A neural link between generosity and happiness

Generous behaviour increases happiness, but the neural underpinnings of this link are unknown. Here, authors show that promising to be generous changes the neural response in the temporo-parietal junction, and that the connection between this region and the ventral striatum was related to happiness.

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Autores principales: Soyoung Q. Park, Thorsten Kahnt, Azade Dogan, Sabrina Strang, Ernst Fehr, Philippe N. Tobler
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:ac3b7662e8c8470bbdbc91a16379aafa2021-12-02T15:38:34ZA neural link between generosity and happiness10.1038/ncomms159642041-1723https://doaj.org/article/ac3b7662e8c8470bbdbc91a16379aafa2017-07-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15964https://doaj.org/toc/2041-1723Generous behaviour increases happiness, but the neural underpinnings of this link are unknown. Here, authors show that promising to be generous changes the neural response in the temporo-parietal junction, and that the connection between this region and the ventral striatum was related to happiness.Soyoung Q. ParkThorsten KahntAzade DoganSabrina StrangErnst FehrPhilippe N. ToblerNature PortfolioarticleScienceQENNature Communications, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2017)
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A neural link between generosity and happiness
description Generous behaviour increases happiness, but the neural underpinnings of this link are unknown. Here, authors show that promising to be generous changes the neural response in the temporo-parietal junction, and that the connection between this region and the ventral striatum was related to happiness.
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