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Causal Role of the Right Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex in Organizational Fairness Perception: Evidence From a Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Study

The right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (rDLPFC) plays an essential role in social decision-making. Although several neural imaging studies have provided evidence that the rDLPFC is correlated with fairness perception, little research has investigated the causal effect of this encephalic region on...

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Autores principales: Li, Xi, Xiong, Guanxing, Dong, Zhiqiang, Cai, Shenggang, Zhao, Jun, She, Zhe, Guo, Yuchen
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7485143/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33005132
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2020.00134
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author Li, Xi
Xiong, Guanxing
Dong, Zhiqiang
Cai, Shenggang
Zhao, Jun
She, Zhe
Guo, Yuchen
author_facet Li, Xi
Xiong, Guanxing
Dong, Zhiqiang
Cai, Shenggang
Zhao, Jun
She, Zhe
Guo, Yuchen
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description The right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (rDLPFC) plays an essential role in social decision-making. Although several neural imaging studies have provided evidence that the rDLPFC is correlated with fairness perception, little research has investigated the causal effect of this encephalic region on individuals’ consciousness, particularly perceptions of organizational fairness. The present study explores the causal relationship between the rDLPFC and organizational fairness perception by using brain modulation techniques. Healthy participants received transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) and fulfilled the modified ultimatum game (UG) in the sham-controlled experiment. Our results showed that only cathodal stimulation of the rDLPFC resulted in increasing rejection offers compared with the sham stimulation in conditions of disadvantageous inequity. No differences were found between the anodal and sham stimulation in any inequity condition. This study strengthens the main functional effects of the rDLPFC in negative emotional control in relation to organizational fairness perceptions.
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spelling pubmed-74851432020-09-30 Causal Role of the Right Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex in Organizational Fairness Perception: Evidence From a Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Study Li, Xi Xiong, Guanxing Dong, Zhiqiang Cai, Shenggang Zhao, Jun She, Zhe Guo, Yuchen Front Behav Neurosci Behavioral Neuroscience The right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (rDLPFC) plays an essential role in social decision-making. Although several neural imaging studies have provided evidence that the rDLPFC is correlated with fairness perception, little research has investigated the causal effect of this encephalic region on individuals’ consciousness, particularly perceptions of organizational fairness. The present study explores the causal relationship between the rDLPFC and organizational fairness perception by using brain modulation techniques. Healthy participants received transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) and fulfilled the modified ultimatum game (UG) in the sham-controlled experiment. Our results showed that only cathodal stimulation of the rDLPFC resulted in increasing rejection offers compared with the sham stimulation in conditions of disadvantageous inequity. No differences were found between the anodal and sham stimulation in any inequity condition. This study strengthens the main functional effects of the rDLPFC in negative emotional control in relation to organizational fairness perceptions. Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-08-28 /pmc/articles/PMC7485143/ /pubmed/33005132 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2020.00134 Text en Copyright © 2020 Li, Xiong, Dong, Cai, Zhao, She and Guo. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
spellingShingle Behavioral Neuroscience
Li, Xi
Xiong, Guanxing
Dong, Zhiqiang
Cai, Shenggang
Zhao, Jun
She, Zhe
Guo, Yuchen
Causal Role of the Right Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex in Organizational Fairness Perception: Evidence From a Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Study
title Causal Role of the Right Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex in Organizational Fairness Perception: Evidence From a Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Study
title_full Causal Role of the Right Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex in Organizational Fairness Perception: Evidence From a Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Study
title_fullStr Causal Role of the Right Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex in Organizational Fairness Perception: Evidence From a Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Study
title_full_unstemmed Causal Role of the Right Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex in Organizational Fairness Perception: Evidence From a Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Study
title_short Causal Role of the Right Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex in Organizational Fairness Perception: Evidence From a Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Study
title_sort causal role of the right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in organizational fairness perception: evidence from a transcranial direct current stimulation study
topic Behavioral Neuroscience
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7485143/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33005132
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2020.00134
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