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Cognitive control in altruism and self-control: A social cognitive neuroscience perspective

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 March 2003

Jeremy R. Gray  and
Todd S. Braver
Jeremy R. Gray
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130 [email protected]@artsci.wustl.edu http://artsci.wustl.edu/~jgray http://iac.wustl.edu/~ccpweb/
Todd S. Braver
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130 [email protected]@artsci.wustl.edu http://artsci.wustl.edu/~jgray http://iac.wustl.edu/~ccpweb/
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Abstract

The primrose path and prisoner's dilemma paradigms may require cognitive (executive) control: The active maintenance of context representations in lateral prefrontal cortex to provide top-down support for specific behaviors in the face of short delays or stronger response tendencies. This perspective suggests further tests of whether altruism is a type of self-control, including brain imaging, induced affect, and dual-task studies.

Type
Brief Report
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 25 , Issue 2 , April 2002 , pp. 260
Copyright
© 2002 Cambridge University Press

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