Distinct neural representations for prosocial and self-benefitting effort
Patricia L. Lockwood, Marco K. Wittmann, Hamed Nili, Mona Matsumoto-Ryan, Ayat Abdurahman, Jo Cutler, Masud Husain B, Matthew A J Apps
The paper identifies distinct neural representations for prosocial and self-benefitting effort using fMRI and shows empathy correlates with prosocial effort encoding.
bioRxiv · Sep 27, 2021 · PreprintNeuroscience