Nature Communications (Apr 2019)

The computational and neural substrates of moral strategies in social decision-making

  • Jeroen M. van Baar,
  • Luke J. Chang,
  • Alan G. Sanfey

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09161-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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The authors show that individuals apply different ‘moral strategies’ in interpersonal decision-making. These strategies are linked to distinct patterns of neural activity, even when they produce the same choice outcomes, illuminating how distinct moral principles can guide social behavior.