Neuroeconomics of prosocial behavior : the compassionate egoist

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Neuroeconomics of prosocial behavior : the compassionate egoist

Title remainder

the compassionate egoist

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Carolyn Declerck, Christophe Boone

Creator

• Declerck, Carolyn

Contributor

• Boone, Christophe

Author

• Boone, Christophe

Subject

• Neuroeconomics
• Altruism
• Social psychology
• Helping behavior

Language

eng

Summary

This summary of recent research in neuroeconomics aims to explain how and why a person can sometimes be generous, helpful, and cooperative, yet other times behave in a self-interested and/or exploitative manner. The book explains a dual process of analysis measuring immediate needs of the individual, relative to long term gains possible through prosocial behavior (e.g. synergy, accumulating profits, (in)direct reciprocity) with the output further mitigated by the motivation of the individual at that moment and any special circumstances of the environment. Ultimately it can be shown that prosocial behavior can be economically rational. Yet even when individuals are intrinsically motivated to act prosocially, they are also able to reverse this behavior when they sense it is no longer adaptive. The book will further explore individual differences in prosocial behavior, the development of prosocial behavior, and how a personal neural signature forms that facilitates or hampers cooperation. The book includes game theory research, neuroimaging studies, and research in traditional cognitive psychology to better understand human decision-making re prosocial behavior.--

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non fiction

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