allocated money between themselves and a charity in a modified dictator game. Anodal stimulation led to improved rationality as well as increased charitable giving and egalitarianism, resulting in more consistent and efficient choices and increased sensitivity to the price of giving. These results are consistent with the theory that anodal stimulation of the rTPJ increases the precision of value computations in social decision-making. Our results demonstrate that theories of rTPJ function should account for the multifaceted role of the rTPJ in the representation of social inputs into value-based decisions.
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