How does monetary loss empathy modulate generosity in economic sharing behavior? An ERPs study
Previous studies have shown that generosity is driven by empathy and that both generosity in economic sharing behavior and monetary loss empathy decay as the social distance increases. However, it is still unclear whether this decay in economic sharing generosity can be influenced by the decay in mo...
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| description | Previous studies have shown that generosity is driven by empathy and that both generosity in economic sharing behavior and monetary loss empathy decay as the social distance increases. However, it is still unclear whether this decay in economic sharing generosity can be influenced by the decay in monetary loss empathy. In the current study, we carried out two experiments to investigate this issue to deepen our understanding of the relationship between monetary loss empathy and generosity in economic sharing behavior. Our results show that in the observation group (observers watch their friend, and a stranger plays a gambling game), a negative correlation between log-transformed k value (ln(k)) and the distinction of d-FRN (feedback-related negativity difference between gain and loss) between friends and strangers was observed. However, in the execution group (executors play a gambling game themselves and watch a stranger play the same gambling game), there was no significant correlation between ln(k) and the distinction of d-FRN between self and strangers. Current results indicate that the decayed generosity across different social distances in economic sharing behavior can be modulated by the decayed monetary loss empathy. The study adds weight to the relationship between decayed monetary loss empathy and decayed generosity in sharing economic behavior at the level of social distance and provides electrophysiological evidence. |
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| spelling | nottingham-601372021-10-31T04:30:12Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/60137/ How does monetary loss empathy modulate generosity in economic sharing behavior? An ERPs study Jin, Jia Wang, Ailian Liu, Jiaoyang Pan, Jing Lyu, Dong Previous studies have shown that generosity is driven by empathy and that both generosity in economic sharing behavior and monetary loss empathy decay as the social distance increases. However, it is still unclear whether this decay in economic sharing generosity can be influenced by the decay in monetary loss empathy. In the current study, we carried out two experiments to investigate this issue to deepen our understanding of the relationship between monetary loss empathy and generosity in economic sharing behavior. Our results show that in the observation group (observers watch their friend, and a stranger plays a gambling game), a negative correlation between log-transformed k value (ln(k)) and the distinction of d-FRN (feedback-related negativity difference between gain and loss) between friends and strangers was observed. However, in the execution group (executors play a gambling game themselves and watch a stranger play the same gambling game), there was no significant correlation between ln(k) and the distinction of d-FRN between self and strangers. Current results indicate that the decayed generosity across different social distances in economic sharing behavior can be modulated by the decayed monetary loss empathy. The study adds weight to the relationship between decayed monetary loss empathy and decayed generosity in sharing economic behavior at the level of social distance and provides electrophysiological evidence. 2020-04 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc_by_nc_nd https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/60137/1/manuscript6.0.pdf Jin, Jia, Wang, Ailian, Liu, Jiaoyang, Pan, Jing and Lyu, Dong (2020) How does monetary loss empathy modulate generosity in economic sharing behavior? An ERPs study. Neuropsychologia, 141 . p. 107407. ISSN 0028-3932 Monetary loss empathy; Generosity in economic sharing behavior; FRN; ERPs; Social discounting rate http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2020.107407 doi:10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2020.107407 doi:10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2020.107407 |
| spellingShingle | Monetary loss empathy; Generosity in economic sharing behavior; FRN; ERPs; Social discounting rate Jin, Jia Wang, Ailian Liu, Jiaoyang Pan, Jing Lyu, Dong How does monetary loss empathy modulate generosity in economic sharing behavior? An ERPs study |
| title | How does monetary loss empathy modulate generosity in economic sharing behavior? An ERPs study |
| title_full | How does monetary loss empathy modulate generosity in economic sharing behavior? An ERPs study |
| title_fullStr | How does monetary loss empathy modulate generosity in economic sharing behavior? An ERPs study |
| title_full_unstemmed | How does monetary loss empathy modulate generosity in economic sharing behavior? An ERPs study |
| title_short | How does monetary loss empathy modulate generosity in economic sharing behavior? An ERPs study |
| title_sort | how does monetary loss empathy modulate generosity in economic sharing behavior? an erps study |
| topic | Monetary loss empathy; Generosity in economic sharing behavior; FRN; ERPs; Social discounting rate |
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