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Brain and decision making in groups

Not Applicable
Conditions
Basic research in the field of social neuroscience
Registration Number
DRKS00012979
Lead Sponsor
niversitäre Neurorehabilitation, Universitätsklinik für Neurologie, Inselspital Bern
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Complete
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
100
Inclusion Criteria

No history of neurological illnesses or mental disorders
- written informed consent
- normal or corrected to normal vision
- right-handedness

Exclusion Criteria

- Any instable medical condition, in particular epilepsy (past or present, including seizures or febrile
convulsions)
- Any surgical intervention to the brain
- Implanted medical devices (e.g., cochlear implants, infusion pumps, neurostimulators,
pacemakers)
- Presence of metal in the region of the head (excluding fixed dental implants such as tooth fillings or
fixed dental braces)
- Drug or alcohol abuse
- Intake of any medication that is likely to lower seizure threshold
- Being enrolled, or having been enrolled, in a university degree in psychology, economics,
sustainability studies, or social sciences
- For female participants: Pregnancy or breast feeding.

Study & Design

Study Type
interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
After a waiting period of about 5 minutes, participants engage in a economic game (a modified version of a common pool resource dilemma). In this game, they can extract points from a common pool which they share with other participants. They receive a monetary reward per extracted point. If too many points are extracted, the payoff for other participants in the future is reduced. The amount of points extracted in this game serves as primary outcome.
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Participants will be asked which extraction in the economic game would have been fair.
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