Human pursuance of equality hinges on mental processes of projecting oneself into the perspectives of others and into future situations

Abstract In the pursuance of equality, behavioural scientists disagree about distinct motivators, that is, consideration of others and prospective calculation for oneself. However, accumulating data suggest that these motivators may share a common process in the brain whereby perspectives and events...

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Autores principales:	Hirofumi Takesue, Carlos Makoto Miyauchi, Shiro Sakaiya, Hongwei Fan, Tetsuya Matsuda, Junko Kato
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2017
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:99bdca499df8452a94e3f54f75ff47232021-12-02T16:08:07ZHuman pursuance of equality hinges on mental processes of projecting oneself into the perspectives of others and into future situations10.1038/s41598-017-05469-92045-2322https://doaj.org/article/99bdca499df8452a94e3f54f75ff47232017-07-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-05469-9https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract In the pursuance of equality, behavioural scientists disagree about distinct motivators, that is, consideration of others and prospective calculation for oneself. However, accumulating data suggest that these motivators may share a common process in the brain whereby perspectives and events that did not arise in the immediate environment are conceived. To examine this, we devised a game imitating a real decision-making situation regarding redistribution among income classes in a welfare state. The neural correlates of redistributive decisions were examined under contrasting conditions, with and without uncertainty, which affects support for equality in society. The dorsal anterior cingulate cortex (dACC) and the caudate nucleus were activated by equality decisions with uncertainty but by selfless decisions without uncertainty. Activation was also correlated with subjective values. Activation in both the dACC and the caudate nucleus was associated with the attitude to prefer accordance with others, whereas activation in the caudate nucleus reflected that the expected reward involved the prospective calculation of relative income. The neural correlates suggest that consideration of others and prospective calculation for oneself may underlie the support for equality. Projecting oneself into the perspective of others and into prospective future situations may underpin the pursuance of equality.Hirofumi TakesueCarlos Makoto MiyauchiShiro SakaiyaHongwei FanTetsuya MatsudaJunko KatoNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2017)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Hirofumi Takesue Carlos Makoto Miyauchi Shiro Sakaiya Hongwei Fan Tetsuya Matsuda Junko Kato Human pursuance of equality hinges on mental processes of projecting oneself into the perspectives of others and into future situations
description	Abstract In the pursuance of equality, behavioural scientists disagree about distinct motivators, that is, consideration of others and prospective calculation for oneself. However, accumulating data suggest that these motivators may share a common process in the brain whereby perspectives and events that did not arise in the immediate environment are conceived. To examine this, we devised a game imitating a real decision-making situation regarding redistribution among income classes in a welfare state. The neural correlates of redistributive decisions were examined under contrasting conditions, with and without uncertainty, which affects support for equality in society. The dorsal anterior cingulate cortex (dACC) and the caudate nucleus were activated by equality decisions with uncertainty but by selfless decisions without uncertainty. Activation was also correlated with subjective values. Activation in both the dACC and the caudate nucleus was associated with the attitude to prefer accordance with others, whereas activation in the caudate nucleus reflected that the expected reward involved the prospective calculation of relative income. The neural correlates suggest that consideration of others and prospective calculation for oneself may underlie the support for equality. Projecting oneself into the perspective of others and into prospective future situations may underpin the pursuance of equality.
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author	Hirofumi Takesue Carlos Makoto Miyauchi Shiro Sakaiya Hongwei Fan Tetsuya Matsuda Junko Kato
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title	Human pursuance of equality hinges on mental processes of projecting oneself into the perspectives of others and into future situations
title_short	Human pursuance of equality hinges on mental processes of projecting oneself into the perspectives of others and into future situations
title_full	Human pursuance of equality hinges on mental processes of projecting oneself into the perspectives of others and into future situations
title_fullStr	Human pursuance of equality hinges on mental processes of projecting oneself into the perspectives of others and into future situations
title_full_unstemmed	Human pursuance of equality hinges on mental processes of projecting oneself into the perspectives of others and into future situations
title_sort	human pursuance of equality hinges on mental processes of projecting oneself into the perspectives of others and into future situations
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url	https://doaj.org/article/99bdca499df8452a94e3f54f75ff4723
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Human pursuance of equality hinges on mental processes of projecting oneself into the perspectives of others and into future situations

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